TOP EARLY RECRUITING CLASSES *April Only: Final Rankings in July   (Note: Some schools have not reported complete signings) RANK SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Top 3 North Carolina Five recruits with US Youth National Team experience. Keeper Yount-Winget balances loads of offense signed by Heels. Morrell and Randolph are Top 10 recruits as is McDowell, Gatorade's National Player of Year. Blomgren adds depth and heads UNC's second tier group of all-staters Winslow, Felts and Gervais that puts Carolina in line for a possible #1 recruit ranking. Top 3 Texas Longhorns ink five Parade All-Americas all with US Youth National team experience. Gagarin may be top keeper in nation and McDonald and Wilson rank among best strikers. Texas rounds out a balanced class with top wing and backs in Kram and Breger. Top 3 Virginia Maybe best class in UVA history includes five NSCAA All-Americas, four on current US U19 Team pool. All out-of-state signings headlined by Fabrizio and Bunch. Striker Gusick will give punch up front while Trainor adds depth to midfield. Wood is fifth HS All-American and only west coast recruit. Top 10 Arizona State Best class in ASU history as Coach Leone kicks off new era. A top player signed at each position: keeper Fitzgerald, middie Wilson, back Reynolds and striker Peel. In-stater Fletcher rounds out potential Top 10 signing class. Top 10 Florida Johnson and Johnston are the blue-chippers for the Gators as both have seen time on US Youth National teams. Floridian Kellgren could be a surprise and is joined by two of her Clearwater club teammates in Ebert and Freeman. NSCAA All-American Hoyles is among best in Midwest. Top 10 Florida State FSU class is solid top to bottom with five impact players. Local product Cagle is joined by two Oklahomans, Bybee and Ratliff who will be goal scorers for the Noles. Defender Beal and Keeper York strengthen FSU's defense. Top 10 Portland A very west coast class will keep Portland in the national picture as two US youth national players ink with the Pilots. Moore and Huie, both of Mission Viejo, will challenge immediately for starting roles. The real gem for Coach Charles may be Canadian sensation Christine Sinclair who has been a real force on the full Canadian National Team. Club Surf starter Rogers gives Portland an impressive quartet that should equal a Top 10 recruiting class. Top 10 Santa Clara Large Bronco class includes four Parade All-Americas. Two US U19 players, Tahmassian and Ballweg leave the east coast and join a third national teamer, Osborne, at Santa Clara. Californians Horvath and Azevedo should both be big contributors for Coach Smith. UC-Irvine transfer Shepperd could provide depth on offense. Top 10 Tennessee Vols jump into soccer elite with an eye-popping class of recruits. Dowling, Flamini and Lockaby all were Parade and NSCAA All-Americas as well as US Youth National Team players. UNC transfer Kim Patrick makes Tennesse instant threat to anyone's schedule. Local all-stater Couns and FC Royals club standout Patterson will strengthen depth. Top 10 UCLA Bruins solidify Top 10 class with two huge transfers: Mikacenic of Notre Dame and All-Everything Monroe from UConn. They join four Californians with solid credentials. Keeper Lombardo has seen time on US Youth teams. Fazio is a Parade All-America and Billingsley and Durbin are two of the top players in state of California. Top 20 Boston College BC's class all comes from the Northeast. Three state of Mass athletes stay close to home: NSCAA All-American Ceddia, Fairweather and Goddard. Servedio from NY could be top signee with US National Youth team experience and Docherty signs as one of top players in Pennsylvania. Top 20 BYU This class has no Cramer like the 2000 class did but Krainik, Stock and Devine give BYU the field players to stay among the nation's elite. Campbell and Davis out of California and goalie Gott from Colorado add up to a deep class for BYU. Top 20 Duke The Blue Devils get four signees ranked among Top 100 seniors. Strikers McCluskey and Simel from the South ink with California defender O'Connor. Illinois goalkeeper Straka gives the Devils four all-staters. Top 20 Georgia One of the top classes out of the SEC that should put Bulldogs back into national soccer rankings. Co is one player who has national level experience but UGA's class ranks near top due to depth and all-around talent signed. Florida transfer Velasco will factor into recruiting success joining three Texans (Co, McKee and Lindley). Top 20 Notre Dame Boland is the top American recruit for the Irish who also landed two International players in Canadian Chapman and Icelander Gunnarsdottir. Tulisiak gives Irish second Ohio native and Tampa native Jones may eventually contribute in midfield. Top 20 Southern California An all-California class for the Women of Troy includes two US National Youth teamers in Casas and Pruett. NSCAA All-American Kakadelas and South Cal Blues standout Staples should put USC in the Top 20 best recruit classes. Top 20 Stanford A small class with lethal weapons in Grady and Sanderson. Both state players of the year, Sanderson is Parade HS National Player of Year. Grady gives Cardinal second player with US Youth national team experience. Engel gives Stanford a second California signee and Wayland out of Massachusetts and Shim out of Atlanta round out the class. Top 20 Texas A&M A&M hauls in another impressive group of freshmen. Two Parade All-Americans, Burke and Kacsmaryk, have US Youth team experience. Labhart and Johnson rank among Top 100 seniors and Smith, the only non-Texas signee, comes in as the Oregon Player of the Year. Top 20 Wake Forest NSCAA All-American McCrudden is the Deacons top newcomer. Midfielder Hunt stays in-state and Georgian Raymer inks to strengthen Wake's midfield. Top 20 Washington Washington's class consists of at least six solid players, mostly offensive. None are Top 25 recruits but add up to a dangerous addition to the Huskies' recent return to the top. Local product Martinez will be joined by three Californians (Schweigert, Smith and Taylor), Canadian Rustad and Giles from Oregon. NEXT BEST Furman Cristina Echavarry, Alice Martin, Allie Park, Kelly Shedd Illinois Lecia Alcia, Tara Hurless, Christine Sinak Kansas Monica Brothers, Amy Geha, Rachel Gilfillan, Stacy Leeper, Meghan Miller, Gabriella Quiggle, Stephanie Reuter, Meg Shively, Lauren Williams, Lacey Woolf Maryland Melissa Anderson, Caitlin Curtis, Kimmy Francis, Lindsay Niehaus Nebraska Brooke Bredenberg, Jenna Cooper, Helen Fox, Iman Haynes, Lindsey Ingram, Ashley Sulprizio, Anne Wilrette North Carolina State Nikki Blume, Lydia Bojcun, Juliana Gomez, Marly Josephson, Elizabeth Pardue, Annika Schmidt Oregon State Melena Ertler, Jolene Fletcher, Emily Hughes, Brandy Madle, Gabby Nejedlo, Jillian Nicks, Cassidy Temple, Kellen Todd-Quinn SMU Mimi Chandler, Jillian Heinemann, Amanda Jordan, Erin MacCulum, Erin McLeod, Jennifer Prigmore, Laura Shumake Syracuse Sandra Chmielewski, Sarah Elnicky, Natalie Galas, Laine Jelenic, Carrie Klotz, Shannon Myers, Taryn Provencher, Stephanie Sybert West Virginia Leslie Barden, Karrie Hutchins, Laura Kane, Emily Marshall, Ashley Weimer, Lisa Zanti NOT REPORTED/RANKED: While most schools may continue to add recruits, the following noteworthy schools were not considered for this month's class rankings as fewer than two recruits were reported at time of release: UConn, Hartford, Illinois State, Minnesota, Oakland, Penn State, San Diego, San Diego State, South Carolina and Ivy Group and Armed Forces schools