With tomorrow (November 13th) being the start of the signing period for the frosh class of 2020/21 for all Olympic Sports, thought I'd start this thread. As with similar prior years' threads, It will be used throughout the period to post any news (tweets, articles, pictures, videos, etc.) of future Olympic Sport Buffs officially signing their National Letters of Intents (NLI's). As always, if/ as any Allbuffians see any official signing news for any future Buffs, please feel free to post it.
The main purpose of this thread is NOT to post news of newly found future Buffs, which is already covered in the http://www.allbuffs.com/threads/recruiting-news-olympic-sports.101643/ thread. However, If any new (unknown to us) commits do pop up during the signing process, I'll probably post them both places (with more detail on them being put in the main recruiting thread).
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As also noted in the above linked- to general recruiting thread, things were changed/ simplified starting last year, and there's only one*** long signing period for all*** Olympic sports this year, running from November 13th 2019 through August 1, 2020 (Source- http://www.nationalletter.org/signingDates/):
(***Prior to the November 2018 signing period, (1) soccer was like football used to be, and only had one signing period which started in February and (2) the other Olympic sports used to have a short (1 week) early signing period in November (like basketball still does) followed by a regular period starting in April.)
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For ease of reference, from the main recruiting thread, expected signers for next academic year (2020/21) we know about so far that could be signing as early as November 13th are listed below by sport. As I think about it, I’ll also fill in info below as we learn about what student-athletes have officially signed on to become future Buffs.
(Note- with these sports getting much less recruiting exposure than, say, football, it's much more likely that some listed below may end up going to another college.)
Cross Country/ Track:
Known to have Signed NLI - Gillett, Nuhfer, Lucyk
Previously unknown signee(s) - Nicholas Bianco (Multi-events, Post #15), Ian Gilmore (Sprinter, Post # 29), Allie Routledge (Post #32),Sarah Aanenson (Multi-events, jumper, Post #40), Shaw Powell (Distance running, Post #42), Camille Jackson (Distance running, Post #43), Caleb Niednagel (Distance running, Post #44)
Golf (Men's & Women's):
Known to have Signed NLI - Biwer, Schalk
Additional previously unknown commitment signee(s) - (Women's) - Ellie Gower (Post #7), (Men's) - Ryan Mendez (Post #4), Jacob Mason (Post #10)
Lacrosse:
Known to have Signed NLI – Heintz, Johnson, McElhaney, Moore, Pisani, Smith, Stokes, Zimmerman
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Skiing:
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Soccer
Known to have Signed NLI – Black, Bundy, Fritz, Harnisch, James, Newkirk, Rosen, Willis
Previously unknown signee(s) - Filippa Graneld (Post #3), Jenny Beyer (Post #8)
Tennis:
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Volleyball:
Known to have Signed NLI - Tabron
Previously unknown signee(s) -
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(Note- it seems team sport athletes usually verbally commit AND often sign their NLI’s much earlier than those in the “individual” sports (golf, tennis, track & field/ cross country and, especially, skiing), so expect more future Buff individual sport athletes to become known and sign as the signing period goes on.)
The main purpose of this thread is NOT to post news of newly found future Buffs, which is already covered in the http://www.allbuffs.com/threads/recruiting-news-olympic-sports.101643/ thread. However, If any new (unknown to us) commits do pop up during the signing process, I'll probably post them both places (with more detail on them being put in the main recruiting thread).
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As also noted in the above linked- to general recruiting thread, things were changed/ simplified starting last year, and there's only one*** long signing period for all*** Olympic sports this year, running from November 13th 2019 through August 1, 2020 (Source- http://www.nationalletter.org/signingDates/):
(***Prior to the November 2018 signing period, (1) soccer was like football used to be, and only had one signing period which started in February and (2) the other Olympic sports used to have a short (1 week) early signing period in November (like basketball still does) followed by a regular period starting in April.)
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For ease of reference, from the main recruiting thread, expected signers for next academic year (2020/21) we know about so far that could be signing as early as November 13th are listed below by sport. As I think about it, I’ll also fill in info below as we learn about what student-athletes have officially signed on to become future Buffs.
(Note- with these sports getting much less recruiting exposure than, say, football, it's much more likely that some listed below may end up going to another college.)
Cross Country/ Track:
Known to have Signed NLI - Gillett, Nuhfer, Lucyk
Previously unknown signee(s) - Nicholas Bianco (Multi-events, Post #15), Ian Gilmore (Sprinter, Post # 29), Allie Routledge (Post #32),Sarah Aanenson (Multi-events, jumper, Post #40), Shaw Powell (Distance running, Post #42), Camille Jackson (Distance running, Post #43), Caleb Niednagel (Distance running, Post #44)
Golf (Men's & Women's):
Known to have Signed NLI - Biwer, Schalk
Additional previously unknown commitment signee(s) - (Women's) - Ellie Gower (Post #7), (Men's) - Ryan Mendez (Post #4), Jacob Mason (Post #10)
Lacrosse:
Known to have Signed NLI – Heintz, Johnson, McElhaney, Moore, Pisani, Smith, Stokes, Zimmerman
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Skiing:
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Soccer
Known to have Signed NLI – Black, Bundy, Fritz, Harnisch, James, Newkirk, Rosen, Willis
Previously unknown signee(s) - Filippa Graneld (Post #3), Jenny Beyer (Post #8)
Tennis:
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Volleyball:
Known to have Signed NLI - Tabron
Previously unknown signee(s) -
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(Note- it seems team sport athletes usually verbally commit AND often sign their NLI’s much earlier than those in the “individual” sports (golf, tennis, track & field/ cross country and, especially, skiing), so expect more future Buff individual sport athletes to become known and sign as the signing period goes on.)
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