?I wanted to play with Kelsey,? said Waterman, who plans to take official visits to Ohio State, Purdue and Duke in the fall. ?I wanted to get a feel for what that was like and I wanted to be able to tell people that I had played with her once in my life.?
Westbeld has voiced similar feelings about Mitchell. Like Waterman and Alyssa Rice of Reynoldsburg, she remains undecided, with Ohio State as a possibility.
Westbeld reportedly received scholarship offers from Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma and Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw after Fairmont won the Ohio Division I state championship this past season.
She and Waterman have played together since the third grade and have talked about going to the same college. A parting could come following their senior seasons at Fairmont.
?I?m definitely going on my visits,? Waterman said. ?When I figure it out, I?ll let everybody know.?
Hart said that the four AAU teammates had talked this summer about going to Ohio State together.
?Yeah, we talked about it a lot,? Waterman said. ?It could be so fun to play together again. But we all have to make our own decisions.?