Sports
Local Athletes Make Their College Choices
Wednesday was the first day athletes from several sports could sign papers committing to a particular college, and the college must in turn provide a scholarship.
Led by 16 students at Santa Margarita Catholic, and 13 at Capistrano Valley, local high school students on Wednesday took to signing National Letters of Intent on the first day they could enter into a legally binding contract with a college that will provide an athletic scholarship.
The sports that can officially sign during the fall period are baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' golf, hockey, boys' and girls' lacrosse, softball, boys' and girls' swimming/diving, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' volleyball, girls' water polo and wrestling.
The following information was provided by the schools. Some, such as Trabuco Hills, Tesoro and Mission Viejo, did not report anyone.
Capistrano Valley
- Tarek Abdelghany, Diving, Stanford
- Chase Calabuig, Baseball, San Diego State
- Matt Chalcarz, Swimming, UC Santa Barbara
- Riley Eggeman, University of Denver, Lacrosse
- Nicole Ford, Diving, Indiana
- Hailey Gaines, Volleyball, Concordia
- Daniel Harris, Baseball, San Jose State
- Kat Lee, Softball, Miami-Ohio
- Megan Leckich, Swimming, Concordia
- Brooke Lorentzen, Minnesota, Swimming
- Kyleigh Schumacher, Volleyball, Concordia
- Shane Timmons, Baseball, San Jose State
- Jared Zill, Baseball, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- Parker Coss, Baseball, UC Irvine
- Taylor Fajardo, Baseball, Abilene (Texas) Christian
- Taylor Galvon, Acro Tumblin, Base, Oregon
- Caitlin Harmon, Softball, Shortstop, Loyola Marymount
- Lauren Hammond, Softball, Pitcher/Outfield, Cal State Monterey Bay
- Lauren Norheim, Water Polo, Utility, Stanford
- Shelby Rascon, Water Polo, Attacker, Long Beach State
- Parker Joe Robinson, Baseball, Texas
- Clay Chatham, Baseball, Dartmouth
- Mitch Kingsley, Lacrosse, Hofstra
- Brendan Lynch, Lacrosse, Hofstra
- Tuckery Guyot, Lacrosse, Jacksonville
- Rebecca Millard, Swimming, Texas
- Justine Bowers, Volleyball, Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina
- Abriana Conklin, Basketball, UC San Diego
- Courtney McKeag, Volleyball, South Carolina
- Brook Miko, Softball, Towson University
- Mikena Werner, Volleyball, Claremont McKenna College
- Logan Zotovich, Volleyball, UC Irvine
- Allie Prukop, Softball, Seton Hall
- Kevin Thomsen, Baseball, Princeton
- Griffin Canning, Baseball, UCLA
- Mikayla Dobson, Volleyball, Cal Lutheran
- Erik Sikes, Volleyball, BYU
- Joe Furstinger, Basketball, New Mexico
- Hayden Ruiz, Lacrosse, Boston University
- Alexandra Krogius, Tennis, Villanova
- Chris Taber, Swimming, Utah
- Elizabeth Devitt, Swimming, Duke
- Jacquelyn Shoults, Swimming, UCLA
- Annie Whelan, Diving, USC
- Payton Gabris, Diving, San Diego State
- Kelli Baumgardner, Water Polo, UC Irvine
- Kacey Avalos, Water Polo, UC Berkeley
- Haley Wan, Water Polo, Princeton
- Hunter Edington, Lacrosse, Manhattan College
- Anthony Cecere, Golf, Pepperdine
Aliso Niguel
- Chloe Sharabba, Softball, Boston College
- Allison Kimbro, Lacrosse, UC Davis
- Joo Seo, Golf, UC Irvine
- Olivia Baltazar, Softball, Towson University
- Chase Masciorini, Tennos, UC Santa Barbara
- Sydney Lahners, Softball, Pacific
- Zach McLeod, Baseball, Colorado Mesa
- Evan Nelson, Baseball, Western Michigan
- Alysha Everett, Softball, Oregon State
- Sara Higa, Softball, San Francisco State
- Shianna Ybarra, Softball, Tennessee
- Lea Wodach, Softball, Oklahoma
- Jeff Wynkoop, Swimming, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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