Originally posted by cyberhawk:
M'caela Sellers Is One Of The TOP 2016's In The Midwest
Iowa has 15 players currently committed to scholarship beginning in the fall of 2016 (including Hailey Scheden who may or may not be guaranteed for four years). Iowa is one of five official visits that Robbi/Robbie Ryan (2016 5'9" PG Sheridan, WY) has publicly stated she will take beginning this month (April). Iowa has also been mentioned as a possible interest of Jeannie Boehm (2016 6'3" F/C New Trier IL) and M'Caela Sellers would be a nice potential addition as well. Keep in mind though that unless any of these players were to accept a walk-on/gray-shirt offer, Iowa would need to remove someone who is currently committed to for the 2016-2017 season.NO ONE is "guaranteed for four years". NCAA rules explicitly limit all athletic schollies to ONE year, renewable at the discretion of the school as long as the schollie limit for that sport is not exceeded. (Which is why sleazy coaches can "Crean" a player to use the schollie for a more promising recruit)
In regard to Hailey Schneden she came to Iowa as an invited walk-on. Bluder took advantage of the fact that her squad was under the limit and she had an indowed Schollie not being used, so she subesequently gave her a schollie for the remainder of her freshman year. Then after her freshman year, when the Hawkeyes were already under the limit and Thomas made a late decision to transfer out, Bluder ANNOUNCED that Schneden would be given a schollie again for her Sophomore year. (I emphasize announced because she was the only player to be given such mention. The usual practice is that if a student -athlete who signed a LOI and received a schollie prior to admission subsequently performs well as a student & conducts him/herself well as a citizen, and complies with team rules & acts positively as a team member than the renewal of his/her schollie is VIRTUALLY automatic to the point there is no reason for it to get public mention. Renewing a walk-on who has been given an open schollie for the year is another matter: the operative assumption is that such a schollie is "open" & can be given to another player. Bluder on paper still has two schollies available for next year, but since she has four promised for the following season, and only three graduating, she really only has one to offer, and that is intended to be used for a 5th recruit from the current HS junior class. Either way, there will be at least ONE open schollie, so it is a given that Bluder will offer it to Scheden for the coming season.
But unless Iowa fails to sign Ryan or Boehm of another prize recruit it is highly unlikely that Bluder will have an open schollie to give to Schneden for her senior year (though a transfer out, a medical disability, giving up hoops from disinterest, etc could provide one).
There would be no purpose in offering a walk-on role or a "greyshirt", ask a highly sought recruit to pass up numerous offers of a full schollie to spend $20,000 or $40,000 a semester or year lf her family's income for the promise of a schollie at Iowa. Not how the game is played. It is the woman (Schneden) who was NOT promised a schollie to come to Iowa who loses out...and it isn't that she is going to be treated shabilly: she came to Iowa expecting to pay the costs of her college education, and will get three years free.
