2026 Recruits

[rimmer]

2026 Cail Jahnke has listed her offers on 'X' with jacks being one.

[bigticket1]

I will be shocked if she stays in SD. I've heard she wants to go somewhere big. My guess would be Iowa based on her offers for now but that's just a hunch.

The big difference between her aunt's college basketball days and now is NIL money. USD (as well as the Jacks) likely won't be able to compete with the $ that will be available to her from the offer list that has been made public. She would really have to want to stay home for that to happen.

[GoJacks2011]

jmo......in the end, .i would be a little surprised if she doesn't choose the yotes.

I will be shocked if she stays in SD. I've heard she wants to go somewhere big. My guess would be Iowa based on her offers for now but that's just a hunch.

[ringthebells]

Copied from the link...

Craig Mattick: Here comes college. College is calling and you go to South Dakota State. You went there one year before you went to USD. What was the reasoning why you left SDSU?

Mandy Koupal: It just wasn't the fit for me. I mean, it's a great place, great school. I mean, I don't regret my year there.

Craig Mattick: It was a pretty good team. Pretty good team, right?

Mandy Koupal: Yeah. We had a great year and I had great teammates there, too. But like I said, it just wasn't a great fit for me. I was starting off that in secondary education, but then I wanted to go into elementary ed. At the time, they really didn't have the program for elementary ed. Yeah. But like I said, there's nothing, no hard feelings for the SDSU and it just wasn't a great fit for me.

I don't regret the year one bit, because everything happens for a reason. I think it just helped me to find where I needed to be. I just felt it was that USD.

She goes on later to describe the environment for those SDSU/USD games and locking down the dome to keep the dead animals out. Pretty interesting.

[jackdaniel]

Thank You

....yup, you're welcome, you were on to the reason too ! Jackrabbits are so smart !!!

[jackdaniel]

I don't know the answer to that. AJ hadn't taken over yet so it was a different atmosphere. I don't know what her major was, but if it was elementary education, you couldn't get that at SDSU at that time. You could do early childhood ed. Elementary Ed had to be completed at BHSU, usd, DSU, or NSU. Maybe that was the reason? Maybe she likes the color red? At some point though, SDSU looked better than USD did to her. Hopefully her niece will give it the same chance.

Ignore my response. Jack answered the question before I hit send.

You are exactly correct, you have a good memory ringthebells, I , on the other hand, just happened upon an interview done way back.Thank you for bringing up AJ, I was wondering if he was head coach then, and was too lazy to find out myself.

[ringthebells]

I don't know the answer to that. AJ hadn't taken over yet so it was a different atmosphere. I don't know what her major was, but if it was elementary education, you couldn't get that at SDSU at that time. You could do early childhood ed. Elementary Ed had to be completed at BHSU, usd, DSU, or NSU. Maybe that was the reason? Maybe she likes the color red? At some point though, SDSU looked better than USD did to her. Hopefully her niece will give it the same chance.

Ignore my response. Jack answered the question before I hit send.

[98Jackfarmer]

I just come across an old interview just yesterday with Mandy Koupal, and she was asked this very question by Craig Mattick as to why she left and went to play at USD. It was due to academics. It's a long interview so to save you some time, it comes up a smidgen less than half way through the interview.

Thank You

[jackdaniel]

I just come across an old interview just yesterday about Mandy Koupal, and she was asked this very question by Craig Mattick as to why she left and went to play at USD. It was due to academics. It's a long interview so to save you some time, it comes up a smidgen less than half way through the interview.

[98Jackfarmer]

Her Aunt Mandy started as a Jackrabbit.

So, why did she transfer to that God forsaken place then? Was it due to a change in major?

[ringthebells]

Her Aunt Mandy started as a Jackrabbit.

[jackdaniel]

jmo......in the end, .i would be a little surprised if she doesn't choose the yotes.

She has family ties there, her Aunt Mandy attended USD and played her first college season for SDSU (as first noted by ringthebells below) , also a great, great player back then.

[rimmer]

Yes, she's getting too many to keep up with it seems, at least for me. I went back a little further in this thread and saw her other offers, missed Ia St also, who had already offered. Ashlyn will have quite an extensive list compiled by the time she chooses .I plan on watching her games as much as I can , because she's a local that's done good I guess one can say, and should be fun to watch. Of course, I'm really looking forward to watching our Jacks next season too, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that !!!

jmo......in the end, .i would be a little surprised if she doesn't choose the yotes.

[jackdaniel]

Williams talked with Koupal a while back and offered.

Yes, she's getting too many to keep up with it seems, at least for me. I went back a little further in this thread and saw her other offers, missed Ia St also, who had already offered. Ashlyn will have quite an extensive list compiled by the time she chooses .I plan on watching her games as much as I can , because she's a local that's done good I guess one can say, and should be fun to watch. Of course, I'm really looking forward to watching our Jacks next season too, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that !!!

[rimmer]

They all seem so far away , except for the Gophers and locally. I expect Amy Williams at Neb to chime in any time now, maybe the Hawkeyes, they've had great success with Clark, but she's gone now, who knows how they'll fare now, I'm sure they'll want to get back on that perch, IA ST , Creighton, GB Pheonix , may come about too. The big question to me is, will she go far away from home or not? I guess we'll find out her Junior year in HS? That seems to be the norm for making a commitment it seems. I always cheer for the local girls, no matter where they play. I've been waiting for Bella Swedland to get on the court, but she's been plagued with injuries so far.

Williams talked with Koupal a while back and offered.