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I believe geaux_sioux is correct. All signs point to this being Minta.

My guess would be Carter Harris, since he visited recently.

It’s Rudd. UNDFootball360 confirmed it.

UND has offered 2026 Byron (MN) guard Madison Ohm, a high school teammate of incoming freshman Kendra Harvey. She also has an offer from Bowling Green.

The league lost the vast majority of its better players to either graduation or the portal--just 3 of the 16 all conference/honorable mention players return (Meyer, Koenen and Oglesby). SDSU appears to be the clear number one on paper (again), particularly since they added a potential impact player in the Evansville transfer. NDSU appears to be number two, but aside from Koenen rebounding could be an issue for them. The rest of the teams will be so dependent on newcomers that it's very difficult to predict how they will do. As decimated as UND was with portal defections, they are still better off than most teams in the league in that they return two solid starters in Demers (9.5 points/game and 7.1 rebounds/game) and Aumer (8.7 points/game).

This is quite an accomplishment. Also noteworthy is that Grand Forks Red River alum Shelby Frank of Texas Tech finished second in this same event.

I read somewhere that the original injury in her sophomore year was a partial ACL tear, and no surgery was done. Unfortunately, shortly after coming back she suffered a complete tear early last season and then had the surgery done. If all is going well with rehab, she should be ready to play again by the start of the high school season in late November.

Here's a list of UND offers/commitments by class. I don't claim that this is a complete list, and a few of these pre-date Hutter's promotion, so whether they're still valid offers is unknown. 2026 Maggie Fricke, Minot (committed) Samantha Voll, Monticello (MN) (has offers from Northern Illinois, St. Thomas and Vermont) 2027 Addison Bjorklund, Brainerd (committed) Sydney Friedly, Benilde St. Margaret Marlee Falcon, Bismarck Legacy (has offers from NDSU, SDSU and USD) Jordan Christofferson, Horace (has offer from NDSU) (daughter of former UND player Jenny Boll) Skyler Mancini, Chanhassen (has offers from SDSU, St. Thomas, USD and Montana St.) 2028 Lakyn Donnelly, Horace (has offers from NDSU and St. Thomas) Rylee Seavert, Shanley (has offers from NDSU, SDSU, USD and Eastern Illinois) Brianna Eggers, Buffalo (MN) (has offers from NDSU and Eastern Illinois) Malin Youngberg, Little Falls (has offers from NDSU, St. Thomas, USD and Eastern Illinois) Peyton Hoffman, Climax-Fisher

Herbst is the new Minot State coach.

UND has offered Samantha Voll, a 2026 guard from Monticello. Was a MN AAA all stater this past season.

I don't know him personally, but Josh Morton seems like an ideal candidate--UND football guy, has power 4 experience from his time at Michigan State and knows hockey from his time at UND, MSU and now Augie.

She’s going to San Francisco. Also, not sure it was ever reported here, but Owen is going to New Orleans.

UND women's basketball just posted a bunch of off-season workout pics on Twitter, and VanderWal is in them, so I guess that answers the question. It appears UND will have a 16-person roster next season, which is only possible due to the fact that they "opted out" of the settlement. Since UND is expected to "opt in" after next school year, the roster limit will be 15 from 2026-27 forward.

Anderson is pretty athletic. This was him in high school: https://x.com/slam_hs/status/1405693479422935041?s=51&t=NQ4Y5VjYNfnvoHS3ts4L3Q

Also Paris Bass, I think.

Has offers from Army, Air Force, Northern Iowa and Western Illinois.

Possibly Headings? He visited this past weekend and was mentioned by UNDFootball360.

Right now, I'd say Smith, King, the Curtis twins and somebody not currently on the roster at the 5.

One thing I expect UND to be better at next season is 3-point shooting. UND was 7th in the Summit in both makes per game and percentage last season, shooing under 30% as a team. Hughes, for example, made 57 3's and shot 33.7% this past season. And additionally Harvey, Hillesheim, Ohnstad, Klosterbuer and Harris should all be better shooters than most of the players who departed. Depth should also be much better, as UND was essentially six deep for most of this past season (five deep once Demers went down with an injury). Demers, Aumer and Hughes are all proven commodities at the college level, and I feel confident that between A. Miller, Ohnstad, Harvey, Hillesheim, Harris, Klosterbuer, H. Miller, Volmer and Mathern, you can find at least five more consistent contributors.

I don't think we know for certain one way or the other. I know Hutter mentioned something about seven returning players at his press conference, and it would seem that would have had to include VanderWal, since there was a 15-person roster and eight left in the portal, but it's certainly possible she's not actually coming back. I am assuming Hillesheim, Harvey, Harris, Ohnstad, Ava Miller, Hanna Miller, Hughes and Klosterbuer would all be on scholarship. If so, then there could only be five scholarship players coming back from this past season.

My understanding is that for schools that opted out of the NCAA settlement, the scholarship limit remains at 13, but the roster cap of 15 doesn't apply. So yes, UND could hypothetically have a roster with more than 15 next season, but at least three would have to be non-scholarship in that scenario. I don't see who the third non-scholarship player would be, unless somebody previously on scholarship agreed to come back as a non-scholarship player, which seems unlikely. I think the more likely explanation is that somebody who originally planned to return now isn't.

Since I really doubt UND will have a roster that exceeds 15, this presumably means that one of the seven hypothetical returnees must have had a change of plans.

I see Omaha just fired their coach. Interesting timing.

Nice call.

One, I believe.