***WBB: CYCLONE 2023 Recruiting Thread***

mred

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At the risk of stepping on someone's toes or posting this in the wrong thread:
Believe me, no stepping on toes here. If you manage to beat me to posting an offer or verbal, you get the additional benefit of getting to give me grief about it for all time.

As for posting in the wrong thread, I can't help you there. :)
 

theshadow

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Crooks is already over 1,000 career pts and 500 career reb in 46 games -- and not yet done with her sophomore season.

 
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StClone

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Let me know if there are any corrections needed. Note that I generally leave players on the potential targets list until they give a verbal commitment somewhere, even if it's clear there is no longer mutual interest with ISU.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2023 Terrific 25 (retrieved 12/2/2020)
AS -- ASGR 2023 Top 50 (retrieved 12/2/2020)
BS -- Blue Star 2023 Rankings -- 61 players (retrieved 1/27/2021)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2023 Elite 60 Watch List (retrieved 1/27/2021)
PG -- Prep Girls Hoops 2023 Rankings -- 50 players (retrieved 12/2/2020)


Verbals:

NameLocHeightPosDate of VerbalESASBSPNPGNotes
Arianna JacksonIA5'9"CG9/20/202042Daughter of Hez, sister of Kendell

Remaining Scholarships: 4 (4 for 2021 + 0 for 2022 + 0 for 2023) taking COVID eligibility rules into account

Potential Targets:
Level:
3 -- very likely mutual interest
2 -- probable mutual interest
1 -- possible (or former) mutual interest


NameLevelLocHeightPosDate AddedESASBSPNPGNotes
Emily Fisher3IL5'11"G7/16/20195948ISU Offer 7/17/2019
Kelsey Joens3IA5'9"G7/16/2019Sister of Ashley and Aubrey
Kamorea "KK" Arnold2WI5'8"G7/16/20195128x8
Macy Donarski3WI5'8"W7/16/2019Sister of Lexi
Molly Lenz1MN5'6"G7/16/2019
Audi Crooks3IA6'3"P7/16/201942ISU Offer 9/1/2020
Emily Monson3TN5'10"G10/9/2019
Brianna Camaj1NY6'0"W6/5/202056
Tessa Johnson3MN5'8"G6/29/2020Sister of Rae
Sahara Williams3IA5'10"G7/23/202026ISU Offer 7/23/2020
Landry Allen3OK6'2"P8/31/2020ISU Offer 9/15/2020
Nicole Melious3NY5'8"G9/9/20201547x10ISU Offer 9/11/2020
Summer Bostock1ON5'10"G10/9/2020
Maggie Mendelson2UT6'5"P10/26/202021822
Hannah Mills-Watson2ON6'4"P11/13/2020
Avree Antony2WI5'9"CG11/18/2020

Formerly on the list:

NameLocHeightPosSchoolDate of VerbalNotes
Maryn ArcherKS5'7"CGArkansas6/9/2020
Ava JonesKS6'2"PArizona State2/1/2021
Molly Joyce, a teammate of Crooks and once an Iowa State recruit for 2023, now seems out of our recruiting picture.
 

CyclonesFan4ever

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Nobody would push that girl around in the paint. My biggest question if she can run the court. I assume the trainers can help that part?
If she committed to us, I'd like Georges Niang to have a talk with her and let her know how his body transformation has made a huge difference in his basketball career.;)
 
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Is that Brooklin Dailey from SE Polk playing with her on the Attack team?
 

CyclonesFan4ever

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Arianna Jackson and Kelsey Joens (All Iowa Attack) who are leaving for the Boo Williams AAU Tournament bumped into Ashley Joens who just got back from the US WNT FIBA AmeriCup trial at the DSM Airport.



 
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Another intriguing 2023 recruit is Emily Fisher from Libertyville located in the north suburban area of Chicago.

Here's my amateur scouting report.

Her mother Renee is an ISU alum and her father Jeramy is a Drake alum.

She has offers from ISU, Drake, NC State, DePaul, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Central Michigan, SMU, Saint Louis, etc. We are the first D1 school to offer her.

She's ranked #48 nationally and #6 in the State of Illinois by Prep Hoop Girls.


She has grown a little and now listed as a 6-0 guard/wing. She's listed 160 lbs and has a strong body type which gives her some advantage when playing through contact.

Her HS basketball team won the conference championships (regular season and conference tournament) last season (no IL State tournament was held). She was named the conference player of the year and a member of the all-state team (Class 4A) by AP (first-team) and IL BB Coaches Association.

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You can view her comprehensive resume on her AAU team IL Wolverinas' website.


From my observation, I think she has an all-around game (stat stuffer) and plays like Bridget Carleton (same position and body type). She's a very versatile player who can shoot from outside, finish strong inside, has good court vision with skilled passing ability, and is a good defender (great at shot-blocking). She has impressive footwork (due to soccer practices) and ball-handling skills.

Her father has a dedicated YouTube channel where you can find a lot of her videos.

Here are some of her recent highlights.











Since we already have a great Emily (Ryan) on our team, why not get another one? ;)

P.S. She has a great AAU teammate Katy Eidle who's currently being recruited by the Hawks (and several other P6 schools). I hope ISU can take a closer look at her as well.
 
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