On the prime of a staircase overlooking the central quad at Laguna Seaside Excessive, eight athletes enthusiastic about their subsequent journey had vanished amongst a sea of admirers.
The event was not a brand new one, nevertheless it was their flip, as they took pen to paper to declare the intent to proceed taking part in a sport for a school of their selecting. Dozens of native athletes did the identical Wednesday to kick off the autumn signing interval.
Success within the pool was entrance and middle for Laguna Seaside, with half of the college’s signees becoming a member of collegiate water polo applications.
“It was actually the household facet that they’ve there on the crew,” Ava Knepper, a USC-bound attacker, mentioned of her resolution. “I simply cherished the power there, and actually, as quickly as I set foot on the campus, I knew I cherished it.”
Laguna Seaside tight finish Ryner Swanson, left, meets with associates after signing with the BYU soccer program on Wednesday.
(Courtesy of Laguna Seaside Unified College District)
Laguna Seaside additionally celebrated the accomplishments of Cade Anderton (Pepperdine) and Tyler Swensen (Santa Clara). The duo helped the Breakers attain the CIF Southern Part Division 1 last, by which they are going to face Huntington Seaside on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio Faculty Aquatic Middle.
Christian Hammonds (UC San Diego), Jay Pyle (Air Power) and Ethan Spoon (UC Irvine) will all be featured in that sport for the Oilers.
The Newport Harbor boys’ water polo crew superior to the Open Division last with an exhilarating win over Studio Metropolis Harvard-Westlake. Peter Castillo (UCLA), Owen Tift (Pepperdine), Gavin Appeldorn (Princeton) and Quinn Bartlett (Navy) will likely be amongst these main the Sailors into battle in opposition to JSerra within the championship sport.
Huntington Seaside will maintain a signing-day ceremony for its college-bound athletes within the winter, however almost two dozen needed to put in writing their title on the dotted line this week.
Dominant left-handed pitcher Zoe Prystajko headlined the group, together with six members of the women’ volleyball crew that made it to inside one match of the Division 1 last this fall.
“It feels superb,” mentioned center blocker Kylie Leopard, who dedicated to Cal Poly Pomona within the days main as much as signing day. “The previous couple years have been actually robust for me as a result of not figuring out kills me. Not figuring out the place I used to be going to go subsequent and the place my life was going to take me after this was actually arduous.
“As completely happy as I used to be to see all my associates committing, it’s additionally arduous as a result of it’s like, ‘Why can’t I get someplace?’ I put a lot work and a lot effort into every part I’ve executed. I’m simply actually completely happy that each one my arduous work paid off. … I actually, actually, actually needed to play on the subsequent degree.”
Extremely regarded offensive deal with Justin Tauanuu flipped his dedication on Friday. Beforehand dedicated to Stanford, he switched to USC.
“1,000% dedicated to additional my educational and soccer profession on the College of Southern California,” Tauanuu posted Friday morning on the social media platform X. “FIGHT ON.”
Corona del Mar’s Niels Hoffmann, a blue-chip recruit on the tennis court docket, will likely be headed to USC, as will Sea Kings outdoors hitter Sterling Foley, who performed for the Staff USA U19 nationwide crew in boys’ volleyball.
The Fountain Valley wrestling program noticed three of its state qualifiers check in Anthony Lucio and Hercules Windrath (each Cal Poly) and Ryland Whitworth (West Level).
Under is a listing of native athletes who’ve signed or dedicated with a school:
CORONA DEL MAR
Antonio Aramburu, San Francisco State males’s wrestling
Jack Cross, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo males’s tennis
Sterling Foley, USC males’s volleyball
Ryan Gant, Stanford males’s volleyball
Niels Hoffmann, USC males’s tennis
Charlie Olson, Gonzaga males’s golf
Ava Schoening, Brown College girls’s water polo
EDISON
Hailey Clingan, UC Irvine girls’s soccer
Chloe Lam, Santa Clara College girls’s golf
Morgan Gillinger, Cal State Northridge seashore volleyball
Elia Reyes, Lewis and Clark Faculty lacrosse
Summer time Witherby, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo seashore volleyball
Sammy Wooden, Santa Clara College seashore volleyball
FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Makenzie Butt, Boise State softball
Jessica Jang, Cal Baptist girls’s water polo
Kayla Knoob, Cal State San Marcos girls’s soccer
Anthony Lucio, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo males’s wrestling
Taylor Reynolds, Wagner softball
Ryland Whitworth, West Level males’s wrestling
Hercules Windrath, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo males’s wrestling
HUNTINGTON BEACH
Nathan Acevas, UC Santa Barbara baseball
Jaiden Anderson, USC girls’s soccer
Sage Anderson, UC Santa Barbara softball
Ben Bray, Grand Canyon College males’s volleyball
Marley Garwick, Fresno State College girls’s water polo
Lola Fernsten, UC Davis girls’s volleyball
Meghan Freck, UC Davis girls’s volleyball
Macy Fuller, Cal State San Marcos softball
Christian Hammonds, UC San Diego males’s water polo
Matt Hansen, BYU baseball
Lyndsay Harris, Alabama State girls’s volleyball
Sydney Harris, Tennessee rowing
Haylee LaFontaine, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo girls’s volleyball
Kylie Leopard, Cal Poly Pomona girls’s volleyball
Ashley Lengthy, College of Nebraska, Omaha softball
Liah Lummus, Loyola Marymount softball
Collin McNiven, Claremont McKenna baseball
Jake Pazanti, Lengthy Seaside State males’s volleyball
Zoe Prystajko, Stanford softball
Jay Pyle, Air Power males’s water polo
Dani Sparks, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo girls’s volleyball
Ethan Spoon, UC Irvine males’s water polo
Justin Tauanuu, USC soccer
LAGUNA BEACH
Cade Anderton, Pepperdine College males’s water polo
Sam Burchi, Lewis and Clark College baseball
Emerson Hensley, Brown College girls’s water polo
Ava Knepper, USC girls’s water polo
Jessica MacCallum, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo girls’s tennis
Kate Parker, Auburn College equestrian
Ryner Swanson, BYU soccer
Tyler Swensen, Santa Clara College males’s water polo
MARINA
Coral Piramo, Slippery Rock subject hockey
NEWPORT HARBOR
Gavin Appeldorn, Princeton males’s water polo
Quinn Bartlett, Navy males’s water polo
Peter Castillo, UCLA males’s water polo
Ryan Chalupnik, UCLA girls’s water polo
Taryn Graves, Tennessee rowing
Riggs Man, UC Santa Barbara males’s volleyball
Kate Kubiak, Oregon girls’s soccer
Angelena Peterson, Marist Faculty girls’s water polo
Chloe Rizof, Santa Clara College girls’s water polo
Ally Thomas, College of Mississippi girls’s soccer
Owen Tift, Pepperdine males’s water polo
Jack Von Der Ahe, USC males’s volleyball
OCEAN VIEW
Ashley Capelouto, Tennessee Tech softball
Sienna Erskine, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo softball
PACIFICA CHRISTIAN
Alex Stewart, Vanguard College males’s basketball
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