Payton Verhulst is a tall, 2021 shooting guard from a Catholic high school in Kansas. She made the USA U-16 team recently and is profiled in the enclosed article. Toward the end of the article, it is mentioned that she is being recruited by everyone except ND and Connecticut. I draw this to the board's attention because it is another illustration that ND's recruiting is done selectively as well as quietly.
Payton is 6-1, ranked 10th by HG, looks like Caitlin Clark and attends a similar high school that also has a history of sending students to ND.
..who also made the U16 U.S. National Team: same height; excellent form on the jump shot; well rounded athlete who also play other sports (Verhulst is a volleyball player; Citron a soccer player); the Catholic School angle; and, interestingly, both love math.
Thanks for bringing her up on the board...I'm not above raising possible players in a public setting. Heck, people can take the suggestions or not!
In the case of Verhulst and Citron in the Class of 2021, I would imagine so much depends on who comes aboard in 2020 and how things proceed, of course, in the pursuit of the Holy Grail, Azzi Fudd. But while I respect ND's selectivity, I sure hope they "go for the best, but prepare for the rest."
...supplied by the the Indy Magic AAU Team. This was taken before her freshman year in H.S., so she's only maintained and/or probably gotten better.
.........she looks awful manly in that picture and why is she wearing a New York Mets uniform?
She's six feet tall, but not as tall as Pete Alonso!
Hope you took that in the fun spirit that itnwas intended. Thanks for all you do.
I'm just not as good at trying to do and balance multiple things at once..I was laughing at myself. Luckily, nothing an erase and repaste couldn't take care of.
Don't know if you looked at a little of the tape, but the kids got good form.
Who knows what will happen? MM and Niele are, as MPG points out, very selective (and pretty secretive), so it's a little like waiting for the white smoke out of the Vatican.