College softball portal

[TexasEx_10]

12 minutes ago, Beldar said:

So far we have gone mainly with recruited players and has worked out. Wish we had a portal pitcher coming in . Hope our young ones can step up and ride with Kavan. Hook em

White tries to get portal players. They are outbid year after year by other schools. Texas lost out on their top targets last year to Tech, A&M and Arkansas, and ended up with two players who took pay cuts to play for Texas. The same is already happening. 

Last year’s targets:

Tallen Edwards and Taylor Pannell (pitcher) > A&M

Jazzy Burns and Desirae Spearman > Tech

Dakota Kennedy > Arkansas 

Edited 4 hours ago by TexasEx_10

[ClubWhatever]

1 minute ago, TexasEx_10 said:

White tries to get portal players. They are outbid year after year by other schools. Texas lost out on their top targets last year to Tech and A&M and ended up with two players who took pay cuts to play for Texas. The same is already happening. 

Probably been asked and answered, but what is our overall budget compared to other elite softball schools?

[ArizonaLonghorn]

19 minutes ago, TexasEx_10 said:

Last year’s targets:

Tallen Edwards and Taylor Pannell (pitcher) > A&M

 

Wasn't Taylor Pannell the player who went to Tech and falsely accused her former Tennessee coach of smart mouthing in the handshake line?  Or are there two players with the same name? 

EDIT:  oops, looked it up and you are right, there are TWO players named Taylor Pannell playing college softball, this one transferring from Missouri to A&M. 

Edited 3 hours ago by ArizonaLonghorn

[East Texas Hookem]

Doesn't Texas have a transfer pitcher from OU who committed at mid term, 5 Star freshman?

[David Latiolais]

18 minutes ago, East Texas Hookem said:

Doesn't Texas have a transfer pitcher from OU who committed at mid term, 5 Star freshman?

Yes, but have not heard very much about her lately. 

[GoHorns1]

18 minutes ago, East Texas Hookem said:

Doesn't Texas have a transfer pitcher from OU who committed at mid term, 5 Star freshman?

She drop out school is my understanding. The young lady is battling mental health issues, wish success in her fight.

[HookemTexas]

Texas will offer NIL but will probably not break the balance of the team. IE they aren’t going to offer any more than what Kavan, Stewart, etc get.  They have to also keep the current players content. That’s the balance and Texas seems to have done a good job there, thus only a couple of portals, likely for playing time.