Memorial High School held its fall National Signing Day Ceremony on Wednesday with the room packed.
The majority of the signees came from the baseball team, led by Ben Dukes signing to Rice University and Tom Vincent signing to Texas A&M. From the women's soccer team, Kelsey Hranicky signed to the University of Texas, while long-distance runner Claire Bryant inked to Florida.
Check out all the signees from Wednesday's ceremony!
Central Texas' support of Round Rock High School baseball player Thomas Soto helped him grow so much as an athlete that he earned an opportunity to play for the University of Dayton after his 2021 high school graduation. He jumped at the offer and ultimately committed on Wednesday August 5, 2020.
"Dayton was the right choice for myself in order to develop more as a skilled baseball player, a student and a man," said Soto. "And honestly, I just can't wait to get started there. I'm excited to meet new people and start this new chapter of my life as a Flyer and I'll do the best I can to help that team win. In terms of fitting in, nothing is given. I will need to continue to work to achieve the goals I have, [with] one of those goals being a starting spot."
Soto's future collegiate teammates and coaches think that he's only bringing strong baseball talent, but they'll be pleasantly surprised by another skill.
Hallie Shepherd, Cy Creek
Welcome to the 2020 volleyball season. What a weird offseason it was for everyone. No club tournaments to travel to, limited training available but what that means is everyone should be fresh for the 2020 campaign.
VYPE previewed 30 public school teams in this year's VYPE Houston Volleyball Preview. Here is one of the Sleepers - the Cypress Creek Cougars.
The Cypress Creek Cougars were the volleyball standard in the city of Houston decades ago. The Cougars won state in 1989, 1993 and 1997 at the highest level of Texas high school volleyball. To put that in perspective, Houston has won only won three volleyball titles at the highest classification since then – The Woodlands (twice) and Cy Falls. Cy Creek is looking to get back to their consistent winning ways. Creek reached the playoffs in 2019 but fell in the first round to Bellaire. The Cougars return three stars who have hopes of advancing further. Lindsey Kriendler (222 kills, 54 blocks) is a first-team middle, while Kiara Thomas (240 kills) was a second-team hitter. Hallie Shepherd (393 digs) will run the defense as an honorable-mention recipient.
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Casey Sessions, Spring
Welcome to the 2020 volleyball season. What a weird offseason it was for everyone. No club tournaments to travel to, limited training available but what that means is everyone should be fresh for the 2020 campaign.
VYPE previewed 30 public school teams in this year's VYPE Houston Volleyball Preview. Here is one of the Sleepers - the Spring Lions.
Under the direction of coach Stephanie Porter, the Spring Lion volleyball team has been in good hands. The Lions dominated District 16-6A going undefeated before falling in the first-round. Back in den are first-teamers Keymara Coleman (Kentucky State-commit) and Casey Sessions. Both are explosive hitters who will likely lead Spring back to a district title. Rounding out the offense will be Haley Wells, an honorable-mention selection. Davis and MacArthur will challenge Spring in district, but the Lions have too much power. The next step is to make a deep postseason run.
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