[Ronco]

Samantha Logic, a 5-foot-9 all-state guard from Racine Case, has committed to play her college basketball at Iowa.
Logic originally was the top recruiting target for the University of Wisconsin, but she informed the UW coaches earlier this summer that she had eliminated Wisconsin from her list.
That list grew over the summer as Logic, playing for the Illinois-based Midwest Elite AAU team, became one of the hottest players on the summer circuit.* She went from being unranked at the start of the summer by ESPN's HoopGurlz to No. 10 nationally at the end of the summer showcases.
Logic, who averaged 15.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 4.4 steals in leading Case to the WIAA state tournament, narrowed her final four schools to Stanford, Vanderbilt, Marquette and Iowa.

[IowaBanker]

Originally Posted by Ronco

Samantha Logic, a 5-foot-9 all-state guard from Racine Case, has committed to play her college basketball at Iowa.
Logic originally was the top recruiting target for the University of Wisconsin, but she informed the UW coaches earlier this summer that she had eliminated Wisconsin from her list.
That list grew over the summer as Logic, playing for the Illinois-based Midwest Elite AAU team, became one of the hottest players on the summer circuit.* She went from being unranked at the start of the summer by ESPN's HoopGurlz to No. 10 nationally at the end of the summer showcases.
Logic, who averaged 15.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 4.4 steals in leading Case to the WIAA state tournament, narrowed her final four schools to Stanford, Vanderbilt, Marquette and Iowa.

Wow, that's a great get for Coach Bluder's bunch.

[Ronco]

"The best basketball player in the state in the class of 2011, hands down, is Sam Logic," said Waring, who counts Logic among his pupils. "You're basically looking at the female version of Larry Bird. This kid is special. She has the best basketball IQ of any kid I've ever worked with, and I've been doing this for 14 years."

[johnashawk]

Congrats Coach Lisa and Samantha. Go Hawks!

[Icarus]

Here are a few links regarding Samantha, including those referenced by the OP:

Blog: Racine Case star Sam Logic picks Iowa

Women’s basketball: Highly-ranked recruit coming to town | Hawk Central

Women’s basketball: Stokes falls in latest Top 100 list | Hawk Central

A couple of tweets, just because (edit: added two more):

Twitter / Jan Jensen: An already awesome wkend j ...

Twitter / Coach Eric Johnson: Congrats to the Iowa WBB @ ...

http://twitter.com/StanfordScout09/status/23155184868

http://twitter.com/tinkbutler/statuses/23158439035

[imported_ankle23]

wow! iowa WB is on the upswing, I'm guessing.

i think that this will also help in getting Stokes.

[iahawk20]

This is a big get for Bluder and co. After a great finish last season the future looks even better. Gonna be fun to watch!

[Mac50702]

I hope stokes goes a lot better than Taylor Greenfield.

[imported_ankle23]

Originally Posted by imported_ankle23

wow! iowa WB is on the upswing, I'm guessing.

i think that this will also help in getting Stokes.

when i posted this to this thread, I was assuming that Stokes was a higher rated player than Logic. It is just the opposite - as I just discovered. Logic is a #10 nationally rated recruit, and Stokes is #42 (from latest top 100 rankings posted in this thread). They also already have another top 100 player in this class. If Stokes verbals - would make 3 top 100 players in one recruiting class.....wow!!

[bandgrocks]

Stokes will end up at UConn or Tennessee, she is that good and is being actively recruited by both. It would be awfully hard to say no to either one of them given their credentials. Virginia Johnson is the other player who has verballed, this was a no-brainer, she always wanted to play for Iowa and it's home.

[bandgrocks]

Originally Posted by Mac50702

I hope stokes goes a lot better than Taylor Greenfield.

Stokes is a forward/center, Greenfield is a guard, can't really compare them since they don't play the same position. Greenfield is actually ranked higher in the class than Stokes.

[Mac50702]

Originally Posted by bandgrocks

Stokes is a forward/center, Greenfield is a guard, can't really compare them since they don't play the same position. Greenfield is actually ranked higher in the class than Stokes.

I'm not trying to compare them. Both are highly ranked players from Iowa. One went to Stanford, the other we still have a shot with. All i was saying is that I hope we can land Stokes unlike Greenfield.

[bandgrocks]

Originally Posted by Mac50702

I'm not trying to compare them. Both are highly ranked players from Iowa. One went to Stanford, the other we still have a shot with. All i was saying is that I hope we can land Stokes unlike Greenfield.

Greenfield went to Stanford for the academics, although you have to wonder if she had in the back of her mind the pressure that would be on her to take ISU to the next level as the hometown star, some kids thrive on this (Tim Dwight, Nate Kaeding), and others don't want that pressure. Kiah mentions that same pressure in the article in the Gazette. It looks like she is going to take five visits, and has six schools listed. Does this mean, she doesn't need an official at Iowa because she knows the campus, team, coaches, etc. or does she drop one of her six. I still have a gut feeling it's UConn or Tennessee.

Kiah Stokes still has Iowa on her short list | GazetteOnline.com

[imported_ankle23]

Originally Posted by bandgrocks

Stokes will end up at UConn or Tennessee, she is that good and is being actively recruited by both. It would be awfully hard to say no to either one of them given their credentials. Virginia Johnson is the other player who has verballed, this was a no-brainer, she always wanted to play for Iowa and it's home.

'she is that good'......Logic apparently is that good or better given the player rankings.....and she ended up at Iowa.....with offers including Stanford - not exactly chopped liver in the woman's bb realm.......

[tiggerhawk]

Originally Posted by bandgrocks

Greenfield went to Stanford for the academics, although you have to wonder if she had in the back of her mind the pressure that would be on her to take ISU to the next level as the hometown star, some kids thrive on this (Tim Dwight, Nate Kaeding), and others don't want that pressure.

Taylor Greenfield is NOT from Ames. She is from Huxley, played HS ball for Ballard-Huxley. Close, no cigar. And it isn't a safe assumption that she would have gone to Moo U if she had stayed closer to home. A lot of indications that Bluder is more the kind of coach that she was looking for than Fennelly.

Most of all, don't discount the other reasons besides academics that make Stanford hugely attractive (and I'm not talking about the milieu or the environment): Stanford is as likely as anyone, and probably more so, to win the women's NCAA next April--and it will be a powerhouse for the next four, five years minimum. Greenfield is very good--but nonetheless she may be taking a huge risk going where she will have to compete at her position for playing time with several of the most highly regarded prospects of this and the past two years.