“To score a single commitment from that package of players would be a very, very big deal for Harvard,” Telep said.
And it’s also a big deal for Amaker, who was tempted by a job offer from the University of Miami in April but chose to stay in Cambridge.
Add the fact that the league presidents voted this summer to raise the minimum Academic Index required for prospective athletes to enroll in an Ivy program, and it’s possible that if none of these high school students commit to Harvard for the long haul, Amaker might not either.
And so, the Harvard coaching staff will do its best to make this opportunity count.
“It all comes down to one thing,” Telep said. “How many of those kids do you get?”
—Staff writer Dennis J. Zheng can be reached at dzheng12@college.harvard.edu.