College softball portal

[HookemTexas]

19 minutes ago, Sarah O said:

 

Crowded infield, was going to be tough for her to get playing time if that's what she's seeking.

[TexTheHorn24]

Here’s a good portal database from Softbal America: 

 

 

[TexTheHorn24]

Azua is 5th and Swan is 6th notably 

[TexTheHorn24]

Issa Torres will enter and head to Texas tech. Probably where Beachum is heading as well. Wouldn’t be shocked if Tech is also after a few other big names. They’re some diabolical mfers. 

[HookemTexas]

7 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

Issa Torres will enter and head to Texas tech. Probably where Beachum is heading as well. Wouldn’t be shocked if Tech is also after a few other big names. They’re some diabolical mfers. 

Is that confirmed or you're speculating?

[TexTheHorn24]

20 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Is that confirmed or you're speculating?

It won’t be confirmed until she officially enters which she certainly will in the next 48 hours. 

[HookemTexas]

21 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

It won’t be confirmed until she officially enters which she certainly will in the next 48 hours. 

They have quickly taken over the villain role with all the poaching.  To quote big bang theory, in what world do you find Sooners rooting for Longhorns?  Answer:  In the NIL world.

[TexTheHorn24]

They’re certainly diabolical. They will take someone’s ace in the p4 level rest assured 

[TexTheHorn24]

What Texas tech is gonna do in the portal from what I heard who they’ve got targeted and even signed is absolutely disgusting and diabolical for the game. Hopefully Texas counters a little bit in the portal as well.

[TexasEx_10]

8 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

What Texas tech is gonna do in the portal from what I heard who they’ve got targeted and even signed is absolutely disgusting and diabolical for the game. Hopefully Texas counters a little bit in the portal as well.

And they still won’t win. Maybe they should invest in a good coach instead. That’s when I will start to worry. 
 

Tech isn’t going to do anything more than they did last year. Last year was disgusting and diabolical. They have very few holes to fill. And, yes, I am very aware of the rumors. 
 

Speaking of rumors, there’s another school in Texas that will make things difficult for Tech regarding Isa. Tech isn’t the only one involved.

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[HornsInMyRoots]

11 hours ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

Issa Torres will enter and head to Texas tech. Probably where Beachum is heading as well. Wouldn’t be shocked if Tech is also after a few other big names. They’re some diabolical mfers. 

I am hearing Texas is in the mix as well. Apparently the top three are Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Texas. She isn’t looking for just the most money. She’s looking for the best culture as well.

I found it interesting because all those schools return their middle infield. Texas Tech returns Toney at shortstop and Mia Williams at second base. Texas A&M returns KK Dement at shortstop but has second base open. Texas returns Vivi Martinez at shortstop but has second base open. Her sister Marianna left Texas A&M when Ford was there. Also Samantha Swan and Isa Torres played high school ball together at Georgetown which is about a 35 minute drive from Austin. They could possibly want to play close to home. Just like Madison Azua is from Round Rock which is closer at about 25 minutes from Austin. 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

1 minute ago, HornsInMyRoots said:

I am hearing Texas is in the mix as well. Apparently the top three are Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Texas. She isn’t looking for just the most money. She’s looking for the best culture as well.

I found it interesting because all those schools return their middle infield. Texas Tech returns Toney at shortstop and Mia Williams at second base. Texas A&M returns KK Dement at shortstop but has second base open. Texas returns Vivi Martinez at shortstop but has second base open. Her sister Marianna left Texas A&M when Ford was there. Also Samantha Swan and Isa Torres played high school ball together at Georgetown which is about a 35 minute drive from Austin. They could possibly want to play close to home. Just like Madison Azua is from Round Rock which is closer at about 25 minutes from Austin. 

Azua, Swan, and Torres would be a hell of a portal haul without going overboard like Tech has and risking too many players leaving.  The possibility of being a contributor to a 3-peat and playing close to home as opposed to just chasing the biggest offer has to be appealing to them.  We’ll see what happens.

[HookemTexas]

25 minutes ago, HornsInMyRoots said:

I am hearing Texas is in the mix as well. Apparently the top three are Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Texas. She isn’t looking for just the most money. She’s looking for the best culture as well.

I found it interesting because all those schools return their middle infield. Texas Tech returns Toney at shortstop and Mia Williams at second base. Texas A&M returns KK Dement at shortstop but has second base open. Texas returns Vivi Martinez at shortstop but has second base open. Her sister Marianna left Texas A&M when Ford was there. Also Samantha Swan and Isa Torres played high school ball together at Georgetown which is about a 35 minute drive from Austin. They could possibly want to play close to home. Just like Madison Azua is from Round Rock which is closer at about 25 minutes from Austin. 

Of the three, the most diabolical is Tech. If they can get Torres, they are booting Toney to the curb without a thought.  Texas on the other hand will not; there's an open slot at 2nd base but if Torres is set on playing SS, then that's narrows it down.

Of the three names you mentioned - Azua, Swan, and Torres, I think the least likely of the three for Texas is Swan.  While Reese graduates, they have two highly touted youngsters.  Azua makes sense because they need a solid LHP and potentially #2 behind Kavan.  Torres if she takes 2nd or if Martinez moves to 2nd is a no brainer, but highly doubtful given how much money Tech's going to throw at her.

[TexasEx_10]

8 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Of the three, the most diabolical is Tech. If they can get Torres, they are booting Toney to the curb without a thought.  Texas on the other hand will not; there's an open slot at 2nd base but if Torres is set on playing SS, then that's narrows it down.

Of the three names you mentioned - Azua, Swan, and Torres, I think the least likely of the three for Texas is Swan.  While Reese graduates, they have two highly touted youngsters.  Azua makes sense because they need a solid LHP and potentially #2 behind Kavan.  Torres if she takes 2nd or if Martinez moves to 2nd is a no brainer, but highly doubtful given how much money Tech's going to throw at her.

Serious question: you want Teagan throwing to a freshman? I don’t. I’d love an experienced catcher while the youngsters learn and grow. Softball America has also said some schools might want Swan to play in the outfield. I don’t know if that’s what Swan wants to do though.

 

 

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[HookemTexas]

13 minutes ago, TexasEx_10 said:

Serious question: you want Teagan throwing to a freshman? I don’t. I’d love an experienced catcher while the youngsters learn and grow. Softball America has also said some schools might want Swan to play in the outfield. I don’t know if that’s what Swan wants to do though.

 

 

Fair question and the answer would be no unless she's so good you can't keep her on the bench, however there's going to be sophomore catcher Anne Wallace as well; worst case Kate could catch but they probably want her at 1st base with her athleticism.   If Swan's an upgrade over Wallace, they do it.  Defensively we're definitely going to miss Atwood's prowess at throwing out runners and pickoffs.

[TexasEx_10]

1 minute ago, HookemTexas said:

Fair question and the answer would be no unless she's so good you can't keep her on the bench, however there's going to be sophomore catcher Anne Wallace as well; worst case Kate could catch but they probably want her at 1st base with her athleticism.   If Swan's an upgrade over Wallace, they do it.  Defensively we're definitely going to miss Atwood's prowess at throwing out runners and pickoffs.

Agree on all points. 
 

Editor of Softball America:

[HookemTexas]

1 minute ago, TexasEx_10 said:

Agree on all points. 
 

Editor of Softball America:

I don't know her game, does she have the speed for the outfield?  Have to assume she's got an arm playing catcher.

[HookemTexas]

Also let's remember it doesn't have to be a big name with the squad they already have assembled - last year Altmeyer wasn't the big splash transfer name, but she had some key moments in the WCWS.

[TexasEx_10]

2 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

I don't know her game, does she have the speed for the outfield?  Have to assume she's got an arm playing catcher.

I honestly don’t know the answer to that. She primarily played second base and catcher at Georgetown HS and was signed as a Catcher/Utility player. I know Baylor is very interested in her so it would not surprise me if she ended up there either. 

[TexasEx_10]

1 minute ago, HookemTexas said:

Also let's remember it doesn't have to be a big name with the squad they already have assembled - last year Altmeyer wasn't the big splash transfer name, but she had some key moments in the WCWS.

This is true. I truly believe that Texas/White improves and develops players anyway. Kaiah also started the year off extremely hot, but slumped during SEC play. But she got hot again when Texas needed it. 

[TexTheHorn24]

Texas still does things the right way. Same with OU to an extent. Develop your home grown talent first and foremost. Bring in some transfers to compliment.

tech just brings in basically a new team every year from the portal. 

[HornsInMyRoots]

Jaysoni Beachum recently followed Texas Softball, Texas Football and Texas Longhorn instagram accounts. 

[TexasEx_10]

5 minutes ago, HornsInMyRoots said:

Jaysoni Beachum recently followed Texas Softball, Texas Football and Texas Longhorn instagram accounts. 

There have been some rumors linking her to Texas and I don’t know why. Yes, she follows a lot of Texas accounts and players, but she also started following Tech and OU softball before her announcement to transfer, too. She’s limited to 3rd base only, by the way. 

[ArizonaLonghorn]

How does the Texas requirement that you complete 50% of your coursework at UT to earn a degree affect our ability to recruit juniors?  I see Sam Swan is listed as a junior at ASU so if she would lose say 1/3 of her credits transferring to UT she would probably need two more years to graduate, but at other schools more accepting of transfer hours she could graduate in a year.  (This was what Sark was referring to when he said you could take just one class at Ole Miss and earn a degree).

So seniors could portal in as grad transfers while portal frosh or sophs would potentially keep all or most of their credit hours, but juniors would take a hit, right?  

[HookemTexas]

6 minutes ago, TexasEx_10 said:

There have been some rumors linking her to Texas and I don’t know why. Yes, she follows a lot of Texas accounts and players, but she also started following Tech and OU softball before her announcement to transfer, too. She’s limited to 3rd base only, by the way. 

I feel like Nichols pretty much solidified her spot with her play in the WCWS.  If Beachum is only 3rd base that's probably a no go.