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Purdue's recruiting momentum seemed to have a snowball effect, with one recruit after another giving verbal commitments. Purdue's first three 2014 commitments officially visited the weekend of Oct. 11-13, joined by then-prospects Bodnar and Keys. The trip helped the duo decide to verbal to the Boilermakers, as well. "I want to be a part of this program," Bodnar said. "I think it's going to go really far and I want to win games. And I know that's what they want to do, too. Everyone is talented and everyone is focused and everyone is a hard worker and I want to work hard, too." The following is a look at each of Purdue's five 2014 commitments and Greenfield Daily Reporter a glance ahead to 2015. Erica Moore had long considered the Boil- western and San Francisco, having taken an official visit to the Bay Area in early October. Bodnar says she was drawn to Purdue because of the Big Ten, which is set to increase strength next season with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. "And the coaches are amazing," Bodnar said of Versyp and Co. "The staff and the program and the way that it's going is unbelievable. And the girls, the team is wonderful. I feel like I have great chemistry with them, and we all get along. And especially this class coming in, we all have a lot of fun together and we've really connected." Justine Hall 5-10 • G ermakers her favorite, but made the choice Justine Hall also couldn't leave Haley Bodnar official in August. Her commitment will like6-3 • C ly vault Purdue's 2014 class into the top-20 West Lafayette without commitA Utah native, Haley Bodnar nationally, probably even higher. ting to the Boilermakers, doing so thought she was going to like her trip during an unofficial visit on the east before she hopped on the plane. first day of August. Once at Purdue, that notion was solidified, and before "I just loved the team and the coaches and loved how leaving, she verbally committed to the Boilermakers. In it was a family atmosphere," she said. "That was probadoing so, she became Purdue's fourth commitment in the bly the most important thing to me and they definitely had '14 class. that." "The visit was the last thing I needed before I was able In Hall, Purdue gets a 5-10 guard/wing who can score to make my decision," Bodnar said of her trip, "because and is accustomed to winning. Last season at Regis Jesuit I felt really good about everything and that just gave me High School in Aurora, Colo., she helped lead the Raiders reassurance that that was the place for me." to the Class 5A state championship by scoring 24 in the Bodnar might have been influenced by future team- title game. She averaged 17 points, three rebounds, three mates. On that Oct. 11-13 weekend, when Purdue football steals and a couple assists per game. played Nebraska, the Boilermakers' three previous comHall, the daughter of former NFL player Darryl Hall, mitments and Keys were also on their official visits. But chose the Boilermakers over Oregon, Nebraska, Arizona Bodnar says the group didn't pressure her to join. State and Wake Forest. Each had offered. "I was just so excited and I was the one that wanted to She visited Purdue's Elite Camp in June, a trip that come here," she said. "I told (Versyp) right away 'I want to vaulted Purdue to the top of her list. be here, can't picture myself any where else.' " "I had a lot of fun there," she said. "And it was my first Bodnar is a defensively skilled post player who averaged time seeing Purdue and I loved everything about it." 15 points and six blocks per game last season at Desert Bree Horrocks Hills High School. 6-4 • C She chose Purdue over finalists Baylor, BYU, NorthA commitment since June of 2012, Horrocks must feel f IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 89