High School Sports

Fall signing day is here. A look at where Midlands athletes are headed to college

The first day of the fall signing period was Wednesday. The period will run through Nov. 15, with senior athletes from all sports except football able to sign letters of intent with their future colleges.

Here is a list of Midlands players who signed — or will sign — during the period. The list will be updated throughout the signing period.

Baseball

Foster Apple (Chapin/Stetson)

Trip Bollibon (Chapin/Mars Hill)

Will Burgess (Lexington/College of Charleston)

Jackson Cionek (Lexington/Florence-Darlington Tech)

Jack Coletti (Chapin/Newberry)

Jesse English (Dutch Fork/Patrick & Henry CC)

Maddox Floyd (Chapin/The Citadel)

Beau Hollins (River Bluff/South Carolina)

Ryder Kellis (Lexington/Florence-Darlington Tech)

Austin Laughlin (Cardinal Newman/Wofford)

Jack Luthren (Ben Lippen/Erskine)

Connor McKee (Dutch Fork/North Greenville)

Tristan Neely (Cardinal Newman/Francis Marion)

Landon Penfield (Blythewood/College of Charleston)

Jake Peterson (Chapin/Francis Marion)

Hunter Phipps (Dutch Fork/College of Charleston)

Myles Proffitt (River Bluff/Francis Marion)

Colby Reynolds (River Bluff/USC Beaufort)

Jack Rivers (River Bluff/Limestone)

Alex Robbins (River Bluff/USC Beaufort)

Matthew Rollison (Dutch Fork/Presbyterian)

Walker Thompson (Spring Valley/Claflin)

Basketball

Antoinet Cheeseboro (Dutch Fork/Newberry)

Joyce Edwards (Camden/South Carolina)

Samira Khalil (Hammond/Elon)

Cam Scott (Lexington/Texas)

Braylhan Thomas (Gray Collegiate/Georgia Southern)

Cross Country/Track & Field

Avarose Bucinio (Lexington/Columbia College)

William Cronin (Lexington/Anderson)

Mary Frances Iseman (Heathwood Hall/South Carolina)

Jais Ward (Ben Lippen/Furman)

Golf

Gage Gaskins (Lexington/Presbyterian)

Alexandria Mack (River Bluff/Newberry)

Lacrosse

Peyton Brand (Dutch Fork/North Greenville)

Ava Brandstatter (Chapin/Sacred Heart)

Ava-Claire Collins (Chapin/Winthrop)

Noah Eargle (Hammond/Lander)

Ethan Hege (Chapin/North Greenville)

Stephanie Mitchell (Chapin/Lincoln Memorial)

Katerina Stevens (Spring Valley/

Jacob Wolf (Dutch Fork/North Greenville)

Soccer

Angel Camacho (Spring Valley/Brewton-Parker College)

Lydia Daniels (Blythewood/Louisiana Tech)

Maggie Heffernan (Lexington/College of Charleston)

Claudia Lyons (AC Flora/Presbyterian)

Duncan Wilson (Cardinal Newman/Clemson)

Evelyn Wright (Blythewood/Western Carolina)

Softball

Precious Bross (Irmo/Georgia)

Andee Dircks (Chapin/Michigan)

Maggie Hinz (Lexington/Columbia College)

Addison Hoffner (Lexington/Tusculum)

Ayden Leaphart (Gilbert/Southern Wesleyan)

Ella Majchrzak (Chapin/Tusculum)

Hayden Moody (Swansea/Brevard)

Gracie Scott (Lexington/Furman)

Kailee Smith (Swansea/Columbia College)

Swimming/Diving

Alex Gregory (Chapin/South Carolina)

Campbell Long (Chapin/Auburn)

Emily McMahan (Dutch Fork/Florida Gulf Coast)

Volleyball

Kaitlyn Cannon (Lexington/Presbyterian)

Abby Edwards (Chapin/VCU)

Mackenzie Head (Gilbert/Coker)

Julia Hurd (Ben Lippen/USC Sumter)

Katelyn Long (Chapin/Newberry)

Meredith McEnulty (Gilbert/Charleston Southern)

Sarah Sykes (Lexington/James Madison)

Avery Tucker (Gray Collegiate/Ferrum)

Wrestling

Reese Carson (Ben Lippen/Lander)

This story was originally published November 8, 2023 at 10:11 AM.

Lou Bezjak
The State
Lou Bezjak is the High School Sports Prep Coordinator for The (Columbia) State and (Hilton Head) Island Packet. He previously worked at the Florence Morning News and had covered high school sports in South Carolina since 2002. Lou is a two-time South Carolina Sports Writer of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Support my work with a digital subscription
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