Georgia Bulletin

The Newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta

Photo By Vivian Heard
Last December Pinecrest Academy’s Keely Denkman, sitting center, signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. She celebrated the occasion with (clockwise, from left) her brother Michael, her parents Mike and Megan, her brother Nicholas and her sister Gabrielle.

Atlanta

Area Catholic athletes sign on to play college sports

By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer | Published February 19, 2015
Cole Fisher of Archer High School, Lawrenceville, signed a letter of intent with Mercer University, Macon, to play football.

Cole Fisher of Archer High School, Lawrenceville, signed a letter of intent with Mercer University, Macon, to play football.

ATLANTA—This year’s National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Local Catholic seniors in high school joined other athletes around the country by 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: John Castro, Erskine College, Due West, S.C.; Jack Dunn, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; Bronco O’Brien, Erskine College, Due West, S.C.; Cody Roberts, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Brad Spinner, Georgia College, Milledgeville.

Marist School, Atlanta: Patrick Sullivan, University of Georgia, Athens.

BASKETBALL

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Asia Durr, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.

CROSS COUNTRY

Marist School, Atlanta: Morgan Ilse, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.

FOOTBALL

Our Lady of Mercy High School football coach Mike Earwood stands with two of the school’s football signees. Jordan Thomas, left, signed a letter of intent with The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., and Jameson Vest signed a letter of intent with the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.

Our Lady of Mercy High School football coach Mike Earwood stands with two of the school’s football signees. Jordan Thomas, left, signed a letter of intent with The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., and Jameson Vest signed a letter of intent with the University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.

Archer High School, Lawrenceville: Cole Fisher, Mercer University, Macon.

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Joe Camacho, Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.; Pat Jasinski, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.

Marist School, Atlanta: Kenneth Brinson, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; Ian Gipson, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va.; Sage Hardin, University of Georgia, Athens.

Monsignor Donovan High School, Athens: Lee Brackman, Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.; Braxton Haley, Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio; Vance Holcombe, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.

Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville: Jordan Thomas, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.; Jameson Vest, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.

GOLF

Marist School, Atlanta: Will Duma, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

LACROSSE

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Hannah Sacristan, Young Harris College, Young Harris.

SOCCER

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Mallory McDaniel, Valdosta State University, Valdosta; Christina Peryoux, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Marist School, Atlanta: Kelsey Carrier, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; Grace Carrington, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.; Scotty Frantz, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.; Clara Gastaldi, University of Georgia, Athens; Grace Packer, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Rachel Heard, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.; Anya Mancinelli, Georgia College, Milledgeville; Lauren McKeever, Elon University, Elon, N.C.; Melissa Pagoaga, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.

SOFTBALL

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Katie Nichols, Caldwell University, Caldwell, N.J.

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Jordyn Portis, Agnes Scott College, Decatur; Sabrina Thomas, Central Alabama Community College, Alexander City, Ala.

SWIMMING

St. Pius X High School, Atlanta: Julia Durmer, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Alexa Marie Webb of Kell High School, Marietta, signed a letter of intent with Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C., to play tennis.

Alexa Marie Webb of Kell High School, Marietta, signed a letter of intent with Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C., to play tennis.

TENNIS

Kell High School, Marietta: Alexa Marie Webb, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C.

Marist School, Atlanta: Jenna Kane, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.

VOLLEYBALL

Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell: Amber MacDonald, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; Maggie Rick, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Fla.

Marist School, Atlanta: Sydney Leimbach, Emory University, Atlanta.

Pinecrest Academy, Cumming: Keely Denkman, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C.