On Wednesday, February 3, at 2 PM in the Highlander gymnasium, The Woodlands High School held their annual celebration of National Signing Day. The Highlanders had a large class of 42 signees to schools across the country.
The athletes each took the podium for a short speech in front of a limited crowd of family members and coaches. Each student was allowed to invite five loved ones to celebrate, with the addition of the event being live-streamed for those who could not be present.
The Woodlands track and field program was the most well represented with a total of eight signees, six from the girls and two from the boy's team: Kennedy Doakes (Kansas), Kaitlin Laner (St. Mary's College of California), Hannah Jane Miller (Rhodes College), Katie Schlather (Air Force Academy), Sohalia Schoen (Louisiana-Monroe), Ashley Sharer (Texas Tech), Caden Cymbala (Texas Tech) and Ryan Tresaugue (Trinity University).
Following in signees is the swimming and diving program. With a total of six signees, they had one diver, four swimmers, and one triathlon athlete: Lauren Burch (diving, Stanford), Isabella Barrientos (swimming, Washington-St. Louis), Cotton Fields (swimming, SMU), Tyler Hulet (swimming, Texas A&M), Alyssa Sorensen (swimming, BYU) and Freya McKinley (triathlon, Denver).
The Highlander baseball team also represented with a total of five signees: Cody Howard (Baylor), Justin Barry-Smith (South Alabama), Will Chauffe (Pepperdine), Cameron Hainebach (Southwestern) and Dylan Kerbow (Texas State).
The football program had four signees: Jack Calhoun (Kilgore), Arian Cervoni (McPherson), Connor Dechiro (Washington-St. Louis) and Blake Hubert (Southern Virginia). In addition, Teddy Knox (Mississipi University) couldn't make the event due to surgery.
Girls soccer had three signees, all of which are signed at the Division I level: Samone Knight (West Virginia), Isabella Hollenbach (Missouri) and Marley Krach (Miami-Ohio)
The Highlander lacrosse program had four signees, three boys and one girl: Andrew Litsey (Rollins College), Matthew Nunes (Virginia), Donovan Rock (Air Force Academy) and MacKenzie Kulick (Linfield University).
The softball program had three signees: Kayla Falterman (Louisiana-Lafayette), Jordan Jones (Vernon College) and Haley Mountain (UT-Arlington).
The golf program had three signees: Avery Blake (TCU), Holly Paterson (Blinn) and Alejandro Alonso (Loyola Marymount).
Volleyball had two signees: Claire Arend (High Point University) and Natalie Kimmel (Incarnate Word). In addition, early graduates Clara Brower (Georgia University), Natasha Zorbas (Lafayette College), and Jackie Lee (Texas State) who are already playing at the college level.
Other signees included Mallory Kent (acrobatics, Oregon), Ximena Chico (rowing, Virginia), Lachlan Laner (tennis, Austin Peay) and Liam Kozak (water polo, Penn State).
Mutual university signees include Ximena Chico and Matthew Nunes at the University of Virginia; Donovan Rock and Katie Schlather at the United States Air Force Academy; Conner Dechiro and Isabella Barrientos at the University of Washington at St. Louis; and Dylan Kerbow and Jackie Lee at Texas State University.
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Mallory Kent signed to The University of Oregon for acrobatics.
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Justin Barry-Smith signed to The University of South Alabama for baseball.
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Will Chauffe signed to Pepperdine University for baseball.
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Cameron Hainebach signed to Southwestern University for baseball.
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Cody Howard signed to Baylor University for baseball.
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Dylan Kerbow signed to Texas State University for baseball.
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Jack Calhoun signed to Kilgore College for football.
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Arian Cervoni signed to McPerson College for football.
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Conner Dechiro signed to Washington University at St. Louis for football.
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Blake Hubert signed to Southern Virginia University for football.
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Alejandro Alonso signed to Loyola Marymount University for golf.
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Blake Avery signed to Texas Christian University for golf.
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Holly Paterson signed to Blinn College for golf.
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Andrew Litsey signed to Rollins College for boys lacrosse.
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Matthew Nunes signed to the University of Virginia for boys lacrosse.
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Donovan Rock signed to the United State Air Force Academy for boys lacrosse.
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Mackenzie Kulick signed to Linefield University for girls lacrosse.
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Ximena Chico signed to the University of Virginia for rowing.
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Isabella Hollenbach signed to The University of Missouri for girls soccer.
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Simone Knight signed to West Virginia University for girls soccer.
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Marley Krach signed to Miami University for girls soccer.
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Kayla Falterman signed to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for softball.
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Jordan Jones signed to Vernon College for softball.
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Haley Mountain signed to The University of Texas at Arlington for softball.
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Lauren Burch signed to Stanford University for diving.
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Isabella Barrientos signed to the Washington University at St. Louis for swimming.
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Cotton Fields signed to Southern Methodist University for swimming.
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Tyler Hulet signed to the A&M University for swimming.
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Alyssa Sorensen signed to Brigham Young University for swimming.
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Freya McKinley signed to The University of Denver for triathlons.
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Lachlan Laner signed to Austin Peay State University for tennis.
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Caden Cymbala signed to Texas Tech University for boys track.
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Ryan Tresaugue signed to Trinity University for boys track.
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Kennedy Doakes signed to The University of Kansas for girls track.
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Kaitlin Laner signed to St.Mary's College of California for girls track.
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Hanna Jane Miller signed to Rhodes College for girls track.
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Katie Schlather signed to The United States Air Force Academy for girls track.
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Sohalia Schoen signed to The University of Louisiana Monroe for girls track.
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Ashley Sharer signed to Texas Tech University for girls track.
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Claire Arend signed to High Point University for volleyball.
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Natalie Kimmel signed to The University of Incarnate Word for volleyball.
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Liam Kozak signed to Penn State University for water polo.
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