01-03-2024, 02:05 PM
(01-02-2024, 04:33 PM)BobK Wrote: Here are the 2024 commits
Valerie Glozman Bellevue WA Ranked # 2 and the only one Stanford has announced
Morgan Shaffer Orange CA
Andrea Gutierrez-Ramos Las Vegas NV
I wouldn't put a ton of stock in some of the folks listed as "commits" on the tennisrecruiting.com site, especially when they're recruits in a range that are nowhere near our usual levels. Perhaps Shaffer got in on her own and intends to walk on to the program, but she's not close to the level of player where Stanford would offer a scholarship. And it's not clear that Gutierrez-Ramos is even a legitimate prospect at all--her record reflects no high-end results. She could have created a prospect profile on the website and said that she committed to Stanford or that it was her preferred school, but that doesn't mean much.
The site is good for the high-end players like Glozman, and we absolutely sometimes have 4-star and 5-star type walk-ons that are valuable practice players, but we're at the top of the recruiting food chain, and even blue chips come here and never crack the lineup. As neither Shaffer's nor Gutierrez-Ramos's recruiting profile lists a Stanford offer, I think it's safe to assume they never got one.
