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per Waseca County News:
When University of Minnesota women’s basketball coach Pam Borton’s 12-year tenure with the Gophers came to an end in late March former New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls basketball coach John Schultz and his family reached out to the University regarding the state of his daughter Jade Schultz’s status with the team.
Schultz was initially offered a preferred walk-on spot with the NCAA Division I Gophers, which would have secured the incoming freshman a spot on Minnesota's roster.
But while athletic director Norwood Teague initially reassured Schultz that nothing had changed, recently hired head coach Marlene Stollings had other plans.
“Coach Stahlings had called, and she explained to Jade that she doesn’t work her walk-ons like Pam did,” John Schultz said.
According to Schultz the university had maintained that nothing would change until April 19, when Stahlings called to clarify her walk-on policy.
“The athletic director had told us that everything would stay the same, so we had assumed that everything would stay the same,” she said.
The senior guard has decided against attending the University of Minnesota, and will instead attend Minnesota State University, Mankato in the fall.
Basketball, she says, is no longer on the table.
“I’m going to go to MSU and I’m just going to college and major in health and education,” Jade Schultz said.
Schultz played her way into a preferred walk-on role with the Gophers as a an integral member of back-to-back Class 2A championship teams, and was recruited late in her senior season.
“It was pretty disappointing,” she said. “It was just sad that they told me I’d be able to stay and then turned around and said it was a miscommunication.”
http://www.southernminn.com/waseca_...cle_f183acb6-a9a7-53ce-ab6f-e54497ec8792.html
Go Gophers!!
When University of Minnesota women’s basketball coach Pam Borton’s 12-year tenure with the Gophers came to an end in late March former New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva girls basketball coach John Schultz and his family reached out to the University regarding the state of his daughter Jade Schultz’s status with the team.
Schultz was initially offered a preferred walk-on spot with the NCAA Division I Gophers, which would have secured the incoming freshman a spot on Minnesota's roster.
But while athletic director Norwood Teague initially reassured Schultz that nothing had changed, recently hired head coach Marlene Stollings had other plans.
“Coach Stahlings had called, and she explained to Jade that she doesn’t work her walk-ons like Pam did,” John Schultz said.
According to Schultz the university had maintained that nothing would change until April 19, when Stahlings called to clarify her walk-on policy.
“The athletic director had told us that everything would stay the same, so we had assumed that everything would stay the same,” she said.
The senior guard has decided against attending the University of Minnesota, and will instead attend Minnesota State University, Mankato in the fall.
Basketball, she says, is no longer on the table.
“I’m going to go to MSU and I’m just going to college and major in health and education,” Jade Schultz said.
Schultz played her way into a preferred walk-on role with the Gophers as a an integral member of back-to-back Class 2A championship teams, and was recruited late in her senior season.
“It was pretty disappointing,” she said. “It was just sad that they told me I’d be able to stay and then turned around and said it was a miscommunication.”
http://www.southernminn.com/waseca_...cle_f183acb6-a9a7-53ce-ab6f-e54497ec8792.html
Go Gophers!!
