Looks like Clemson is losing a few guys this offseason. What are your thoughts on their incoming class?
Yes the team will be drastically different next year.
losing:
Yannick Maden (3 years of eligibility used)
Gerardo Meza (3 years of eligibility used)
Ayrton Wibowo (2 years used)
Zac Rigsby (4 years of eligibility used)
Martin Blaho (transfer)
returning:
Hunter Harrington
Dom Maden
Austin Ansari
incoming confirmed:
Zachary Kennedy (5 star)
Brent Lett (5 star)
Christian Harris (4 star)
Daniel Strawn (4 star)
Luke Johnson (Transfer from Florida)
no longer coming:
Karen Khachatryan (test scores not good enough)
rumored incoming:
another transfer from SEC school
another international
Next year's line-up:
1. Hunter Harrington - Improved a lot from last year. If he makes similar improvement to next year he can be a viable #1 player. He has big shots and a big serve than can trouble the top guys. Could be a decent #1.
2. This is where it would be really helpful if we could land an international could enough to be step in and be #2 immediately.
3. Dom Maden
4. Austin Ansari - Has great racket head speed on his groundstrokes and athleticism which gives him potential to be a 3-4 player next season. Will need to work on his serve.
5. Other transfer, could be as high as 3
6. Luke Johnson
That is the best case scenario line-up. But if we do not get an international good enough to fill #2 then everyone moves up and Zachary Kennedy would probably be #6 as he is the best of the incoming Americans.
Harris and Strawn will be bench players in the 1st year. Lett could challenge for 6 at different points in the season.