College Bound Letter of Intent Signing Party

 

SAN DIEGO (Nov. 9, 2011)—More than 250 students, parents and coaches attended the National Letter of Intent early signing party at the San Diego Hall of Champions with 75 area athletes penning their names to receive college scholarships.

Baseball, with 21, and softball, with 14, led the way, which is no surprise since the San Diego area has been considered a hot-bed for those sports all the way to Hoover’s Ted Williams . The number would have even been larger but two major baseball prospects, Troy Conyers and Chuck Moorman, were out of town with the Junior National team and sent their regrets.

The focus for the local media was on basketball where three highly-rated girls players decided to stay close to home.

San Diego High’s Tia Dixon, a flashy guard, made good on her commitment to San Diego State way back as a sophomore while the Hood sisters of La Jolla Country Day, Maya and Malina, were in the spotlight for the University of San Diego.

For the boys, All-CIF returnees Matt Shrigley of La Costa Canyon (San Diego State) and Torrey Pines’ Joe Rahon (Boston College) signed.

Here is the complete list of those who attended and their college choices:

Baseball

La Costa Canyon’s Danny Martin (Azusa Pacific)

Poway’s Kevin Newman (University of Arizona)

Torrey Pines’ Luc Rennie (Ball State)

Santa Fe Christian’s Bobby Zarubin (Stanford)

La Jolla Country Day’s Sammy Ayala (Baseball)

San Pasqual’s Dominique Lemus (Cal State Northridge)

Sunset’s Niklas Stephenson (Hawaii)

Torrey Pines’ Kyle Johnson (Purdue)

Torrey Pines’ Michael Mullen (Purdue)

Torrey Pines’ Reed Mason (Northwestern)

San Pasqual’s Will Colantano (Cal State Northridge)

La Costa Canyon’s Jake Schulz (Cal)

Carlsbad’s Thomas Eshelman (Cal State Fullerton)

La Costa Canyon’s Evan Schreiber (Northwestern)

Santa Fe Christian’s Nolan Gannon (SDSU)

 

Boys Basketball

Poway’s Sam Beeler (UC Santa Barbara)

La Costa Canyon’s David Travers (Georgia State)

La Costa Canyon’s Matt Shrigley (SDSU)

Torrey Pines’ Joe Rahon (Boston College)

 

Girls Basketball

San Diego’s Tia Dixon (San Diego State)

La Jolla Country Day’s Maya Hood (USD)

La Jolla Country Day’s Malina Hood (USD)

Bishops’ Bryn Stark (University of San Francisco)

Mission Bay’s Keyahndra Cannon (Arizona)

Mount Miguel’s Shay Young (New Mexico State)

 

Boys Golf

Torrey Pines’ Bobby Gojuanglo (Air Force Academy)

Torrey Pines’ Ryan Burgess (SMU)

 

Gymnastics

Carlsbad’s Michelle Yasukochi (Utah State)

San Marcos’ Jamie Yamashita (UC Davis)

 

Boys Lacrosse

Cathedral Catholic’s Jackson Cruzan (Providence)

Torrey Pines’ Sean Doyle (Cornell)

Torrey Pines’ William Mort (Penn)

Torrey Pines’ Kevin Hurt (Mesa State)

 

Girls Lacrosse

Carlsbad’s Natalie Simpson (Oregon)

Rancho Bernardo’s Hannah Sieger (Virginia Tech)

 

Softball

Christian’s Mary Grabowski (USD)

Scripps Ranch’s Taylor Curran (Delaware)

Valhalla’s Naomi Tellez (University of New Mexico)

West Hills’ Noelle Johnson (Utah State)

Carlsbad’s Emily Schneider (UCSD)

Del Norte’s Jessica Bever St. Mary’s)

Poway’s Kathryn Duran (Pittsburgh)

Poway’s Ashley Ercolano (UC Riverside)

Torrey Pines’ Lauren Filicia (Fairfield University)

Carlsbad’s Victoria Nirschl (Pitt)

Carlsbad’s Dani Cowan (Buffalo)

Torrey Pines’ Lauren Hynes (Boston University)

Westview’s Sasha Margulies (Ball State)

Del Norte’s Megan Vincent (Chadron State)

Point Loma’s Katie McEachen (Dartmouth)

Madison’s Monica Downey (SDSU)

Bonita Vista’s Jennifer Hartman (Sacramento State)

Mira Mesa’s Millilani Vanta (Weber State)

RBV’s Cheyenne Garcia (North Dakota State)

Mt. Carmel’s Taylor Abeyta (Penn State)

San Marcos’ Alexis Ramirez (Wisconsin)

 

Girls Soccer

West Hills’ Courtney Melanson (Midland University)

 

Girls Swimming

Granite Hills’ Veronica Meyer (Tulane)

Valhalla’s Allison Davis (San Jose State)

La Costa Canyon’s Kendyl Stewart (USC)

 

Girls Volleyball

LJCD’s Kendall Peterkin (Princeton);

Westview’s Lauren Aikels (Sacramento State)

Poway’s Sophia Blaszyk (Hawaii-Pacific)

Cathedral Catholic’s Morgan Cormier (North Carolina State)

Torrey Pines’ Karly Drolson (UCLA)

La Costa Canyon’s Lisa Kramer (USD)

La Costa Canyon’s Natalie Bausback (Virginia)

 

Boys Volleyball

Westview’s Bennett Bird (BYU)

Patrick Henry’s Riley Rutan (Lewis University)

 

Wrestling

Poway’s Connor King (Cal Poly)

 

Article courtesy of the SD Hall of Champions

Photo: Tom Mills