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Wednesday will mark the culmination of more than a year of Cardinal recruiting as Stanford football coach David Shaw announces the 2013 signing class on National Letter of Intent Signing Day.

Fans can track the class Feb. 6 as each National Letter of Intent is signed, delivered and validated by viewing Stanford's 2013 Signing Day Central page on GoStanford.com and by following @StanfordFball on Twitter. Every new Cardinal will be profiled with detailed bios, photos and highlight videos.

The Cardinal Channel, the creative video production team of Stanford Athletics, will offer videos on Signing Day of Coach Shaw at his press conference and speaking in depth about the 2013 class. In the days to follow, the Cardinal assistant coaches will break down each of the new Stanford signees in the Class of 2013. Find these videos and more at youtube.com/stanfordathletics.

A year after signing 22 scholar-athletes to a National Letter of Intent, and with a small class of graduating seniors from the Rose Bowl Game team, the Cardinal is expected to sign a modestly sized crop in 2013 with its available scholarships.

Stanford in recent years has demonstrated both the ability to recruit the nation's top talent and the willingness to put that talent on the field early. Following the Cardinal's 2012 signing class of a year ago, 11 true freshmen saw the field for the Pac-12 Champions, encompassing all three phases of the game on offense, defense and special teams.

Alex Carter started the final eight games of the year at cornerback from the Class of 2012, while Joshua Garnett and Kyle Murphy became the first Stanford true freshmen to start on the offensive line since 2000. Eight members of the freshman class started at least one special teams unit this past fall.

Men's tennis
No. 19 Stanford dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 68 TCU on Tuesday in the final match of a five-game homestand at Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

The Cardinal (3-2) will play its next three matches on the road, beginning with this weekend's road swing against UCLA on Friday and USC on Saturday.

TCU (5-2) captured the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead in the match, posting victories at the top two spots.

The Horned Frogs extended their lead to 2-0 with a victory at the No. 3 spot before Trey Strobel's 6-4, 7-5 win at the No. 6 position accounted for the Cardinal's first point.

Orlando Superlano's 7-6, 7-5 win over Maciek Romanowicz at the No. 4 spot clinched the match for TCU.

John Morrissey picked up Stanford's other point with a 7-5, 7-5 triumph on court one.

— Stanford Athletics

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