August 30, 2007

2007 high school college commitments

UNION-TRIBUNE

Following is a list of San Diego Section high school students from the class of 2007 who will continue their athletic careers at the intercollegiate level. The first national letter of intent signing period, which covers athletes going to most NCAA Division I and II schools, began Nov. 8. This period covers all sports except for football, field hockey, soccer and men's water polo. The first signing period for those athletes began Feb. 7. New additions are noted with an asterisk.

BASEBALL (47): La Costa Canyon's Grant Allgire (SDSU); University City's Mitchell Beacom (UCLA); La Costa Canyon's Chris Brookey (North Carolina-Asheville); San Diego Jewish Academy's Parker Bush (Chapman–c); San Diego Jewish Academy's Max Doshay (Kenyon–c); Francis Parker's Dorsey Ek (Saint Mary's); Valhalla's Greg Garcia (Hawaii); Rancho Bernardo's Mike Griffin (Hawaii); Brawley's Edgar Guillen (Concordia–d); Point Loma's Michael Scott Heylman (UC Davis); Mira Mesa's Deryk Hooker (SDSU); Santa Fe Christian's Matt Hubbard (Biola–d); St. Augustine's Dominique Johnson (SDSU); Poway's Stephen Johnson (Arizona); Mt. Carmel's Paul Karshner (San Francisco State–b); Valhalla's Tomas Karagianes (Arizona); Mira Mesa's Evan Kehoe (UCSD–b); Rancho Bernardo's Tyler Kuehl (PLNU–d); Cathedral Catholic's Troy Leonard (Saint Joseph's–b)*; San Marcos' Ellis Lowe (Campbell); Rancho Buena Vista's Jimmy Maxwell (Western Oregon–b); Mission Bay's Courtney Morgan (Wake Forest); Ramona's Drew Muren (CS Northridge); Rancho Bernardo's Sean Myrom (Concordia–d); Poway's Tony Nix (UC Riverside); Francis Parker's Nick Noonan (Clemson); Escondido's Anthony Nutter (Harvard); La Costa Canyon's Michael T. Oman (Simpson–d); Hilltop's Craig Rasmussen (SDSU)*; University City's Tyler Saladino (CS San Marcos–d); Brawley'sJacob Sanchez (Simpson–d); Cathedral's Jim Schultz (USD); Torrey Pines' Kevin Silvett (SDSU); Rancho Buena Vista's Kory Smith (North Carolina-Asheville); La Costa Canyon's Sean Soto (Hawaii); Francis Parker's John Stefanski (Pepperdine); Mission Bay's Sequoyah Stonecipher (USD); Patrick Henry's Steve Triolo (CS San Marcos–d); Eastlake's Dennis Walker (San Francisco); Bishop's Colin Walsh (Stanford); Westview's David West (Loyola Marymount); St. Augustine's Beck Wheeler (Pacific); Valhalla's Bobby Wilkins (SDSU); Grossmont's Augie Williams (Columbia); Grossmont's Taylor Wohlwend (North Carolina-Asheville); Christian's Eddie Young (UC Riverside); Rancho Buena Vista's Beau Zinman (North Carolina-Asheville).

BOYS BASKETBALL (10): Francis Parker's Tyler Bernardini (Penn); San Diego's Jamelle Horne (Arizona); Helix's David Jefferson (Humboldt State–b); Hoover's JayDee Luster (New Mexico State); Serra's Greg Murray (PLNU–d); Crawford's Tyrone Shelley (Pepperdine); Rancho Bernardo's Shawn Stephan (Pomona–c); Crawford's Malcolm Thomas (Pepperdine); Crawford's Tyler Tucker (Pepperdine); Scripps Ranch's Kenton Walker (Creighton).

GIRLS BASKETBALL (11): Mt. Carmel's Jenna Breite (CS Fullerton); Montgomery's Danisha Corbett (New Mexico State); Mount Miguel's Marnesha Hall (UC Riverside); Kearny's Te'ahnalin Harris (CS Los Angeles–b); San Diego's Paris Johnson (SDSU); Santa Fe Christian's Kelsey McVay (Salem State–c); Steele Canyon's Tina Merlino (Whittier–c); Torrey Pines' Liz Moten (U.S. Naval Academy); Grossmont's Therese Riedel (Idaho); Grossmont's La'Kenya Simon-West (Oregon State); La Costa Canyon's Cha-Cha Simpson (San Francisco State–b).

CHEER (1): Helix's Monica Aquiningoc (Hawaii Pacific–b).

GIRLS DIVING (1): Torrey Pines' Laura Sanford (Cal).

BOYS FENCING (1): Santa Fe Christian's Barron Nydam (Notre Dame).

FIELD HOCKEY (15): La Costa Canyon's Heather Alcorn (Stanford); Mira Mesa's Stephanie Arbelaez (Kent State); Torrey Pines' Christi Barwick (Michigan); San Pasqual's Sarah Brand (Cal); Scripps Ranch's Sarah Cusick (Missouri State); Serra's Katherine Donner (Stanford); Torrey Pines' Katie Griswold (Indiana); Scripps Ranch's Haley Hull (Pacific); Scripps Ranch's Kaitlin Jones (Cal); Mira Mesa's Nicole Leech (Kent State); San Pasqual's Megan Pedersen (Pacific); Torrey Pines' Megan Psyllos (Cal); Torrey Pines' Johnna Simoes (Bucknell); Scripps Ranch's Tracy Sprague (Cal); Fallbrook's Lauren Woods (Pacific).

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (1): Bonita Vista's Kelly Nash (Wisconsin).

FOOTBALL (59): Christian's Scot Allen (Idaho State); Point Loma's Lester Arnold (Colorado State); San Diego's George Bell (Southern Oregon–d); Torrey Pines' Bill Bennett (Boston College); Castle Park's Raymond Blossom (Dakota Wesleyan–d); Mount Miguel's Juan Bolanos (SDSU); Helix's Steven Bryan (Colorado State); Carlsbad's Brock Butler (UC Davis); Cathedral's Vince Camarda (SDSU); Escondido's Darrell Catchings (Oregon State); Mira Mesa's Nate Chandler (UCLA); Mission Hills' Caleb Charlow (Arizona); Mission Hills' Jared Chrisman (Northern Arizona–a); Santa Fe Christian's Corbin Cutshaw (UC Davis); Serra's Chris Daniels (Washington State); Mission Hills' Anthony DiMartino (Redlands–c); Scripps Ranch's Stephen Dixon (Greenville–d); Hoover's Todd Doxey (Oregon); El Capitan's Tommie Draheim (SDSU); Mission Hills' Jordan Driskill (Baker–d); St. Augustine's Chris Forcier (UCLA); Helix's Eric Forney (Eastern Oregon–d); La Costa Canyon's Kort Gibson (USD–a); Francis Parker's Gino Gordon (Harvard–a); La Costa Canyon's Brad Greenway (Cornell–a); Steele Canyon's Luis Guerra (Willamette–c); Steele Canyon's Joey Guillory (Kansas Wesleyan-d); Carlsbad's Spencer Hood (Dartmouth–a); Hilltop's Kyle Howard (Upper Iowa–c); Helix's Desmond Jackson (Eastern Oregon–d); Bishop's Chase Jensen (Dartmouth–a); Mission Hills' Brad Johnson (Pacific Lutheran–c); La Costa Canyon's Rusty Leedy (Brown–a); El Capitan's Ryan Lindley (SDSU); Parker's Tyler Mabry (Stanford); La Jolla Country Day's Alex Maire (Willamette); La Costa Canyon's Brett Marquis (USD–a); H-Town's Aason McClaron (Greenville–d); Grossmont's Shea Musgrave (Washington & Lee–c); Torrey Pines' Riley Myrick (Whittier–c); H-Town's George Newkirk (Eastern Oregon–d); H-Town's Iosefa Noa (Eastern Oregon–d); Steele Canyon's Tim Orange (Kansas Wesleyan-d); Scripps Ranch's Bobby Parker (Weber State); Eastlake's Marcus Perry (Oregon State); Grossmont's Shea Porter (Graceland–d); Scripps Ranch's Jeff Poss (Butler–a); La Costa Canyon's Glenn Rauscher (UCLA); Torrey Pines' Nic Renshaw (Graceland–d); San Diego High's Raiam Santos (Penn–a); Mira Mesa's Markques Simas (Colorado); Helix's Dorian Staton (Eastern Oregon–d); Santa Fe Christian's Rory Sullivan (Holy Cross–a); Steele Canyon's Arlin Taylor (Willamette–c); H-Town's Joshua Tauanuu (Eastern Oregon–d); La Jolla Country Day's Collin Tuck (Chapman–c); Oceanside's Jordan Vae'ena (Graceland–d); Torrey Pines' Blake Vanderwiel (UMass–a); Poway's Nick Wood (Washington).

BOYS GOLF (6): La Jolla Country Day's Connor Allan-Lee (Notre Dame); La Costa Canyon's Connor Driscoll (UCLA); Cathedral's Josh Dupont (Northwestern); Torrey Pines' Clark Grannum (Columbia); Rancho Bernardo's Alex Grieb (Pacific); La Costa Canyon's Tyler Morris (SDSU).

GIRLS GOLF (4): Poway's Lindsey McAtee (Long Beach State); Poway's Sarah Thead (Auburn); Cathedral's Angelica Villareal (Fresno State); Steele Canyon's Andrea Waters (Cal).

BOYS LACROSSE (7): Poway's Colin Barlow (Wittenberg–c); Poway's Dustin Clark (Lehigh); Poway's Joe Coleman (Dartmouth); Granite Hills' Austin Doster (St. Louis Fontbonne–c); La Costa Canyon's Josh Lucero (Lees McRae–b); Anthony VanLangen (Ithaca–c); Coronado's Geoff Worley (Vermont).

GIRLS LACROSSE (7): Poway's Kara Duggan (Williams–c); Poway's Brandi Jones (Maryland); Poway's Alyse Lasater (UC Davis); La Jolla's Taryn Olson (Cal); La Jolla's Briana Wright (Richmond); La Costa Canyon's Krystle Santos (Drew–c); Poway's Jacklyn Taylor (UC Davis).

ROWING (12): Scripps Ranch's Christine Cervenka (Murray State); Torrey Pines' Caroline Curson (UCLA); High Tech's Garrett Dieckmann (Puget Sound); Torrey Pines' Rob Ewing (Oregon State); Torrey Pines' Michelle Garber (MIT); Poway's Taryn Guiney (Cal); High Tech's Dave Hanson (Washington); Poway's Mary Jeghers (Cal); La Costa Canyon's Martha Plantz (Cal); Horizon's Kendal Roper (Washington); La Jolla's Cameron Smith (UCLA); Torrey Pines' Eric Tompkins (Cal).

BOYS SOCCER (13): Preuss' Pedro Adan (SDSU); La Costa Canyon's Ryan Anderson (Cal Poly); San Pasqual's Sean Culver (Stanford); Otay Ranch's Austin Guerrero (Portland); West Hills' Mark Demchak (Indiana Wesleyan–d); Parker's Jeff Lauer (Williams–c); Rancho Bernardo's Ryan Schmidt (UC Riverside); LJCD's Tim Sedwitz (Princeton); Torrey Pines' A.J. Soares (Cal); Granite Hills' R.J. Smith (UC Davis); Francis Parker's Amani Walker (UC Irvine); Santa Fe Christian's Jeremiah Young (UCSD–b); Carlsbad's Michael Zambon (St. Joseph's–b).

GIRLS SOCCER (31): Francis Parker's Lizzy Bendrick (Cal Baptist–d); Otay Ranch's Britney Bennett (SDSU); Cathedral Catholic's Casey Boggioni (Chaminade–b); Rancho Buena Vista's Lindsey Bollar (PLNU–d); La Costa Canyon's Pat Brady (UC Riverside); Bishop's Sarah Bromley (Dartmouth); West Hills' Chelsey Brunt (Trinity–d); Torrey Pines' Cami Burke (Pepperdine); San Pasqual's Robyn Cluka (John Brown–d); Parker's Elise Crispen (UC Santa Barbara); La Costa Canyon's Becca Delaney (Hawaii-Hilo); Poway's Kara Duggan (Williams–c); Granite Hills' Taryn Francel (Wisconsin); Westview's Lauren Kodama (UC Santa Barbara); San Pasqual's Camille Malkiewicz (John Brown-d); La Costa Canyon's Lauren Marshall (PLNU–d); San Pasqual's Aleisha Martinez (Redlands–b); La Costa Canyon's Allison McCann (Stanford); Torrey Pines' Jane Mitchell (Washington); Rancho Bernardo's Natiel Oswald-Bauer (John Brown–d); Westview's Caitlin Peterson (Biola–d); Poway's Nicole Petracca (CS San Marcos–d); Granite Hills' Ashli Sandoval (USC); Carlsbad's Morgan Saunders (CS Fullerton); La Costa Canyon's Lauren Sawchenko (Occidental–c); Westview's Caroline Shevlin (Long Beach State); Westview's Grace Shevlin (Long Beach State); La Costa Canyon's Whitney Sisler (Cal Poly); Mission Hills' Katie Taylor (TCU); Granite Hills' McKenna Waitley (Washington); Patrick Henry's Clare Wohlfeil (Hope International–d).

SOFTBALL (25): Rancho Bernardo's Jennie Auger (Georgia); Santana's Shae Bass (Michigan State); Mt. Carmel's Chelsea Bemis (Louisville); Scripps Ranch's Alexa Datko (Charleston); Imperial's Caschjen Davis (BYU); Santa Fe Christian's Rene Delagrammaticas (Boston College); Torrey Pines' Mary Episcopo (UC Santa Barbara); Bonita Vista's Mariah Gearhart (Oklahoma State); Mount Miguel's Rosie Gonzales (Mary–b); Francis Parker's Lindsay Gross (Occidental–c); Mission Hills' Melissa Hill (James Madison); Mission Hills' Kirsten Jelinski (Villanova); La Costa Canyon's Taryn Keenan (USD); Patrick Henry's Donna Kerr (UCLA); Westview's Nikki Ketteringham (Humboldt State–b); West Hills' Brianna LaChusa (Kenyon–c): Escondido's Kirsten Nouvovsky (Humboldt State–b); Mission Hills' Whitney Orellana (Illinois-Chicago); San Dieguito's Cortney Reynaga (St. Gregory's–d); Vista's Audrey Roderfeld (Oregon State); Cathedral's Chanel Rose (CSU San Marcos–d); Mt. Carmel's Alyssa Schott (USD); La Costa Canyon's Jessica Smith (Northwestern); Mira Mesa's Melissa Tillett (Northern Iowa); La Costa Canyon's Jace Williams (Washington).

GIRLS SWIMMING (9): La Jolla's Gloria Benefield (Cal Poly); Patrick Henry's Kirsten Fontana (Rutgers); Torrey Pines' Linda Hermann (UC Davis); Horizon's Rachel Heim (Ohio); Granite Hills' Christine Johnson (Buffalo); West Hills' Caitlin Macky (San Jose State); Orange Glen's Taryn Sisco (Wyoming); Mar Vista's Andrea Thiltgen (Boise State); Torrey Pines' Murphy Wimer (San Jose State).

BOYS TENNIS (4): Rancho Bernardo's Chris Frakes (St. Peter's); La Jolla Country Day's Greg Hirshman (Stanford); Poway's Michael Miller (Villanova); Cathedral Catholic's Robert Trentacosta (Pepperdine).

GIRLS TENNIS (4): Scripps Ranch's Natasha Makarova (Columbia); Futures' Kimberly Haynes (Pepperdine); Torrey Pines' Rebecca Kwan (UC Irvine); Santa Fe Christian's Kristin Strimple (PLNU–d).

BOYS TRACK (6): Eastlake's Austin Jett (Cal); La Jolla's Igor Seriba (UC Davis); San Diego's Josh Shinoff (Charleston); Rancho Bernardo's Andy Sullivan (CS Fullerton); Poway's Mark Thomas (Long Beach State); Rancho Bernardo's Jake Wertner (Utah Valley State).

GIRLS TRACK (10): University City's Dayna Anderson (Washington); El Camino's Stephanie Consiglio (Chico State); Eastlake's Mary Elisa Crimi (UC Santa Barbara); Westview's Lauren Kodama (UC Santa Barbara); Valhalla's Sarah Laine (PLNU–d); Carlsbad's Erin Langford (UCSD–b); Mt. Carmel's Katherine Rentz (U.S. Naval Academy); Kearny's Dana Roberson (UCSD); Christian's Mandy Ross (Azusa Pacific–d); Madison's Ciara Short (Cal State Fullerton).

BOYS VOLLEYBALL (4): Scripps Ranch's Drew Huffman (USC); La Costa Canyon's Keenan McCarthy (Princeton); Mission Hills' Jake Scalise (UC Santa Barbara); Rancho Bernardo's Alex Scattareggia (UCLA).

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL (21): Valhalla's Kelly Balanay (Hawaii Pacific–b); Torrey Pines' Annie Beaumont (BYU); Tri City Christian's Kelly Clausen (Colorado Christian-b); Eastlake's Madison Dempsey (Western State–b); Westview's Juliann Faucette (Texas); Torrey Pines' Rose Hanley (Seton Hall); Fallbrook's Hannah Haskell (PLNU–d); La Costa Canyon's Kelly Huston (Saint Mary's); La Costa Canyon's Kelsey Johnson (Dartmouth); La Jolla's Jennifer Keane (Cornell); Francis Parker's Cassidy Lichtman (Stanford); Fallbrook's Carli Lloyd (Cal); La Costa Canyon's Jaz Machado (UCLA); Valley Center's Shannon Moyneur (UC Riverside); Torrey Pines' Bianca Sande (Maryland-Baltimore County); La Costa Canyon's Caitlin Saxton (UC Santa Barbara); Mission Hills' Shannalei Seau-Gibson (Hannibal La Grange–d); OLP's Chloe Smith (Central Arkansas); La Costa Canyon's Julia Wehsener (Azusa Pacific–d); Bishop's Natalia Wrobel (Dartmouth); Torrey Pines' Lauren Zaniboni (North Carolina State).

BOYS WATER POLO (4): Bonita Vista's Derrik Clair-Williams (UC Irvine); Eastlake's Gavin Fluhart (Air Force Academy); Torrey Pines' Cory Nasoff (Cal); Bonita Vista's Robert Newman (U.S. Naval Academy).

GIRLS WATER POLO (14): Poway's Kara Butler (Indiana); Rancho Bernardo's Jaclyn Crosby (Siena); Vista's Kelsie Emerick (Long Beach State); La Jolla's Keller Felt (Michigan); Poway's Allison Gerrity (Stanford); Granite Hills' Kayla Lind (California Baptist–d); Westview's Kaitlin McCoy (Arizona State); Bishop's Christina Michel (Princeton); Poway's Lauren Orth (Michigan); Coronado's Molly Patrick (Cal); Coronado's Morgan Ronimus (UCLA); Bishop's Chelsea Smith-Carmichael (Stanford); Bishop's Sarah Van Norman (USC); La Jolla's Jamie Walters (CS Monterey Bay–b).

WRESTLING (2): Poway's Joe Boone (U.S. Naval Academy); Rancho Bernardo's Scotty Mahon (Embry-Riddle–d).

a–NCAA Division I-AA (football only).
b–Division II.
c–Division III.
d–NAIA.

To be included on this list, athletes must have been offered some level of athletic aid at an NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA school. Exceptions are athletes who will play at Ivy League schools and service academies and on nonscholarship Division I-AA football teams like USD. Walk-ons are not included.