Another NCAA National Letter of Intent Signing Period Begins Next Week

High school athletes in South Orange County, as well as across the nation, can begin signing their letters of intent on April 13 for baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming, girls water polo, golf, lacrosse wrestling and others.

This is considered the "regular" signing period for these sports, and its window will remain open for baseball through May 18 and for the other sports through Aug. 1. The "early" signing period took place last November.

A letter of intent is a written promise by a student-athlete to attend a college or university for one academic year. In return, the school guarantees a one-year athletic scholarship as long as the student is admitted and qualifies for financial aid under NCAA guidelines.

Also, all NCAA Division I and II schools that participate in the program are prohibited from continuing to recruit a student who has signed with another school.

Signings and commitments we have been able to gather so far:

BOYS BASKETBALL

Signings:

Danny Cheek, Corona del Mar (Northern Arizona)

Isaac Neilson, Mission Viejo (BYU)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Signings:

Erin Butler, Mission Viejo (Arizona)

BASEBALL

Signings/Commitments:

Kyle Hunt, Capistrano Valley (Nevada)

David Longville, Capistrano Valley (Hawaii)

Brian Choi, Dana Hills (UC San Diego)

Tyler Brashears, El Toro, Jr. (UC Irvine) -- commitment

Matt Chapman, El Toro (CS Fullerton)

Garrett Mundell, El Toro (Fresno State)

Trent Boras, JSerra (USC)

Austin Hedges, JSerra (UCLA)

Tyler Krause, JSerra (UC Irvine)

Billy Tanner, J Serra, Jr.  (UC Davis) -- commitment

Clay Williamson, JSerra (CS Fullerton)

Nick Vilter, Los Alamitos (UC Riverside)

Willie Kuhl, Mission Viejo (CS Fullerton)

Kieran Lovegrove, Mission Viejo, Jr. (Arizona State) -- commitment

Ryan Muno, Mission Viejo (San Diego State)

Ryan Raslowsky, Mission Viejo (CS Northridge)

Austin Saenz, Mission Viejo (CS Fullerton)

Adam Anawalt, San Clemente (San Diego State) 

Joel Atkinson, San Clemente (Oklahoma State)

Tanner Donnels, Tesoro (Loyola Marymount)

Kris Paulino, Tesoro (UC Irvine)

Braden Peters, Tesoro (San Diego State)

Connor Spencer, Tesoro (UC Irvine)

SOFTBALL

Signings:

Kate Dickman, Capistrano Valley (Utah)

Lauren Chamberlain, El Toro (Oklahoma)

Victoria Lievanos, El Toro (La Sierra)

Kylee Lahners, Laguna Hills (Washington)

Mario Sio, Laguna Hills (Fresno State)

Mandie Sugita, Los Alamitos (Seattle University)

Erin Butler, Mission Viejo (Arizona)

Nicole Byron, Mission Viejo (Maine)

Amanda Fernandez, Mission Viejo (Boston University)

Alison McKibben, Mission Viejo (Humboldt State)

Kailey McCasland, San Clemente (Louisiana State)

Amy Letourneau, Santa Margarita (Northwestern)

Catie Monnahan, Santa Margarita (CS San Marcos)

Amanda Reiss, Santa Margarita (Northwest Christian)

Addy Hoskins, Tesoro (Northwest Christian)

Cassandra Rouland, Tesoro (Stanford)

Alexa Chattleton, Trabuco Hill (Sacramento State)

Kelsi Luttrell, Trabuco Hills (Providence)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Signings:

Spencer Haly, Corona del Mar (Stanford)

Ryan Hardy, El Toro (Pepperdine)

Matt Marsh, Mission Viejo (UC Santa Barbara)

Cody Caldwell, Newport Harbor (Loyola University Chicago)

Ryan Baine, Santa Margarita (Loyola University Chicago)

Spencer Buckley, Santa Margarita (UC Santa Barbara)

Taylor Hammond, Santa Margarita (Penn State)

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Signings:

Morgan Boukather, Corona del Mar (Stanford)

Claire Ham, Corona del Mar (Auburn)

Ver'Leea Hardaway, Mission Viejo (Washington State)

Jill Meyers, Mission Viejo (Delaware)

Danielle White, Mission Viejo (Georgetown)

Chelsea Heier, San Clemente (Marquette)

Molly Yoder, San Clemente (UC Irvine)

Kathryn Conner, Santa Margarita (Brown University)

Sam Tinsley, Santa Margarita (St. Mary's)

Commitments:

Chelsea Heier, San Clemente (Marquette)

Allison Palmer, Laguna Beach (Arizona State)

BOYS SWIMMING/DIVING

Commitments:

John Kim, Corona del Mar (Yale)

Clay Pinckney, Newport Harbor (Duke)

Cameron Price, St. Margaret's (Dartmouth)

GIRLS SWIMMING/DIVING

Signings:

Melanie Klaren, Aliso Niguel (California)

Krista Walton, Capistrano Valley (San Jose State)

Casey Mims, JSerra (California)

Courtney Wilde, Laguna Hills (UCLA)

Christine Rommel, Mission Viejo (San Jose State)

Sasha Westberg, Mission Viejo (Navy)

Silken Jones, San Clemente (Princeton)

GIRLS WATER POLO

Signings

Maddie Schwartz, Corona del Mar (San Diego State)

Colleen McNaught, Dana Hills (Indiana)

Danielle Styles, Dana Hills (San Jose State)

Justine Morgan, El Toro (Long Beach State)

Chloe Kempf, JSerra (Brown)

Jessie Holechek, Laguna Beach (Princeton)

Jessica Shusko, Laguna Beach (Santa Clara)

Cory Dodson, Los Alamitos (Stanford)

Savanna Smith, Los Alamitos (California)

Catherine Carpenter, Newport Harbor, (Stanford)

Sarah Wilkey, Newport Harbor (UCLA)

Celine Lazarro, San Clemente (Virginia Military Academy)

Mackenzie Beck, Santa Margarita (Loyola Marymount)

Carina Carballo, Santa Margarita (San Diego State)

WRESTLING

Signings:

Zach Fishman, San Clemente (Northwestern)

BOYS GOLF

 Signings:

Mark Jensma, Aliso Niguel (CS Fullerton)

Eric Taylor, San Juan Hills (Sacramento State)

Owen Taylor, San Juan Hills (Sacramento State)

Kevin DeHuff, Santa Margarita (Pepperdine)

GIRLS GOLF

Signings:

Dawn Chapman, San Clemente (Briar Cliff-Iowa)

McKenna Pautsch, San Clemente (CS San Marcos)

Amy Alston, Santa Margarita (San Diego State)

Kelsey Hummer, Santa Margarita (CS Monterey Bay)

BOYS LACROSSE

Signings:

Donald Dalton, Corona del Mar (Drexel)

Brian Braasch, El Toro (Arizona State)

Ryan Page, Tesoro (Grand Canyon University)

GIRLS LACROSSE

Signings:

Marcy Levitano, Laguna Hills (Fresno State)

Megan Armes, Mission Viejo (St. Mary's)

Sierra Michaelsen, Newport Harbor (Wellesley College)

CREW

Michael Delahanty, Corona del Mar (California)

Trevor Russell, Corona del Mar (California)

ICE HOCKEY

Signings:

Alison Pankowski, Santa Margarita (Princeton)

ACROBATICS/TUMBLING

Signings:

Paige Mullins, Los Alamitos (Azusa Pacific)

Erika Schaefer, Mission Viejo (Oregon)

Previous signing periods during the 2010-11 school year:

Nov. 10-17 -- basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, swimming, girls water polo, golf, lacrosse and wrestling (early signing period).

FOOTBALL

Signings/Commitments:

Alex Heineman, Capistrano Valley (Cincinnati)

Peter Markel, Corona del Mar (University of British Columbia)

Chris Kearney, Dana Hills (San Jose State)

Cody Meddaugh, Dana Hills (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)

Trent Mason, Dana Hills (South Dakota State)

Jack Alvarez, El Toro (Penn)

Ryan Murphy, El Toro (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Mark Martindale, Laguna Hills (UC Davis)

Aaron Davis, Los Alamitos (Colorado State)

Andrew Faraimo, Los Alamitos (West Liberty University)

Andrew Main, Los Alamitos (Nevada)

Ben Wysocki, Los Alamitos (UCLA)

Kyle Zottneck, Los Alamitos (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Ethan DeSilva, Mission Viejo (Yale)

Dallas Kessman, Mission Viejo (U of San Diego)

Tre Madden, Mission Viejo (USC)

Mitch Melugin, Mission Viejo (Northern Arizona)

Michael Schmall, Mission Viejo (Penn)

J.B. Salem, Newport Harbor (Stanford)

Thomas Olds, San Clemente (Hawaii)

Andrew Strange, San Clemente (Harvard)

Ari Uzo-Okereke, San Juan Hills (Air Force)

Connor O'Modhrain, San Juan Hills (Wingate)

Michael Perryman, San Juan Hills (Montana State)

Reiley Higgins, Santa Margarita (Brown)

Sean O'Grady, Tesoro (Arizona State)

Oleg Parent, Trabuco Hills (North Carolina Central)

Scott Thompson, Trabuco Hills (North Carolina State)

Andrew Walsh, Trabuco Hills (Cal Poly SLO)

Saddleback College Football Signings:

Michael Frisina, Brea Olinda (Boise State)

Taber Cheo, Capistrano Valley (Evangel)

Matt Reza, Edison (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Andrew Douglass, San Clemente (Robert Morris)

Max Little, San Clemente (Humboldt State)

Steven Watts, San Clemente (Stony Brook)

Lanny Papanikolas, Skyline, Utah (Weber State)

Blake Harrah, Temecula Valley (Oregon State)

Sean Reilly, Trabuco Hills (Nevada Las Vegas)

Samuel Tautolo, Valley View (Iowa State)

Orange Coast College Football Signings:

Bryce Brantley, Edison (Stony Brook - NY)

Lucas Vandeman, Edison (Tabor College)

Bryan Pali, Kamehameha, HI (Eastern Michigan)

Kyle Hubert, Mater Dei (Nebraska)

Isaiah Reupena, Mater Dei (Western Carolina)

Eric Homec, Bozeman, UT (Montana State)

Kaiona Dutro, Newport Harbor (BYU)

Bryan Sonnevedt, Rogers, WA (University of Puget Sound)

Rob Wright, Trabuco Hills (Tabor College)

Golden West College Football Signings (with O.C. Patch connections):

Kyle Testman, Capistrano Valley (Loyola Marymount)

BOYS WATER POLO

Signings/Commitments:

Hayden Leach, Corona del Mar (Long Beach State)

Emery Molnar, Corona del Mar (USC)

Evan Ramsey, Corona del Mar (Harvard)

Chase Watson, Corona del Mar (USC)

Jonathan Amato, Dana Hills (Chapman)

Kevin Guck, Dana Hills (Concordia)

Larson Pfeil, Dana Hills (UC Irvine)

Russell Renteria, El Toro (USC)

Macrae Carden, JSerra (USC) 

Austin Ringheim, Los Alamitos (UC Irvine)

BOYS SOCCER

Signings/Commitments:

Brian Ford, Corona del Mar (UC Davis)

Colin Parker, El Toro (CS East Bay)

Lucas Dali Orso, JSerra (CS Bakersfield)

Dylan Seedman, JSerra (Loyola Marymount)

Juan Gutierrez, JSerra (UC Irvine)

Tyler Simkins, JSerra (Cal)

Tim Harty, Los Alamitos (CS San Bernardino)

Chris Britt, Mission Viejo (Army)

Christian Gonzalez, Mission Viejo (CS Northridge)

Erik Macke, Mission Viejo (St. Mary's)

Steve Palacios, San Clemente (Cal Poly SLO)

Tom Wichert, San Clemente (Vassar)

Chris Rawji, Santa Margarita (Cal)

Bryan Breslin, Tesoro (UC Irvine)

Michael Breslin Tesoro (UC Irvine)

GIRLS SOCCER

Signings/Commitments:

Madison Beckley, Aliso Niguel (Ohio State)

Brenna Isbell, Aliso Niguel (UC San Diego)

Jessie Mancilla, Aliso Niguel (Montana State University at Billings)

Darion Wiegert, Aliso Niguel (South Carolina State)

Lindsey Luke, Corona del Mar (Wake Forest)

Desiree Bramlette, Dana Hills (Arizona)

Kaitlin Dickmann, Dana Hills (Cal)

Kelly McCormick, Dana Hills (Mississippi)

Kelly Whelan, Dana Hills (Northern Arizona)

Megan Daniels, El Toro (Seattle)

Renae Russell, El Toro (Seattle)

Malia Tano, El Toro (Northern Arizona)

Ale Amador, Los Alamitos (Lamar)

Adriana Gjonovich, Los Alamitos (Cal State Fullerton)

Amanda Sears, Los Alamitos (Virginia Commonwealth)

Shanelle Simien, Los Alamitos (Oregon)

Mariah Helmer, Mission Viejo (San Diego State)

Megan Khademi, Newport Harbor (Nevada)

Tessa Andujar, San Clemente (Florida)

Mikaela Carillo, San Clemente (Idaho State)

Frannie Coxe, San Clemente (Yale)

Renee McDermott, San Clemente (Texas A&M)

Alex Reisinger, San Clemente (Lafayette)

Torri Sims, San Clemente (Chico State)

Lauren Bohaboy, Santa Margarita (Notre Dame)

MacKenzie Cochrane, Santa Margarita (Fresno State)

Courtney Doud, Santa Margarita (Bucknell)

Leigh Edwards, Santa Margarita (Texas A&M)

Hailey Guerrero, Santa Margarita (UC Santa Barbara)

Taylor Kreb, Santa Margarita (Boston College)

Emily Roth, Santa Margarita (Northern Arizona)

Danielle Hansen, Tesoro (CS San Marcos)

Samantha Nerney, Tesoro (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Jamie Turchi, Tesoro (Boston University)

Torey Markowitz, Tesoro (UCLA)

Victoria Russo, Tesoro (UC Irvine)

Cailey Starck, Tesoro (Ball State)

Sam Fillion, Trabuco Hills (Concordia)

Cassidy Glass, Trabuco Hills (University of Colorado-Pueblo)

Jessica Mandarich, Trabuco Hills (Wake Forest)

Natalie Werner, Trabuco Hills ( TCU)

BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD

Brad Bolton, El Toro (Michigan)

Bobby Woyjeck, Los Alamitos (CS Monterey Bay)

Jantzen Oshier, Trabuco Hills (California)

GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD

Signings/Commitments:

Bronte Golick, Capistrano Valley (UCLA)

Alaina Alvarez, Dana Hills (Harvard)

Hanna Edwards, El Toro (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Katherine Delaney, JSerra (California)