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Recruiting News - Olympic Sports

Looks like the women's cross country and track and field teams have picked up their 3rd verbal commitment for the frosh class of the 2026/27 academic year. She is distance runner Emma Hoffman, who currently attends and competes at Otsego HS, which is located in the town of the same name in Michigan.

Welcome and congrats to her!




Her prep results:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/27148336/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/27148336/track-and-field/all
 
Thanks to one of my main sources for track and field commits (https://www.milesplit.com/signings?year=2025&sortBy=college&collegeSearch=university+of+colorado ), and confirmed by his post below, the men's team has picked up a local commitment for the 2025/26 academic year in hurdler / sprinter Teagan Malcom, who currently attends and competes with Longmont HS.

Already the defending 4A State Champion in the 300 meter hurdles last season, looks like he's continued to improve, running almost a second and a half quicker in his last race a couple days ago (setting a new PR) than he did when we won at State last year.

Welcome and congrats to him!




His prep results - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/20053971/track-and-field/all
 
Looks like the men's track and field and cross country teams have picked up a new verbal in George Wyllie, who will be coming to CU from Tauranga Boys' College in Tauranga, New Zealand. Per the World Athletics link below, looks like he turns 18 this July, so assume he may be a Buff this coming academic year (2025/26), but can't find anything confirming this.

Welcome and congrats to him!




A few links with more info on him:

His World Athletics page - https://worldathletics.org/athletes/new-zealand/george-wyllie-15018987

A page which shows his results in New Zealand championships and his best times at various distances - https://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/profiles_con/athlete/593720

An article from what I'd guess might be a local newspaper - https://sunlive.co.nz/news/339497-tauranga-young-gun-with-the-world-at-is-feet.html
 
I'd call this unconfirmed (I haven't seen Coach Mahoney post any general celebratory post as he sometimes does), but per the below volleyball looks to have received their 3rd commit (and 1st in awhile) for the frosh class of 2026. She is 6'2" middle blocker Kensley Hennessy, who is from Rancho Santa Fe, California and currently attends and competes at Cathedral Catholic HS in San Diego, while also playing in the Wave Volleyball club program.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with more on her:

A recruiting page (that includes some highlight videos) - https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/kensley_hennessy2

Her HS stats per Maxpreps (Looks to have been at her current school for 1 year after living in Reno previously) - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/san-die...ssey/volleyball/stats/?careerid=5gk5fgi6p0n33

School website article after she helped her team (with 5 kills and 5 blocks) win the state championship game this past November - https://cchsdonsathletics.com/news/...e-championship-with-dominant-performance.aspx

(As it usually the case with anything I learn about volleyball, thanks to the Volleytalk forum for giving me the info and link to the above Instagram post.)
 
Per the below posts, looks like the women's track and field and cross country teams have picked up 2 verbal commitments, 1 for the coming academic year and 1 for 2026/27. (I found the below via Coach Carlson's Instagram story, so would say these are somewhat confirmed.) The 2 are:

  • For 2025/26, they have picked up Sofia Francini, who has been attending and competing as a prep at Calabasas HS in the city of the same name in Southern California. (From some posts I saw, looks like she also competes with the Codeblack Elite Track Club.)
  • And, for the following academic year, the teams have a verbal from Rowan Saacke, who competes with and attends Bridgeland HS in Cypress, TX. (Last month, she set a BIG (>40 second) PR in the 3200 meter run to win the Texas largest (6A) school state title.)
Welcome and congrats to them!




www.instagram.com

rowan on Instagram: "I couldn’t be more excited to announce my commitment to the University of Colorado to continue my academic and athletic careers! I’m incredibly grateful for my family’s support throughout this process. Thank you to my amazing tea

1,326 likes, 180 comments - rowan_s_xc on June 10, 2025: "I couldn’t be more excited to announce my commitment to the University of Colorado to continue my academic and athletic careers! I’m incredibly grateful for my family’s support throughout this process. Thank you to my amazing teammates...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com


Their prep results:

Ms. Francini:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18876985/cross-country/
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/18876985/track-and-field/all

Ms. Saacke:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/26465550/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/26465550/track-and-field/all
 
Usually never see anything about ski team commitments until they release a season preview article in late fall that includes all their roster additions. But, from the below, the team has announced a late commitment for next academic year in women's alpine skier Paige DeHart***. She hails from Sun Valley, Idaho.
(***The below team post picture has her last name as DeHeart, but every link I could find (including her Instagram and the post's text section) has her name as DeHart.)

OFFICIAL Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links I could find for her:

U.S. skiing profile page - https://www.usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/paige-dehart

Her international (FIS) profile page - https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=al&competitorid=260583

An article on her - https://skiracing.com/paige-dehart-the-female-rookie-on-the-stifel-us-ski-team/
 
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Because of the time of the year, wanted to copy and paste what I wrote and quoted around this time the last couple of years (starting in 2023) -

"
Did just want to briefly note that I assume all the Olympic sport coaches (except for lacrosse***) are probably busy exercising their typing and phoning fingers, as June 15th is the 1st date that they may begin directly (and I believe indirectly) contacting student-athletes who will be prep juniors next academic year (AKA 2027 college freshman class), which among other things can include verbal offers.

Per https://www.ncsasports.org/ncaa-eligibility-center/recruiting-rules, major dates and what can be done when for the Olympic sports (at least that CU offers) include

"
All other Division 1 sports NCAA recruiting rules
  • Any time: Athletes can receive non-recruiting materials from college coaches, such as questionnaires, camp brochures, nonathletic institutional publications and NCAA educational materials published by the NCAA.
  • June 15 after sophomore year: Coaches can extend verbal scholarship offers, call athletes and send athletes all forms of private electronic correspondence, including text messages, instant messages, direct messages and emails, as well as all recruiting materials.
  • August 1 before junior year: Athletes can begin taking official visits, and they can also arrange unofficial visits with a school’s athletic department and meet with the coach while on campus. Coaches can begin conducting off-campus contact with athletes at their residence or school.
"

***Lacrosse and softball were the 1st sports to try to reign in recruiting before the above general rules were established, and last I heard both those sports have elected to keep their later start date, September 1st of a prep student-athlete's junior year, for any contact, offers, visits, etc. with prep juniors.
"
 
Per my main source for soccer commitments (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...lorado/clgid-205/tab-commitments#sectionblock ), and confirmed by her below Instagram post, that sport is the 1st Olympic one at CU I know about who has received a verbal commitment for the 2027/28 academic year frosh class. She is local 5'6" mid-fielder Annabelle Rudden, who attends and competes with Cherry Creek HS, while also playing club ball with Colorado Rush.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with more info on her:

Maxpreps stats with her HS team - https://www.maxpreps.com/co/greenwo...en/soccer/girls/stats/?careerid=i7oq7pjde7p33

Annabelle Rudden on Hudl

Watch Annabelle Rudden's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Cherry Creek High School - Girls Varsity Soccer / D / Class of 2027 / Greenwood Village, CO
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com

Her Topdrawersoccer page (Needs a premium subscription to view much of it) - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/annabelle-rudden/pid-169926
 
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AztecBuff said:
  • For 2025/26, they have picked up Sofia Francini, who has been attending and competing as a prep at Calabasas HS in the city of the same name in Southern California. (From some posts I saw, looks like she also competes with the Codeblack Elite Track Club.
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When I mentioned in my last post of this thread that soccer had the 1st known commitment for the 2027/28 frosh class, I missed that volleyball's Coach Mahoney had made 2 social media posts noting commits for that class (1 yesterday and 1 early today). (Of course, he can't name anyone, so the posts are generic.)

Per both the Volleytalk 2027 commitment thread (https://volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/103706/2027-ncaa-d1-indoor-commits, page 20) and my main non-social media source for volleyball commitments Rich Kern (https://www.richkern.com/vb/recruits/indexsub.asp?Div=DI&VBYear=2027 ), the 2 new vball commits are:
  • 5'6" defensive specialist / libero (and maybe setter***?) Mya Capistrano, who attends and has already competed with for 2 seasons Eleonor Roosevelt HS in Eastvale (Southern) California, while also playing club ball with Forza 1 North. (***Both her Instagram account and HUDL just list her as a libero, so I assume that's what she plans to specialize in in college, but per the Maxpreps stats linked to below she has also averaged at least 6 assists per match with her high school team, so at least at that level does also set.)
  • 6'1" outside hitter Grace Pinegar, who is at Plano East HS in Plano Texas, while also competing in Dallas Skyline's club program.
Welcome and congrats to them!

(I can not find any social media post that confirms either of these commitments via that method, but since Coach Mahoney has posted about 2 (non-named) new commits and a couple generally reliable sources indicate these are the 2 young women who will be Buffs in a couple years, I'd say these are somewhat but not 100% confirmed.)


Links with a little more on each:

Ms. Capistrano:

High school stats per Maxpreps - https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/eastval...rano/volleyball/stats/?careerid=hlmsk7tsohvi2

www.hudl.com

Mya Capistrano on Hudl

Watch Mya Capistrano's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Forza 1 - Forza1 North 17 ONE 25-26 / L / Class of 2027 / CA
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com


Ms. Pinegar:

High school stats per Maxpreps - https://www.maxpreps.com/tx/plano/p...egar/volleyball/stats/?careerid=i1ngqr6bsonsc

www.hudl.com

Grace Pinegar on Hudl

Watch Grace Pinegar's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Flower Mound High School - Girls Varsity Volleyball / OH / Class of 2027 / Flower Mound, TX
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com
 
Jesse has done two separate BOOM tweets in the last two days. That's what usually happens when a player commits.
 
The ski team announced another commit for this coming season, this time on the men's alpine side. He is Stanley Buzak, who hails from nearby Silverthorne.

OFFICIAL welcome and congrats to him!




A couple links from the U.S. and International skiing organizations:


FIS | Stanley BUZEK - Athlete Biography - Alpine Skiing

FIS globally governs skiing and snowboarding and oversees over 7,000 events annually in Alpine, Cross-Country, Ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Freestyle, Snowboard, and more.
www.fis-ski.com www.fis-ski.com
 
Yesterday volleyball's Coach Mahoney made another (his 3rd) celebratory social media post about another 2027 frosh commitment for his squad. And, per my main source for vball commits ( https://www.richkern.com/vb/recruits/indexsub.asp?Div=DI&VBYear=2027), it looks to be 6'0" right-side hitter Aspen Brown, who attends and plays prep ball at Shadow Creek HS in Pearland, Texas, while also playing club ball with Houston Skyline.

Welcome and congrats to her!

A couple links with more on her:

Her HS stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/tx/pearlan...rown/volleyball/stats/?careerid=kab0dt4k8kj77

www.hudl.com

Aspen Brown on Hudl

Watch Aspen Brown's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Houston Skyline Jr's - Houston Skyline 15 Royal / RH, OH / Class of 2027 / Houston, TX
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com
 
Ms's. Brown's post (see my last post for more detail) about her vball commitment to CU.

Again, welcome and congrats to her!

 
A couple days ago volleyball's Coach Mahoney posted in social media about getting yet another (the team's 4th) verbal commitment for the frosh class of 2027, and from him including the below post in his Instagram stories, she is 6'0"-6'1" outside hitter Payton Beard, who currently attends and competes at Strongsville HS in the city of the same name in Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), while also competing in club ball with Academy Volleyball Cleveland.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with more info on her:

HS stats - https://www.maxpreps.com/oh/strongs...eard/volleyball/stats/?careerid=obf4fh9rgdjj3

payton beard on Hudl

Watch payton beard's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Strongsville High School - Girls Varsity Volleyball / OH / Class of 2027 / Strongsville, OH
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com

A couple pages from volleyball-centric websites (Look to require subscriptions to get access to much of their information):

www.vbadrenaline.com

Payton Beard - OH - VB Adrenaline

www.vbadrenaline.com www.vbadrenaline.com

prepdig.com

Payton Beard, | Prep Dig

Payton Beard is a class of 2027 Ohio high school volleyball player for . Read more about her on Prep Dig.
prepdig.com prepdig.com
 
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Per social media posts by the student-athlete, and her club team (see below), and confirmed by my main source for soccer commits (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...lorado/clgid-205/tab-commitments#sectionblock), the team has picked up its 2nd (at least known to me) verbal commitment for the frosh class of 2027. She is 5'5" midfielder Brenna Gregorski, who looks to attend and compete with Loomis Chaffee Prep School in Windsor, Connecticut, while also competing with the FC Stars of Massachusetts club program.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with more info on her:

Her topdrawersoccer.com page (requires a premium subscription to see the majority of the content) - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/brenna-gregorski/pid-144059

NO idea how much it means, but this listing has her ranked as the #4 2027 class soccer player in Massachusetts - https://prepsoccer.com/massachusetts/rankings/girls/2027-rankings/

Shr got a nice short write-up as one of "the Players That Impressed" at last year's ECNL National finals - https://www.soccerwire.com/resources/players-that-impressed-ecnl-girls-2024-national-finals/
 
Per my main source for soccer commits (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...lorado/clgid-205/tab-commitments#sectionblock ) , and confirmed by her post below, looks like the soccer team has picked up its 3rd verbal commit for the frosh class of 2027. She is 5'5" defender (currently center back) Siena Sanchez, who currently attends and competes at Hastings HS (in the city of the same name in Minnesota). She is also a part of the Minnesota Thunder Academy (ECNL) club program.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with more info:

Topdrawersoccer page (Requires a premium subscription to see most of the content) - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/siena-sanchez/pid-163118

A few other pages regarding her:

Siena Sanchez, | Prep Soccer

Siena Sanchez is a class of 2027 Minnesota high school soccer player for . Read more about them on Prep Soccer.
prepsoccer.com prepsoccer.com

Siena Sanchez's Women's Soccer Recruiting Profile

Evaluate Siena Sanchez's women's soccer recruiting profile. Learn how this Hastings High School student is connecting with coaches in MN and nationwide.
www.ncsasports.org www.ncsasports.org

Her HUDL page (last highlight is from Sept. 2024) -

Siena Sanchez on Hudl

Watch Siena Sanchez's videos and highlights on Hudl. More info: Hastings High School - Womens Varsity Soccer / M / Class of 2027 / Hastings, MN
www.hudl.com www.hudl.com


Not that it directly matters much (although I don't know of any sport where more speed should be a negative), but it looks like she was (or is?) also a dedicated track and field athlete (at least through 9th grade), mainly competing in the 100M and long jump. Her prep results - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/24833377/track-and-field/
(With all the time commitments I've heard are needed for high school and, even more, club soccer, I'd GUESS her track participation may be in the past.?.)
 
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Per my usual source for soccer commits (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...lorado/clgid-205/tab-commitments#sectionblock), and confirmed by her Instagram post, the team has picked up its 4th known commit for the frosh class of 2027. She is 5'9" defender Piper Sistek, who currently attends and competes at La Costa Canyon HS in Carlsbad, California, while also competing in the San Diego Surf ECNL program.

Welcome and congrats to her!




Links with a little more info on her:

Her Topdrawersoccer page - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/piper-sistek/pid-164046

Her club roster page (has quite a bit more info than we typically get for Olympic sport commits) - https://www.sandiegosurfecnl09.com/piper-sistek

A basic recruiting page - https://prepsoccer.com/player/piper-sistek-13/

a HUDL page (only 1 highlight video so far) - https://www.hudl.com/profile/25561213/piper-sistek
 
As I was going over the soccer commits in topdrawersoccer (https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/col...lorado/clgid-205/tab-commitments#sectionblock), I noticed I'd missed one of their listed frosh class of 2026 verbals. She is 6'0" goalkeeper Brooke Goerish, who looks to have committed to the Buffs in late January (per the below Instagram post). She currently attends and competes at Spring Lake Park HS, located in the city of the same name in Minnesota, while also playing club ball in the Minnesota Thunder Academy program.

Welcome and congrats to her!




A few links with info on her:

This major newspaper named her one of two goalkeepers on their All-Minnesota team after last (her 2024) season - https://www.startribune.com/meet-the-2024-all-minnesota-high-school-girls-soccer-team/601171140

Her topdrawersoccer page - https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/brooke-goerish/pid-170337

A couple recruiting pages:

www.fieldlevel.com

Brooke Goerish's Soccer Recruiting Profile | FieldLevel

Goalkeeper | 6' 0" | Blaine, MN | Learn More About Brooke
www.fieldlevel.com www.fieldlevel.com
www.soccerwire.com

Brooke Goerish - SoccerWire

www.soccerwire.com www.soccerwire.com
 
From Coach Edwards including the 1st post below in his Instagram Stories, looks like men's golf has picked up its 1st commit for the 2027/28 frosh class (at least that I know about). He is Colorado's own Brayden Destefano, who hails from the small plains town of Peyton. He currently attends and competes at Cheyenne Mountain HS in Colorado Springs.

Welcome and congrats to him!







A few links with info on him:

Per https://chsaanow.com/news/2024/10/7/boys-golf-2024-state-championship-recap.aspx , he already won the individual Colorado 4A State Championship last October as a sophomore, with his team also hoisting the trophy.

A couple golf website pages for him with results, ratings and/ or personal info for him:
tugr.org

The Universal Golf Rankings - Pro & Junior Golf Stats

Discover the most accurate golf rankings for Pro and Junior players worldwide. Get insights, trends, and head-to-head matchups.
tugr.org tugr.org
 
From her future coach (track and field sprints and hurdles coach Brockman) including the below Instagram post in his Instagram Stories, looks like the women's team has picked up a verbal commitment from sprinter Claire Tannehill, who attends and competes at nearby Holy Family HS in Broomfield. (Among other accomplishments, she won the 4A state championship this past spring in the 100M and was runner-up in the 200M after being the runner-up in both races her sophomore (2024) season.)

Welcome and congrats to her!




A couple links with more info on her:

Her prep results - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/22240868/track-and-field/all

Daily Camera article after last season's state championships - https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/05...-annalina-torres-claim-gold-in-sprint-events/
 
Per one of my main sources for 2026 frosh year track and field and cross country commitments ( ), a Letsrun forum thread on commits, and confirmed by Instagram posts by another source (joshua grenade, who I believe may be associated with the Runnerspace organization), looks like the Buffs no longer have a couple of their distance running commits for the 2026/27 frosh class:
(Both of the Instagram posts announcing their new commitments, made on Mr. Grenade's Instagram account as well as their own, were made 2 days ago.)
  • Alyson Johnson, who attends the IMG Academy in Florida and I believe was CU's 1st overall track and field verbal commitment in her class for either gender, is now verbally committed to Tennessee. (I originally learned of her CU commitment back in Sept. of 2024, and posted about it in post #766 of this thread.)
  • Jaden Merrick, who's currently at Cedar Falls HS in the city of the same name in Iowa, has changed his commitment to Iowa State. (I posted about his original CU commitment back in November 2024 in post #773.)
Best wishes to them the rest of their High school senior years and at their new colleges when they start their frosh years later in 2025.
 
Per the Google worksheet I linked to in my last post above, and confirmed per the below Instagram post (assuming both aren't from the same person / source), it looks like the men's track and field and cross country teams has picked up a new distance running verbal commitment for the frosh class of 2026/27. He is Ty Cirino, who currently competes with and attends Central HS in Independence, Oregon.

Welcome and congrats to him!




His prep results:
Cross country - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/23438544/cross-country/all
Track and field - https://www.athletic.net/athlete/23438544/track-and-field/all

A profile article on him in I assume a local newspaper from late November last year - https://www.statesmanjournal.com/st...op-xc-runners-osaa-cross-country/76435977007/

(With the de-commitment I noted in my last post of Mr. Merrick, Mr. Cirino is the only men's XC / T&F commit I know about for the 2026 class.)
 
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