Class of 2026 Recruiting

[kiyoat]

Jun 21, 2022 13:07:18 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

Here's another one with three USD coach follows:

Alyvia Padget - 5'-7" Guard
Brandon Valley HS, Brandon, SD
SD Network AAU

Offers: 
2022 April - North Dakota
2022 June - St Thomas

Visited USD a couple of days ago:

[kiyoat]

Mar 10, 2022 9:35:33 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

Thought I'd throw this one in, as well.  No apparent offers yet, but she was invited to games at UND, SDSU and USD.

Sadie Mehrman
5'-9" PG
Harrisburg HS
SD Network

and another visit from Mehrman:



Update on offers:
2022 April: UND
2022 June: St Thomas

[kiyoat]

Jul 27, 2022 12:44:31 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

Jun 21, 2022 12:54:49 GMT -6 kiyoat said:

Wagner's Ashlyn Koupal just got her first offer... from the Jacks...

Koupal's Offers update:

2022 June: SDSU, USD
2022 July: Creighton

Grrrr.  Seems like they are trying to bleed the talent out of the state so they can start beating the Jacks and Yotes for a change...

…and add CSU to the list, another place very familiar with the Koupal name…

[90yote]

Offered in June, as shown earlier. Unofficial visit this weekend. Has P5 offers.

[kiyoat]

Here's a 2026 with three twitter follows (Ty, Kayla and the USDWBB acct)
*update: now followed by Mike, Gabby, Kayla and the USDWBB account
*update: not followed by new staff

Katharine "Kate" Amelotte, 5-11 Wing
Wayzata HS, Wayzata, MN (Minneapolis)
AAU: North Tartan

Twitter


No listed offers on Twitter, but often North Tartan kids don't do that.  I have to imagine there is some interest on our end, with four twitter follows...

*update Sept 2023 now looks like Kayla and Gabby folowing Kate's mom?  I'll upgrade her to a "high interest" on the recruiting matrix....
*update: not followed by new staff...

Committed to Creighton

[kiyoat]

Trishelle Miller, 5-8 Guard
Sioux City East HS Bishop Heelan HS, Sioux City, IA
All-Iowa Attack/ ETG Midwest

Prep Girls Hoops #4 player in IA

Twitter

Offers:
2022:
June- SDSU

2023:
May - Drake, Bradley
June - USD
July - Colorado State
Aug - St Thomas

2024:
May - USD(re-offer),Omaha
Jun - Belmont
Aug - Committed to SDSU

[kiyoat]

Here's a nice group of ballers visiting Vermillion:

1. Tori McKinney, 2024 6-1 Wing, Minnetonka HS/ North Tartan AAU Twitter

2. Tori Schlagel, 2025 5-9 Guard, Eden Prairie HS, North Tartan AAU Twitter

3. Charlie Coyote, 1970 6-4 Mascot link

4. Addison Klosterbuer, 2023 (Yotes recruit)

5. Ashlyn Koupal, 2026 6-1 Wing, Wagner HS/ SD Attack AAU (Yotes offer) Twitter

6. Avery Broughton, 2023 (Yotes recruit)

The two North Tartan players have multiple follows from our staff, and appear to be top recruits, but neither one has listed any offers.  Must be a North Tartan thing to keep the offers close to the vest?

[usdguy99]

Heard from a family member of Ms. Koupal, that West Virginia has indicated they will be at a couple practices and at least 1 or 2 games this year to watch Ashlyn.

[soofooyote]

Ashlyn will be highly sought after, and will likely end up at a power 5 IMO. I wish her nothing but success in her career, she's a great kid.

[GoYotes]

Not unusual for the smaller fish to be better swimmers than the big fish and as a result they make it further upstream, especially in the upper midwest.

[yote18]

Coming from the same area as and knowing the Koupal’s fairly well USD has a very good chance. “Why settle for being a star when you can be a legend”. Imo if Dawn stuck around she’d be a lock, so we’re going to need the new staff to prove itself. This is their recruit to lose at this point.

[steelsd]

I would of course prefer to see her at SDSU, but would rather watch a SD girl play at USD than any of those other schools because F-them. There is something special about watching SD kids have success at one of the SD schools.

[kiyoat]

Followed by Mike, Gabby, Kayla
*update: only followed by Devin and Amber on new staff
*update: Followed by Carrie, Devin and Amber

Cail Jahnke, 6-2 Combo Guard
St. Michael-Albertsville HS, Albertsville, MN (MSP)
North Tartan EYBL

twitter.com/CailJahnke

www.instagram.com/cailjahnke/

Prep Girls Hoops #5 player in MN

Offers not listed on Twitter, but she did an unofficial visit to Minnesota this year.



Jahnke finally put out a list of her offers (as of June 2024):

P5:
Michigan, Mich State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Boston College
Better Mid-majors:
SDSU, USD, Drake, NDSU, Montana St, Belmont, Green Bay, SMU, Harvard, Columbia
worse mid-majors:
North Dakota, Lehigh, Furman, St Thomas

Edit: taking her off the board.  Too many high-major offers, I think.

[kiyoat]

four follows for Adaline, her 5-10 big sis, Eliana, has three follows, but has verballed to UNI

Adaline Sheplee - 6'-2" Forward/Wing
Rice Lake HS, Rice Lake, WI
Wisconsin Flyte Elite EYBL
Prep Girl Hoops #1 in Wisconsin

twitter.com/AdalineSheplee

Offers:

2022
Aug - UND
Dec - Green Bay

2023
Jan - UNI
Feb - St Thomas
May - Marquette
June - SDSU
July - Wisconsin, Colorado St
Aug - Montana St
Nov - USD, Iowa State

2024
Apr - Michigan
May - Oregon, Harvard, Oklahoma
Jun - VA Tech, TCU, Kansas, Cal
Jul

Update: taking her off our recruiting matrix, too many high major offers recently

[kiyoat]

Kayla and Gabby now follow:
*update: not followed by new staff

Ellie Buss, 5-6 PG
Neenah HS - Neenah, WI (Appleton)
Wisconsin Playmakers AAU

twitter.com/elliebuss4

Offers:

2023
Jul - Roosevelt U (D-II)