Sela Heide

She has been to OSU many times, saw her at a game with Sissel in 2018-19 and talked with her, as I knew Sissel when she was at OSU. She is interested in OSU and if we offered, I think she would accept. With 15 rides, and AA's most likely never being used, why not offer her, 6-8 with a high upside doesn't grow on trees.

Well, that sure makes me feel old.

As the story says, she was unable to play at all last summer, prime recruiting time, and just recently returned from a chronic injury which I'm sure has made some coaches leery about her long-term health. My guess is she is hopeful that once more schools see she is healthy and can play, she will have additional (and better) offers and she can sign in the April LOI period.

My opinion means nothing, obviously, to the coaching staff. But she's a legacy, she's 6-8 with a ton of upside, and is an excellent student (from my conversation with Sissel). We have plenty of available scholarships. She is interested in OSU and if we offered, I think she would accept. She certainly seems more skilled than Ruth Hamblin was as a high school senior. We've carried AA on scholarship for two years and got nothing. Kolby Orum was a non-factor for two years before she developed into a serviceable Pac-12 player.

I realize nothing is guaranteed in recruiting. But as I said, 6-8 women don't grow on trees. Why not offer her and develop her (something we have an excellent track record of), instead of perhaps watching her blossom into a force someplace else?

Question... has anyone actually seen her tapes?

She is very frail. She is not highly athletic. And, if I remember she has had several issues with her patella, patella ligament. A quick view indicates she is more a small college, JC kid that needs huge physical development and some luck with her health.

That said, OSU already had two bigs with health issues. Jelena is well removed from what is not considered a serious knee injury... at least from what was let out it was nothing like an ACL. She is a big girl and a slow recovery doesn't really give a lot of promise for how much she'll be able to get up and down the floor even next year. AA may never play... for whatever reason. I do not see SR and staff wanting to have three such medical maybes/time bombs on the roster.

I guess as a legacy if she wanted to walk on you of course encourage her to do so, then go from there depending on her development.

Wow, congrats and best of luck to her but I sure hope that doesn't come back to bite us. Looks as if she was far more than walk-on material.

Her HS stats are a little underwhelming.

This is Cal’s fourth top-100 F/C in 2020.