Good Luck Jackie! Got a Clean Slate in 2019-20
by dillon77 (2019-04-08 19:19:23)

In reply to: Jackie declared for the draft. I wish she had  posted by Fighting_Artichoke

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Want to thank Jackie for her three outstanding years of play and representing the Irish. She was an absolute class act, teammate and representative of the university. Godspeed and Best of luck. Go get 'em!

I mulled (and posted) about this possibility. Amazing to think that MM and her staff will be starting with a complete clean slate in which to put together next year's squad. In one sense, it's petrifying. On the other, it will be very interesting and exciting to see it all come together.

For perspective, Ohio State was decimated after the 2017-18 team when Kelsey Mitchell left and a bunch of folks transferred. Coach McGuff got a late international recruit, a mess of grad transfers and the stew got their butts kicked in the early part of the schedule. They then promptly had a winning record in the B1G.

We've got a lot better players coming back than the Buckeyes: To be specific, 5 McDonald's All Americans and/or a National Team player (Abby).

As of now, here's the roster:

Junior: Dani Patterson
Medical Redshirt Junior: Mik Vaughn
Sophomores: Abby Prohaska, Jordan Nixon, Danielle Cosgrove
Medical Redshirt Sophomore: Katlyn Gilbert
Freshmen: Sam Brunelle, Anaya Peoples

Walk-ons: Kaitlin Cole, Nicole Benz

That's 8 scholarship players and 2 walk-ons for 10.

Well, time to check the grad transfer lists and regular transfer lists (in the hope they might be given a waiver, particularly if there was a coaching change.)

The Evina Westbrook situation now becomes very intriguing, as do Stephanie Watts of North Carolina and others. Will do more than a little research and expand the 2020 report to a 2019-2020 report soon.

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