High School Sports

February signing period is here. See where Midlands athletes are headed for college

Caleb Ford (0) of Cardinal Newman carries the ball during Cardinal Newman’s game against visiting Ben Lippen in Columbia on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
Caleb Ford (0) of Cardinal Newman carries the ball during Cardinal Newman’s game against visiting Ben Lippen in Columbia on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Special To The State

The second signing period for college football began Wednesday across the country.

Here is a list of Midlands football players and athletes from other sports who are signing during this period. They join the ones who took part in the fall and December periods. The list will be updated during the day.

Baseball

Caleb Black (Mid-Carolina/Newberry)

Logan Blight (Lexington/UNC Pembroke)

Jayllen Fray (Irmo/Coker)

Elliott Graham (Irmo/USC Lancaster)

Maverick Grigsby (Lugoff-Elgin/USC Aiken)

Zechariah Haney (Camden/Newberry)

Ty Harper (Chapin/Spartanburg Methodist)

Grant Kissner (Lexington/Erskine)

Cade Marturano (Camden/Francis Marion)

Bryce Mobley (Lexington/USC Lancaster)

Jake Morris (Lugoff-Elgin/Clemson)

Kaden Myers (Mid-Carolina/College of Charleston)

Caden Reeves (Chapin/Troy)

Basketball

Morgan Champion (Camden/Coker)

Kadence Walker-Lee (Gray Collegiate/Coker)

Cheerleading/Dance

Kailyn Basham (Lugoff-Elgin/Newberry)

Anna Clark (Lugoff-Elgin/Charleston Southern)

Liliana Fogle (Lugoff-Elgin/Newberry)

Darius Goodson (Irmo/South Carolina)

Alaisa Hughes (Lugoff-Elgin/Limestone)

Gabriel Hunt (Lugoff-Elgin/South Carolina)

Allie Smith (Lugoff-Elgin/Limestone)

Football

Joseph Albritton (Irmo/Newberry)

Brady Albro (Chapin/Newberry)

Maurice Anderson (Dutch Fork/Limestone)

Kae’veon Bennett (White Knoll/Erskine)

Josh Benson (Dutch Fork/East Tennessee State)

Jeremiah Benson (Lugoff-Elgin/SC Central Christian College)

Boykin Bickley (Dutch Fork/Limestone)

Matthew Blocker (Irmo/Newberry)

Khalen Bostick (Chapin/Limestone)

Terrin Bowman (Irmo/Limestone)

Tanner Bracey (Camden/The Citadel)

Sam Burks (Northside Christian/Gardner-Webb)

Devon Domes (Lugoff-Elgin/Brevard)

Heyward Fellers (Mid-Carolina/Newberry)

Caleb Ford (Cardinal Newman/Murray State)

Carl Fulmer (Dutch Fork/NC Central)

Kellen George (Ben Lippen/The Citadel)

Nathan Gilley (Chapin/Lenoir-Rhyne)

Sean Goddard (Westwood/Newberry)

Connor Gooding (Gilbert/Southern Miss)

TyDarion Grier (Fairfield Central/Fayetteville State)

Aaron Griffin (River Bluff/Wingate)

Damarcus Haliburton (Richland Northeast/Allen)

Jaiden Haltiwanger (Hammond/The Citadel)

Cole Hutchinson (Newberry HS/Newberry College)

LaMorris Holley (Gray Collegiate/Erskine)

Antario James (Fairfield Central/Newberry)

Manny Johnson (Hammond/Dartmouth)

Craig Jones (Lugoff-Elgin/The Citadel)

Onis Konanbanny (Heathwood Hall/Florida)

Artem Kalinkin (Lexington/Newberry)

Joshua Ladd (Ridge View/Erskine)

Ryan Love (Irmo/Newberry)

Noah Lucas (Lower Richland/The Citadel)

Zay Mathis (Hammond/Limestone)

Matt McAually (Lexington/Anderson)

Krew Morris (Gilbert/The Citadel)

Tyquawn Murphy (Lugoff-Elgin/UNC Pembroke)

David Newsome (Richland Northeast/Allen)

Christopher Pearson (Fairfield Central/Limestone)

Pac Pitts (River Bluff/The Citadel)

David Roberts (Dutch Fork/Dodge City CC)

Carlos Sexton (Dutch Fork/Presbyterian)

Landon Sharpe (White Knoll/Presbyterian)

Jonathan Sheppard (Chapin/Newberry)

Moe Singleton (Gray Collegiate/Limestone)

Derek Smith (Dutch Fork/Wingate)

KJ Smith (Dutch Fork/Clark University)

Malichi Smith (Dutch Fork/Limestone)

Willie Smith (Dreher/The Citadel)

Quinton Stroman (Gray Collegiate/Limestone)

Zeb Taylor (Gray Collegiate/Wofford)

Cleve Tellery (Ridge View/Charleston Southern)

Anthony Turnbow (Chapin/The Citadel)

Chancery Turner (Fairfield Central/Newberry)

Ephraim Ukata (Ridge View/Allen)

Jason Washington (Dutch Fork/Minnesota West CC)

Tymorius Weldon (Fairfield Central/Allen)

Jayden Westbrook (Dutch Fork/Limestone)

Aiden Wiles (North Central/The Citadel)

Daniel Williams (Dutch Fork/Anderson)

Golf

Nathanael Coughman (River Bluff/CIU)

Jordan Hardy (Blythewood/Erskine)

Peyton Lawhorne (Gilbert/Toccoa Falls)

Grant Paolucci (Blythewood/Army)

Lacrosse

Zach Covey (Chapin/Point University)

Carmen DeRienzo (Lexington/Newberry)

Arianna Shepherd (Irmo/Coker)

Soccer

Grace Benson (Chapin/Lander)

Sydney Gilliam (White Knoll/USC Sumter)

Jaylynn Kemmerlin (Lexington/Limestone)

Addison Mack (Irmo/Southern Wesleyan)

Osmin Manueles (Camden/CIU)

Daniela Vazquez-Diaz (Mid-Carolina/USC Union)

Softball

Kaley Anderson (Gray Collegiate/Converse)

Ashlyn Blackstone (White Knoll/Columbia College)

Kaylan Boudreau (Gray Collegiate/Tallahassee State College)

Nikki Gallardo (White Knoll/Providence College)

Emma Jackson (Pelion/USC Beaufort)

Na’Veah Matthews (Gray Collegiate/CIU)

Claire McCormack (Gray Collegiate/Columbia College)

Emma Melinauskas (Lexington/Gaston College)

Payton Melinauskas (Lexington/Florence-Darlington Tech)

Savannah Moore (Mid-Carolina/USC Union)

Emaree Ray (Lugoff-Elgin/USC Sumter)

Allie Royer (White Knoll/North Greenville)

Haydin Williams (Camden/Southern Wesleyan)

Swimming

Zashawn Barr (Lugoff-Elgin/Columbia College)

Reagan Sherrard (Chapin/Texas A&M)

Maecy Wells (River Bluff/West Virginia)

Track & Field/Cross Country

Laken Busher (Lexington/The Citadel)

Micaela Cross (Blythewood/Columbia College)

Sarah Danbury (Westwood/Presbyterian)

Elise Elliott (Chapin/Wofford)

Jaden Reed (Lugoff-Elgin/Columbia College)

Callie Wilbanks (Mid-Carolina/Mount Olive)

Zachery Vowles (Dutch Fork/USC Beaufort)

Tennis

Bayla Burgey (Gilbert/Columbia College)

Volleyball

Kaitlyn Clyburn (Camden/Newberry)

Ivy Collins (Swansea/Hollins University)

Autumn Salomon (White Knoll/USC Sumter)

Wrestling

Cael Edwards (River Bluff/Army)

Rylan Griggs (Lugoff-Elgin/Lander)

Lugoff-Elgin athletes sign their letters of intent on Feb. 5, 2025.
Lugoff-Elgin athletes sign their letters of intent on Feb. 5, 2025. Lugoff-Elgin Photo

This story was originally published February 5, 2025 at 9:04 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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