Local high school athletes make their college commitments
Below is a list of metro-east high school athletes who have signed national letters of intent to continue playing their respective sports in college.
If you are an athlete who has signed an NLI or their parent or coach, and your name is not on the list, please contact sports writer Dean Criddle at dcriddle@bnd.com. Provide your name, high school, sport and the college you will be attending.
You may also submit a letter-signing photo for use in an online gallery of letter signings.
This list will be continually updated through each new signing period. The next National of Intent signing period begins Dec. 18 for NCAA Division I football players, followed by a DI and Division II signing periods on Feb. 5. Division I signing periods for basketball are on April 15.
Baseball
- Brayden Haug, Alton, Lindenwood
- Wes Laaker, Alton, Drury
- Jack Owens, Mascoutah, Truman State
- Riley Phillips, Alton, Louisville
- Will Range, Edwardsville, Massachusetts
- Tim Reinholz, Gibault, Quincy
- Joe Wade, Triad, SW Baptist
- Drake Westcott, Edwardsville, Louisville
Logan Cromer, Edwardsville, Parkland
Softball
- Ashlyn Betz, Alton, Valparaiso
- Kelsie Burrows, Freeburg, Illinois-Springfield
- Miriam Kastens , Edwardsville, Brown
- Isabel Lehan, Triad, McKendree
- Maria Smith, Edwardsville, Southern Mississippi
- Ellie Viox, Edwardsville, Missouri S&T
- Hayleigh Juenger, O’Fallon, Brown
Jenna Christeson, Civic Memorial, SIU-Carbondale
Gracie Braun, Civic Memorial, Illinois College
Taylor Friederich, Mascoutah, Kaskaskia College
Kyleigh VonBorries, Belleville East, Central Methodist
Triathlon
- Gretta Stark, Mater Dei, Black Hills State
Swimming
- Sophia Burwitz, Belleville East, Illinois
- Emma Cox, Granite City, Eastern Illinois
- Noah Clancy, Alton, Missouri S&t
- Madie Rey, Columbia, Northern Arizona
Soccer
- Gracie English, Belleville East, St. Louis U
- Peyton Ganz, Freeburg, Southern Indiana
- Haley Glover, Columbia, Illinois State
- Faith Liljegren, Collinsville, Southeast Missouri
- Katelyn Krueger, Jerseyville, Lincoln Trail
Sydney Stephens, Waterloo, Georgia
Tennis
- Bailey Grigg, Triad, McKendree
Basketball
- Anna Hall, Civic Memorial, Missouri Southern
- Quierra Love, Edwardsville, SIU-Carbondale
- Jacob Schadegg, Mater Dei, McKendree
- Ray’Sean Taylor, Collinsville, SIU-Edwardsville
- Caleb Zurliene, Mater Dei, Purdue-Northwest
- Carson Parker, Nashville, McKendree
Volleyball
- Karinna Gall, Althoff, Indiana State
- Maddie Isringhausen, Edwardsville, Tennessee Tech
- Abby Johnson, Central, Nebraska
- Lauren McCurley, Triad, McKendree
- Darci Metzger, Collinsville, Murray State
- Rachel Mitts, Belleville East, Lindenwood
- Hannah Scrum, Collinsville, Maryville
- Lexi Smith, Freeburg, Southeast Missouri
Track and Field
- Ella Siebenberger, Freeburg, Murray State
Golf
- Logan Jones, Marissa, McKendreee
- Brianna McMinn, O’Fallon, Murray State
Wrestling
- Caleb Grau, Mascoutah, North Carolina-Pembroke
- Luke Odom, Edwardsville, Illinois
This story was originally published December 9, 2019 at 4:44 PM.
