Softball players leaving for next year.

[CajunGrad16]

Looks like we could add two more players from the transfer portal, both are from Arizona

[JMV JustMyView]

Looks like we could add two more players from the transfer portal, both are from Arizona

Would be some good pickups. Gonna be a chore to manage this roster, unless Glasco sees some kids in the current program transfering out.

[JMV JustMyView]

[QUOTE=CajunGrad16;1226466]Looks like we could add two more players from the transfer portal, both are from.

Need pitchers with experience.

[JMV JustMyView]

It's far from a done deal, but the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns have an interest in a couple of softball players who played for Arizona last season.

The two players, one an infielder and the other a pitcher, are both currently in the transfer portal.

Sources tell us that there is mutual interest between Louisiana and Ivy Davis, who was the primary starting first baseman for the Wildcats last season, and Vanessa Foreman, a left-handed pitcher who was taking a redshirt season and did not pitch in 2020.

A native of Huntington Beach, California, Davis entered the transfer portal in April.

Capable of playing multiple positions, Davis hit .305 with three home runs and 13 runs batted in during the 2020 season.

A starter at first base, shortstop, second base, left field, and right field during her collegiate career at Arizona, Davis was ranked by Flo Softball as the number 48 recruit n the nation coming out of Huntington Beach High School.

Davis has two years of eligibility remaining.

A native of Lakewood, California, Foreman entered the transfer portal about a week after Davis.

In 9.1 innings in 2019, Foreman compiled an overall record of 1-0 with a 3.75 ERA.

Foreman, who has three years of eligibility remaining, was ranked as the 53rd best recruit nationally by Extra Inning Softball coming out of the prep ranks at Gahr High School.

Again, there have been no commitments, and no offers, to our knowledge. There is only mutual interest between the two young ladies and the Louisiana program

[RaginDave]

So, I was doing some research on the Pitcher, she is a good one even though she has very little history at Arizona.

In the 2 years at Arizona she only pitched in 2018, no numbers this year, but that is not her fault, she has been behind 2 veteran very good pitchers for those seasons, including Arizona's #2 pitcher, Alyssa Denham. Mariah Lopez was Arizona's #1 pitcher this year and was a transfer from Oklahoma where she was all but dominant. We all know how good Denham was, and this girl was even better. These two pitchers made up the bulk of the 2020 season. In 2019 she was behind Taylor McQuillin and Alyssa Denham, McQuillin was a Senior 2019 NFCA All Amerian.

In her 1 season with stats for the Wildcats, she appeared in 4 games, starting 2. She gave up 6 runs 5 earned runs in 9.1 innings, but 4 of those were in 1 game. It was a terrible outing vs Kent State, outside of that she had really good limited outings vs New Mexico (2 innings 2 hits 0 earned runs), UCSB 1 inning O earned runs and UTEP 4 innings 6 hits and 1 ER. She struck out 6 and only walked 2 in the 9.1 innings (both of those walks were in the same game vs Kent State.).

She is tall, at 5'10" and was really good in HS. She was a 4 year letterwinner who played pitcher and 1st base. She was ranked as the 53rd best recruit nationally by Extra inning softball. She was a 1st team HS all american as a Sophomre and Western region All American as a senior. Senior year she went 11-2 with a 1.05 ERA and that team went 24-6. Her travel team in 14U won the National Championship. She was recruited by Arizona, Auburn, Cal-Berkley, Hawaii and Michigan.

Not saying she would come here and blow the doors off of our opponents, but with 3 years to play and a year to sit behind a pitcher as good as Summer Elyson, this could be a very nice pickup.

Obviously Davis who was a starter at Arizona would be a very good addition.

[JMV JustMyView]

I would like to see the Cajuns pick up All American Kayla Konwent from Wisconsin.

[JMV JustMyView]

So, I was doing some research on the Pitcher, she is a good one even though she has very little history at Arizona.

In the 2 years at Arizona she only pitched in 2018, no numbers this year, but that is not her fault, she has been behind 2 veteran very good pitchers for those seasons, including Arizona's #2 pitcher, Alyssa Denham. Mariah Lopez was Arizona's #1 pitcher this year and was a transfer from Oklahoma where she was all but dominant. We all know how good Denham was, and this girl was even better. These two pitchers made up the bulk of the 2020 season. In 2019 she was behind Taylor McQuillin and Alyssa Denham, McQuillin was a Senior 2019 NFCA All Amerian.

In her 1 season with stats for the Wildcats, she appeared in 4 games, starting 2. She gave up 6 runs 5 earned runs in 9.1 innings, but 4 of those were in 1 game. It was a terrible outing vs Kent State, outside of that she had really good limited outings vs New Mexico (2 innings 2 hits 0 earned runs), UCSB 1 inning O earned runs and UTEP 4 innings 6 hits and 1 ER. She struck out 6 and only walked 2 in the 9.1 innings (both of those walks were in the same game vs Kent State.).

She is tall, at 5'10" and was really good in HS. She was a 4 year letterwinner who played pitcher and 1st base. She was ranked as the 53rd best recruit nationally by Extra inning softball. She was a 1st team HS all american as a Sophomre and Western region All American as a senior. Senior year she went 11-2 with a 1.05 ERA and that team went 24-6. Her travel team in 14U won the National Championship. She was recruited by Arizona, Auburn, Cal-Berkley, Hawaii and Michigan.

Not saying she would come here and blow the doors off of our opponents, but with 3 years to play and a year to sit behind a pitcher as good as Summer Elyson, this could be a very nice pickup.

Obviously Davis who was a starter at Arizona would be a very good addition.

Davis is a swiss army knife kid, teams never have enough of those kind of kids. Would be a nice pickup for sure.

[SportyCajun459]

Coach Glasco has shown to be adept at using the transfer portal to add girls that he thinks will upgrade his roster. One would think that Glasco envisions that these transfers will be become starters or at a minimum, get significant playing time. From his willingness to build a roster through transfers, it made me wonder what affect this has on team chemistry? Does this instill any loyalty in the players to Coach Glasco knowing that he is always checking the transfer portal looking for players that he feels are better than what he already has? If I am a high school kid being recruited by Glasco, would his proclivity towards using the transfer portal be something that would affect my decision to attend UL? Let's say that Glasco is able to get Konwent to transfer to UL. The fans would be excited but I wonder about the reaction from the girls on the team affected by that transfer (Curry, Gremillion, Boswell and Hudek if she returns) and from the players not directly affected by this transfer. I realize that you want your players to compete. It just appears that Glasco is constantly looking for the next best thing and his attitude towards his players is one of "you're good enough for me right now but I am always looking for something better".

[RaginDave]

Coach Glasco has shown to be adept at using the transfer portal to add girls that he thinks will upgrade his roster. One would think that Glasco envisions that these transfers will be become starters or at a minimum, get significant playing time. From his willingness to build a roster through transfers, it made me wonder what affect this has on team chemistry? Does this instill any loyalty in the players to Coach Glasco knowing that he is always checking the transfer portal looking for players that he feels are better than what he already has? If I am a high school kid being recruited by Glasco, would his proclivity towards using the transfer portal be something that would affect my decision to attend UL? Let's say that Glasco is able to get Konwent to transfer to UL. The fans would be excited but I wonder about the reaction from the girls on the team affected by that transfer (Curry, Gremillion, Boswell and Hudek if she returns) and from the players not directly affected by this transfer. I realize that you want your players to compete. It just appears that Glasco is constantly looking for the next best thing and his attitude towards his players is one of "you're good enough for me right now but I am always looking for something better".

If you are not looking to upgrade your roster at all times, then you do not need to be in coaching. Look at Coach Napier, the last couple of seasons he has added some transfers in late after recruiting. Some of these have been very good and some have been OK but everyone of these players has made the team better on the field.

I look at a couple of players, Nick Ralston was a complete hit, he was as good of an H Back as we could have wanted and made us a much better team. Brendann Johnson who transferred here from UTSA gave us depth, even though he has decided to transfer out for next year. He played mostly on special teams.

I don't care who you are, you should always be looking to make your team better. I trust these coaches are doing their homework on these kids and are going to make sure that they are quality kids who are not only going to help the team on the field, but off the field and in the locker room as well.

I would be more upset if Coach Glasco was not bringing in these types of transfers.

[CajunT]

Coach Glasco has shown to be adept at using the transfer portal to add girls that he thinks will upgrade his roster. One would think that Glasco envisions that these transfers will be become starters or at a minimum, get significant playing time. From his willingness to build a roster through transfers, it made me wonder what affect this has on team chemistry? Does this instill any loyalty in the players to Coach Glasco knowing that he is always checking the transfer portal looking for players that he feels are better than what he already has? If I am a high school kid being recruited by Glasco, would his proclivity towards using the transfer portal be something that would affect my decision to attend UL? Let's say that Glasco is able to get Konwent to transfer to UL. The fans would be excited but I wonder about the reaction from the girls on the team affected by that transfer (Curry, Gremillion, Boswell and Hudek if she returns) and from the players not directly affected by this transfer. I realize that you want your players to compete. It just appears that Glasco is constantly looking for the next best thing and his attitude towards his players is one of "you're good enough for me right now but I am always looking for something better".

Generally coaches are always looking to improve their programs, so adding pieces that will compete with other athletes is a way of accomplishing that goal. If that athlete, or athlete's do not disrupt the locker room, there should be no problem with them competing and pushing the current group of athletes on the roster.

With the emergence of the transfer portal in college athletics, it's become an every day occurrence. There is a tremendous amount of pressure for college staff's to win and remain relevant. Coaches can be loyal to their athletes and still allow competition. Scholarships are granted from year to year, and athletes must compete every year. That is what's best for the program.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Generally coaches are always looking to improve their programs, so adding pieces that will compete with other athletes is a way of accomplishing that goal. If that athlete, or athlete's do not disrupt the locker room, there should be no problem with them competing and pushing the current group of athletes on the roster.

With the emergence of the transfer portal in college athletics, it's become an every day occurrence. There is a tremendous amount of pressure for college staff's to win and remain relevant. Coaches can be loyal to their athletes and still allow competition. Scholarships are granted from year to year, and athletes must compete every year. That is what's best for the program.

With virtual free agency in athletics is it fair to count the transfers in the graduation rates.

[JMV JustMyView]

Coach Glasco has shown to be adept at using the transfer portal to add girls that he thinks will upgrade his roster. One would think that Glasco envisions that these transfers will be become starters or at a minimum, get significant playing time. From his willingness to build a roster through transfers, it made me wonder what affect this has on team chemistry? Does this instill any loyalty in the players to Coach Glasco knowing that he is always checking the transfer portal looking for players that he feels are better than what he already has? If I am a high school kid being recruited by Glasco, would his proclivity towards using the transfer portal be something that would affect my decision to attend UL? Let's say that Glasco is able to get Konwent to transfer to UL. The fans would be excited but I wonder about the reaction from the girls on the team affected by that transfer (Curry, Gremillion, Boswell and Hudek if she returns) and from the players not directly affected by this transfer. I realize that you want your players to compete. It just appears that Glasco is constantly looking for the next best thing and his attitude towards his players is one of "you're good enough for me right now but I am always looking for something better".

Glasco isn't trying to become trnasfer-u, if he has the chance to upgrade I see no problem with it if the kids is good on and off the field. We need kids to push other kids, if your good enough then you will play, that's the bottom line.