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I'll keep a list of offers and commitments here for each of the next few recruiting classes, starting with 2023. Let me know if you see any missing. Dates are when it was seen to be publicly announced by the student-athlete or school. 2023 Olivia Brown, 5'6 Point Guard, Hamilton Southeastern H.S. (Fishers, Indiana) - Committed on 6/17/2022 (in transfer portal) Leila Jones, 5'10 Shooting Guard, Westerville South H.S. (Westerville, Ohio) - Committed on 9/14/2022 (in transfer portal) Dacia Lewandowski, 5'11 Point Guard, North Catholic H.S. (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania) - Committed on 4/06/2022 (transferred to Youngstown State) Teniesha Clarke, 5'9 Guard, Niagara Prep H.S. (Burlington, Ontario) - Committed on 4/27/2023 2024 Kendall Braden, 5'9 Guard, Toledo Christian H.S. (Toledo, Ohio) - Offered on 4/19/2023 - Committed to Toledo on 07/01/23 Brooke Carlson, 5'8 Point Guard, Batavia H.S. (Batavia, Illinois) - Offered on 04/16/2023 - Committed to Colorado State on 09/15/23 Kennedy Younkin, 6'2 Forward/Center, Teays Valley H.S. (Ashville, Ohio) - Offered on 04/18/2023 - Committed to East Tennessee State on 08/10/23 Kloe Froebe, 5'9 Guard, Lincoln Community H.S. (Lincoln, Illinois) - Offered on 04/26/2023 - Committed to Colorado State on 04/30/23 Cam Hoover, 6'0 Guard/Forward, Woodridge H.S. (Peninsula, Ohio) - Offered on 05/22/2023 - Committed to Murray State on 07/01/23 Emily Bratton, 5'7 Point Guard, Bloom-Carroll H.S. (Carroll, Ohio) - Visited on 07/05/2023 - Committed to Miami (OH) on 07/17/23 Dani Kujovic, 6'2 Forward, ???? H.S. (Eltham, Australia) - Interest on 06/20/2023 - Committed to Hawaii on 11/10/23 Ni'Rah Clark, 6'3 Center/Forward, Rogers H.S. (Toledo, Ohio) - Offered on 07/25/2023 - COMMITTED TO AKRON on 11/15/2023 Aurora Sorbye, 5'9 Point Guard, ???? H.S. (???, Norway) - Offered on 08/09/2023 - Committed to Wake Forest on 11/08/23 MacKenzie Givens, 5'9 ???, Princeton? H.S. (Cincinnati, OH) - Offered on 08/09/2023 - Committed to Xavier on 11/09/23 2025 Roxy White, 5'11 Guard, Example Academy (Frankfort, Illinois) - Offered on 04/16/2023 Naomi Benson, 6'3 Forward/Center, Streetsboro H.S. (Streetsboro, Ohio) - Offered on 05/01/2023 Monique Mitchell, 5'11 Forward, Washington H.S. (Elkhart, Indiana) - Offered on 05/22/2023 Bailey Breen, 6'3 Power Forward, Oceanside H.S. (Rockford, Maine) - Offered on 05/22/2023 Molly Rullo, 5'11 Guard/Forward? (not listed), Cardinal O'Hara H.S. (Springfield, Pennsylvania) - Offered on 06/01/2023 Zoe Mesuch, 5'5 Point Guard, Wallkill H.S. (Wallkill, New York) - Offered on 07/11/2023 Emily VanTimmeren, 6'3 Forward, Grand Rapids Catholic Central H.S. (Grand Rapids, Michigan) - Offered on 07/11/2023 Christina Pham, 5'7 Point Guard, Noble & Greenough School (Dedham, Massachusetts) - Offered on 07/20/2023 Ariella Henigan, 5'8 Point Guard, Kenwood H.S. (Chicago, Illinois) - Offered on 07/27/2023 Daniah Trammell, 6'1 Forward, Winton Woods H.S. (Cincinnati, Ohio) - Offered on 07/11/2023 2026 Blossom Wallace, 6'1 Wing/Forward, Pickerington Central H.S. (Pickerington, Ohio) - Offered on 04/18/2023 Katie Fox, 5'10 Guard, Lakota West H.S. (West Chester, Ohio) - Offered on 05/03/2023 Brooklyn Hall, 6'0 Guard/Forward, Western Reserve Academy (Hudson, Ohio) - Offered on 05/04/2023 (Freshman year was at Wayne H.S. in Huber Hts, OH) Kayla Stidham, 6'0 Guard, Hamilton Southeastern H.S. (Fishers, Indiana) - Offered on 06/19/2023 Anna Habra, 5'7 Guard/Forward, Mason H.S. (Mason, Ohio) - Visited on 06/27/2023 Kiera Healy, 6'0 Forward/Center, Dayton Carroll H.S. (Dayton, Ohio) - Offered on 07/11/2023 Kamrah Banks, 5'7 Point Guard, Decatur Central H.S. (Indianapolis, Indiana) - Offered on 07/11/2023 Kyrin Lile, 6'1 Forward, Elkhorn H.S. (Elkhorn, Wisconsin) - Offered on 07/13/2023 Emily McDonald, 5'10 Point Guard, St. Mary's H.S. (Lancaster, New York) - Offered on 7/14/2023 Joslyn Bricker, 5'8 Point Guard, Warsaw H.S. (Warsaw, Indiana) - Offered on 07/18/2023 2027 Cecelia Arico, 5'9 Guard, ???? H.S. (???, Michigan) - Offered on 07/14/2023 (Michigan WBB head coach's daughter) Tatiana Mason, 5'10 Guard, ??? H.S. (Cleveland, Ohio) - Offered on 07/11/2023 2028 Erin Thomas, 5'11 Guard, Princeton H.S. (Cincinnati, Ohio) - Offered on 07/11/2023

It’s quite a class. Nice mix of young talent and guys with college experience. The overall athleticism and potential has certainly been increased. Not everyone will pan out (no class will ever hit 100%), but this class complements the 2022 class well. We also know at least one more DT and OL will be added. Probably another DB too.

Updated 2023 recruits list. This gives us 24 scholarship players in the 2023 class. 2023 VERBAL COMMITMENTS Kameron Cheatom, DE, 6-4, 225, Brashear HS, Pittsburgh, PA Conner Cravaack, TE, 6-5, 220, Madeira HS, Cincinnati, OH Bruno Dall, DE, 6-8, 230, St. Stanislaus HS, Bay St. Louis, MS Paul Davis, WR, 6-0, 185, Hart Co. HS, Bowman, GA Ben Frank, OL, 6-5, 310, Transfer from Hobart College, NY Joey Hunter, CB, 6-1, 200, Transfer from University of South Carolina Jayvin James, OL, 6-6, 270, Blanche Ely HS, Pompano Beach, FL David Jester, S, 6-3, 195, Homestead HS, Homestead, FL Terray Jones, DL, 6-1, 290, Transfer from Tennessee State University Zayden Laing-Taylor, CB, 6-0, 185, Miami Central HS, Miami, FL Lorenzo Lingard, RB, 6-0, 210, Transfer from U. of Florida Jean Louis III, WR, 5-9, 185, Canarsie HS, Middle Village, NY Jonas Mann, OL, 6-8, 295, Pickerington North HS, Pickerington, OH Marcus Moore, DT, 6-3, 310, Massillon Washington HS, Massillon, OH Delvin Morris, OL, 6-5, 285, Caldwell HS, Caldwell, TX Adrian Norton, WR, 6-1, 195, Stebbins HS, Dayton, OH CJ Nunnally, DL, 6-4, 245, Transfer from Independence CC, Independence, Kansas Darius Owens, S, 6-0, 175, South Gwinnett HS, Snellville, GA Ahmad Rabah, DE, 6-5, 215, Transfer from American International College Antonio Smith, DL, 6-5, 240, Transfer from New Mexico Military Institute Melvin Spriggs, LB, 6-3, 215, St. Michael the Archangel HS, Fredericksburg, VA Gage Summers, LB, 6-0, 230, Transfer from Riverside City College, CA Judson Tallandier, S, 6-2, 190, Transfer from Pitt Dakota Thomas, WR, 6-1, 200, Transfer from Western Kentucky University Terrence Thomas, S, 6-0, 190, Transfer from Purdue University Steele Wassel, QB, 6-4, 210, Choctaw HS, Choctaw, OK Catrell White, CB, 5-10, 175, Erasmus Hall HS, Brooklyn, NY CLASS BREAKDOWN Total Commits: 24 Offense: 11 QB: 1 (Wassel) RB: 1 (Lingard) WR: 4 (Louis III, Norton, Thomas, Davis) TE: 1 (Cravaack, ) OL: 4 (James, Mann, Morris, Frank) Defense: 16 DT: 2 (Jones, Moore) DE: 5 (Cheatom, Dall, Rabbah, Smith, Nunnally) LB: 2 (Spriggs, Summers) CB: 3 (Laing-Taylor, White, Hunter) S: 4 (Owens, Jester, Thomas, Talliander)

Unsure what to expect of him. I think he was a walk on there.

We received a verbal from U of Cincinnati transfer OL AJ George.

Funds will be used to put together a trip to Puerto Rico this preseason. 10 practices and 3 games.

Here’s his practice film. At the very least, he looks better than a couple guys that have moved on since JoeMo’s arrival. Sorry, didn’t mean to respond twice. Meant to edit. User error.

Men's soccer has raised over $15,000 already while football has raised about $1,300. That speaks volumes in many ways.

Bass? He picked the perfect school for this then. Pinky once again doesn't even have to recruit. "Looking for a school with low academic and character standards? Look no further than Can't State." Good luck to Bass memorizing the colors in Crayola's 64 box of crayons. Hopefully he's at least better than his classmates and doesn't eat any.

My sources tell me he's got a 1.8 GPA and will be enrolled in summer courses (like many athletes) solely for the purpose of becoming eligible.

Sure, you could say that. But these circumstances, especially with an assistant coach putting out public support of a return, point to there being no ill-will between the two sides. This is no Bubba Walther.

If I recall correctly he had a very pedestrian season up until the last 5 or 6 games then had some huge games, including a 40 point game. It was enough to earn him MAC Freshman of the Year.

32% from 2. 32% from 3. Averaged just under 13ppg on a garbage CMU squad where he had plenty of opportunity. It's a decent fill, but nothing earth shattering. OU added one of Creighton's benchwarmer guards.

2023 Zips Day of Giving--Men's Soccer https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/ZipsAthDOG23/team/MSoccer

2023 Zips Day of Giving--WBB https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/ZipsAthDOG23/team/WBasketball

Your chance to give to the basketball program on the UA Day of Giving- https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/ZipsAthDOG23/team/MBasketball

Article on Zack. He'll be a walk on and company for Even at the end of the bench. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2023/04/20/zach-halligan-college-basketball-recruiting-ameer-yasin-college-football-recruiting-akron-zips/70120011007/

Offers out to Arizona State IOL Danny Valenzuela and Cincinnati OL AJ George. We had AJ George and his younger brother Mitchell George (2025 target) in on a visit this past weekend.

Exactly. He left; the others didn't. He had the opportunity to be part of the unfinished business crew with their sights on winning a Tourney game, and he chose to leave. His attitude and hero ball were part of are struggles for much of that season. Technicals, stupid fouls, poor shot selection, etc. There was a shift where it came together for an improbable run, but his contribution to the problems reared its ugly head in the UCLA game. He wasn't in that game mentally. 36 minutes produced 5 pts on 2-10 shooting, 1-4 from 3, 1 PF, 1 TO, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 AST. Not sure I've ever seen a more pedestrian game line from any star of a team in the biggest game of the season - ever. His play the ENTIRE UCLA game was awful. Nobody is pretending we weren't excited at the prospect of returning that 21-22 squad in its entirety prior to him leaving. But excusing his decision to not be part of Akron basketball, then citing stats with a rose colored look at the season that include a lot of head-scratching struggles - including from Ali Ali - is equally as weird. Also, outside of the one year, he hasn't come close to averaging double digits scoring. For all we know, that one year could be an anomaly and he could be a very average basketball player. To me, it's not an "obvious" decision to want him/welcome him back.

I am on the fence on this one. I still remember the one Butler game I watched where he punched a guy on a break away and was called for a flagrant foul. I also recall a couple of techs he had when he played for Akron. I would only take him if he could play immediately, no other recruits have his talent and he really want to come here.

Were all of those players elite MAC-level basketball players before they got to Akron? Hell to the no. Even in LCJ’s first year, he was not good. Ali was every bit the Akron Zip they were up until he left. And the questions of attitude and defense just don’t make any sense. Nor does the “hero ball” stuff. It’s almost like that team never won the 2022 MAC title sometimes. He was an elite defender and always played his tail off. And if Groce didn’t want him to do the “hero ball” that he has been accused of, he wouldn’t have done it. In re-living some of the 2022 postseason threads recently, @Illini Zip explained the Ali back to the basketball strategy as well as anyone. Basically, it wasn’t sexy and didn’t always work, but considering the circumstances that roster was put through, they somehow miraculously went on one of the best runs in program history with Ali Ali as the leading scorer and one of the 3 most impactful players on the roster. His play at the end of the UCLA game was awful. So was the decision to not call a timeout and let it play out like it did. Had Ali not gone portaling, he would have in all likelihood surpassed 1000 points in his career at Akron, been All-MAC, and been part of one of the best 3-headed monsters to return after winning a championship that the league has seen. I get that he left here and it was a stupid BS move. Easy to see from the moment it happened. But retroactively killing the guy and pretending like we weren’t salivating at the prospect of him being part of the core that was supposed to return for 22-23 is just…weird to read.

We have different definitions of John Groce basketball at Akron. We have had 2 beloved home grown guys - Freeman & Tribble. Otherwise, LCJ, X2.0, X1.0, Cheese, Banks, etc., all came from other programs and finished their careers here. @Captain Kangaroo hit the nail on the head. If he is back at Akron next season, he needs to be more mature, humble, a better facilitator, and 1000% bought into Groce Ball. His "hero ball" plays need to be left at Butler.

Until ISO Ali starts crossover dribbling between his legs for 30 seconds and tossing up fadeaway 20 footers or losing the ball off his leg... If he returns, hopefully he's more humble, mature, and buys into the Groce-Teamism thing better than the first time around.

West Virginia Wesleyan?