USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you’ll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities and play at the college level. Jaimie Duffek was one of the top 50 high school softball players in Illinois and went on to play outfield for Drake University. Jaimie is just one of many former college athletes who are part of the Next College Student Athlete team. Their knowledge, experience and dedication, along with NCSA’s history of digital innovation and long-standing relationship with the college coaching community, have made NCSA the largest and most successful athletic recruiting network in the country
A day with no hits: Southern New Mexico duo pulls off rare feat of no-hitter, perfect game in same day
Carlsbad High School softball pitcher Ashley Hernandez and Caveman baseball pitcher TJ Ruiz threw a perfect game and no-hitter, respectively, within 90 minutes of each other on April 18 a few hundred feet apart.
How rare was this? The last time this could have happened was when actual cavemen and cavegirls were walking the earth.
Simply put, the odds are astronomical for a no-hitter and perfect game being thrown on the same day by the same school. Here’s how rare it actually is.
The odds
Dr
Kenyon Martin's son may join Scottie Pippen's son in Vanderbilt basketball recruiting class
New Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse is recruiting a Nashville native, a Louisiana shooting guard and the son of a fellow former NBA player.
He’s got a chance at landing all of them.
On Wednesday, 6-foot-6 high school forward Kenyon Martin Jr., son of former NBA player Kenyon Martin, announced on Twitter that he’s trimmed his list of possible schools to Vanderbilt, UCLA, TCU and West Virginia. He could be the second son of former NBA star in Vanderbilt’s recruiting class, joining Scotty Pippen Jr
On Gardening: Truffla Pink Gomphrena looks to be among hottest 2019 plants
Truffula Pink has everyone talking this year and is expected to be among the hottest plants at garden centers. It will be so hot you better buy it when you … Click to Continue »
Sony returns to profit on game software, Spotify gains
Japanese entertainment and electronics company Sony Corp. has reverted to profitability for the quarter through March, boosted by robust demand for game software and network services, as well as gains … Click to Continue »
Michael Wolf, photographer of mega-cities, dies in Hong Kong
Michael Wolf, an award-winning Hong Kong-based photographer known for his work depicting mega-cities, has died. Hong Kong art gallery director Sarah Greene said that Wolf died in his sleep Tuesday … Click to Continue »
New Zealander pleads guilty to sharing mosque shooting video
A Christchurch businessman has pleaded guilty to sharing a livestream video that was recorded by a gunman last month as he began killing 50 people at two New Zealand mosques. … Click to Continue »
Be wary of robot emotions; ‘simulated love is never love’
When a robot “dies,” does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is “yes” — and that tells us something important, and potentially worrisome, about our emotional … Click to Continue »
For Louisville Male lone senior Madison McCoy, this is the end of the line for softball
April is Girls Sports Month, and as part of USA TODAY High School Sports’ fourth-annual Girls Sports Month celebration, we’re speaking with some of the most influential female athletes, coaches and celebrities in the sports world. We will also be highlighting some of the best stories from the past year as well as featuring some of the trailblazers.
Madison McCoy knows all good things must come to an end, and the senior second baseman for the nationally ranked Male High School softball team is ready to move on.
Just give her a couple of more months.
Several in-state programs have inquired about McCoy playing for them in college, but McCoy is ready to drop the latter portion of “student-athlete” next school year
North Carolina HS soccer player drowns; another student in critical condition
One high school student died and another is in critical condition after the two drowned off the coast of Emerald Isle in North Carolina over the weekend.
Ian Lewis, an 18-year-old soccer player at Wake Forest High School (N.C.), was found around 3:30 a.m