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SDSU’S TAYLER BAKER EARNS PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Story Links SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State’s Tayler Baker was honored for her performance in the circle during the Jackrabbits’ recent weekend series at North Dakota, as she was selected as the Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Pitcher of the Week the conference office announced on Monday. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State’s Tayler Baker was honored for her performance in the circle during the Jackrabbits’ recent weekend series at North Dakota, as she was selected as the Kwik Star Summit League Softball Peak Pitcher of the Week the conference office announced on Monday.
The Jacks completed a three-game sweep over the Fighting Hawks in Grand Forks at North Dakota’s Albrecht Field on Saturday. Baker was stellar across a pair of starts as she registered a 2-0 record versus UND.
The freshman pitched the second game of a doubleheader on Friday. Baker kept the Fighting Hawks hitless in her first four innings of work. She wound up giving up just two hits and two walks across seven innings. Baker also allowed one earned run while she struck out eight batters.
She closed out the series with another complete-game effort in a 2-1 win for the Jackrabbits on Saturday. Aside from a solo home run given up in the second inning, Baker didn’t allow any other UND runner to reach third base over seven innings of work. She closed out another complete game by giving up one run on three hits. Baker struck out eight batters while walking one.
The Madison, Wis., native pitched a combined 14 innings and allowed two runs on five hits. Baker struck out 16 batters while walking three.
South Dakota State begins its appearance at the 2025 Summit League Softball Championship on Thursday. The Jackrabbits are slated to play at 1:30 p.m. as they await the winner of the opening-round game between No. 3 South Dakota and No. 6 Kansas City.
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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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