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Lauren Avant: Lady Vol in Waiting
Published by MoonDog on June 25, 2008
Lauren Avant, considered by most to be the top player in the class of 2010, verbally committed to play basketball at the University of Tennessee two years ago.
Avant drew national attention when she committed to Tennessee as a 14-year-old. Avant is one of several high-school underclassmen featured in a Time magazine article about the recruitment of eighth-graders.
Avant said that she was receiving direct phone contact from schools.
“They’re not supposed to; it happens,” said Avant, who said she met with an NCAA official about the recruiting process.
Regarding Tennessee, Avant said, “They talked to my father. They never talked to me at all.”
Avant said Summitt sat in the front row when Avant’s AAU team was playing at the 15-and-under nationals in Monroe, LA.
“It was huge for Pat to come,” she said.
Summitt wasn’t the only coach who was watching, which might have been another reason why Avant brought the recruiting process to a premature close.
“You have to perform in front of all these coaches,” she said. “They’re watching everything I do. It’s kind of stressful, especially at a young age.”
Avant made several unofficial campus visits with her parents, including two to Tennessee.
The Lady Vol commitment is one of 16 high school athletes picked from across the country to be featured next month in Sports Illustrated’s “Where Will They Be” photo series.
Avant will begin her junior year this fall for Lausanne School in Memphis. Before her freshman season, Street and Smith magazine named Avant to their All-American Honorable Mention list. She was the only freshman to make the list.
Avant called Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt on Thanksgiving Day in 2006 and committed to the Lady Vols.
“I wanted to give Coach Pat something to be thankful for,” Avant said.
“I knew I didn’t want to leave the state of Tennessee,” she said. “It was between Vanderbilt and Tennessee. I just felt comfortable at Tennessee.”
“Tennessee is my dream college. I always knew that’s where I wanted to go.”
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