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CocoHusky said:
Apparently not! What is laughable (insulting really) is that you can determine this from watching her play less than a minute per game for UCONN. Even within DI there are multiple level of play where Autumn can certainly make a contribution. @stamfordhusky I firmly disagree that Autumn could not play at Patriot League school Eg., Loyola of Maryland
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I've seen Loyola play a number of times. She would find it hard to make their top ten players. There is a reason she had no D1 scholarship offers.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
But of course, the reality is that, with all of that money, and the usual "wink and nod," a good athlete whom the coach wants will get sufficient funding to attend an Ivy League institution. Fig leaves.
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That is absolutely false. You don't know how things work in the Ivy's. Other than need-based aid, there are no scholarships. No academic scholarships, no ways to manipulate the system for athletes. The FAFSA formula can perhaps by bent, but not by much, and all schools share all the data for athletes, so any cheating becomes apparent very quickly.

I know several athletes who made All-Ivy in their respective sports. In each case, their parents paid 100% of the cost.
 
stamfordhusky said:
I've seen Loyola play a number of times. She would find it hard to make their top ten players. There is a reason she had no D1 scholarship offers.
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You have been misinformed.

"The 5-foot-8 point guard had scholarship offers and interest from other schools, including two from the Ivy League."

www.courant.com

‘All she needed was the opportunity:’ Autumn Chassion’s journey to UConn started with a cold-call to Storrs to attend a practice and ended with her earning a walk-on spot

Several years ago, Tehmi Chassion of Lafayette, La., cold-called the UConn women’s basketball program after hearing that it allowed coaches to attend practices. After religiously watching Gen…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
 
All I can say is that some folks on this board are stone cold hard core. This kid did give us her best for a year...she participated in practices and was supportive of her team mates even though she didn't get to play much. I think a simple "I wish her the very best of luck in her next school choice" would be appropriate. The beat down on her talent level, lack of playing time and lack of Division 1 scholarships doesn't seem to be very productive to me. After all she was a Husky and deserving of our support.
 
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CocoHusky said:
You have been misinformed.

"The 5-foot-8 point guard had scholarship offers and interest from other schools, including two from the Ivy League."

www.courant.com

‘All she needed was the opportunity:’ Autumn Chassion’s journey to UConn started with a cold-call to Storrs to attend a practice and ended with her earning a walk-on spot

Several years ago, Tehmi Chassion of Lafayette, La., cold-called the UConn women’s basketball program after hearing that it allowed coaches to attend practices. After religiously watching Gen…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
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I've checked this out with multiple sources, and my info is correct. Check the article from her local paper that said in April of her senior year that she had NO D1 offers. Or check the article in a well-known Louisiana recruiting site that said she had NO D1 offers. The offers referred to in the article above were D2 offers only. The Ivy "offers" at best were offers to take a spot on the roster. Not a scholarship, since Ivy's do not offer scholarships.
 
stamfordhusky said:
I've checked this out with multiple sources, and my info is correct. Check the article from her local paper that said in April of her senior year that she had NO D1 offers. Or check the article in a well-known Louisiana recruiting site that said she had NO D1 offers. The offers referred to in the article above were D2 offers only. The Ivy "offers" at best were offers to take a spot on the roster. Not a scholarship, since Ivy's do not offer scholarships.
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Boy, you’re really determined to let us know what an inferior player she is. Check out @cferraro04 post above. Can’t you just wish the kid good luck and let it go?
 
HuskyNan said:
Why not Princeton? The coach there might be amenable to the idea :cool:
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Arguably because Princeton, doesn't give athletic scholarships as a member of the Ivy League. Of course they do give need based scholarships to athletes so...
 
CL82 said:
Arguably because Princeton, doesn't give athletic scholarships as a member of the Ivy League. Of course they do give need based scholarships to athletes so...
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An African American woman who is an exceptionally accomplished academician who is also an elite athlete. Princeton for the win.
 
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HuskyNan said:
Boy, you’re really determined to let us know what an inferior player she is. Check out @cferraro04 post above. Can’t you just wish the kid good luck and let it go?
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Maybe your response was intended for a different Stamford post, but the one you responded to was a fact-based correction of some misinformation. I think that’s entirely appropriate.
 
She should hookup with Vanderbilt & Shea. She might get some playing time as Shea will have a big rebuild.
 
All of this talk about scholarships and schools choice for this young lady seem to ignore one critical fact. Let's not forget that she was a walk-on at UConn by personal choice. She turned down scholarship offers from other schools because she wanted to play for the Huskies, and according to her father finances didn't figure into the decision. I'm sure she will be just fine with whatever choice she makes.

How Autumn Chassion earned a walk-on spot at UConn
 
Vowelguy said:
Maybe your response was intended for a different Stamford post, but the one you responded to was a fact-based correction of some misinformation. I think that’s entirely appropriate.
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There was no fact based correction or misinformation. The article posted indicated Autumn had offers from 2 different Ivy league schools. @stamfordhusky post indicated that Autumn had no division 1 offers. Unless you believe Ivy league schools are not Division 1 institutions or the Ivy offers were for Autumn to play the violin?
 
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CocoHusky said:
There was no fact based correction or misinformation. The article posted indicated Autumn had offers from 2 different Ivy league schools. @stamfordhusky post indicated that Autumn had no division 1 offers. Unless you believe Ivy league schools are not Division 1 institutions or the Ivy Offer were for Autumn to play the Violin?
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1) This has come up several times and Stamford has already researched it point by point in previous threads.
2) it says she had
(A) scholarship offers from a few schools AND
(B) interest from other schools, including Ivys

“interest” is not an offer
 
Vowelguy said:
1) This has come up several times and Stamford has already researched it point by point in previous threads.
2) it says she had
(A) scholarship offers from a few schools AND
(B) interest from other schools, including Ivys

“interest” is not an offer
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I think the point of most in the thread is that this board's fans have rose-colored glasses when viewing UConn players, even walk-ons. The transfer portal is like musical chairs this year, and there are far more accomplished players without a chair as the music is ending.
 
Vowelguy said:
1) This has come up several times and Stamford has already researched it point by point in previous threads.
2) it says she had
(A) scholarship offers from a few schools AND
(B) interest from other schools, including Ivys

“interest” is not an offer
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"Going to UConn as a walk-on over other Division I scholarship offers wasn’t a conventional decision. But Autumn isn’t a conventional athlete."

connecticut.rivals.com

How Autumn Chassion earned a walk-on spot at UConn

On the eve of the Louisiana Division III Semifinals in mid-March, Autumn Chassion spent the entire night in the
connecticut.rivals.com connecticut.rivals.com
 
CocoHusky said:
"Going to UConn as a walk-on over other Division I scholarship offers wasn’t a conventional decision. But Autumn isn’t a conventional athlete."

connecticut.rivals.com

How Autumn Chassion earned a walk-on spot at UConn

On the eve of the Louisiana Division III Semifinals in mid-March, Autumn Chassion spent the entire night in the
connecticut.rivals.com connecticut.rivals.com
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There are no documented offers from division 1 schools. Just because she or more likely her father claims there were, is not proof. I checked her twitter feed, she never posted any offers throughout her last year in HS, and believe me all these kids post the offers.

In saying this, I'm not trying to denigrate her talent, just refuting what others are blindly accepting. If she could play for Princeton, she would be there already. (Watch her now get an offer from Princeton, it would serve me right),
 
I have seen a number of articles suggesting that various colleges had interest in or actually made scholarship offers to Autumn. Can someone point to an article that specifically names a school or schools that actually offered Autumn a scholarship?
 
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eebmg said:
Well, 'picking a school' sounds like she has multiple colleges to choose from. :)
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My recommendation ( unrequested, of course) is that she play for an Ivy League school. She is certainly smart enough, and her talent would be at the highest level they are used to ( generally ).
 
In addition to all the Division I College programs that UConn has to compete with...they also have to compete with Delta, Gamma and Lambda... Let's hope that the Greeks don't win and that we have a complete, robust and successful season.
 
I think she’ll end up at UL Lafayette or Mcneese or somewhere similar. Just assuming as a former Louisianian
 
Mdoggie said:
How about Lehigh or any other patriot league team?
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Bucknell has a strong women's basketball program but appears pretty solid at the guard position. Loyola Maryland didn't win a game last year and would provide a great opportunity.
 
Please humor me.
Why not Vanderbilt?
Great academics.
Ground floor opportunity.
Play for Shea.
 
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