For the record, Arike signed in November 2014, along with
by MPG (2018-04-18 23:34:35)

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Marina Mabrey, and Ali Patberg. Muffet commented on the trio in a news release on November 12.

Offers can be made prior to junior year. If I recall correctly, Ali Patberg was a sophomore when she committed to ND. Official visits can be made starting in April of the junior year, but offers can be made earlier. Muffet supposedly offered Ms. Diggins in eighth grade!

I'm sure you're right about all this. My memory on Arike
by Dave Winkler  (2018-04-19 00:01:07)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

signing is not as good as I thought it was.

All these prospects (like Skyler) getting early offers - do you know if these are in writing? Or do they have to be verbals until some point in time?

I don't know if any offers are official in a contractual
by MPG  (2018-04-19 09:51:25)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

sense until the student-athlete receives the National Letter of Intent to be signed as the final step of the recruiting process. Certainly schools can send a letter confirming their early interest or offer as part of the recruitment effort. I know that lacrosse is moving its recruiting calendar toward not allowing commitments until the beginning of the junior year, which makes sense to me.

Some WBB programs seem to make early offers to many prospects. Louisville and South Carolina come to mind. I believe that many of these are honorary as a way of building interest among prospects.