.....Between the new facility and new conference, the Buffs upcoming recruiting class is expected to be ranked in the Top 10........
Well, Buffnik, you might just be right about this.
The source I use for high school VB info (prepvb.com) has just finished coming out with their rankings of the 2012 senior class HS players, with the rankings based on the players perceived potential as college players. They rank a "top 100 senior aces" and then a "next 150".
CU has 6 players who have verballed for the class of 2012. (And in VB almost all sign where they initially verbal) Four of those (an outside hitter, 2 who are setter/right side hitters, and a middle blocker) are all ranked in the "top 100" at positions 92, 46, 38, and 26 respectively. The other 2 verbals are both defensive players and are both ranked in the "next 150" part of the list. This is a downright allsome recruiting class.
Consider that, on the current CU VB roster, there is only one player who was ranked in the "top 100" as a HS senior and that is JR Kerra Schroeder who was ranked somewhere in the 60's. There are also 3 other players who, when they were high school seniors, were ranked in their classes "next 150" grouping... FR Kelsey English, SO Hannah Walker, and SR Anicia Santos. With Santos finishing her eligibility after this season, that leaves CU with 3 returning players for next season who got this level of recognition coming out of high school. And they will be adding 6 more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is one heck of a potential talent improvement.
But before anyone gets too excited, this is whats needed year in and year out to have any chance in the PAC 12. Consider that Stanfords entire 2012 class (5 players) is ranked in the top 10!!
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Copied into here at BeBe's suggestion. I wish I knew how to not have things be defaulted to the date stamp order instead of being able to put it in the order I want. This really should be the post after BeBe's at #15 instead of at #12. (I say this in case we have a 2* mod who knows how to do it, because I'm clueless.) - nik