11-01-2022, 02:58 PM
Also, Stanford got its first verbal commitment from the class of 2023 today, and it's a big one: Katherine Hui from San Diego, who recently decommitted from Princeton. Has the feel of one of those "Stanford is my dream school, but I'm not going to give up a spot at a great school that I like until I get that acceptance letter" decisions.
Hui is currently the #7 player in the class, but she's been a top 5-type recruit the last few years. This past August, at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships, she was seeded 8th but knocked off top seed Reese Brantmeier in three sets in the quarters (Brantmeier was the top recruit in last year's class and is the #2 ranked newcomer behind a Russian playing at NC State). This was the same tournament where Blokhina was seeded 3rd, though she got upset in the third round.
Welcome, Katherine!
Looking at next year's roster math:
Possible Fifth Year (1): Angelica Blake
Seniors (2): Houghton, Geller
Juniors (3): Ma, Yepifanova, Xu
Sophomores (2): Blokhina, Sun
Freshmen (1): Hui
Biggest uncommitted prize left is currently-#3 recruit Eleana Yu from Mason, OH; Yu won that Girls 18s tournaments as the 4th seed and has been ranked as the top recruit at various times. The rest of the top 10 is verbally committed somewhere else.
Hui is currently the #7 player in the class, but she's been a top 5-type recruit the last few years. This past August, at the USTA Girls 18s National Championships, she was seeded 8th but knocked off top seed Reese Brantmeier in three sets in the quarters (Brantmeier was the top recruit in last year's class and is the #2 ranked newcomer behind a Russian playing at NC State). This was the same tournament where Blokhina was seeded 3rd, though she got upset in the third round.
Welcome, Katherine!
Looking at next year's roster math:
Possible Fifth Year (1): Angelica Blake
Seniors (2): Houghton, Geller
Juniors (3): Ma, Yepifanova, Xu
Sophomores (2): Blokhina, Sun
Freshmen (1): Hui
Biggest uncommitted prize left is currently-#3 recruit Eleana Yu from Mason, OH; Yu won that Girls 18s tournaments as the 4th seed and has been ranked as the top recruit at various times. The rest of the top 10 is verbally committed somewhere else.