[Softball Fan]

Hambly having been an MB ought to be a factor in drawing MB recruits who want to learn to be great.

Yes that could help and Hambly was an All-American MB at BYU.  But you still need to find elite MBs who view Stanford as their dream school and are willing to wait out the admission process.  Some recent examples of recruited MBs who chose other schools:

6’5” 2022 Maggie Mendelson; she had the grades and was strongly recruited by Hambly.  Ultimately she insisted on the option to play both VB and BB which ruled out Stanford.  She chose Nebraska.

6'5" 2025 Natalie Wardlow; recruited by Hambly.  Already has committed to Wisconsin.

6'6" 2025 Hazel Alevok; recruited by Hambly.  Already has committed to UCLA.  I get the feeling there is no way she was going to wait around to find out if she would be admitted by Stanford.

I agree with BigJohn that Hambly is doing a good job in recruiting.  One problem is finding elite prep MBs willing to wait out admissions while receiving all kinds of offers and probably some tempting NIL.

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Ipar Kurt at OH puts up a nice block with Francis. That looks like Pringle wearing libero jersey but I'm not sure. I remember last season Pringle missed three serves against Nebraska and was put in Hambly's dog house. I don't think she ever got out last season.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/StanfordWVB/status/1673098559896563712/video/1[/tweet]

[Softball Fan]

Hambly having been an MB ought to be a factor in drawing MB recruits who want to learn to be great.

Yes that could help and Hambly was an All-American MB at BYU.  But you still need to find elite MBs who view Stanford as their dream school and are willing to wait out the admission process.  Some recent examples of recruited MBs who chose other schools:

6’5” 2022 Maggie Mendelson; she had the grades and was strongly recruited by Hambly.  Ultimately she insisted on the option to play both VB and BB which ruled out Stanford.  She chose Nebraska.

6'5" 2025 Natalie Wardlow; recruited by Hambly.  Already has committed to Wisconsin.

6'6" 2025 Hazel Alevok; recruited by Hambly.  Already has committed to UCLA.  I get the feeling there is no way she was going to wait around to find out if she would be admitted by Stanford.

I agree with BigJohn that Hambly is doing a good job in recruiting.  One problem is finding elite prep MBs willing to wait out admissions while receiving all kinds of offers and probably some tempting NIL.

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Ipar Kurt at OH puts up a nice block with Francis. That looks like Pringle wearing libero jersey but I'm not sure. I remember last season Pringle missed three serves against Nebraska and was put in Hambly's dog house. I don't think she ever got out last season.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/StanfordWVB/status/1673098559896563712/video/1[/tweet]