Fuller: Remaining UConn 2013 targets taking their time

[ju6381]

Jim Fuller has been busy. He spoke with Karlie Samuelson about her decision to commit to Stanford, which sounds like it was all about her family.


"It was Stanford and UConn. My family has been going through a lot. My grandma lost her husband and her son in about a year so I thought it was the best. She wanted me to play with my sister at Stanford and it is a great school and family is important to me right now.

"It was a really hard decision because UConn and Stanford have a really good schools and it just came down to family."

Courtney Ekmark ('14) plans to make a decision before the start of her junior year, which means this summer:

While Ekmark hasn't come up with an official list, she did say she was looking at "just a couple" of schools with UConn most definitely on the list.

The Huskies' winning tradition as well as Auriemma's demanding style is appealing to Ekmark who just led her high school team to the No. 1 ranking in the national high school polls.

"They are cool because they just recruit the best players and if you come, you come and if you don't, you
don't come but it would just be a challenge to go there," Ekmark said. "I feel like I would like the challenge."

Meanwhile, Saniya plans to schedule visits before she narrows her list of (6) schools.

Sounds to me like Ms. Ekmark may be leaning our way...

 

[speedoo]

Sounds to me like Ms. Ekmark may be leaning our way...

Yes it does. Would love to know what other school(s) she is considering.

 

[MilfordHusky]

A December article said that Courtney was considering UConn, Standord, Duke, and Notre Dame. She is #1 in her high school class academically.

 

[Jason76]

She was the MVP of the Stanford camp as a freshman and has said that Stanford is her dream school. If Tara gives her the application, I think that's it for her. I wouldn't count out an Ivy, either.