Did the PAC 12 only get one team in the baseball tournament?

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I have arrived at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium. Stanford 1 LSU 0: Bottom of the 3rd. In the top of the 3rd, Kyra Chan hit a double to center field to bring home Taryn Kern who hit a triple.

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Stanford def. NC State 4-0 to reach quarters of NCAA's. Men lost to Wake on the road. We miss coach Gould!

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Read that here. Courtesy of Rob Cassidy. I actually caught up with Holmes this week. So stay tuned for that. The skinny it's very early in the process for him, but he seems to have a positive attitude towards Stanford so far.

Are our rivals uc berkeley? Or cal?
As small as our fan base may be, at least we know who we are 😂

“In a Tuesday announcement about UC Berkeley’s rebrand, the university said it conducted a survey that determined that one-quarter of San Francisco Bay Area residents didn’t know Berkeley and Cal are the same school. Nationally, two-thirds of people thought the names referred to separate schools.”

As was mentioned earlier today in the recruiting notes thread, 2025 4-star safety CJ Jimcoily announced a top four of Stanford, Tennessee, Alabama, and LSU. Stanford official visit May 31st, Tennessee official visit June 7th, LSU official visit June 14th, and Alabama official visit June 21st. A couple of different articles were put out today about him from the Rivals network. The national article by Sam Spiegelman is here. The article from Dale Dowden of Rivals' Tennessee site is here. And then in case you missed it, my most recent article on Jimcoily is here.

Stanford appears to have a real shot here. Obviously, all these official visits are going to be crucial.

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Read that here. Courtesy of Adam Gorney. The following Stanford recruits are mentioned: 2025 4-star offensive tackle Andrew Babalola and 2026 4-star wide receiver Madden Williams. Babalola is taking an official visit to Stanford June 6th. Stanford appears to be in a good spot with him. And then Madden Williams visited in January for an Elite Day. So Stanford is making a real effort with him as well.

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Maybe a good idea to have a thread fully dedicated to outgoing players as a whole.

(@MITGrad started one to keep track of players declaring their intent to return, which I'm a fan of! Here's a link to that: https://stanford.forums.rivals.com/threads/those-seniors-declaring-to-return.27690/)

Transferring:

1. RB EJ Smith --> Texas A&M
2. QB Ari Patu --> North Alabama
3. OT James Pogorelc --> Duke
4. DB Terian Williams --> Bucknell
5. TE Benjamin Yurosek --> Georgia
6. DL Jaxson Moi --> Tennessee
7. S Alaka'i Gilman --> Utah
8. OLB Lance Keneley --> Arizona
9. S/NB Jimmy Wyrick --> UTSA
10. DE Aaron Armitage
11. ILB Benjamin Hudson

NFL:

1. K Joshua Karty

Grads Retiring:

1. LS Bailey Parsons
2. WR John Humphreys
3. OL Alec Bank
4. RB Casey Filkins
5. OLB/ILB Spencer Lytle
6. WR Silas Starr

Undergrads Stepping Away:

1. OL Lucas Heyer (medical?)
2. TE CJ Hawkins
3. CB Joshua Thompson
4. S Jaden Slocum
5. RB Brendon Barrow
6. DL Pat Caughey
7. CB Caleb Ellis

Out of Eligibility:

1. ILB Spencer Jorgensen

Scholarship Math:
2023 Scholarships: 80
Above Attrition: -26
2024 Recruits: +25
Inbound Transfers: +3
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= 2024 Scholarships: 82

Still considering Stanford, per his social media…

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The Women’s Golf team beat UCLA for the national championship. The coach is impressive in interviews and results.

I believe there is a Caoches Swing in Los Angeles tonight with Taylor, Smith and Paye among the coaches. Anyone here attending? There are opportunities at these events to ask questions/get intel that isn’t always forthcoming at other gatherings (e.g., during the cocktail reception mingling or during the Q&A after the presentations). Maybe whoever is going can try and ask some of the burning questions of the day from this forum?

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Natalia Chino, Assistant Director of On-Campus Recruiting

• Previously on the events team for the NY Giants
• She might be replacing Kiara Warner, who held a similar title, and by the way is Fred Warner's sister(!!!)

Jordan Richards, Coordinator of Operations and Player Development

• Hey, we know that name

As of now, it's 3.5 wins. My first thought was to get in the car and drive to Reno. Cal Poly, SJSU, and Wake all seem like solid wins, and I'd expect Stanford to get at least one more from TCU/VT/SMU/Cal (three of those games at home). Doesn't feel like too much of a stretch. Thoughts?

Surprised to see that the MWP team has gotten two very good transfers. (I’m more surprised that we haven’t heard it from LBPoly before! )
Our more recent transfer is a GK from Princeton, West Temkin. From coach Flacks, "West is one of the best young goalies in the United States, and we're thrilled to welcome him to The Farm," said Flacks. "I had the privilege of coaching West on the USA National Youth Team when he was 16 years old, and I can't wait to get the opportunity to coach him again.

Dash McDonald transferred earlier from UCSB and is the reigning POY from the Big West and scored 82 goals last year from the center position. He joins his younger brother Chase on the team. From coach Flacks, "His decision to come to Stanford is another major step for our program, as we want to attract the best players in the world and consistently compete for a national championship. Dash adds enormous talent and depth to the center position and also high-level experience to help lead our young squad.”

Both transfers are from the east Bay (Moraga and Berkeley). West has two years COR eligibility and Dash has one year.

Absolutely NOT investment advice, but you and your new best friend Kendrick Perkins can invest in NILs!

At the end of the winter sports season, we had a 230 point lead on Texas. It likely won't be enough.

Texas is ranked #1 in softball and #25 in baseball. We'll get some points in softball and none in baseball

The Texas men's golf team is advancing. Stanford's is not.

The Texas women's team is highly unlikely to make the final 8 in golf, but they will score points. Hopefully we will win, but it's a crapshoot and a completely unpredictable sport.

Texas will outscore us significantly in T&F.

In tennis the Texas men placed 2nd. The women lost in the round of 16.