Jesse: Some interesting possibilities regarding Forthan. I believe that she gave Texas A&M a verbal but decommitted, but I am not sure. Hoopgurlz lists her as uncommitted. Also I thought I saw (where, I don't know) that she had Rutgers, Tennessee, and A&M on her list. She previously lived in New York City and the Northwest US, and was most recently staying with Clarissa in Texas. Don't take my word on any of this as I can't back it up with facts or articles.
Hoopgurlz has her listed as #5.
So, where is Clarissa currently coaching? Would she now be under consideration to fill Hughey's position at Rutgers (with or without Forthan)?
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Clarissa is coaching TeamXpress, the AAU team that the two above mentioned players play for. I would doubt she'd come back to RU, but stranger things have happened.
According to some poster on an Oklahoma board, Krystal had a picture up on myspace of the Scarlet Knight mascot and a caption that read "my future school". That was, however, while CDW was here. Rutgers and Tenn are listed as having offered her in a couple different places, including in an interview with her, so I figure we at least have an offer on the table for her.
Just noticed that RU has been mentioned in association with Brittany Boyd, a west coast Point Guard. We are not in the list of schools that hoopgurlz lists as leading for her. I doubt we have a shot.
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A note on Schimmel - she does have academic problems of a sort, in that apparently she's still hoping to get into Stanford, but didn't make the cut in the fall. In other words, by normal standards she has no academic issues at all.
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From what I have read it seems that Shoni really has her heart in Stanford, which may explain the delay. The question is, will she go JUCO or sit idly until she receives an answer from Stanford (if September comes without an acceptance ?) While the school takes something like ten percent of applicants, someone with her resume should get in with acceptable grades.
If Stanford does not accept her, will she be unhappy wherever she plays? If Stanford does accept her, just how good will they be (I don't want the answer LOL)?
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Originally posted by MC1974: From what I have read it seems that Shoni really has her heart in Stanford, which may explain the delay. The question is, will she go JUCO or sit idly until she receives an answer from Stanford (if September comes without an acceptance ?) While the school takes something like ten percent of applicants, someone with her resume should get in with acceptable grades.
If Stanford does not accept her, will she be unhappy wherever she plays? If Stanford does accept her, just how good will they be (I don't want the answer LOL)?
Great questions. Not taking the post in order, the most important point is that (according to Stanford fans), the Stanford admissions office does not cut athletes any breaks in deciding whether they meet the school's standards. If you don't make the grade, they just say no. That suggests to me that it's still a long shot, since she didn't get in the first time around. On the other hand, perhaps she was told she needed to do something specific to improve her academic resume, in which case the odds might be better.
My guess is that she won't go the JUCO route, in part because I can't remember the last time that Stanford took a JUCO. If she's not going to be getting into Stanford, she's much better off going to another good 4-year school. Then the question will be if she decides she likes where she is. (Or, perhaps, whether she's so mad at Stanford that the Cardinal are dead to her.) That's hard to tell.
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