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  1. Allegedly Texas has sent out portal offers to: Sa’Mya Jones (LSU INF) Tallen Edwards (Oklahoma State INF) Dakota Kennedy (Arizona OF) Maya Johnson (Belmont LHP) Taylor Pannell (Mizzou LHP) Texas is apparently the favorite for Jones and Edwards. We are apparently in the top 2-3 for Kennedy, Johnson and Pannell. Sa'Mya Jones looks like a pinch runner - not sure how a 5'3 infielder is good for us? You bring in Edwards at 3rd, Vivi back at short, Goode slides back to her natural 2B position and bring Stewie in at 1st (?). Prioritize Kennedy in LF for an outfield trio of Kennedy-Henry-Maloney. Kennedy hit .444 as a lefty hitter and had 2 HR off Canady last year. Pannell is probably the pitcher you prioritize - lefty who led the NCAA in saves this year.
  2. Unless you have daily maid service, a stay at home spouse or a magical linen closet that just replenishes towels every day, that's a lot of washing, folding and buying towels. Every person in the house needs 7 towels per week? 28 towels for a family of four. And does that include some days you have to shower twice? Jesus. I don't even use a brand new towel every day in a hotel.
  3. If im a HS pitcher, I wonder why she has turned one HS recruit into an ace since Parker graduated and won her other titles on the back of a stud rental.
  4. Okay. Paige Parker graduated in 2018. That’s 7 recruiting classes and her hit rate on developing top pitchers from HS into collegiate aces is Jordy Bahl and…? Vestal - transferred Rains - transferred MacAdoo - medically retired Nicole May - career #2/3 Emma Guthrie - transferred Deal - career #2/3 SJ Guerin - transferred Audrey Lowry - 43 innings She needed G Juarez, Maxwell and Trautwein for her dynasty, plus Bahl. Then Landry and now Berzon
  5. Besides Jordy! But hard to count her for playing 2 years and then leaving (by choice)
  6. Nice, I wonder if this has been in the works for a while as she cleared everything and got her visa
  7. And we bitched about Flores - .970
  8. But did she have a 3-run HR against NiJaree Canady in the title clinching first inning? Because our 2B-turned-SS-back to 2B did!
  9. https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/softball/2025/06/08/why-texas-coach-mike-white-didn-t-use-many-transfers-to-build-wcws-roster/84101629007/ https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/softball/2025/06/08/why-texas-coach-mike-white-didn-t-use-many-transfers-to-build-wcws-roster/84101629007/ OKLAHOMA CITY — When Texas softball coach Mike White took over the Longhorns’ program in 2019 after nine successful seasons at Oregon, he didn’t exactly find a bare cupboard. But there were more plastic plates than fine China in the cabinets, and White knew that he had to upgrade the talent that had slowly leaked away from the Longhorns in the final years under former coach Connie Clark. White’s work on the recruiting trail paid off in full Friday, when Texas beat Texas Tech 10-4 in the third and final game of the best-of-three finals in the Women’s College World Series. “One of the things I wanted to do (first) was recruit the best kids, keep the best kids in Texas,” the former men's fastpitch star said. “A lot of our best kids were playing for other programs.” How Mike White took advantage of rule changes But keeping the state’s best players in state proved particularly tricky when White first arrived in Austin. Back then, college softball coaches were identifying the top players in middle school and offering them scholarships before they ever threw a pitch or swung a bat at the high school level. That meant the 2021 recruiting class — which, for Texas, featured key players on this year’s championship squad like third baseman Mia Scott and outfielder Ashton Maloney — was the initial group that White could fully commit to throughout a full recruiting cycle. “It was difficult because you had the early recruiting that was happening,” said White, who turns 58 this year. “So, if you missed out on that cycle, it took you a while to get that (recruiting class) through.” The rules have since changed, and college coaches can’t contact a recruit until Sept. 1 of their junior season in high school. But White quickly figured out all the best routes on the recruiting trails, especially in the state of Texas. That helped him build a roster reliant on traditional recruits rather than transfers, which contrasts heavily with Texas Tech and several other teams in this year’s WCWS. Florida and Tennessee, two of Texas' WCWS opponents, were largely built through high school recruiting, but each had at least three transfers as regular contributors. Three of Tech's top-four leaders in at-bats transferred in as well as its ace pitcher. The lineup for Oklahoma, the previous defending champions, features impressive homegrown talent; still, four different transfers took over 100 at-bats this season. Of the 20 players on this year’s Texas roster, all but three have been with the Longhorns since their freshman seasons. “Because of the recruiting rules, you have to wait for things to go through,” White said. “You start getting the top recruits. We feel like we're starting to get into that with top recruits coming in.” 'Build this as we go' White, who was born in New Zealand but has live in the U.S. for decades, has shown an ability to key in on Texas' top talent. The 2023 class featured five players who earned All-Big 12 freshman honors with the Longhorns, including catcher Reese Atwood, infielder Leighann Goode, infielder Vivi Martinez, pitcher Citlaly Gutierrez and Maloney, who had redshirted her first season. Atwood (Tuloso Midway High School), Goode (San Antonio O’Connor) and Gutierrez (Stamford) all played high school ball in Texas. All played major roles during this season’s championship run. The 2024 signing class includes three more major contributors to this year’s team, including outfielder Kayden Henry, pitcher Teagan Kavan and utility Katie Stewart. Kavan (Iowa) and Stewart (Illinois) came from the Midwest, but Henry (Dickinson) continued a strong recruiting pipeline White has established into the Houston area. In-state recruiting continues to look strong for White and his program. Next year’s freshman class includes four Texans among its seven signees. Pitcher Hannah Wells will be the most familiar with the Longhorns’ home turf at McCombs Field; she recently led tiny Coahoma to a third consecutive Class 3A state championship while earning her second state most valuable player honor. McCombs Field hosts the state championship across all classifications. “We have a big class coming in next year,” White said. “We hope we can continue to build this as we go.”
  10. No doubt But someone like Canady comes along once a generation of players. The question will be, if Tech doesn't win a title with Canady next year in her last year of college, will that one specific donor's husband continue to fund $1m+ NIL towards softball? A 2 year, 2 million investment with no title would sting.
  11. Oh yeah like Duke is losing the first Dook Vitale tournament.
  12. She got Berzon Outside of Bahl, it’s been pretty sparse with top pitching recruits she has developed into an ace. Lots of rent-an-ace since Parker, with the exception of Jordy who left on her own
  13. And is allegedly heading to Tech Walton also deleted his Twitter and instagram accounts. Some chaos going on at Florida. All of this started when Walton didn’t start his ace in an elimination game and predictably went home
  14. There was an articles in the AAS about the roster Texas built and Mike’s core philosophy is the best in Texas HS softball need to stay in state and come to Texas. With the exception of elite talent you can lure to Austin, like TK (Indiana) and Stewie (Illinois) last year and the year before (Vivi from Arizona) I foresee this team continuing to be built on the back of recruits that Mike develops + a few transfers to fill holes
  15. The YouTubers were on kill time too
  16. I’ve not been overly impressed with OKST’s hitting coaches and philosophies. She did hit 6 HR in 2024 Joley’s hitting stats at ND her first2 years were .234 and 0 HR, .340 and 1 HR
  17. Dude just drop it
  18. Makes what TK did even more impressive We went 10-2 this postseason with basically 1 elite starting pitcher, some above average pitching behind her, and what was basically an 8 woman offense playing kickball on the infield defense
  19. Softball America and D1 softball have them. But behind paywalls the corner IF I am watching is Tallen Edwards at OKST. She entered early and hasn’t picked anywhere yet. I’m sure some may have been told to wait until Texas got back to Austin I read we are also pursuing OF Dakota Kennedy from Arizona. Career .398 with 27 HR, more walks than strikeouts and 22 SB. Would be a huge get to move Stewie back to the infield at 1st, to pair with Edwards. We’d have one of the fastest OF trios in softball
  20. Is that uncommon? I also only wash my towels at the end of each week. Gets throw in the hamper after Saturday shower and replaced with a clean one for the new week
  21. It would likely depend on departures, and I really only expect players like Citlaly or Hunter to be on the way out. We bring in a big freshman class of 7 really good players. Roster (? means staying or going) Pitcher - TK, Cam Salmon, Hannah Wells, Citlaly (?) Catcher - Reese, Anne Wallace (Stewie can catch as well) Infield - Goode, Vivi, Bennett, Brister (?), Caigan Crabtree, MaTaia Lawson, Jaycie Nichols, Aundrea Wilson Outfield - Stewie, Henry, Maloney, Alisa Sneed Utility - Hunter (?), Wallace (?), Rachel Wells (?) If Cit leaves, we will likely be interested in a pitcher, and I hope we go for a lefty. We should probably aim for an OF and corner IF, since we are replacing both Mia and Joley. I do not think we will be super active - Mike has not been the most active portal coach. Only 2 seasons has he picked up more than 2 transfer (year 1 and 2022). The transfer list is littered with busts who basically ended up giving up softball. 2019 - Burke, Elish, Iakopo and Rhodes transfer with him 2020 - Colleen Sullivan 2021 - Bri Cantu, Molly Jacobsen 2022 - Bella Dayton, Lou Gilbert, Estelle Czech, Logan Hulon, Hailey Dolcini 2023 - Baylea Brandon, Mac Morgan 2024 - Joley Mitchell 2025 - Kaydee Bennett We do need to go after someone who can DP/1B and hit above .350 at that position with power. first and foremost, because how we won the title with 3 DPs hitting under .250 is insane.
  22. Every time I think about this moment (winning run on 3rd, no outs, about to get sent home early), it reminds me of Tennessee having match point on Texas Volleyball in 2023. We come back to win that set, win the match and then waltz our way to the title, including getting to the champ game against some teams that should have, on paper, kicked our ass (Stanford, Wisconsin = OU, Tennessee)
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