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Holy Spirit Preparatory School’s Luke Whelan (seated) poses for a photo with his family, which includes (l-r), his mother Cindy, his brother Conner, his father Kevin and his sisters Ellie and Tessa.

Atlanta

Local Catholic athletes sign to play college sports

Published February 20, 2014

ATLANTA—This year’s National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Local Catholic seniors in high school joined other athletes around the country in making it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic athletes who made commitments on National Signing Day or earlier.

BASEBALL

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Grant Hormuth, Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C.

Marist School, Atlanta: Jordan Baker, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hi.; Liam Cotter, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; Sean Guenther, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.; Tyler Hughes, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, N.C.; Chris McGrath, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; Steven Taylor, Mercer University, Macon; Michael Toner, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Grant Williams, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw; Peter Zyla, Duke University, Durham, N.C.

BASKETBALL

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Jasmine Carter, University of Georgia, Athens; Nick Harris, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.

CROSS COUNTRY

 Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Anna Gandolfo, University of Georgia, Athens.

Marist School, Atlanta: Daniel Navarro, University of Georgia, Athens.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Austin Sprague, Furman University, Greenville, S.C.

FOOTBALL

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Trey Caso, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.; Chris Keegan, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Carter McManes, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.; Zach Mitchler, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw;   Marc Nolan, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Marist School, Atlanta: Kendall Baker, University of Georgia, Athens; Chase Martenson, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta;  Marcus Miller, Reinhardt University, Waleska.

Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville: Lynix Branch, Reinhardt University, Waleska; Christian Ford, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.;  Delfayeo Matthews, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Daniel Crochet, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.;  Nick Ruffin, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.

GOLF

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Grace Henderson, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.

Marist School, Atlanta: Jack Larkin, University of Georgia, Athens.

LACROSSE

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Sean Dever, Young Harris College, Young Harris; Thomas Nofi, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.

On Feb. 5 Blessed Trinity High School athletic director Ricky Turner, standing far left, and principal Frank Moore, standing far right, join the school’s National Signing Day student athletes (back row, l-r) Marc Nolan, Trey Caso, Chris Keegan, Zach Mitchler, Carter McManes; (front row, l-r) Cameron Cox, Meredith Carson, Anna Gandolfo, Shannon Innis, Angela Bringmann, Amy Falkin and Bailey Willett.

On Feb. 5 Blessed Trinity High School athletic director Ricky Turner, standing far left, and principal Frank Moore, standing far right, join the school’s National Signing Day student athletes (back row, l-r) Marc Nolan, Trey Caso, Chris Keegan, Zach Mitchler, Carter McManes; (front row, l-r) Cameron Cox, Meredith Carson, Anna Gandolfo, Shannon Innis, Angela Bringmann, Amy Falkin and Bailey Willett.

ROWING (CREW)

Marist School, Atlanta: Devon Erickson, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

SOCCER

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Angela Bringmann, Truett-McConnell College, Cleveland; Meredith Carson, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville; Cameron Cox, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Amy Falkin, University of Maine, Orono, Me.

Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta: Luke Whelan, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C.

Marist School, Atlanta: Stephanie Krouskos, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville: Nahyo Jalajel, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.; Nick Wells, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

Pinecrest Academy, Cumming: Amanda Boyd, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Kaitlyn Orman, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.; Amanda Vocelka,Villanova University, Villanova, Pa.

SOFTBALL

Marist School, Atlanta: Taylor Bradley, Georgia State University, Atlanta; Kendall Chadwick, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

SWIMMING

Marist School, Atlanta: Sarah Smith, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.; Braxton Young, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Gunnar Bentz, University of Georgia, Athens; Basil Orr, University of Georgia, Athens.

The Paideia School, Atlanta: MaryKathryn Terry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

TENNIS

Pinecrest Academy, Cumming: Kristen Rocko, Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Blaine Boaz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C.

TRACK & FIELD

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Anna Gandolfo, University of Georgia, Athens; Shannon Innis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Bailey Willett, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

Marist School, Atlanta: Nolan Daniels, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio; Daniel Navarro, University of Georgia, Athens; Bailey Weiland, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Austin Sprague, Furman University, Greenville, S.C.

VOLLEYBALL

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Molly McAlvany, University of Tampa, Tampa, Fla.; Katie Ray, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Leah Hardeman, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.