Local schools celebrate college-bound student-athletes on signing day

Notre Dame, UCLA, Wisconsin, Illinois are just some of the storied institutions that will benefit from talented student-athletes from The Record’s coverage area.

And it’s not just the schools that are diverse; the sports in which the student-athletes compete is just as wide-ranging. From baseball and basketball to equestrian and girls wrestling, numerous activities give the local competitors a chance to take their skills to the next level.

More than 60 student-athletes were honored by their high schools and coaches on Wednesday, Nov. 8, one of the year’s annual college signing days. See them all below.

BASEBALL
Highland Park
• Luke Weber, University of Illinois at Champaign

Loyola
• Matthew Woodward, Rock Valley College

New Trier
• Xander Clark, Quincy University
• Max Kaplan, University of South Carolina Upstate
• Max Miller, Joliet Junior College
• Samuel Nigro, Colby College
• James Novakovic, Purdue University
• Noah Shapo, Denison University
• Declan Spinner, Southwest Tennessee Community College

GIRLS BASKETBALL
New Trier
• Katherine Saccaro, Bowdoin College

BOYS DIVING
Highland Park
• Noah Kulbak, Penn State University

GIRLS DIVING
Loyola
Greta Kavanagh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

EQUESTRIAN
New Trier
• Emma Lackey, University of Georgia

FIELD HOCKEY
Loyola
• Eleanor Larsen, Davidson College

New Trier
• Lilly Goettsche, Babson College
• Tessa Herbst, Middlebury College
• Izzy Morgan, Princeton University
• Lucy Smith, Syracuse University

FOOTBALL
New Trier
• Miles Cremascoli, Ohio University
• Liam Fitzgerald Jr., Brown University
• Dylan Jeppe, Macalester College
• John McGurk, Middlebury College
• Clayton Savarie, Kenyon College
• Jack Wilson, Webster University

BOYS GOLF
New Trier
• Johnny Creamean, Butler University
• Connor Gray, Kenyon College
• Noah Zyung, Lehigh University

GIRLS GOLF
Loyola
• Katie Magner, University of Richmond

GIRLS HOCKEY
New Trier
• Sophia Jimenez, Utica University

GIRLS LACROSSE
Loyola
• Tia Boyle, Merrimack College
• Emma Burke, University of Michigan
• Sophie Goldberg, Marquette University
• Shannon Hendrick, Davidson College
• Jocelyn Park, Johns Hopkins University

New Trier
• Hana Asghari, Denison University
• Courtney Laden, University of Delaware
• Claire Ratke, Northwestern University
• Payton Subeck, Chatham University

ROWING
Loyola
• Marie Golden, University of Notre Dame

New Trier
• Reese Leahy, University of Miami
• Piper Ritchie, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
• Zoe Staelens, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

BOYS SOCCER
New Trier
• Aidan O’Neill, Northwestern University

GIRLS SOCCER
Loyola
• Taylor Richards, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

New Trier
• Charlotte Dellin, Fairfield University
• Jaime Elias, Texas Tech University
• Josephine Noble, Wake Forest University
• Maria Petrakis, University of Rochester
• Basie Shannon, University of Idaho

BOYS SWIMMING
Loyola
• Max Rice, Loyola University Maryland

New Trier
• Aiden Musick, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Clayton Perry, Denison University
• James Soukoulis, Trinity University

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
New Trier
• Tucker Anglemeyer, Providece College

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
Loyola
• Ashley Banaszek, Fordham University

New Trier
• Marley Meyers, Hamilton College

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
New Trier
• David Wolff, Standford University

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Loyola
• Reilly Garrity, University of New Hampshire

New Trier
• Alex Belak, College of Charleston
• Ana Vetter, Wake Forest University

GIRLS WRESTLING
New Trier
• Nina Aceves, Iowa Lakes College

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