05-06-2024, 12:57 PM
Precisely who we'd be in on, recruit-wise, I have no idea. But one name that stands out is current #3 recruit Alyssa Ahn of San Diego, who won a girls' 16s national title in 2022 and who is the top college-bound recruit who hasn't verbally committed yet. We sometimes see that with Stanford, as folks wait to commit and want to see if they get in. But she said in 2022 that Stanford was her dream, so let's hope she still feels that way (and that we feel the same).
A number of the top 10 are already committed, though as these players are high school juniors, a lot can change between now and then, and perhaps the prospect of playing in the lineup for Stanford right away is enough of an inducement to get them to switch from Harvard (as is the case for #5 recruit Tianmei Wang of San Marino, CA), Princeton (#4 recruit Monika Ekstrand of Delray Beach, FL), or UNC (#7 recruit Alanis Hamilton of Bentonville, AR).
Also uncommitted in the top are a trio from New York: #8 Leena Friedman of Brooklyn, #9 Christasha McNeil of Lindenhurst, and #10 Claire An from NYC.
And it could be that we see an international student. We take international tennis players much less frequently than other top programs, but it's not unheard of, with Ana Geller (Argentina), Emily Arbuthnott (UK), and Carol Zhao (Canada) recent examples.
A number of the top 10 are already committed, though as these players are high school juniors, a lot can change between now and then, and perhaps the prospect of playing in the lineup for Stanford right away is enough of an inducement to get them to switch from Harvard (as is the case for #5 recruit Tianmei Wang of San Marino, CA), Princeton (#4 recruit Monika Ekstrand of Delray Beach, FL), or UNC (#7 recruit Alanis Hamilton of Bentonville, AR).
Also uncommitted in the top are a trio from New York: #8 Leena Friedman of Brooklyn, #9 Christasha McNeil of Lindenhurst, and #10 Claire An from NYC.
And it could be that we see an international student. We take international tennis players much less frequently than other top programs, but it's not unheard of, with Ana Geller (Argentina), Emily Arbuthnott (UK), and Carol Zhao (Canada) recent examples.
