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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 4251129, member: 197"] Exactly. There is no guarantee that those highly ranked in high school will continue the skills trajectory in college. In many sports, there are some athletes that peak in HS. Perhaps this is what happened with the class of 2017. UConn had 3 of top 20, 4 in top 30, three transferred, and Walker, the #1 ranked, left after 3 years. [ATTACH type="full"]74661[/ATTACH] In Walker's SR year, the WBCA AA's were: [ATTACH type="full"]74662[/ATTACH] The right hand column is the ESPN HS rankings, and yes, I know that ranking services are crazy, but it still doesn't explain everything. There are countless HS athletes that are incredible, but for whatever reason, they don't live up to ranking/hype/expectations in college and beyond. It's like a lot of the football rankings and awards. How many Heisman award winners have gone on to prolific pro careers? Manning/Leaf, Brady, players from D2-3 schools. [/QUOTE]