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Savannah Webster knew she needed to be patient during her recruiting process. However, human nature took over last fall when she started seeing other players commit to schools. The five-star junior worried she was falling behind.

Savannah Webster Has Committed to Miami
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Then, in mid-January, University of Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews came to watch Webster hit. Yaroshuk-Tews texted Webster a few weeks later to schedule a call.

“It kind of caught me by surprise. I had already been talking to colleges way before that, so this was something new,” Webster said. “Paige and I had some great conversations about my tennis and everything about the school. Once I went on my visit, I just fell in love with the whole university.”

Webster and Yaroshuk-Tews aren’t strangers. Yaroshuk-Tews played for Webster’s mother, UCLA head coach Stella Sampras Webster, as a member of the Bruins from 1993-96. But Webster never imagined she would be committing to play for Yaroshuk-Tews and the Hurricanes.

“The possibility didn’t really enter my mind at first,” Webster said. “I had some amazing visits with some great coaches that I grew really close with. I loved all of my visits. All of them were so welcoming and the teams were so nice. That is what made this decision so hard. But I just felt Miami was where I wanted to be and where I could grow the most and have so many opportunities there.”