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Faith Stinson (00) warms up before a women’s collegiate basketball game. THERE ARE countless athletes, male and female, from large universities to small colleges who enter the NCAA’s transfer portal for completely different reasons than the seemingly staggering sums of money available. Take Faith Stinson, power forward for IU Indy’s Jaguars the past two seasons. […]


THERE ARE countless athletes, male and female, from large universities to small colleges who enter the NCAA’s transfer portal for completely different reasons than the seemingly staggering sums of money available. Take Faith Stinson, power forward for IU Indy’s Jaguars the past two seasons.
Stinson completed a successful junior season in which she started all 30 games and averaged 9.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 26.6 minutes per game. She scored a career high 22 points along with a season high 4 blocks against Youngstown State last December and recorded a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds against Robert Morris University in January.
But following this season, Stinson decided to enter the portal and finish her career at another school. “The biggest thing for me was academics,” she says. “I want to start occupational therapy school, and that major isn’t an option at IU Indy. They do not offer this degree.”
Along with the academics, she says, “I also have a sister playing at North Florida, and I wanted to see if there was a chance we could play together. I just want to get a new experience in the last year of my career and end on a good note.”
Her advice for players wondering about the portal and the process that goes along with it: “Don’t be scared. It’s a process. Also stay true to who you are, your worth, and what you want to accomplish. Stay true to yourself and trust your instincts, because it’s about the best school for you.”
Stinson advises others to determine their self-worth so they can negotiate when schools make offers. “At first, I didn’t know my value, and I didn’t want to say too much or too little [money]. It came down to me talking to some coaches that I had prior relationships with and getting their feedback on how they go about that process. Then I came up with a range. I didn’t do a lot of bartering back and forth. For me, it’s not solely about the money. I enjoy playing, and I look at the money as a bonus. I am super grateful for this opportunity.”
Once the process began, she spoke with her coaches at IU Indy, who tried to talk her into coming back for her senior season. But “after the talk, they understood why I wanted to enter the portal.”
The process of entering the portal, according to Stinson, is to contact NCAA Compliance, fill out paperwork, and watch a video from the NCAA that explains all the rules of transferring that must be completed. Once that is done, Compliance gets signatures from the school, and you are entered.
“A handful of schools were interested right away,” she says. “The first two weeks were crazy. I spent a lot of time on the phone.” Once the rush died, Stinson narrowed her selections to schools realistic for her situation and major. “It’s a very rewarding feeling. You work so hard on training. When you get contacted by those first couple of coaches, it is nice and very satisfying.”
The day before her interview with IM, Stinson accepted an NIL (name, image, and likeness) offer from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia to play for coach Cindy Griffin’s Hawks. “We are thrilled to welcome Faith to our Hawk family,” says Griffin on the SJU team website. “Her ability to score, rebound, and defend is evident in her stats over the past three years. Her ability to stretch the floor with her three-ball will be instrumental for our spacing and offensive attack.”
For Stinson, everything felt right. “What drew me there was the overall family atmosphere of the team and the campus. Everyone that I met was extremely welcoming.”
The competitive athlete in her also strives for more in her career. “They are a winning program that is used to winning and have a strong presence in March. Playing deep into March is something that I haven’t gotten to experience and want to before my career is over.”
What makes her deal even sweeter is SJU has an occupational therapy program she will enter this fall. “I will be able to pursue my athletic career in my last year and my career in occupational therapy. Never did I think as a kid I could actually play the game I love for money.”
Stinson did not disclose the value of her NIL deal with SJU.
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Boulder law firm files appeal of House v. NCAA settlement – Boulder Daily Camera
A law firm in Boulder representing a group of female athletes filed an appeal of the House v. NCAA settlement on Wednesday. The firm of Hutchinson Black and Cook (HBC) is arguing that the landmark settlement, which was approved on Friday by Judge Claudia Wilken in Northern California, violates the gender equity statute in Title […]

A law firm in Boulder representing a group of female athletes filed an appeal of the House v. NCAA settlement on Wednesday.
The firm of Hutchinson Black and Cook (HBC) is arguing that the landmark settlement, which was approved on Friday by Judge Claudia Wilken in Northern California, violates the gender equity statute in Title IX.
According to FrontOfficeSports.com, this is the first appeal of the House settlement. There are expected to be more appeals in the coming months based on Title IX.
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BSB | Madrigal Named NCBWA Second Team All-American, Program’s First Since 2019
Story Links 2025 NCBWA All-American Teams DALLAS, Texas. – Eddie Madrigal was the lone West Coast Conference All-American as he was named to the NCBWA Second Team for his first career All-American selection. Madrigal put together one of the most complete seasons individually in […]

DALLAS, Texas. – Eddie Madrigal was the lone West Coast Conference All-American as he was named to the NCBWA Second Team for his first career All-American selection. Madrigal put together one of the most complete seasons individually in program history, finishing with a .368 batting average, 21 home runs, 78 RBI, a .698 slugging percentage and a conference leading 1.160 OPS.
Madrigal was named to the All-WCC First Team and was a Player of the Year candidate all season long, hitting .396 and belting eleven homers in the team’s 24 conference games. Madrigal was also named the WCC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after finishing the postseason tournament with a .455 average, ten hits, 13 runs scored, two home runs and a team high eleven RBI.
Madrigal played a huge role in the Gaels historic season as they won their second ever WCC Tournament Championship and secured their first NCAA Regional win in program history after upsetting eighth ranked Oregon State. Madrigal became the first Saint Mary’s All-American since 2019 when Tyler Thornton was named an NCBWA Freshman All-American as well as the NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year. Thornton finished his rookie season with a 10-2 record, a 2.71 ERA and 94 strikeouts. Head coach Eric Valenzuela has now produced five ABCA All-Region selections and three NCBWA All-Americans in his eight seasons leading the Gaels baseball program. The complete All-American teams can be found HERE or at sportswriters.net.
About the NCBWA…
There are 17 different conferences and 16 conference championship squads represented among the ’25 standouts. The three All-America squads are also made up of 16 conference players or co-players of the year, 12 conference pitchers of the year, five conference relief pitchers of the year, and nine Division I loop defensive players of the year.
All 84 student-athletes on the teams took their teams to the pinnacle of NCAA Championship competition this spring or helped them qualify for the NCAA World Series. There are 14 All-America stalwarts competing in the 78th NCAA Division I World Series, and dozens of others played in NCAA Regionals or Super Regionals.
Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association’s official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.
Be sure to follow your Gaels on Facebook, Instagram, and X to get all the latest Saint Mary’s athletics updates and information.
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Memphis Football Coach Explains NIL and Transfer Portal Challenges | Chris Vernon Show
Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield joins today’s episode of the Chris Vernon Show to talk all things recruiting, transfer portal, and NIL in today’s college football landscape.If you have any questions about how things work for a head coach in college football, he answers them.#chrisvernonshow#collegefootball#cfb#memphistigers#memphis#transferportal#nil Link 0

Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield joins today’s episode of the Chris Vernon Show to talk all things recruiting, transfer portal, and NIL in today’s college football landscape.
If you have any questions about how things work for a head coach in college football, he answers them.
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John Calipari gets 100% real on ‘expectation’ that comes with lucrative NIL numbers
The post John Calipari gets 100% real on ‘expectation’ that comes with lucrative NIL numbers appeared first on ClutchPoints. The NIL era has accelerated recruiting into becoming a bidding war on what schools offer the most money in NIL. The numbers circulating in college basketball recently have been massive, and one of the game’s best […]

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The NIL era has accelerated recruiting into becoming a bidding war on what schools offer the most money in NIL. The numbers circulating in college basketball recently have been massive, and one of the game’s best recruiters, Arkansas’ John Calipari, recently spoke up about how that shapes the expectations for transfers and recruits who come into their new schools.
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As one of the best recruiters in college basketball and potentially all college sports, Calipari has firsthand experience with NIL. While NIL has not changed Calipari’s status as an elite recruiter, it has emboldened him even more, bringing in top recruits at Kentucky and Arkansas. However, big-time players come with big-time money, and Calipari admitted that he and his staff tread lightly even more now due to that aspect of recruiting.
Calipari was on an episode of Golic & Golic on FanDuel Sports Network this week and elaborated on how they navigate this new landscape.
“Did you see the interview with the Kansas State player (Coleman Hawkins) after last year’s season, where he cried? Cried. ‘They paid me $2 million and I couldn’t live up to it.’ There’s one thing about being the star on any team,” Calipari said. “You guys did it, that star makes the most and, wow, but the most is expected from them. So, some guys in college basketball this year are making between $ 3 million and $5 million. Teams are spending 20 million on rosters. Now there’s an expectation. You better win a national title, or you better be a guy, Calipari said.
“If one of you paid a college player four million, would you expect that $4 million player to drag us to the Final Four?”
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In some cases, the risk might not outweigh the reward when programs like Arkansas basketball offer millions of dollars to recruits. Calipari continued to elaborate on how this is impacting the current recruiting landscape.
“That’s different than a seasoned professional dealing with it. So, trying to keep that away from what we do, but social media brings it right back,” Calipari said. “This guy’s making $3 million, and this is the best he is. So, you know, it’s — I think we gotta protect our kids, but some of it, you can’t. You want to be paid a lot. You’re now a professional. You need to perform.”
Thanks to the House settlement being approved, some NIL numbers should be curbed, and at least the field in college sports should be leveled. However, this new era of recruiting is a bidding war, and Calipari and other coaches need to adapt to navigating the potential expectations that come with that.
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There Looks To Be a Lot of Competition in the Front Court for Oklahoma State
STILLWATER – Steve Lutz and Co. are looking to have some success this season in order to try and have some stability with the roster moving forward in this new era of college basketball with NIL and the transfer portal. Now, success doesn’t/won’t always equal a stable roster as there will always be players who are […]

STILLWATER – Steve Lutz and Co. are looking to have some success this season in order to try and have some stability with the roster moving forward in this new era of college basketball with NIL and the transfer portal.
Now, success doesn’t/won’t always equal a stable roster as there will always be players who are either unhappy with their current playing time/money situation, or any other number of factors which will always be there.

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Robert Jennings II against Baylor last year.
As for this year’s roster, it looks nearly completely different from last year’s as only two scholarship players returned in Robert Jennings II and Andrija Vukovich. There have been seven transfers, three high school players and an older international freshman added. In keeping things with last year and this year different, this year’s roster has more youth on it. So, hopefully with success and wins comes more players willing to stick around after the season, allowing Lutz and Co. to create some stability.
Now, a good chunk of the youth is at the forward and center positions. Lutz brought in two high school bigs in Ben Ahmed and Mekhi Ragland, international freshman Lefteris Mantzoukis and transfer F/C Parsa Fallah to go with Vukovic who has improved physically from last year.
I’ve talked to someone close to the program who believes Fallah to be the main big right now based on experience, fitness and talent. But this summer will hopefully make it a much tougher position as the high school players get into better shape and used to the speed and physicality of the college game.

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Fallah in practice.
Fallah checks in at 6-9, 260 pounds and is in Stillwater by the way of Oregon State. He averaged nearly 13 points per game as a junior for the Beavers on 60% shooting from the floor, with four rebounds and one assist per game.
“Parsa’s been great,” said Lutz. “He’s been one of those guys that’s tried to lead. He has an infectious personality, he doesn’t ever have a bad day when he walks in the room, he brings the energy level up. He adds to the room and he’s great. He needs to get a little bit better shape right now, but we expect big things from him. But I’m telling you, I really think that there’s gonna be a lot of competition along that front line. I really do because those two freshman, man, they don’t know what they’re doing yet, but there’s a lot of talent and a lot of ability. Then like you say, Mili [Vukovic] is coming back for his second year, so he’s lightyears ahead of where he was last year.”

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Ahmed on his official visit to Stillwater.
Both Ahmed and Ragland are roughly 6-10 and need to trim up, put on some muscle and get stronger. No one really knows what Mantzoukas can/will bring to the table as he won’t be in Stillwater for the foreseeable future to due student visas being paused. OSU is working with the state government and Washington to get it cleared up.
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John Calipari gets real on lucrative NIL ‘expectations’
The NIL era has accelerated recruiting into becoming a bidding war on what schools offer the most money in NIL. The numbers circulating in college basketball recently have been massive, and one of the game’s best recruiters, Arkansas’ John Calipari, recently spoke up about how that shapes the expectations for transfers and recruits who come […]

The NIL era has accelerated recruiting into becoming a bidding war on what schools offer the most money in NIL. The numbers circulating in college basketball recently have been massive, and one of the game’s best recruiters, Arkansas’ John Calipari, recently spoke up about how that shapes the expectations for transfers and recruits who come into their new schools.
As one of the best recruiters in college basketball and potentially all college sports, Calipari has firsthand experience with NIL. While NIL has not changed Calipari’s status as an elite recruiter, it has emboldened him even more, bringing in top recruits at Kentucky and Arkansas. However, big-time players come with big-time money, and Calipari admitted that he and his staff tread lightly even more now due to that aspect of recruiting.
Calipari was on an episode of Golic & Golic on FanDuel Sports Network this week and elaborated on how they navigate this new landscape.
“Did you see the interview with the Kansas State player (Coleman Hawkins) after last year’s season, where he cried? Cried. ‘They paid me $2 million and I couldn’t live up to it.’ There’s one thing about being the star on any team,” Calipari said. “You guys did it, that star makes the most and, wow, but the most is expected from them. So, some guys in college basketball this year are making between $ 3 million and $5 million. Teams are spending 20 million on rosters. Now there’s an expectation. You better win a national title, or you better be a guy, Calipari said.
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“If one of you paid a college player four million, would you expect that $4 million player to drag us to the Final Four?”
In some cases, the risk might not outweigh the reward when programs like Arkansas basketball offer millions of dollars to recruits. Calipari continued to elaborate on how this is impacting the current recruiting landscape.
“That’s different than a seasoned professional dealing with it. So, trying to keep that away from what we do, but social media brings it right back,” Calipari said. “This guy’s making $3 million, and this is the best he is. So, you know, it’s — I think we gotta protect our kids, but some of it, you can’t. You want to be paid a lot. You’re now a professional. You need to perform.”
Thanks to the House settlement being approved, some NIL numbers should be curbed, and at least the field in college sports should be leveled. However, this new era of recruiting is a bidding war, and Calipari and other coaches need to adapt to navigating the potential expectations that come with that.
Jake Faigus graduated from the University of Arizona in 2022 and has had stops at Catena Media, Playmaker, DraftKings, USA Today, Spike Up, and Spotlight Sports Group. He also writes for Sporting News and works at iHeartMedia in Phoenix.
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