Gray’s been retweeting the Louisville announcements. Just a matter of time.
I get the sense it’s between us, Stanford, and USC for Watson.
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Gray’s been retweeting the Louisville announcements. Just a matter of time.
I get the sense it’s between us, Stanford, and USC for Watson.
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She also camped at PSU. Louisville is hot after her as well.
I watched Harrington at the Big South with Busboom Kelly standing next to me the whole time. It was clear that Paramount’s coach saw her because they fed Harrington at the middle EVERY set and she went off. When Busboom Kelly saw enough and left, Harrington went out for a breather. It was something to see.
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Watson's dad is following a grip of Pitt volleyball related accounts on IG. 
Ayanna Watson was named National Sophomore of the Year by VBRecruiter, winning over some highly recruited finalists. Had 32(!) kills in her state championship final match. VBAdrenaline has her as the #3 ranked Outside nationally (sandwiched between two Nebraska commits).
For context, Hoppe is currently ranked as the #2 setter nationally, Masten the #6 libero nationally by that service.
Babcock/Stafford/Bayless/1st Team Max Preps All-American Samara Coleman/Watson all potentially taking swings come 2026? Pick your poison.
Ayanna Watson was named National Sophomore of the Year by VBRecruiter, winning over some highly recruited finalists. Had 32(!) kills in her state championship final match. VBAdrenaline has her as the #3 ranked Outside nationally (sandwiched between two Nebraska commits).
For context, Hoppe is currently ranked as the #2 setter nationally, Masten the #6 libero nationally by that service.
Babcock/Stafford/Bayless/1st Team Max Preps All-American Samara Coleman/Watson all potentially taking swings come 2026? Pick your poison.
Yeah - someone on the volley talk board seems to think Watson is heading to Pitt. Let’s hope !Watson's dad is following a grip of Pitt volleyball related accounts on IG.
Ayanna Watson was named National Sophomore of the Year by VBRecruiter, winning over some highly recruited finalists. Had 32(!) kills in her state championship final match. VBAdrenaline has her as the #3 ranked Outside nationally (sandwiched between two Nebraska commits).
For context, Hoppe is currently ranked as the #2 setter nationally, Masten the #6 libero nationally by that service.
Babcock/Stafford/Bayless/1st Team Max Preps All-American Samara Coleman/Watson all potentially taking swings come 2026? Pick your poison.
pittdan77
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She can also play opposite which might be an option if Fisher goes to a 6-2.Watson's dad is following a grip of Pitt volleyball related accounts on IG.
Ayanna Watson was named National Sophomore of the Year by VBRecruiter, winning over some highly recruited finalists. Had 32(!) kills in her state championship final match. VBAdrenaline has her as the #3 ranked Outside nationally (sandwiched between two Nebraska commits).
For context, Hoppe is currently ranked as the #2 setter nationally, Masten the #6 libero nationally by that service.
Babcock/Stafford/Bayless/1st Team Max Preps All-American Samara Coleman/Watson all potentially taking swings come 2026? Pick your poison.
Hmmm. She plays club and high school with Ayanna Watson.
Imagine that happening at the same time that the NCAA has 20 billion reasons to do away with scholarship limits meaning you can put whoever you want on scholarship to ease a particular's recruits nerves about moving 2200 miles to Pennsylvania. In other words, consider how many male athletes are at Pitt on the 9.9 sport-specific (wrestling/men's soccer/men's swim & dive) or 11.7 (baseball) scholarship limit tracks and extrapolate what that might mean with respect to Title IX compliance for women's sports if everyone gets a scholarship.
Or just check Ayanna's dad's reaction to Thompson's announcement.
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pittdan77
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Or just use NIL to offset the cost of a scholarship....oh, we're not supposed to say that out loud. Anyway, she's a decent setter. Will need to learn a faster tempo.
Ayanna Watson called her her best friend on Instagram… fingers crossed
3 tweets.....3 commitments so far.....one more tweet would do it amigos
I believe "the icing is about to be put on the cake"
Oh my god. It's actually happening.
I could tell Fish had to have her, but I didn't know it was like that. Wow.
Pretty solid work to all but wrap up a 2026 class about a week into the contact period.
Man, are we lucky he didn't take that PSU job. 😇
Isabelle Hope - Setter, Pine Richland, #1 or #2 Setter in the country depending on ranking service
Izzy Masten - Libero, Indianapolis, #6 or so Libero in the country
Trinity Thompson - Defensive Specialist, Las Vegas, #2 player in Nevada, unranked nationally, best friend of Ayanna Watson
Ayanna Watson - Outside Hitter, Las Vegas, #3 OH/#8 overall, Gatorade player of the year in Nevada, National Sophomore of the year by VB Adrenaline, daughter of NBA player CJ Watson
This is a top 5 class as of now. Behind Nebraska but even with just about anyone else in the country
My unofficial stars would be 2 5 stars a high 3 star ( maybe a 4) and a 3 star. Really exciting class .
Also - this class will play one year with Babcock, Stafford , Bayless , Ha’ti ,
Agree....that's a bulls eye! I suspect in the coming days to next week or two....we'll be seeing confirmation of that by the recruiting experts around the country.
Also…I don’t think it can go unstated that this will be the first recruiting class that will enroll after the new arena and practice complex opens. It’s a hell of a recruiting tool, especially with Fisher recruiting against the most successful programs in the sport for a lot of these kids.
Seems like that's 3 massive classes in a row for fish, really building off our success
I've heard recently that the opening has slipped to mid-2025 season at best FWIW
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