High School Sports

2024 fall signing day is here. A look at where Midlands athletes are headed to college

Twenty-two Lexington High School athletes signed letters of intent on the first day of the fall signing period Nov. 13, 2024.
Twenty-two Lexington High School athletes signed letters of intent on the first day of the fall signing period Nov. 13, 2024. Lou Bezjak/The State

The first day of the fall signing period was Wednesday. The period will run through Nov. 20, 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

Zahir Barjam (P-27 Academy/West Virginia)

Taylor Belza (P-27 Academy/Auburn)

Max Bettis (P-27 Academy/Kansas State)

Sam Bettis (P-27 Academy/Kansas State)

Brandon Cromer (Lexington/South Carolina)

Breon Earle (Ben Lippen/UNC Pembroke)

Ezra Essex (P-27 Academy/Oklahoma State)

Jason Fultz (P-27 Academy/Clemson)

George Handal (P-27 Academy/Rice)

Carter Harrington (AC Flora/College of Charleston)

Skyler Hegler (P-27 Academy/Clemson)

Lincoln Hill (Lexington/Florence-Darlington Tech)

Will Howard (P-27 Academy/Wofford)

Alex Jang (P-27 Academy/Youngstown State)

Sean Lee (Ben Lippen/Lenoir-Rhyne)

Macon Leppert (Blythewood/Gaston College)

David McElveen (Ben Lippen/Erskine)

Max McClusky (P-27 Academy/St. Peters)

Sam Moseman (P-27 Academy/New York University)

Alvin Murray (Cardinal Newman/Newberry)

Alex Myers (Blythewood/Wofford)

Mason O’Cain (Ben Lippen/Erskine)

Micah Ott (Ben Lippen/Limestone)

Daniel Parker (P-27 Academy/Coastal Carolina)

Luke Shalkum (AC Flora/Trinity College)

Luca Sieger (P-27 Academy/St. Peters)

Zach Snead (AC Flora/The Citadel)

Toby Sobieralski (Lexington/USC Aiken)

Zane Stahl (P-27 Academy/Louisville)

Jace Stancil (P-27 Academy/College of Charleston)

Bryson Steele (P-27 Academy/Rice)

Logan Struk (P-27 Academy/Clemson)

Owen Watts (Lexington/Florence-Darlington Tech)

Cross Yarborough (P-27 Academy/Charleston Southern)

Basketball

Kaleb Evans (Lexington/Winthrop)

Michaela Fairwell (Dutch Fork/UC San Diego)

Lauren Jacobs (Heathwood Hall/Ole Miss)

Sabreya Monsanto (Heathwood Hall/East Tennessee State)

Mariana Moody (Spring Valley/Francis Marion)

Brian Sumpter (Keenan/Wofford)

Golf

Mia Andrade (Chapin/Western Carolina)

Lily Reed Black (Chapin/William & Mary)

Charles Cauthen (AC Flora/Kentucky)

Teddy Dunn (Gray Collegiate/Mercer)

Caitlyn Gaines (River Bluff/Southern Wesleyan)

Harrison James (Chapin/Coastal Carolina)

James Rhodes (AC Flora/Presbyterian)

Lacrosse

Bella Adler (Lexington/Gardner-Webb)

Olivia Buchanan (Lexington/Coker)

Tyler Cast (River Bluff/North Greenville)

Emersin Clamp (Lexington/Lander)

Bryleigh Howe (River Bluff/Gardner-Webb)

Hailey Jasuta (Lexington/Montevallo)

Drew McCall (Hammond/Anderson)

Palmer Mood (AC Flora/Alabama-Huntsville)

Kylie Nagle (River Bluff/Lander)

Izzy Saville (Lexington/Lenoir-Rhyne)

Tommy Werny (Lexington/Lander)

Soccer

Elle Brewer (Hammond/Winthrop)

Mary Taylor Campbell (River Bluff/Oakland)

Alyssa Frazier (Lexington/Memphis)

Katherine Haigler (Chapin/Limestone)

Lila Kaminski (Cardinal Newman/Virginia Wesleyan)

Sidney Kitts (Lexington/Wofford)

Avery Pegram (Blythewood/Appalachian State)

Logan Rivers (Hammond/American)

Macie Rogers (Chapin/College of Charleston)

Emma Valdes (AC Flora/Wofford)

Kelsey Wiggins (Northside Christian/Montreat)

Softball

Robyn Craig (Lexington/North Greenville)

Sam Craig (Lexington/Gardner-Webb)

Arden Leagan (River Bluff/Spartanburg Methodist)

Grace Moore (Dutch Fork/Wingate)

Shaylynn Scott (Lexington/USC Salkahatchie)

Claire Starkey (River Bluff/Brevard)

Lexie Taylor (Lexington/Lenoir-Rhyne)

Swimming

Hanna Eckart (Lexington/Georgia Southern)

Tennis

Sidney Caulder (Chapin/Lander)

Track & Field/Cross Country

Emma Ashley (Westwood/South Carolina)

Ellie Fisher (Airport/Columbia College)

Lydia Metz (Lexington/College of Charleston)

Patton Casto (River Bluff/USC Beaufort)

Volleyball

Addie Bittner (North Central/Coker)

Merryck Brackett (Dutch Fork/Newberry)

Mia Burgess (Dutch Fork/Benedict)

Emily DeRienzo (Lexington/North Greenville)

Sydney Fischer (Lexington/Jacksonville)‘

Haley Freeman (Northside Christian/North Greenville)

Kristen Galloway (Blythewood/McDaniel College)

Camryn Jeffery (Westwood/LSU)

Hadley Lindner (Northside Christian/USC Sumter)

Masyn McClanahan (River Bluff/Gardner-Webb)

Mary Norwood (North Central/Columbia International)

This story was originally published November 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM.

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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