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Username Post: Bison Recruits 2022        (Topic#25093)
Bison137 
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02-21-21 11:14 AM - Post#321071    


First reported offer to a 2022 player: Drew Kania, a 6-8 205 lb forward from Gill St. Bernard's in NJ, the alma mater of Dom Hoffman. Kania has offers from Hofstra, Fairfield, and FDU. Also is receiving interest from multiple Ivy's, including Princeton.

Although Dom is not allowed to recruit in his role as MOBO, his connection to GSB and its long-time coach, Mergin Sina, who also coached Dom, may help.




 
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02-22-21 10:38 PM - Post#321101    
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New offer to Noah Ross, a 6-6 SG from NC (Trinity Academy in Raleigh). Has offers from Ohio U, Charlotte, Rice, Elon, Hofstra, FIU, and Eastern Kentucky




 
HuskyColonial 
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02-23-21 08:17 PM - Post#321118    
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His other offers are from schools playing basketball.

 
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02-23-21 09:02 PM - Post#321119    
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True, although Elon has had a 27-day and and an 18-day shutdown due to covid.




 
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03-05-21 12:51 PM - Post#321408    
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Offer to 6-7 180 lb SF Kyle Squires, who plays for prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon. He also has an offer from Bryant.




 
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03-09-21 08:03 PM - Post#321668    
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Three more offers:

1. Andrew Ball, a 6-8 wing from Shawnee HS (NJ), a suburb of Philly. This is his first offer.

2. Nick Martinelli, a 6-7 SF from a suburb of Chicago. Also has an offer from St. Thomas (MN), which is transitioning to D1.

3. Brady Muller, a 6-4 SG from Blair Academy (NJ). This is his first offer.


The latter two are apparently Joe Meehan recruits.




 
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03-19-21 06:48 PM - Post#322322    
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Offer to Donovan Atwell, a 6-5 SG from NC (Davidson Day School). Also has an offer from last summer from Winthrop.




 
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03-19-21 06:56 PM - Post#322323    
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Not worth a speculative thread on this one, but I noticed Josh Oduro, a 6-9 soph PF/C is transferring out of GMU. He is from northern VA and was recruited by the Bison out of HS. He listed Bucknell among his top six during the recruiting process.

He averaged 19-25 mpg this year and is probably looking for something similar to the level of the A-10. I'd expect to see Dane Fischer actively involved.




 
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04-18-21 02:39 PM - Post#323294    
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Just consolidating this list. No new offers. Hope I'm wrong, but I don't have much confidence in this staff's recruiting ability.

- Donovan Atwell, a 6-5 SG from NC (Davidson Day School). Also has an offer July 2020 from Winthrop
- Andrew Ball, a 6-8 wing from Shawnee HS (NJ), a suburb of Philly. Has no other offers.
- Drew Kania, 6-8 205 lb Forward from NJ (Gill St. Bernard’s). Has offers from Hofstra, Fairfield, FDU.
- Nick Martinelli, a 6-7 SF from a suburb of Chicago. Also has an offer from St. Thomas (MN), which is transitioning to D1.
- Brady Muller, a 6-4 SG from NJ (Blair Academy). COMMITTED TO BUCKNELL MARCH 2021. No other offers.
- Noah Ross, 6-5 SG from NC. Has offers from Ohio, Charlotte, Rice, Elon, FIU, Hofstra, EKU.
- Kyle Squires, 6-7 180 lb SF who plays for prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon. He also has an offer from Bryant. (Note: Bryant currently has 139 open offers.




 
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04-18-21 03:38 PM - Post#323296    
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Do not appear to be any “in-demand” players. Then again, maybe Davis and his staff know things the other 352 coaches do not know.

 
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04-19-21 07:44 PM - Post#323355    
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Why does it matter? They’ll leave. Losing Deuce was the straw that broke this camel’s back. Men’s basketball is in a free fall and much like the tree that fell alone in the woods......

Edited by HuskyColonial on 04-19-21 07:47 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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04-22-21 11:36 AM - Post#323514    
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Right church, wrong pew...re Blair
https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2021/04/bla ir-academy...


 
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04-22-21 01:42 PM - Post#323519    
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  • Bison54 Said:
Right church, wrong pew...re Blair
https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2021/04/bla ir-academy...

Article's behind a paywall...what's it about?


 
Bison137 
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04-22-21 03:01 PM - Post#323522    
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  • BisonRoadWarrior Said:
  • Bison54 Said:
Right church, wrong pew...re Blair
https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2021/04/bla ir-academy...

Article's behind a paywall...what's it about?





A Blair Academy teammate of Bison commit Brady Muller just committed to Duke. That teammate, Jaylen Blakes, had 21 D1 offers - which is 20 more than Muller has amassed. Blakes however is a 2021 grad.




 
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06-09-21 02:13 PM - Post#324541    
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Offer to Matt Filipowski 6-10 center Wilbraham & Monson Academy

 
Bison137 
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06-15-21 06:32 PM - Post#324714    
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  • Bison137 Said:
Three more offers:

1. Andrew Ball, a 6-8 wing from Shawnee HS (NJ), a suburb of Philly. This is his first offer.
. . . .



In the 14 weeks since that offer, he has not picked up any others.

From twitter today:

"2022 6’8 guard Andrew Ball will be taking unofficial visits to Lehigh, Bucknell, and Lafayette over the next two weeks. Ball has already visited Princeton, Cornell and Boston, per source."

https://twitter.com/jakelieberman2/status /14048527...




 
HuskyColonial 
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06-15-21 09:29 PM - Post#324716    
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Dead program. Just keeping it real.

 
Bison137 
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06-24-21 04:59 PM - Post#324894    
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The Bison last week extended an offer to 6-10 PF/C Sean Logan from Westfield (NJ). He also has recent offers from Holy Cross and Lafayette, along with one from FDU. His father played for HC in the 1980's.




 
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07-08-21 11:36 AM - Post#325202    
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Updating the list, with newer offers added:

- Donovan Atwell, a 6-5 SG from NC (Davidson Day School). Has offers from W. Carolina, Radford, Winthrop, UNCG, and ETSU.
- Andrew Ball, a 6-8 wing from Shawnee HS (NJ), a suburb of Philly. Offers from Army and Albany.
- Matt Filipowski 6-10 center from MA. Has spring offers from Iona, Albany, and Brown, plus older offers (9+ months ago) from Illinois, Pitt, Cal Poly, Siena, Marist, Stony Brook.
- Drew Kania, 6-8 205 lb Forward from NJ (Gill St. Bernard’s). Has offers from Hofstra, Fairfield, FDU. Committed to Brown July 2021
- Sean Logan, 6-10 PF/C from Westfield (NJ). Offers from Holy Cross, Lafayette, and FDU.
- Nick Martinelli, a 6-7 SF from a suburb of Chicago. Offers from Milwaukee, Toledo, Belmont, Rice, Navy, Lehigh, Boston U, Valpo, IUPUI, and St. Thomas. Committed to Elon on 7/1.
- Brady Muller, a 6-4 SG from NJ (Blair Academy). COMMITTED TO BUCKNELL MARCH 2021. No other offers.
- Noah Ross, 6-5 SG from NC. Has offers from Tulsa, Charleston, UNCG, Winthrop, Jacksonville, Mercer, Wofford, W. Carolina, ETSU, UNCW, Ohio, Charlotte, Rice, Elon, FIU, Hofstra, EKU.
- Kyle Squires, 6-7 180 lb SF who plays for prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon. Has offers from UMass, LC, Columbia, and Bryant.
- Michael Walz, a 6-10 center from PA (Conestoga HS). Has offers from PSU, Richmond, St Joes, LaSalle, W&M, Drexel, Lehigh, and Stony Brook.


That's 10 offers. Seven still outstanding. For comparison, there were 22 outstanding offers for the Class of 2020 at the same point in time two years ago.




 
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07-08-21 12:13 PM - Post#325203    
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It’s the “no other offers” line that is troubling.

 
Bison137 
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07-08-21 12:20 PM - Post#325204    
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  • MrPhillie Said:
It’s the “no other offers” line that is troubling.




Yes, although we have to remember that he committed in March. No HS season and no AAU competitions to evaluate him. Had he waited to commit and played AAU ball plus camps, he might have picked up offers. Have to hope the staff did a good job in evaluating him without a lot to go on. Only time will tell.




 
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07-14-21 02:39 PM - Post#325299    
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Offer to Ben VanderWal, a 6-6 SF from Illinois, west of Chicago. Has offers from Milwaukee, Furman, Kent State, Wright State, UC Davis, Lipscomb, Radford, E. Illinois, W&M, IUPUI, Dartmouth.




 
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07-16-21 04:17 PM - Post#325357    
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Offer to Luke Hunger, a 6-10 260 center from Montreal. Plays his HS ball at Northfield Mount Hermon. Ranked #31 in New England, although that will likely fall as all the prep schools add transfers for their senior years or for a post-grad year.

Hunger has offers from Miami, Richmond, Iona, Wofford, East Carolina, Rice, W&M, Towson, Northeastern, Loyola (IL), Boston U, UMass, San Fran, UCSB, Brown.




 
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07-18-21 08:43 PM - Post#325368    
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New offer to Marcus Kell, a 6-7 wing from SC. He has offers from Western Carolina, Jacksonville, USC Upstate, Morehead State, Citadel, UT Martin, and Wingate.




 
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07-26-21 03:34 PM - Post#325513    
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New offer to Brady Cummins, a 6-6 wing from Maine. Plays for the Brooks School in Massachusetts. Currently ranked #11 of Massachusetts players, although that ranking will likely drop in the fall. He will be entering his 5th year in HS.

Has offers from UMass, Radford, South Alabama, and UNH.




 
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07-26-21 04:37 PM - Post#325515    
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Offer to Jackson Munro, a 6-8 PF from New Trier HS (IL). Has offers from Northeastern, Toledo, Indiana State, Lipscomb, Ft. Wayne, Loyola (MD), and Navy.

New Trier is one of the midwest's top academic schools, and it produces a lot of Ivy/Patriot athletes. Bucknell has had many New Trier student-athletes over the years, including a few women's soccer players and a few baseball players.




 
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07-26-21 11:18 PM - Post#325519    
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Mark Allsteadt, '87 starting forward of Charlie Woollum's first Breakin' Bison squad to win the ECC Championship and first team to play in the NCAA March Madness, was also a graduate of New Trier HS

 
Bison137 
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08-10-21 01:10 AM - Post#325878    
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  • Bison137 Said:
Updating the list, with newer offers added:

- Donovan Atwell, a 6-5 SG from NC (Davidson Day School). Has offers from W. Carolina, Radford, Winthrop, UNCG, and ETSU.
- Andrew Ball, a 6-8 wing from Shawnee HS (NJ), a suburb of Philly. Offers from Army and Albany.
- Matt Filipowski 6-10 center from MA. Has spring offers from Iona, Albany, and Brown, plus older offers (9+ months ago) from Illinois, Pitt, Cal Poly, Siena, Marist, Stony Brook.
- Drew Kania, 6-8 205 lb Forward from NJ (Gill St. Bernard’s). Has offers from Hofstra, Fairfield, FDU. Committed to Brown July 2021
- Sean Logan, 6-10 PF/C from Westfield (NJ). Offers from Holy Cross, Lafayette, and FDU.
- Nick Martinelli, a 6-7 SF from a suburb of Chicago. Offers from Milwaukee, Toledo, Belmont, Rice, Navy, Lehigh, Boston U, Valpo, IUPUI, and St. Thomas. Committed to Elon on 7/1.
- Brady Muller, a 6-4 SG from NJ (Blair Academy). COMMITTED TO BUCKNELL MARCH 2021. No other offers.
- Noah Ross, 6-5 SG from NC. Has offers from Tulsa, Charleston, UNCG, Winthrop, Jacksonville, Mercer, Wofford, W. Carolina, ETSU, UNCW, Ohio, Charlotte, Rice, Elon, FIU, Hofstra, EKU.
- Kyle Squires, 6-7 180 lb SF who plays for prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon. Has offers from UMass, LC, Columbia, and Bryant.
- Michael Walz, a 6-10 center from PA (Conestoga HS). Has offers from PSU, Richmond, St Joes, LaSalle, W&M, Drexel, Lehigh, and Stony Brook.


That's 10 offers. Seven still outstanding. For comparison, there were 22 outstanding offers for the Class of 2020 at the same point in time two years ago.




Over the past week, Ball committed to Monmouth, and Squires committed to Lafayette. Both Ball and Squires had made unofficial visits to Bucknell, but chose to go elsewhere.

Counting the recent offers shown in the posts
above, there are now 11 outstanding offers, a few which seem unlikely to be successful.




 
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08-11-21 02:32 PM - Post#325950    
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Offer to 6-7 wing Blair Thompson from Northfield Mt. Hermon (and NYC). There is tough competition, as he has offers from Xavier, Rice, Harvard, Yale, and Penn.




 
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08-15-21 02:33 PM - Post#326032    
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Offer to Ben VanderWal, a 6-6 SF from Illinois, west of Chicago. Has offers from Milwaukee, Furman, Kent State, Wright State, UC Davis, Lipscomb, Radford, E. Illinois, W&M, IUPUI, Dartmouth.




VanderWal is reportedly making an official visit next weekend. Move-in weekend for most upperclassmen. Would be a very nice addition.

Also has official visits scheduled as follows:

Furman Aug 27-29
William & Mary Sept 10-12
Yale Sept 17-19




 
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08-29-21 07:16 PM - Post#326395    
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  • Bison137 Said:
  • Bison137 Said:
Offer to Ben VanderWal, a 6-6 SF from Illinois, west of Chicago. Has offers from Milwaukee, Furman, Kent State, Wright State, UC Davis, Lipscomb, Radford, E. Illinois, W&M, IUPUI, Dartmouth.




VanderWal is reportedly making an official visit next weekend. Move-in weekend for most upperclassmen. Would be a very nice addition.

Also has official visits scheduled as follows:

Furman Aug 27-29
William & Mary Sept 10-12
Yale Sept 17-19



VanderWal to Furman per his Twitter


 
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08-30-21 01:51 PM - Post#326407    
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Bummer. Furman has a beautiful campus. I only recently visited there and was impressed.

 
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09-02-21 06:36 PM - Post#326495    
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Not exactly a basketball powerhouse…but I would choose South Carolina weather. And it is a respected academic institution, so good for him.

 
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Agreed. They’ve been better than us recently. The SoCon is a good conference too. Furman doesn’t rank with Bucknell in terms of academics but I don’t think they’re far behind.

It’s hard to know what motivates people though unless it’s first person.



 
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09-02-21 09:53 PM - Post#326500    
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Furman over the last five years has ranked 106th, 95th, 59th, 81st, and 96th nationally (Pomeroy). Better than Bucknell each of the last four. The only negative is that they have faltered in the SoCon tournament every year. But it's a nice campus in a nice area.




 
Bison137 
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09-02-21 09:59 PM - Post#326501    
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It is now September. The Bison have one commitment - a gamble on a relative unknown in March. And there are only seven outstanding offers. Hopefully the staff is reasonably certain about landing at least one of these guys. Otherwise it seemingly is time for more offers - with two more spots to fill. Time to get nervous yet?





 
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09-03-21 03:26 PM - Post#326520    
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My guess is the carryover from the mid-2000’s has ended.

 
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09-23-21 06:00 PM - Post#326775    
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  • Bison137 Said:
New offer to Marcus Kell, a 6-7 wing from SC. He has offers from Western Carolina, Jacksonville, USC Upstate, Morehead State, Citadel, UT Martin, and Wingate.



Bucknell is in Kell's final 3 along with Western Carolina and Winthrop

https://twitter.com/RealMarcusKell/status /14411256...

 
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09-24-21 09:49 AM - Post#326783    
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Coach Davis battling it out with former assistant Mark Prosser who is the current HC at Winthrop and the former HC at Western!

 
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09-27-21 07:18 PM - Post#326821    
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  • bison234 Said:
Coach Davis battling it out with former assistant Mark Prosser who is the current HC at Winthrop and the former HC at Western!




Not surprisingly, Prosser beat out ND. Kell committed to Western Carolina.




 
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09-28-21 04:49 PM - Post#326833    
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  • bison234 Said:
Coach Davis battling it out with former assistant Mark Prosser who is the current HC at Winthrop and the former HC at Western!




Not surprisingly, Prosser beat out ND. Kell committed to Western Carolina.




Wasn't thinking when I posted that. The Western Carolina coach as of this spring is actually rookie head coach Justin Gray.




 
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10-01-21 07:58 PM - Post#326875    
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  • Bison137 Said:
New offer to Brady Cummins, a 6-6 wing from Maine. Plays for the Brooks School in Massachusetts. Currently ranked #11 of Massachusetts players, although that ranking will likely drop in the fall. He will be entering his 5th year in HS.

Has offers from UMass, Radford, South Alabama, and UNH.




Cummins had Bucknell on his final list but, not surprisingly, opted for Colgate today.

There are very few recruits still available with Bucknell offers.




 
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10-18-21 09:07 PM - Post#327254    
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Since this is a recruiting thread, I thought y’all wouldn’t mind if I passed along that Bucknell commit Paige Richter, from Camp Hill, just won the state 2A golf championship. Congratulations, Paige, and welcome to Bucknell.

 
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