Local athletes continue to put their college commitments on the dotted line
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Football
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | East St. Louis | QB | Navy (verbal) | |
Sr | Althoff | OL | Illinois (verbal) | |
Sr | Althoff | RB-DB | SIUC (verbal) | |
Eric Rheinecker | Sr | Althoff | OL | Murray State (verbal) |
Men’s Basketball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | Belleville West | Guard | Wright State |
Women’s Basketball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Brittney Nitz | Sr | Belleville East | Guard | Missouri Valley |
Faye Meissner | Sr | Central | Guard | UMSL |
Sr | Edwardsville | Guard | Iowa | |
Madison Hackstadt | Sr | Okawville | Guard | SIUE |
Women’s Volleyball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | O’Fallon | OH | Caldwell U. | |
Sr | Althoff | Setter | Miami (Ohio) |
Men’s Volleyball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Jacob Gall | Sr | Althoff | OH | McKendree |
Women’s Soccer
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | Belleville West | Forward | Southeast Missouri (verbal) | |
Sr | Belleville West | Goalie | Southeast Missouri (verbal) | |
Brianna Hatfield | Sr | Alton | Midfielder | Florida Gulf Coast (verbal) |
Sam Stutsman | Sr | O’Fallon | Midfielder | Wisconsin-Milwaukee (verbal) |
Grace Brauer | Sr | Belleville East | Forward | Xavier (verbal) |
Annie Brown | Sr | Belleville East | Midfielder | Illinois-Chicago (verbal) |
Claire Gruenke | Sr | Wesclin | Forward | Lindenwood-Belleville |
Softball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | Belleville East | Catcher | Missouri State | |
Kendall Patton | Sr | Belleville East | IF | Southwest Baptist |
Kristina Bettis | Sr | Belleville East | Pitcher | Jefferson College |
Paige Cates | Sr | Belleville West | Pitcher | U of Illinois-Springfield |
Sr | Freeburg | Pitcher/IF/OF | Iowa | |
Morgan Tanksley | Sr | Granite City | Pitcher | Quincy College |
Sr | Mascoutah | Pitcher | Ball State | |
Chelsy Pena | Sr | Columbia | Catcher | SEMO |
Keeler van Breusegen | Sr | Columbia | Outfield | Bradley |
MacKenzie McFeron | Sr | Nashville | Outfield | Evansville |
Baseball
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | POSITION | COLLEGE |
Sr | Belleville East | P-OF | Missouri State | |
Hunter Grupe | Sr | Belleville West | P-IF | SWIC |
Brayden Arnold | Sr | O’Fallon | IF-P | Maryville |
Sr | O’Fallon | Pitcher | Missouri State | |
Garrett Herring | Sr | O’Fallon | P-OF | SWIC |
Logan Boente | Sr | O’Fallon | P-1B | McKendree |
Jr | Columbia | Pitcher | Missouri (verbal) | |
Cameron Touchette | JUCO | John A. Logan/Columbia | OF | Kent State |
Trey Riley | JUCO | John A. Logan/Edwardsville | Pitcher | Missouri State |
Quinten Albrecht | Sr | Waterloo | Catcher | Wichita State |
Andrew Whipple | Sr | Valmeyer | Pitcher | Lindenwood-St. Charles |
Chase Bertelsmann | Sr | Triad | Pitcher | SWIC |
Joe Wolf | JUCO | SWIC/Freeburg | Pitcher | Missouri S&T |
Women’s Golf
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | COLLEGE |
Sr | O’Fallon | Western Illinois | |
Sr | O’Fallon | Evansville | |
Brooke Boatman | Sr | O’Fallon | McKendree |
Men’s Golf
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | COLLEGE |
Cameron Lambert | Sr | Triad | Lindenwood |
Swimming
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | COLLEGE |
Logan Theiss | Sr | Belleville East | McKendree |
Wrestling
PLAYER | YEAR | SCHOOL | COLLEGE |
Sr | Althoff | Illinois | |
Sr | Althoff | Illinois |
This story was originally published November 8, 2017 at 9:20 AM with the headline "Local athletes continue to put their college commitments on the dotted line."