[Big Hammer]

I guess I don't know as much about recruiting as some on here. I think many D1 players will get interest early and some will get offers but the majority get the concrete offers in their senior year. Offers trickle down if 20 colleges are interested in a player and she commits to one of them the other 19 set their sights on another player and on and on till they fill their rosters. Just because a player don't commit in her sophomore or junior year doesn't mean she is not a D1 player. Another tool used that I've not heard mentioned are the elite camps. A school might invite 20 players to this camp and give them a serious look and these invites come usually in their junior or senior year. I'm guessing probably 90% of D1 players get their offers in one of these processes. The other 10% are the elite of the elite and get the earliest offers