Among area major colleges, the Colorado State women’s basketball program figures to make one of the biggest splashes during the early-signing period by landing 6-foot-2 forward Kara Spotton, who is ranked among the nation’s top-100 prospects by ESPN.
A senior at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Spotton is rated the second-best senior in the state. Eliza Normen of Monarch, bound for Arizona State, is ranked No. 28 nationally by ESPN.
Spotton, ranked No. 98 by ESPN, also was recruited by Iowa State. CSU also has an oral commitment from 6-1 Morgan Hunt of Coffeyville (Texas) Heritage.
The eight-day early-signing period for basketball and some Olympic sports begins today and runs through Nov. 17.
First-year Colorado men’s coach Tad Boyle has received oral commitments from two California guards: 6-4 Spencer Dinwiddie of Woodland Hills Taft and 6-1 Askia Booker of Los Angeles’ Price High School. Boyle is awaiting word from frontcourt prospects.
Linda Lappe, CU’s first-year women’s coach, also has two oral commitments: 5-11 guard Alexis Kresl of Shadow Mountain High in metro Phoenix, and Jasmine Sborov, a 6-1 wing forward at Round Rock (Texas) High.
Getting an early start
A list of known oral commitments for area colleges:
Men’s programs
Colorado: G Spencer Dinwiddie, 6-foot-4, Woodland Hills (Calif.) Taft HS; G Askia Booker, 6-1, Los Angeles Price HS.
Northern Colorado: C Brendan Keane, 6-9, Alameda (Calif.) Notre Dame HS; G Dylan Elias, 6-2, San Antonio (Texas) Taft HS; F Tim Huskisson, 6-5, Willard (Mo.) HS.
Air Force: G Max Yon, 6-5, San Antonio (Texas) Ronald Reagan; F Daniel Grieves, 6-6, Bay St. Louis (Miss.) St. Stanislaus Prep; G Cameron Michael, 6-5, Loveland HS.
Women’s programs
Colorado: G Alexis Kresl, 5-11, Phoenix Shadow Mountain HS; F Jasmine Sborov, 6-1, Round Rock (Texas) HS.
Colorado State: F Kara Spotton, 6-2, Rocky Mountain HS; F Morgan Hunt, 6-1, Colleyville (Texas) Heritage HS.
Air Force: F Simonne Potts, 6-0, Tacoma (Wash.) Bellarmine Prep; F Chukwuka Ezeigbo, 6-1, Trenton (N.J.) Notre Dame Academy; G Erica Norwood, 5-4, Smyrna (Ga.) Campbell HS.
Wyoming: G Kaitlyn Mileto, 5-8, Colorado Springs Mesa Ridge HS.
