Buffalo Recruiting

Good Get! Originally 3 Star recruit from Rochester

Goalkeeper Emily Kelly of @WNYFlashAcademy verbally commits to Buffalo for 2018 | https://t.co/pf7rBstynJ pic.twitter.com/2Sm7ZaltBv

— Tri-State SoccerWire (@TSSWire) June 6, 2016

Kelly was First Team All-NYS this year as a sophomore in Class B, helping Wilson to the State Championship game, where they lost to longtime power Schalmont. Let's hope she sticks, unlike past early commits out of WNY.

I Have Officially Transferred , And I Am Now Commited To The University Of Buffalo On Full Scholarship #ThankGod #Bulls #HornsUp!

— Prince (@Nosworthy99) May 17, 2016

It's not entirely clear that this is a football transfer from the tweet, but Grambling State does have a Paul Nosworthy on the roster. I certainly wouldn't mind the reinforcements.

The WNY native is a three star recruit according to ESPN as she looks to add to UB's front court depth next season.

Jones averaged 20 points and 5 rebounds a game this winter for Bogan.

"To be eligible for a scholarship, among other requirements, a student must be an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, maintain good grades and send copies of his or her grades to the Seneca Nation Education Department. ... The gym at O’Hara is where the two excel. Summer Hemphill is a star on the girls varsity basketball team, which is ranked No. 1 in large schools and hopes to win another state championship. She also runs track and field and was a state qualifier in the long and triple jumps, setting a new school record in long jump last spring."

A shortstop and top-of-the-rotation guy for the Lumberjacks, O’Connor possess all of the positive qualities a coach at any level would want in a student-athlete.

Turvey, who is heading for his second season with the ‘Jacks, said that UB is getting a winner in more way than one. The coach said O’Connor is the epitome of hard work and character.

"Mike is just that," Turvey said. "He handles himself well on the field as well as off. I don’t have to worry about him getting into any trouble or anything like that. He has a great attitude. When he walks into practice, he’s a player. He’s a baseball player."

Logan Rill, the 195-pounder, is the middle man in his own family’s tradition at Mount St. Joseph. His brother, Keagan, a sophomore, is the Gaels’ 220-pounder. An older brother, Tyler, graduated from Mount St. Joseph in 2012. He’s wrestling for the University of Buffalo, where Logan has been accepted.

Their father starred in the sport for North Carroll High in the 1980s. They live in Hampstead. Why drive past schools like McDonogh to go to Mount St. Joseph?

"I began hearing about the tradition here when my brother (Tyler) was a freshman," he said. "We talk about that a lot here, and we want to be the team that makes it great again. We’re very close. This is like family."

This is a pretty lengthy and substantial piece with plenty of quotes from one of UB's newest defensive additions.

This hometown piece offers a little more insight into Johnson's recruitment, right as Andy Kotelnicki mentioned to Paul Peck on the live show that Johnson was an 'immediate choice' to fill the hole left by Max Bortenschlager.