Backstory on the kid who started a conversation about Crooks. Said "HI!" when I saw him again he was wearing a high-visibility-colored vest and pushing carts. He works at the store and his twin sister plays bb. And like many twins, they are pretty close and she is up on Clark and Audi. Nice kid.
***WBB: CYCLONE 2023 Recruiting Thread***
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Portal isn't even closed yet, think athletes have till the 14th or 15th yet to declare but that's getting pretty late. Anyone entering that late would likely be someone that got recruited over with their coach landing transfers.
This is her third straight title. She set the 1A record last year with 45-01. This year she was "only" 44-00.75, which won the competition by over 4 feet. All five of her throws (she fouled on one of her six attempts) were longer than the 2nd place throw.
She also won the 1A title in discus last year. She'll compete in that tomorrow.
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Check out this video from Des Moines Register:
Iowa State women's basketball signee Audi Crooks wins shot put title
Iowa State women's basketball signee Audi Crooks wins shot put title
Iowa State women's basketball signee Audi Crooks wins shot put state title
Bishop Garrigan's Audi Crooks will play women's basketball at Iowa State, but on Thursday, she won the Class 1A state title in the girls shot put.
www.desmoinesregister.com
The discus prelims are done: 24 competitors, best of three throws, top 8 advance. Audi was #6 so she'll move on, but she'll have to throw better in the final. Here best throw was 111'11", while the top throw was 127'11". Audi won last year with a throw of 131'5".
Looks like the three prelim throws count, and the final 8 get three more throws to try to better their standing.
Looks like the three prelim throws count, and the final 8 get three more throws to try to better their standing.
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Live results here: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/25654/events/919856/live-horizontal/compiled
Audi throw #4: Foul
Audi throw #5: 115-0, moving her up to #4 (but someone else threw a 134-10, so winning seems unlikely at this point)
Audi throw #6: 117-9, her best throw of the day but not enough to move her up.
Audi finishes in 4th place. The winner, Anna Hadley (a freshman from Pekin), threw a 134-04 in addition to her 134-10. The second place finisher threw a 131-02 on her last throw to make it close.
Audi throw #4: Foul
Audi throw #5: 115-0, moving her up to #4 (but someone else threw a 134-10, so winning seems unlikely at this point)
Audi throw #6: 117-9, her best throw of the day but not enough to move her up.
Audi finishes in 4th place. The winner, Anna Hadley (a freshman from Pekin), threw a 134-04 in addition to her 134-10. The second place finisher threw a 131-02 on her last throw to make it close.
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Awesome - I glanced at the results for the other classes and she'd have won 4A by a significant margin. I'm really hoping this "strength" is beneficial on the basketball court in the form of post defense and establishing an inside power game.
I get the feeling Iowa girls' sports will not see another the likes of Audi anytime soon. What a dominant force.
Audi Crooks has a deal with Chevrolet, not sure if it is a local deal with Kenna’s or a group of Chevrolet dealers.
This thread isn't done yet! We have a new player on the list. The coaches appear to be very interested in Alisa Williams, a 6'2" F transferring out of LSU. She played very little as a freshman last year,
We did recruit her for the 2022 class before she verballed TCU in 2020. She then flipped her verbal to LSU a year later. She likely figured her playing time wasn't going to increase with the additions LSU got this offseason, especially Aneesah Morrow.
We did recruit her for the 2022 class before she verballed TCU in 2020. She then flipped her verbal to LSU a year later. She likely figured her playing time wasn't going to increase with the additions LSU got this offseason, especially Aneesah Morrow.
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Possibly more to this than I realized at first. She entered the portal as "do not contact", so she's asking coaches to not contact her without her permission. She doesn't follow many people on twitter (only 85), and since entering the portal I believe she's only newly started following three people on twitter: Coach Fen, Jodi, and Billy. Latoja is one of a handful of coaches she still follows from back when she was originally being recruited.
Similar on instagram -- the only basketball coach she recently started following is Jodi.
At the very least, she is heavily considering ISU. At this point, I don't see any evidence of other schools she is considering. That doesn't mean she's made her decision and won't be looking at other schools in the coming days.
So how does this work since she entered the portal after the "deadline"? Does this mean she has to sit out a year?
If this does come true I do believe that she would need to sit out a year unless she would get a waiver of some type.
It's possible she entered the portal a while back but never made it public. If you think you might transfer, you could enter the portal during the window and then sit on that for a while. Especially since she's "do not contact".
The NCAA Transfer Portal Deadline & What It Means For Student-Athletes
With the May 1 deadline passing, student-athletes entering the NCAA transfer portal won't be eligible to compete next season barring a waiver exemption.
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NOTE - the article is from 2022, so the May 1 date was the cutoff for 2022.
Student-athletes must enter the portal (or at least notify their school’s administration of their intention) by May 1 for all fall and winter sports, and July 1 for all spring sports, in order to be eligible to use the one-time transfer exception.
Student-athletes who miss this deadline will be ineligible to compete at their new school for one season, unless the new school submits a waiver that’s granted by the NCAA.
The rule for basketball is now 60 days after Selection Sunday. For this year, that's May 11.
In review, three apparent possibilities for Williams:
- She entered before the deadline but kept quiet about it -- she is immediately eligible
- She entered after the deadline but will receive a waiver from the NCAA -- she is immediately eligible
- She entered after the deadline and will not receive a waiver -- she has to sit out a year.
