rise ball, and can hit all quadrants, oh I know someone, Maya Johnson. Does anyone know if she went in the portal or not?

But does VT have the resources to pay the expenses of a potential portal transfer to have an official visit? Emma was flown into a school today for a day and a half of official meetings and will be flown back tomorrow, airfare, hotel, meals, etc. All taken care of. Already has a couple more lined up just like it. Also, she has already told NC State and Duke no, which I personally am ok with.

Meetings and telling people she's not interested?

Her phone hasn't stopped since Sunday. Its a feeding frenzy out there. She had to cut down on some right away. Those were 2 of about 8 she told to move on. One school already had a visit scheduled for Sat/Sun and pulled it because they heard the schools that were making her offers.

It is always nice to see things workout for kids bold enough to take a chance on themselves. Wish it could have worked out in Blacksburg.

Kept playing. 😂

** Edited by MidloHokie at 5/22/2025, 6:45:14 AM

His daughter is Emma Jackson who played for VT one year and for ECU for two years. ** Edited by RJHokie at 5/21/2025, 6:28:41 PM

I'm not sure about the level of NIL available but I believe there is some. However, it probably pales in comparison to the SEC coffers.

recruiting. It might come out after the settlement, but with it being the wild wild west of NIL nope.

overflowing with cash. ** Edited by Stork at 5/21/2025, 10:54:04 AM

So we can probably compete pretty well against other ACC teams and Big 12 teams. Maybe even against some of the B1G that don’t seem to put much emphasis on softball. Indiana, just as one example. But I do not believe we can be truly competitive on NIL against the SEC. Particularly for a player that one of those teams really wants.

Players intending for them to be starters or #1 pitchers. I guess what I’m saying is we’re not going to get any “big splash” transfers.

things, but that seems like something he wouldn't feel free to share until it happens. We have always had a very good offense and defense. It seems the difference between our good teams and our best teams is an elite pitcher. In our CWS year, our team BA was .240, slg%, .325 and OBP .320. We hit 21 homeruns and scored 3.6 runs a game. We are always well above that. So, a great pitcher might be something worth pursuing with $$$. I don't think we should spend big $$$ on a position player. Maybe find someone good who isn't happy or wants to be on a better team.

He can speculate and make an educated guess but no one should expect to know the positions targeted

and I am not saying he doesn't, he is smart enough not to take bait and share inappropriate information with the general public. As far as being "in the program" I would guess given all he has done for the program and continues to do he has access to lots of info and that access will always be predicated on knowing what can be shared and when.

I have a general rule that I won't share anything until it is public knowledge. I don't consider myself a "professional" reporter so I'm not into scoops. I would rather have the trust.

Being a fan and a reporter for certain women's sports is different than say football, men's basketball, baseball, and men's soccer. If you look sports like professional women's soccer in its earlier years, college softball, college women's soccer, even college women's basketball.... and other sports like wrestling. Reporters, fans, etc are don't openly criticize coacheds, players, etc. Many media types are player-friendly, have relationships with coaches and players. The mantra is that you should support the players, coaches, and the sport in general. I think of Meg Linehan, a key journalist in women's soccer. She grew her career covering the sport while the professional leagues were in their infancies, fighting for resources, fighting to gain support. She actually helped line fields, etc. She has largely been rarely critical of players and coaches because (a) she was friends with them and (b) criticizing any would hurt relationship and damage the ability to get inside access. You HAD to "support" the sport that was trying to get off the ground, gain an audience, gain resources, etc. I think this is often the case for many female sports that have those dynamics: growth, gain audience, grow resources, gain TV coverage, improve conditions, etc. I believe that has happened for the most part with those sports I mention above. The WNBA is getting more "criticism" but that often comes from outsiders like men's basketball analysts or twitter fans. But the WNBA analysts rarely criticize players or call out coaches. This seems to be more of a thing for male sports, especially revenue ones. We feel freel to criticize Pry, Fuente, Buzz, Mike Young. You "trust the coaches until you don't trust the coaches. fan criticism that people say "are stupid and fans don't know much" are often borne out when you see the reasons coaches are fired. But this isn't the case for those other sports that "need support". These are kind of like "insider sports" where fans, reporters, journalists, analysts are insiders who are part of the sport, even feel ownership of it. The audiences are smaller and know each other and criticizing anyone seems dangerous and blasphemous. You might not even see analysis because analysis has the potential to be seen as criticizing, even if valid critiques are, well, valid. This is not about Chip. His statement about not being a "professional reporter" made me think of this topic. It is something that i have had conversations with a reporter who does cover the NWSL. It feels like this for a lot of non-revenue, small revenue, even establish sports that are fighting to gain a wide place in the sports world

on his part could be taken as having some inside knowledge. Rightly or wrongly. So, I don't think he would comment either way.

a bad injury.

In 2025 She knew Sophie, and I THINK she may have played with same travel ball squad as incomer Avery Layton. Those are my thoughts on connections She has speed and power

the park?

3 run HR vs Oklahoma State She scored 3 runs also

She was injured and only played 5 games in 2024.

.986 fielding Pct started 54 games for IU

coming in. No need to portal infield.