Two Seniors Commit, Offers Extended Elsewhere

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='1522618' first='Caiden' last='Bauldwin']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The turn from January from February included two Top 35 commitments from the esteemed Class of 2025.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>First, Sunday senior guard <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1522618' first='Caiden' last='Bauldwin']</strong> (Bradley Central) verbally committed to Walters State Community College. Bauldwin played most of his high school career for Chattanooga Christian School before transferring to Bradley Central for this senior season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monday evening [player_tooltip player_id='1830608' first='Gaas' last='Herman'] ended his recruitments by verbally committing to Carson-Newman University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thank you to my parents for supporting me and my dreams to continue to play the game I love! I praise God for keeping me healthy &amp; focused on my goals! I am committed to my future at Carson-Newman. - [player_tooltip player_id='1830608' first='Gaas' last='Herman'] 2/3/2</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gaas also held offers from: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In making his commitment, [player_tooltip player_id='1522618' first='Caiden' last='Bauldwin'] tweeted:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>"First off I just want to thank God again and again for everything he's done for me and provided. I wanna thank my parents especially for supporting me through all the trials and tribulations, I also thank all of the coaches and trainers who have helped me to get to the place I am now. Thank you Coach Nichols for giving me this opportunity to play under him and become a better player and a better man. I will be committing to Walters State CC thank you God."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1672419' first='Kaleb' last='Jeffries'] </strong>(Houston) earned an offer from Northeast Mississippi Community College,</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1321569' first='Tacarien' last='Freeman']</strong> (Fayette Ware) pulled in an offer from Jackson State Community College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1947172' first='Landon' last='Bryant']</strong> (La Vergne) received an offer from Chattanooga State Community College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1532545' first='Keron' last='Jackson']</strong> (Houston) earned an offer from Jones College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2133797' first='Bryson' last='Wade'] </strong>(Brentwood Academy) unofficially visited Belmont University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2638101' first='Zach' last='Portwood'] </strong>(Rossville Christian Academy) holds an offer from Co-Lin College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->