Softball: Gabby Sprang

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Looks like she averaged 9 so's a game and her era was below 1. Sounds like the team didn't have enough runs to support her pitching. Can't wait to see her in Orange!
 
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armchair said:
It's hard to know. I assume the Weeklys will see her pitch this summer with the Georgia team. College commitments are made so early these days--often as a freshman in high school--that you as a coach can't be sure what kind of player you are getting. Kids who are standouts at age 15 aren't necessarily going to be super at age 18. You see that a lot. The competition gets better with each passing year, and the prospect has to get better. Some kids plateau at 15 and by 18 are meh. Things change over time.

I'm sure we remember Bria Bush--the top pitching prospect we signed the same year as Moss. She apparently did not have it when she got here and left quickly. I'm not sure she even pitched once for us--maybe once? I never saw her pitch. I think she's now pitching for some small college in Georgia. And even if you, as coach, see that an incoming signee doesn't seem quite as good as she was a couple of years earlier, there's not much you can do about it as nearly all the other top prospects have long since signed with other schools. Mind you, I'm not suggesting Sprang may not pan out--I have no idea, and of course we all hope she is great. She is 6' tall. That kind of height can work for or against you, depending on your technique/delivery. Monica Abbott is very tall and thin. If Sprang is even three-quarters as good, she'll be fine.
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Bush#71 was not ranked as high as Sprang#3

Sprang also pitches for 2 different travel teams
 
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The key for Sprang to be successful her freshman year is going to be playing against the best-of-the-best this summer. She needs to go play about 4-6 big time tournaments this summer against other P5 recruits. Hit up PGF, Triple Crown tournaments, play the big showcases. Get those innings in, even if she gets knocked around. Arnold did it last summer, went out to Cali for a bit, and learned a lot.
 
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tnburban said:
The key for Sprang to be successful her freshman year is going to be playing against the best-of-the-best this summer. She needs to go play about 4-6 big time tournaments this summer against other P5 recruits. Hit up PGF, Triple Crown tournaments, play the big showcases. Get those innings in, even if she gets knocked around. Arnold did it last summer, went out to Cali for a bit, and learned a lot.
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Pretty sure Georgia Impact does that
 
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Vols4life said:
Pretty sure Georgia Impact does that
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If she stays with them, yes. But sometimes people get complacent, don't want to spend the money once they sign on the dotted line. She's in Minnesota so every weekend that's a plane ticket plus other expenses. And sometimes the TB clubs find other options.

I've been around long enough to see commits think they struck gold, going to SEC school, and then during freshman year are calling asking how do they transfer. Got to keep working and getting better all the time unless you're a freak athlete.
 
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My fondest hope is that she will come in and be the dominate pitcher we have needed for about a decade ;and when combined with what we have now will bring a World Series Trophy to Knoxville.
 
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my fondest hope is that I win the powerball on Saturday, someone invents a time machine and takes me back to my teens, my hair regrows on my head and Wifey gets over her equine allergy so I can go back to owning/riding horses, a cure for Cancer and Hillary goes to jail. :)
 
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tnburban said:
If she stays with them, yes. But sometimes people get complacent, don't want to spend the money once they sign on the dotted line. She's in Minnesota so every weekend that's a plane ticket plus other expenses. And sometimes the TB clubs find other options.

I've been around long enough to see commits think they struck gold, going to SEC school, and then during freshman year are calling asking how do they transfer. Got to keep working and getting better all the time unless you're a freak athlete.
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Hahaha Gabby and complacent do not belong together...and do you ever think that during the Summer she may live with one of her travel ball teammates....she works extremely hard and will continue to do so
 
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gule said:
my fondest hope is that I win the powerball on Saturday, someone invents a time machine and takes me back to my teens, my hair regrows on my head and Wifey gets over her equine allergy so I can go back to owning/riding horses, a cure for Cancer and Hillary goes to jail. :)
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the goober factor on this board.
 
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Vols4life said:
Hahaha Gabby and complacent do not belong together...and do you ever think that during the Summer she may live with one of her travel ball teammates....she works extremely hard and will continue to do so
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Good to know. They are all not like that.
 
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gule said:
my fondest hope is that I win the powerball on Saturday, someone invents a time machine and takes me back to my teens, my hair regrows on my head and Wifey gets over her equine allergy so I can go back to owning/riding horses, a cure for Cancer and Hillary goes to jail. :)
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Well then .....may all your fondest hopes come true .
 
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I wonder why she didnt just enroll in summer classes at UT and play in state for the summer ?
 
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508mikey said:
I wonder why she didnt just enroll in summer classes at UT and play in state for the summer ?
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Georgia Impact is a stronger travel team that plays in bigger tournaments and/or better competition than the Tennessee state club teams. Arnold spent some time with a travel team in southern California last summer--and that is top of the heap club softball.
 
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508mikey said:
I wonder why she didnt just enroll in summer classes at UT and play in state for the summer ?
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She still hasn't officially graduated high school yet....and *if she enrolled in UT for summer classes she would be ineligible to play summer ball*
 
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DeerPark12 said:
Can't play travel ball once you're enrolled in school.
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Ok Thanks for that info -- is there a reason why ? They dont get paid for it - I thought Melissa Davins dad said on here, she played in the summer while in college
 
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508mikey said:
Ok Thanks for that info -- is there a reason why ? They dont get paid for it - I thought Melissa Davins dad said on here, she played in the summer while in college
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That was a team for USA softball teams to play to get ready for tourney's....it was like a U23 team
 
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alexvol said:
My fondest hope is that she will come in and be the dominate pitcher we have needed for about a decade ;and when combined with what we have now will bring a World Series Trophy to Knoxville.
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Pet Peeve:

It is "dominant" not "dominate" pitcher.
 
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