Where Wisconsin’s promising 2024 class stands in national recruiting rankings

Where do the Badgers stack up in the early stages of the 2024 cycle?

The new-look Wisconsin Badgers have hit the ground running on the recruiting front: They have landed a trio of commits in 2024.

The class is headlined by four-star quarterback Mabrey Mettauer, who was one of Luke Fickell’s first big wins on the job.

Mettauer is joined by a pair of tight ends as Wisconsin is in the early stages of building its 2024 group.

Where does Wisconsin’s three-person class stand according to 247Sports and who leads the way at this early stage? The Badgers landed in the top 25.

Here are the 2024 recruiting rankings at this point according to 247Sports’ composite:

College golf recruiting: Division I verbal commitment list

Stay up to date on the latest news surrounding the world of college golf recruiting.

There’s isn’t much of an offseason when it comes to the college golf scene.

Schools compete in both the fall and spring seasons, and as soon as the NCAA Championship concludes in May, players spend their summers playing in amateur events nationwide and their coaches are out hitting the recruiting trail.

To keep you up to date on the future of your favorite college teams, here is a list of college golf verbal commitments for Division I, by school. Schools are listed in alphabetical order and commits are separated by class year.

If you have a commitment you’d like added, email Adam Woodard, Julie Williams or Lance Ringler with name, class, hometown and which college the player committed to.

**LAST UPDATED: August 30, 2021**

Men

ALABAMA

2022

  • Nick Dunlap, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Jonathan Griz, Hilton Head, South Carolina

ARIZONA STATE

2022

  • Luke Potter, Encinitas, California
  • Michael Mjaaseth, Oslo, Norway

2023

  • Connor Williams, Escondido, California
  • Anawin Pikulthong, Gilbert, Arizona

AUBURN

2023

  • Cayden Pope, Lexington, Kentucky

BUCKNELL

2022

  • James Robbins, North Andover, Massachusetts

CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

2023

  • Sihao Cong, Irvine, California
  • Ethan Fang, Plano, Texas
  • Tyler Lee, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
  • Eric Lee, Fullerton, California

CENTRAL FLORIDA

2022

  • Cooper Tate, Windermere, Florida

EAST TENNESSEE STATE

2022

  • Matthew Dodd-Berry, Cheshire, England

 

FLORIDA

2022

  • Will McGriff, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  • Parker Bell, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Luke Poulter, Orlando, Florida

2023

  • Jay Brooks, Boca Raton, Florida

 

FLORIDA GULF COAST

2022

  • Sebastian Frau, Milan, Italy

 

GEORGIA TECH

2022

  • Hiroshi Tai, Singapore
  • Aidan Tran, Fresno, California

ILLINOIS

2022

  • Ryan Voois, Ladera Ranch, California

 

JAMES MADISON

2022

  • Garrett Kuhla, Richmond, Virginia

KANSAS STATE

2022

  • Ben Stoller, Owasso, Oklahoma

 

 

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

2023

  • Mason Snyder, Las Vegas

 

 

 

MURRAY STATE

2022

  • Jakob Wellman, Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Drew Wallace, Crestwood, Kentucky

 

OKLAHOMA

2022

  • Karson Grigsby, Abilene, Texas
  • Jase Summy, Keller, Texas

2023

  • Ryder Cowan, Edmond, Oklahoma
  • PJ Maybank, Cheboygan, Michigan

OKLAHOMA STATE

2023

  • Gaven Lane, Argyle, Texas

OREGON STATE

2022

  • Rylan Johnson, Gilbert, Arizona
  • Collin Hodgkinson, Beaverton, Oregon

PACIFIC

2022

  • Ian Fritz, Las Vegas

 


SOUTHERN MISS

2021

  • Cam Guidry, Picayune, Mississippi
  • Ryan Dupuy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2022

  • Tommy Latter, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

STANFORD

2023

  • Kush Arora, Pleasanton, California
  • Ethan Gao, Alpharetta, Georgia

TEMPLE

2022
  • Darren Nolan, Glenside, Pennsylvania

TENNESSEE

2022

  • Evan Woosley-Reed, Shelbyville, Tennessee
  • Bruce Murphy, Johns Creek, Georgia

TEXAS

2022

  • Jacob Sosa, Austin, Texas

2023

  • Jack Gilbert, Houston
  • Tommy Morrison, Dallas

TEXAS A&M

2021

  • Dallas Hankamer, Temple, Texas

2023

  • Aaron Pounds, The Woodlands, Texas

TROY

2021

  • Blake Rigdon, Destin, Florida
  • Jake Springer, Tallahassee, Florida
  • Brantley Scott, Dothan, Alabama

UAB

2021

  • Matthew Streitman, Dothan, Alabama
  • Cole Imig, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Paul Bruce, Guntersville, Alabama

UTSA

2021

  • Carson Gallaher, New Braunfels Texas
  • Patrick Kahanek, San Antonio

2022

  • Brayden Bare, Waco, Texas

UCLA

2021

  • Evan Chien, Irvine, California

2022

  • Lincoln Melcher, Burbank, California
  • Matthew Yamin, New York
  • Anton Ouyang, San Jose, California

2023

  • Luciano Conlan, Carlsbad, California

UNLV

2021

  • Tommy Kimmel, Spokane, Washington

USC

2021

  • Gavin Aurilia, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Jackson Rivera, Rancho Santa Fe, California

2022

  • Mahanth Chirravuri, Chandler, Arizona

2023

  • Carson Kim, Fullerton, California

UTAH STATE

2021

  • Julio Arronte, Xalapa, Mexico

VANDERBILT

2021

  • Gordon Sargent, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Jackson Van Paris, Pinehurst, North Carolina

2022

  • John Broderick, Wellesley, Massachusetts
  • Wells Williams, West Point, Mississippi

VIRGINIA

2021

  • Matthew Monastero, Leesburg, Virginia

2022

  • Benjamin James, Milford, Connecticut

VIRGINIA TECH

2021

  • David Stanford, Vienna, Virginia

WAKE FOREST

2021

  • Scotty Kennon, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  • Marshall Meisel, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  • Collin Adams, Charlotte, North Carolina

XAVIER

2021

  • Justin Gabbard, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
  • Shawn Sehra, Canada

2022

  • Drew Wagner, Austin, Texas

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Women

ARIZONA STATE

2022

  • Beth Coulter, Ireland
  • Paula Schulz-Hanssen, Germany
  • Grace Summerhays, Scottsdale, Arizona

AUBURN

2021

  • Casey Weidenfeld, Pembroke Pines, Florida
  • Morgan Jones, Auburn, Alabama

BOSTON COLLEGE

2021

  • Eubin Shim, Waco, Texas

CINCINNATI

2021

  • Julia Rabadam, Upper Arlington, Ohio

COLGATE

2021

  • Robbie Herzig, New York, New York

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

2022

  • Adrian Anderson, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

DUKE

2021

  • Sophia Bae, Norwood, New Jersey
  • Rylie Heflin, Avondale, Pennsylvania

2022

  • Andie Smith, Hobe Sound, Florida

FLORIDA

2022

  • Karoline Tuttle, Lake Mary, Florida

GEORGIA

2023

  • Natachanok (Drive) Tunwannarux, Bangkok, Thailand

HOUSTON

2021

  • Brooke Morales, Mckinney, Texas

LIPSCOMB

2021

  • Tzunami Polito Franklin, Tennessee

PEPPERDINE

2021

  • Lauren Gomez, San Diego

RADFORD

2021

  • Kaitlyn Mosdell, Roanoke, Virginia

TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI

2021

  • Reagan Gray, Missouri City, Texas
  • Anastacia Johnson, Tacoma, Washington

TULSA

2021

2022

  • Grace Kilcrease, Springdale, Arkansas

USC

2023

  • Bailey Shoemaker, West Edmeston, New York

VANDERBILT

2022

  • Lynn Lim, Gallatin, Tennessee

WASHINGTON STATE

2022

  • Hannah Harrison, Granite Bay, California

WESTERN KENTUCKY

2021

  • Catie Craig, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia

XAVIER

2022

  • Madison Reemsnyder, Canton, Ohio

NCAA extends recruiting dead period: How that impacts Ohio State’s chances of signing J.T. Tuimoloau

Ohio State was hoping to host some prized recruits during the spring. That doesn’t look very promising with another dead period extension.

The NCAA has once again extended the recruiting dead period and could be a huge blow to Ohio State. With the COVID-19 vaccine beginning to roll out earlier this year, it seems most businesses and other entities are moving closer to reopening. The governing body of college athletics seems to be going in the opposite direction and has once again extended the dead period, this time to May 31.

April 15 was the date that had been set in place to lift the dead period, which gave hope for recruits looking to see some schools during spring practices. Moving the date to the end of May will be a wild card on Ohio State’s chances at one of the best defensive ends in the nation.

We told you a few weeks ago that the No. 1 rated player and defensive end in the 2021 recruiting cycle, J.T. Tuimoloau would wait until later in the spring to make his college decision. The reason? Because he and his family wanted to visit schools to be certain of his choice before committing the next three to four years of his life. That’s actually a very reasonable and mature thing for an 18-year-old kid to be thinking through.

With the NCAA making this extension, if Tuimoloau wants to see Columbus and the Ohio State campus before signing, he’ll have to do it on his own dime and wouldn’t even be able to see the athletic facilities or speak with coaches.

Tuimoloau and his family have been very intentional with this entire process and now they and Ohio State have been handed another obstacle to overcome. Recruiting experts still see Tuimoloau as a Buckeye, but one has to wonder if Ohio State is losing its grip with another dead period extension.

This can only be seen as a blow to Ohio State’s chances to land Tuimoloau, but it also means that 2022 and 2023 recruits won’t be able to visit in the spring as well. Hopefully, Tuimoloau thinks enough of OSU to still land in Columbus, but we just don’t know. While the recruiting process looks glamorous on the outside, it doesn’t take much to see that the whole process can be very stressful.

Add another dead period extension, and well… it just piles more on top of what has already been a very long year.

 

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Notre Dame football: defensive end enters transfer portal

Notre Dame has a lost a defensive end to the transfer portal as a reserve player announced his decision on Tuesday.

Defensive end Kofi Wardlow appears to have played football for Notre Dame for the final time as the senior entered the transfer portal on Tuesday.

Wardlow has been buried on the depth chart during his entire career, making just one career tackle which came in the 40-7 blowout victory over Boston College last season.

Wardlow took to social media to announce his decision on Tuesday.

Wardlow came to Notre Dame as a member of the 2017 recruiting class out of Washington, DC.  He spent spent time on the scout team in 2017 before seeing action in the Virginia Tech game a year later.

Wardlow appeared in the New Mexico and Boston College games in 2019, recording one career tackle along the way.

All the best to Wardlow as he’s set to graduate this fall and have two years of eligibility remaining wherever he may end up next.

Notre Dame Football: Irish land commit from two-sport star

Notre Dame received great news on Friday as four-star high school senior Jayden Thomas announced his commitment to the University. Thomas joins a Notre Dame class that is fighting to be among the top ten in the nation in 2021 and a class of …

Notre Dame received great news on Friday as four-star high school senior Jayden Thomas announced his commitment to the University.

Thomas joins a Notre Dame class that is fighting to be among the top ten in the nation in 2021 and a class of receivers that is shaping up to be very special as Thomas joins Deion Colzie and Lorenzo Styles, Jr. as four-star commitments are the wide receiver position.

Thomas is listed at 6-1, 205 pounds and attends Pace Academy in Atlanta. He’s the second four-star receiver to commit to Notre Dame in a week as Deion Colzie of Athens re-committed to the Irish just days ago.

The commitment brings Notre Dame’s total to 19 in the 2021 class as it nears completion.

Thomas is also a fantastic baseball player and will join the likes of Torii Hunter, Jr., Cole Kmet, Jeff Samardzija, Golden Tate and several others who have played both football and baseball at Notre Dame.

Where does Notre Dame rank after recent big commitment and de-commitment?

Notre Dame has been given both good and bad news in recruiting in recent days. Where do the Irish rank after the said news? See here.

Notre Dame has gotten both great and bad news on the recruiting trail in recent days as former wide receiver commit Deion Colzie gave the Irish his second verbal commitment on Monday.

This came just days after Notre Dame found out that star corner back commitment Philip Riley, Jr. was stepping away from his commitment.  News then came on Monday that Riley had committed to Notre Dame’s biggest rival in USC.

So after one four-star recruit was lost but another was added for the second time, where does Notre Dame’s 2020 recruiting class rank nationally?

247Sports:  11th
Notre Dame is listed just behind Michigan as the Irish are just outside the top ten here.  247Sports ranks the Irish with nine four-star and three-star commitments each but no five-star rankings.

ESPN:  11th
ESPN doesn’t give players star rankings but it’s worth noting you can find Notre Dame currently pegged between USC (10) and Georgia (12) in that 11 spot.  ESPN has recently moved the Irish up four spots in their latest update.

Rivals:  11th
The ranking might be the exact same but how they add up talent is different as Rivals currently has offensive tackle Blake Fisher as a five-star talent but grades just five Notre Dame commitments as four-star talents while a dozen get the three-star grade.

Brian Kelly spoke about making a climb in recruiting and pulling in a top five class last December.

Getting to the top five seems almost impossible at this point but one thing worth noting is how close the Irish are to Clemson, specifically in the Rivals rankings, where the Tigers check in just one spot above the Irish.

Clemson doesn’t recruit to star-ranking like some of the other major programs do but it would certainly be something to make you feel better about the state of recruiting if you’re a Notre Dame fan.

Stay tuned to see just how high Notre Dame ends up with their 2021 class in the coming weeks and months.

Notre Dame Descendant Gets Scholarship Offer from Irish

If your grandmother was once Joe Montana’s tutor you’d be more than a little excited to get a scholarship offer to Notre Dame, too.

If your grandfather was a former national champion linebacker, your great-uncle was a backup quarterback and your grandmother tutored perhaps the the biggest football star to ever come from the same university, one might say that particular school is in your blood.

That’s the case for high school junior Nolan Ziegler, a 6-4, 205 pound safety with a 3.85 GPA from Catholic Central in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Ziegler is a class of 2022 prospect and is the grandson of ’73 Notre Dame national champion linebacker, Tim Sullivan.  He’s also the great-nephew of former backup Irish signal caller, Fred Trosko, Jr., who was a sophomore on that ’73 title squad.

Then on top of all that, Ziegler’s grandmother that married Tim Sullivan was in Notre Dame’s first female class and tutored the legendary Joe Montana.

Wednesday saw Ziegler get his own attention from Notre Dame as the three-star safety received a scholarship offer from Brian Kelly and company.

Ziegler’s clearly got bloodline to the University of Notre Dame that few can compare to.  I can understand both sides of it for the now Notre Dame target as for one, you get to carry on a family legacy of attending Notre Dame, but on the other hand, I would fully understand if he’d eventually want to go somewhere and not constantly be seen as “the guy with a ton of family members from there”.

Congratulations to Ziegler on the offer as Notre Dame joins the likes of Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and a handful of MAC schools to have offered a scholarship.

Related:  Notre Dame’s 2020 Recruiting Class Commitments

Watch: New Notre Dame Tight End Jack Nickel’s Highlight Tape

Notre Dame landed their second commitment of the 2022 recruiting class on Monday. See the highlight tape of new tight end, Jack Nickel here!

Notre Dame gained their second commitment to the 2022 recruiting class on Monday as it was four-star tight end Jack Nickel announcing his commitment.

Nickel is ranked as a four-star player according to 247Sports and becomes the latest tight end for a program that produces them at as high of level on on as regular of basis as anyone.

For more information on Nickel’s commitment you can read our story from earlier today when the news broke.  If you’d like to check out what kind of player Nickel is, you can see highlights from his sophomore year at Milton High School in Georgia below.

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A Busy Day on D-Line Recruiting Trail for Notre Dame

It was a busy morning for Notre Dame’s coaching staff as the Irish made three scholarship offers to ’22 defensive linemen. Learn more here..

The week started with a bang for Notre Dame in terms of scholarship offers being made as three were offered by the Fighting Irish coaching staff to 2022 defensive linemen.

These aren’t offers being made to middle of the road prospects, these are some big-time names in the 2022 class that will see Notre Dame have to go toe-to-toe with the biggest of players if they’re going to eventually land a commitment from any of the three.

So who are the offers to?  A quick summary of each:

Wilfredo Aybar – Defensive End – Cheshire, CT

Aybar is a 6-3, 220 pound weakside defensive end from Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut. Ranked the top player in Connecticut by 247Sports, Aybar ranks as a top ten weakside defensive end in the 247Sports rankings.  Of the now 20 offers Aybar has received, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State and Tennessee stand out as the biggest competition.

Derrick Moore – Defensive End – Baltimore, MD

Moore has 17 offers to date but that number will only continue to swell.  A 6-4, 245 pound strong side defensive end from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Moore will be in demand by all of the biggest programs.  The 247Sports Composite rankings give Moore a four-star grade as he’s seen widely as a top-three defensive end in the 2022 class.

Mykel Williams – Defensive Tackle – Columbus, GA

A 6-5, 255 pound bohemeath from Georgia, Williams will be one of the best defensive tackles in the 2022 class.  Williams has 24 offers listed on his 247Sports profile page but according to his tweet annoucing the Notre Dame offer, he’s now reached 30.  The Irish will have to out-duel the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Ohio State and plenty more.

As of posting (7/20/2020) Notre Dame is yet to receive any commitments in the 2022 class but is certainly not being hesitant about putting lines in the water for some of the biggest prospects out there.

 

Watch: New Notre Dame Commit Joe Alt’s Highlights

Curious to know more about Notre Dame’s newest commitment? Stop reading and watch his highlights right here!

Notre Dame landed their 12th commitment to the 2021 recruiting class on Monday as son of former NFL offensive tackle John, Joe Alt committed to the Fighting Irish.

Alt is the third offensive lineman to join the class as standout tackle Blake Fisher did so long ago and guard Pat Coogan made his commitment just a few short months ago.

So what is Notre Dame getting in Alt?

Well, first thing you should know is that the 6-7, 257 pounder out of Minneapolis plays tight end in high school and will transition to tackle at Notre Dame.

That doesn’t mean you can’t watch some of his best plays through his junior year of high school however.  If you want to see the standout, you can watch his highlights from his seventh through tenth games of last football season here.

Once you watch you’ll see that the move to offensive line should be pretty natural as Alt more than embraces the blocking part of the tight end position.

Thanks for checking it out and keep it locked to Fighting Irish Wire for everything Notre Dame athletics.