This is a great and helpful thread.
My daughter is a freshman basketball player. She is not going to be a D1 talent nor would I want her to play D1, but D3 is a possibility if she works hard and grows another inch or two. She has great grades, but she is just beginning high school so she has a long way to go there.
She was on a showcase tournament AAU team (playing tournaments throughout the northeast) through 8th grade but she wasn’t good enough to start and she got cut. That team also played a heavy dribble penetration style that was just not a fit for my D. She has some good friends on the team, which is why she stayed on it as long as she did, but I think getting cut was the right decision all the way around. The team was a bad fit for her and she needed a wake up call. She will play for a pretty good high school team and she should get playing time as a frosh, and she found a new AAU team that she should probably start for and will play a style that should showcase her skills.
So my question is: When does D3 recruiting typically start? Do we contact the schools? I couldn’t find a thread for D3 women’s basketball recruiting.