With tomorrow (Wednesday, November 13th, 2024) being the start of the signing period for the frosh class of 2025/26 for all Olympic Sports, thought I'd start this thread. As with prior years' threads where I did this, It will be used throughout the signing period to post any news (tweets, articles, pictures, videos, etc.) of future Olympic Sport Buffs officially signing their National Letters of Intents (NLI's).
Want to note, that unlike football and basketball that probably more Allbuffians are aware of, ALL other NCAA Division 1 (and Division 2) sports just have one long signing period (no "early" and "regular" signing periods like football and basketball). For the 2025 frosh class, that "other" sports signing period is 11/13/2024 - 8/1/2025.
As always, if/ as any Allbuffians see any official signing news for any future Buffs, please feel free to post it.
The main purpose of this thread is NOT to post news of newly found future Buffs, which is already covered in the https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/recruiting-news-olympic-sports.101643/page-26 thread. However, If any new (unknown to us) commits do pop up during the signing process, I'll probably post them both places (with more detail on them being put in the main recruiting thread).
Note- With I believe the option of some senior year Buffs still having an additional (Covid-19) eligibility year having ended, along with new NCAA rules generally expanding the maximum (but not required) number of available scholarships for the Olympic sports while setting max (often lower than current actual) numbers for rosters, it will be interesting (at least to me) to see how freshmen classes are affected this coming academic year and beyond.
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Note - I'm going to try and complete the below with specific known verbal commits later today or tomorrow (although I'm FAR behind right now posting through the year), but since I just copied and pasted from last year's thread thought I'd keep the bones of last year's thread without the specifics for now.
For ease of reference, the below tables are pulled from info in the main recruiting thread (post numbers listed are to posts in that thread) and lists the expected signers for next academic year (2024/25) we know about so far that could be signing as early as November 8th. I'll also list when those known verbals, as well as the many previously unknown commits who have signed on to become Buffs, are verified as having signed on to become future Buffs.
(Note- with these sports getting much less recruiting exposure than, say, football, it's much more likely that some listed below may end up going to another college and that many I didn't know about will end up being Buffs.)
Cross Country/ Track and field (Men's & Women's):
Known to have Signed NLI - Men's - ; Women's -
Previously unknown signee(s) - Men's - ; Women's -
Golf (Men's & Women's):
None known prior to the start of the signing period for either the men's or women's teams.
Known to have Signed NLI - Men's - ; Women's -
Additional previously unknown commitment signee(s) - (Women's) - Pateetin (Post #2); (Men's) –
Lacrosse:
Known to have Signed NLI –
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Skiing (Men's & Women's):
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Soccer:
Known to have Signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Tennis:
Known to have signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Volleyball:
Known to have Signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
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(Note- it seems team sport athletes usually verbally commit AND often sign their NLI’s much earlier than those in the “individual” sports (golf, tennis, track & field/ cross country and, especially, skiing), so expect more future Buff individual sport athletes to become known and sign as the signing period goes on.)
Want to note, that unlike football and basketball that probably more Allbuffians are aware of, ALL other NCAA Division 1 (and Division 2) sports just have one long signing period (no "early" and "regular" signing periods like football and basketball). For the 2025 frosh class, that "other" sports signing period is 11/13/2024 - 8/1/2025.
As always, if/ as any Allbuffians see any official signing news for any future Buffs, please feel free to post it.
The main purpose of this thread is NOT to post news of newly found future Buffs, which is already covered in the https://www.allbuffs.com/threads/recruiting-news-olympic-sports.101643/page-26 thread. However, If any new (unknown to us) commits do pop up during the signing process, I'll probably post them both places (with more detail on them being put in the main recruiting thread).
Note- With I believe the option of some senior year Buffs still having an additional (Covid-19) eligibility year having ended, along with new NCAA rules generally expanding the maximum (but not required) number of available scholarships for the Olympic sports while setting max (often lower than current actual) numbers for rosters, it will be interesting (at least to me) to see how freshmen classes are affected this coming academic year and beyond.
______________________________________________________________________
Note - I'm going to try and complete the below with specific known verbal commits later today or tomorrow (although I'm FAR behind right now posting through the year), but since I just copied and pasted from last year's thread thought I'd keep the bones of last year's thread without the specifics for now.
For ease of reference, the below tables are pulled from info in the main recruiting thread (post numbers listed are to posts in that thread) and lists the expected signers for next academic year (2024/25) we know about so far that could be signing as early as November 8th. I'll also list when those known verbals, as well as the many previously unknown commits who have signed on to become Buffs, are verified as having signed on to become future Buffs.
(Note- with these sports getting much less recruiting exposure than, say, football, it's much more likely that some listed below may end up going to another college and that many I didn't know about will end up being Buffs.)
Cross Country/ Track and field (Men's & Women's):
Known to have Signed NLI - Men's - ; Women's -
Previously unknown signee(s) - Men's - ; Women's -
Golf (Men's & Women's):
None known prior to the start of the signing period for either the men's or women's teams.
Known to have Signed NLI - Men's - ; Women's -
Additional previously unknown commitment signee(s) - (Women's) - Pateetin (Post #2); (Men's) –
Lacrosse:
Known to have Signed NLI –
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Skiing (Men's & Women's):
None known about before the signing period.
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Soccer:
Known to have Signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Tennis:
Known to have signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
Volleyball:
Known to have Signed NLI -
Previously unknown signee(s) -
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(Note- it seems team sport athletes usually verbally commit AND often sign their NLI’s much earlier than those in the “individual” sports (golf, tennis, track & field/ cross country and, especially, skiing), so expect more future Buff individual sport athletes to become known and sign as the signing period goes on.)
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