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VU Hoops

Hodge commits to ‘Nova

Alexander Lewis / MyCentralJersey / USA TODAY NETWORK 4-Star Forward becomes the first member of Neptune’s 2024 Recruiting Class. It’s a great day to be a Wildcat. Villanova head coach Kyle Neptune got his first verbal commitment from the Class of 2024 when Matthew Hodge made the call for the Wildcats on Friday. 2024 4⭐️ Matthew Hodge tells me he’s committed to Villanova and Kyle Neptune.Hodge is a versatile two-way forward who can do a bit of everything. A multi-positional defender who has good feel with the ball in his hands.He chose Villanova over...

A Sea Of Blue

Somto Cyril reiterates he’s staying in the 2024 class

Somto Cyril While Kentucky may need more frontcourt depth this season, Somto is still planning to not reclass. The Kentucky Wildcats are entering the 2023-24 basketball season with some questions surrounding the front-court. With injuries to Aaron Bradshaw and Ugonna Onyenso, John Calipari and his staff went out and landed a commitment from Zvonimir Ivisic. Obviously, all of the BBN knows the struggle that has been to get Big Z to Lexington, so a natural follow-up question would be; what about Somto Cyril? Once thought to be a reclass candidate for 2023, Cyril...

VU Hoops

Villanova target, 4-star 2024 forward Matthew Hodge to announce commitment Friday

Alexander Lewis / MyCentralJersey / USA TODAY NETWORK Hodge, a top 100 prospect in the Class of 2024, announced his final six list and shared that he’ll be making his decision on Friday. Four-star class of 2024 forward Matthew Hodge announced his final six schools on Wednesday morning. He also shared that he will be making his commitment on Friday. Villanova will be one of six schools under consideration. The Wildcats made the cut alongside Penn State, Maryland, and fellow Big East schools Marquette, Seton Hall and Xavier. Hodge has previously visited each of the...

Arizona Desert Swarm

Arizona softball welcomes 2024 commit Anyssa Wild from Salpointe

2023 Arizona softball team at Hillenbrand Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. | Photo courtesy of Arizona Athletics Arizona just welcomed two new 2025 commits from parts of the country where the Wildcats don’t usually find recruits. That doesn’t mean they’re done with the 2024 class, though. They didn’t have to go far to find the latest addition, either. Anyssa Wild of Salpointe announced her commitment to the Wildcats on social media last night. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anyssa Wild (@anyssawild24) The corner...

Arizona Desert Swarm

Arizona softball starts the class of 2025 with commitment from RHP Rylie Holder

Photo by Ryan Kelapire The class of 2025 got its start on Sunday evening with a player who should make Arizona softball fans happy. Rylie Holder, a right-handed pitcher from Flushear, Tex., made her announcement on social media late in the evening of Sept. 17, 2023. Holder gives the Wildcats a start with the most important position on the field, but she also plays first base and is sure to put in her Twitter biography that she’s a hitter. She also suggests that Arizona is, in fact, looking in new places for impact players. Fulshear is on the western edge of the...

Arizona Desert Swarm

Recruiting heats up as Arizona women’s basketball awaits its first 2024 commit

Photo by Aldara Zarraoa/ The early signing period for women’s basketball begins on Nov. 8 and Arizona still has no known commits. By this time last year, all three of Arizona’s commits were on board with Jada Williams being the last one to pledge her name on Aug. 1 when she flipped from UCLA. The bare cupboard may finally get stocked soon as recruiting heats up for Adia Barnes and her staff. This is the time of finalist lists, official visits, and even new offers. Who are the Wildcats looking at—and who is looking at them? Sira Thienou takes an official visit and...

Arizona Daily Star

Three-star outside linebacker Sosefo Akuila commits to Arizona Wildcats

Arizona's 2024 recruiting class picked up a late-night commitment from three-star Bay Area outside linebacker Sosefo Akuila.

Arizona Desert Swarm

3-star California athlete Sefo Akuila commits to Arizona football

247Sports Since arriving in Tucson, head coach Jedd Fisch has been successful at building the base for Arizona’s classes during official visits. But sometimes it takes a few months for the deal to get sealed The Wildcats landed another prospect from its big recruiting weekend in June, getting a commitment late Wednesday night from 3-star Bay Area athlete Sefo Akuila. ⬇️‼️ #LLC pic.twitter.com/FM07ke4vts— Sosefo “Money” Akuila (@Sefo_Akuila) September 7, 2023 Akuila, who is playing his senior season at Tennyson High School in Hayward, Calif., is...