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I have a feeling they will unless they want to move on. Lindsay had a picture of her moving into a new office at CU. Cross country and Track and field have their own pages and CU always takes a while to update.
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Recruiting News - Olympic Sports
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A late addition to the tennis team for this coming academic year - OFFICIAL welcome and congrats to student- athlete Rixt van der Werff (who hails from Groningen, Netherlands)!
Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/8/19/tennis-buffs-add-van-der-werff-from-the-netherlands
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By: Aiden Tank
BOULDER - Rixt van der Werff, a freshman from Groningen, Netherlands, has signed her national letter of intent to play tennis at the University of Colorado, head coach Anthony Pham announced Monday.
Van der Werff comes to Boulder as an older freshman, she has plenty of high level tennis experience to fall back on. Currently she ranks No. 20 in the Netherland's. Working up the tennis scene she also saw early success winning the Dutch 16u doubles championship and finishing as the runner up in the singles championships. After thriving she held the nation's top spot as the No. 1 player under 16.
As time as gone on she has accumulated more and more honors with multiple International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior titles as well as finding herself in many senior national rankings.
"We are very excited about Rixt joining our Buff tennis family," Pham said on the signing. "She possesses strong character, is an incredibly hard worker and loves tennis. She is equally thrilled about being a Buff and continuing to help push our program to new heights. We are confident she will have a major impact on our squad on and off the court and represent us well in the community. Buff fans will really enjoy watching her compete!"
She will find herself joining a veteran team that finished the 2023-24 season ranked No. 71 in final ITA poll. After a second-place finish in the NIT the Buffs lose three players from last years squad. Van der Werff is set to join Lera Alexin for the Buffs freshman class this fall.
Van der Werff is only the third player from the Netherlands in program history after Julyette Steur in 2015 and Fleur Eggink 2021.
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Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2024/8/19/tennis-buffs-add-van-der-werff-from-the-netherlands
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By: Aiden Tank
BOULDER - Rixt van der Werff, a freshman from Groningen, Netherlands, has signed her national letter of intent to play tennis at the University of Colorado, head coach Anthony Pham announced Monday.
Van der Werff comes to Boulder as an older freshman, she has plenty of high level tennis experience to fall back on. Currently she ranks No. 20 in the Netherland's. Working up the tennis scene she also saw early success winning the Dutch 16u doubles championship and finishing as the runner up in the singles championships. After thriving she held the nation's top spot as the No. 1 player under 16.
As time as gone on she has accumulated more and more honors with multiple International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior titles as well as finding herself in many senior national rankings.
"We are very excited about Rixt joining our Buff tennis family," Pham said on the signing. "She possesses strong character, is an incredibly hard worker and loves tennis. She is equally thrilled about being a Buff and continuing to help push our program to new heights. We are confident she will have a major impact on our squad on and off the court and represent us well in the community. Buff fans will really enjoy watching her compete!"
She will find herself joining a veteran team that finished the 2023-24 season ranked No. 71 in final ITA poll. After a second-place finish in the NIT the Buffs lose three players from last years squad. Van der Werff is set to join Lera Alexin for the Buffs freshman class this fall.
Van der Werff is only the third player from the Netherlands in program history after Julyette Steur in 2015 and Fleur Eggink 2021.
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Per the below Instagram posts by a running website, looks like the men's track and field and cross country teams have picked up a couple distance running commits for the frosh class of 2025. (Both were formerly committed to new Buff coach Carlson's former school, Tennessee.) They are:
Their HS results:
Mr, Caldwell:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18865070/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18865070/track-and-field/all
Mr. Graffeo:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/19090264/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/19090264/track-and-field/all
- Trey Caldwell, who attends and competes at De La Salle HS in Concord California.
- Jack Graffeo, who attends and competes at Westfield Academy in Westfield Massachusetts.
Their HS results:
Mr, Caldwell:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18865070/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18865070/track-and-field/all
Mr. Graffeo:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/19090264/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/19090264/track-and-field/all
Thanks to the ECNL recruiting Twitter account (https://x.com/ImYouthSoccer), found out. soccer has been VERY busy, as it now has 4 commitments for the frosh class of 2026. In addition to Sloane Phillips (who I already noted in post #748), the other 3 are:
Re Ms. George:
Prep stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/co/aurora/...ge/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=ppdmca4cr9rbb
Topdrawersoccer page - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/lindsey-george/pid-152838
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/14881453/Lindsey-George
Re Ms. McAthey:
Prep stats (not sure if complete?) - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/hunting...hy/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=43combj4hoscc
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/18908057/Sienna-McAthy
Re Ms. Sidhu:
Prep stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/oceansi...hu/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=q8fr5vujgfn99
Topdrawersoccer page - http://volleytalk.proboards.com/board/5
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/17837815/Jaiden-Sidhu
- Midfielder Lindsey George, who attends and competes with Grandview HS in Aurora, Colorado, as well as competing with the Real Colorado Club program.
- Midfielder Sienna McAthey, who attends and competes with Huntington Beach HS in the city of the same name, as well as playing club ball with the Slammers Football Club.
- Defender Jaiden Sidhu, who currently attends and competes with Mission Vista High School in Oceanside, California, as well as playing club ball with City Soccer Club.
Re Ms. George:
Prep stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/co/aurora/...ge/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=ppdmca4cr9rbb
Topdrawersoccer page - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/lindsey-george/pid-152838
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/14881453/Lindsey-George
Re Ms. McAthey:
Prep stats (not sure if complete?) - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/hunting...hy/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=43combj4hoscc
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/18908057/Sienna-McAthy
Re Ms. Sidhu:
Prep stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/oceansi...hu/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=q8fr5vujgfn99
Topdrawersoccer page - http://volleytalk.proboards.com/board/5
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/17837815/Jaiden-Sidhu
I don't know who at this point, but looks like volleyball has picked up its 1st verbal commitment for the frosh class of 2026.
Thanks to 1st my usual source for volleyball commits (https://www.richkern.com/vb/recruits/indexsub.asp?Div=DI&VBYear=2026), and confirmed in the below Instagram post, the new vball verbal commitment, the 1st for the frosh class of 2026, is now known. She is outside hitter / middle blocker Dumebi Okoye, who looks to hail from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, and competes with the Academy Volleyball Club and All Canadian .
Welcome and congrats to her!
A Youtube page with some highlights - https://www.youtube.com/@DumebiOkoye
Per the below post, which looks to be from her club team, the soccer team continues to fill up its 2026 frosh class. This time, it is forward Kaia Santomarco-King, who attends and competes with Harvard Westlake in Studio City (L.A.), California, while also playing club ball with the L.A. Breakers FC program.
Welcome and congrats to her!
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/18858216/Kaia-SantomarcoKing
Per the below tweet from looks to be her high school, looks like she was already named her conference's offensive player of the year last season, which I assume was only her sophomore year.
Welcome and congrats to her!
HUDL page - https://www.hudl.com/profile/18858216/Kaia-SantomarcoKing
Per the below tweet from looks to be her high school, looks like she was already named her conference's offensive player of the year last season, which I assume was only her sophomore year.
LA Breakers are a legit girls club, and Harvard-Westlake plays in a legit conference. I don't know anything about her but looks like a good pick up
Per the below social media post (and also listed at https://www.milesplit.com/signings?year=2025&sortBy=college&collegeSearch=university+of+colorado ), the women's cross country and track and field teams have received their 1st 2025 verbal commitment (at least known to me), and she's from Colorado. Namely, it's distance runner Ella Hagen, who attends and competes at Summit HS in Frisco (4A) level in a few sports***.
(***Per the article linked to below, she is a state champion in 3 different sports - cross country running, track and field and Nordic skiing.
She is also the highest profile Colorado prep I can remember the Buffs getting a commitment from in MANY years, although to be fair to the prior coaches they got HUGE contributions from some lower ranked preps who became key members of many Buff cross country National Championship and Championship contending teams through the years.)
Welcome and congrats to her!
Her results as a prep (As I like to occasionally mention, limited results are viewable unless you set up an account with athletic.net, but it is free.):
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18889549/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18889549/track-and-field/all
An article after she received a NIL (from HOKA) to help support her trail running - https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/meet-ella-hagen-multisport-champion-athlete/
An article from the beginning of April after she won a state championship in the Nordic skate championship (it says she was also the runner up in the Nordic Classic race) - https://chsaanow.com/news/2024/4/1/Ella-Hagen.aspx
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Also related to track and field 2025 commits, I did want to briefly note that, as far as I can see (his Instagram post is still up), it looks like the 1st 2025 commit, men's team's Keegan Smith (see post #743). is still a Buff commit. I wasn't sure since he committed in early June, so was offered by the prior coaching staff. (He was the only 2025 (or later) commit I knew about for track and field who committed to the old staff. A little interesting to me that he is from Tennessee, which is where of course new Coach Carlson coached at (the U. of Tennessee), so I'd GUESS he may have also recruited him some to come to Knoxville.)
(***Per the article linked to below, she is a state champion in 3 different sports - cross country running, track and field and Nordic skiing.
She is also the highest profile Colorado prep I can remember the Buffs getting a commitment from in MANY years, although to be fair to the prior coaches they got HUGE contributions from some lower ranked preps who became key members of many Buff cross country National Championship and Championship contending teams through the years.)
Welcome and congrats to her!
Her results as a prep (As I like to occasionally mention, limited results are viewable unless you set up an account with athletic.net, but it is free.):
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18889549/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18889549/track-and-field/all
An article after she received a NIL (from HOKA) to help support her trail running - https://trailrunner.com/trail-news/meet-ella-hagen-multisport-champion-athlete/
An article from the beginning of April after she won a state championship in the Nordic skate championship (it says she was also the runner up in the Nordic Classic race) - https://chsaanow.com/news/2024/4/1/Ella-Hagen.aspx
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Also related to track and field 2025 commits, I did want to briefly note that, as far as I can see (his Instagram post is still up), it looks like the 1st 2025 commit, men's team's Keegan Smith (see post #743). is still a Buff commit. I wasn't sure since he committed in early June, so was offered by the prior coaching staff. (He was the only 2025 (or later) commit I knew about for track and field who committed to the old staff. A little interesting to me that he is from Tennessee, which is where of course new Coach Carlson coached at (the U. of Tennessee), so I'd GUESS he may have also recruited him some to come to Knoxville.)
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Per my main source for tennis commitments (https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/team.asp?id=840 and the below tweet), looks like the tennis team in late August picked up its 1st commitment for the 2025/26 frosh class. She is Lani Brotman, who looks to be from Carrollton Texas, and currently competes and trains with/ at the Brookhaven Tennis Academy in Farmers Branch.
Welcome and congrats to her!
Her tennisrecruiting.net page - https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=939646
A couple other pages for her in various tennis-related websites:
Welcome and congrats to her!
Her tennisrecruiting.net page - https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/player.asp?id=939646
A couple other pages for her in various tennis-related websites: