Of course the proof of the pudding for our remarkable flurry of apparently solid freshmen and graduate transfers is what shows up on the court this coming season and not who looks great in videos.

However, at this point it appears apparent that somehow Coach Fischer and his hustling staff have put together a talented group of recruits in record time, as well as the return of Knight, that may change the grim outlook of just six weeks or so ago into a competitive aggregation in the CAA next season. I know for sure that the group of us in the neighborhood who attend the games are cautiously optimistic and feel very good about Coach Fischer and his staff.

I also hear that the staff continues its pursuit of one more big man for the 2019-20 team.

The following are all the players I've seen connected to WM since the hiring of the new staff:

Committed to the Tribe!
Ben Wight 6'9 Worthington, OH
Miguel Ayesa 6'5 Miami, FL
Rainers Hermanovskis 6’4 Smiltene, Latvia

Interest:
Malik Tidwell 5'9 Chicago Heights, IL
Benson Lin 6'4 Taipei, Taiwan (former Manhattan commit)
Elias King 6’8 Carmichael, CA
Djordje Orcev 6’6 Rockville, MD

Committed or Re-classified:
Cameron Brown 6'5 Greenbelt, MD -> St. Joe's
Jaylin Hunter 6'2 Lincoln, NE -> ODU
John Michael Wright 6'0 Fayetteville, NC -> High Point
Alyn Breed 6'3 Powder Springs, GA -> Re-classified
Marcus Domask 6'6 Waupun, WI -> Southern Illinois
Tay Howard 6'4 Commerce, GA -> Coastal Georgia
Kendall Lewis 6'5 Snellville, GA -> App State
Tyrin Lawrence 6'3 Madison, GA - > Re-classified
Tristan Newton 6'3 El Paso, TX -> ECU
Zac Ervin 6’5 Gate City, VA -> Elon
Savion Gallion 6'4 Washington, DC -> Buffalo
Donovan Ivory 6'4 Kaukauna, WI -> UMass Lowell
Ade Adebayo 6'5 Nigeria -> UC Davis
Jordan Hairston 6'0 Chantilly, VA -> Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Luke Howard 6'9 Vancouver, BC -> Lipscomb
Maks Klanjscek 6'5 Slovenia -> UMKC
Zion Richardson 6'4 Frisco, TX -> Wofford
Hunter Woods 6'6 Pasadena, CA -> Elon
Noah Hutchins 6'0 Buffalo, NY -> Re-classified
Zane Meeks 6'9 Prairie Village, KS -> Nevada
Chris Shelton 6'4 Gum Springs, VA -> Hampton
Anwar Gill 6'4 Washington, DC -> Re-classified
Tommy Bruner 6'2 Columbia, SC -> USC Upstate
Zeke Littlejohn 6'2 Kings Mountain, NC -> Queens
Ahmir Langlais 6'8 Lilburn, GA -> Western Carolina
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk 6'6 Belgium -> Illinois
Terrell Ard Jr. 6'6 Acworth, GA -> Re-classified

You appear to have omitted the graduate transfers to W&M from Wisconsin Milwaukee and Pennsylvania
announced during this same period.

(06-11-2019 12:14 PM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  You appear to have omitted the graduate transfers to W&M from Wisconsin Milwaukee and Pennsylvania
announced during this same period.

Not to speak for 08, Hamilton & Barnes are grad transfers - not 2019 high school signings. There is a separate thread for them.

Lin to Bryant.

(04-23-2019 03:24 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(04-23-2019 03:20 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  JerseyForceAAU tweets:

“the FORCE is ringing hot again early this week.. assistants from lafayette, st peters, st francis pa, william & mary, army, rider, boston u & navy have reached out in the last 2 days! Friday night in Pitt will be a fantastic atmosphere/opportunity for our guys! #theforceway”

https://mobile.twitter.com/JerseyForceAA...5996914689

6'6 Brad McCabe perhaps?

McCabe to St. Francis (PA).

My Spanish is rusty, but I believe Miguel Ayesa was selected for the U22 Spanish National Team.

You are correct. Congrats, Miguel!

Have any of our new recruits actually signed a LOI yet!!

(06-09-2019 07:57 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Very quick release on his shot. Definitely added some outside scoring. Saw him rated anywhere from #13 to #22 regarding top class of 2019 international recruits.

So, a Belgian, a Spaniard, and now a Latvian. Great having some international flavor.

Welcome to the Tribe family, Rainers!

It is great to recruit International players; but to the best of my knowledge all previous International players at W&M had established academic records at American schools and prep schools. It will be interesting to see how the W&M Admissions process plays out with student/athletes who have no USA academic records to assess.

(06-22-2019 10:35 AM)62Indian Wrote:  

(06-09-2019 07:57 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Very quick release on his shot. Definitely added some outside scoring. Saw him rated anywhere from #13 to #22 regarding top class of 2019 international recruits.

So, a Belgian, a Spaniard, and now a Latvian. Great having some international flavor.

Welcome to the Tribe family, Rainers!

It is great to recruit International players; but to the best of my knowledge all previous International players at W&M had established academic records at American schools and prep schools. It will be interesting to see how the W&M Admissions process plays out with student/athletes who have no USA academic records to assess.

Rainiers H is the only one with no US academic record. Van Vliet is a current student and Ayesa went to high school in Florida.

(05-16-2019 05:48 AM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  Coach Kemp is now following 6’8 Elias King of Carmichael, CA. VC lists offers from Northeastern and UC Santa Barbara. I saw on twitter that Elon, Colgate, and UC Irvine are still very interested and that he is taking (or already took) an official to Elon this week.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vo65Q_WAA00

King commits to UMass-Lowell.

(06-22-2019 10:35 AM)62Indian Wrote:  

(06-09-2019 07:57 PM)Tribeheart Wrote:  Very quick release on his shot. Definitely added some outside scoring. Saw him rated anywhere from #13 to #22 regarding top class of 2019 international recruits.

So, a Belgian, a Spaniard, and now a Latvian. Great having some international flavor.

Welcome to the Tribe family, Rainers!

It is great to recruit International players; but to the best of my knowledge all previous International players at W&M had established academic records at American schools and prep schools. It will be interesting to see how the W&M Admissions process plays out with student/athletes who have no USA academic records to assess.

Admissions should have plenty of experience - with our tennis teams over the years.

Not to mention the men and women's soccer teams and the field hockey team...more than a few foreign student-athletes with no US academic records
on those Tribe squads.

There are no players on either men's or women's soccer teams from outside of the country in terms of high school or prep school. I'm sure there have been in the past.

Part of me does wonder if some admissions policy has changed, football seems to be going after international players too, not something I remember us doing in the past.

(06-24-2019 02:09 PM)TDenverFan Wrote:  Part of me does wonder if some admissions policy has changed, football seems to be going after international players too, not something I remember us doing in the past.

More likely recruiting dollars.

Based on my experience (granted a small sample size), I feel that Euro students are better educated than current Americans at the time of HS graduation. Not a knock on intelligence, but simply that our educational system is floundering.

(06-21-2019 06:11 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Have any of our new recruits actually signed a LOI yet!!

School just announced their addition, so I'd say yes.

https://tribeathletics.com/news/2019/6/2...0973e788f9

(06-27-2019 03:19 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(06-21-2019 06:11 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Have any of our new recruits actually signed a LOI yet!!

School just announced their addition, so I'd say yes.

https://tribeathletics.com/news/2019/6/2...0973e788f9

Are we to assume that this class is done and that last scholarship will be used for a transfer or saved for next year?

(06-27-2019 03:39 PM)WillaMary08 Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 03:19 PM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(06-21-2019 06:11 PM)Biggjohn43 Wrote:  Have any of our new recruits actually signed a LOI yet!!

School just announced their addition, so I'd say yes.

https://tribeathletics.com/news/2019/6/2...0973e788f9

Are we to assume that this class is done and that last scholarship will be used for a transfer or saved for next year?

With the announcement, I'd assume they are done with freshmen. I guess something unexpected could shake out, but I think their attention is on 2020. I'd think a talented underclass transfer could be a possibility, though I'm unaware of any serious interest.