Arkansas women’s Coach Mike Neighbors appears to have a few advantages in the recruitment of sophomore post player Emrie Ellis.
Ellis, who attends Vanoss High School in Ada, Oklahoma, a town of about 17,000 people, visited the Razorbacks for the Alabama football game on Oct. 6 and felt at home in Fayetteville.
“For her, the kind of laid back feel there,” Vanoss Coach Jon Hurt said. “She wasn’t in no massive city, which was great to her.”
Neighbors and his staff also made Ellis feel comfortable.
“She just loved the coaches,” Hurt said. “They were genuine and honest with her.