74 Student Athletes Sign Scholarship Commitment Letters

CANTON, GA -- Seventy-four Cherokee County School District student athletes were recognized last week in a ceremony for signing scholarship commitment letters to compete at the college level.

The event, which was held Feb. 1 at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Conference Center in Canton, is coordinated each year by the district's Office of School Operations to recognize student athletes, along with their parents, coaches, athletic directors and principals, for making their college choices for a variety of sports on National Signing Day.

Feb. 1 is the earliest day on which high school seniors can make a commitment to play football for a NCAA college. While football draws most of the attention, Cherokee County students were recognized for commitments to compete in a variety of sports, including basketball, football, golf, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, volleyball, track, as well as the first scholarship awarded in acrobatics & tumbling.

Thirty-three of the students will be going out of state, attending colleges in 11 other states, plus Washington, D.C. Students recognized during the ceremony include:

Cherokee High School

• Montrell Washington, Football, Samford University (AL)
• Aaron Knowles, Football, U.S. Military Academy- West Point (NY)
• Jake Alvey, Football, U.S. Air Force Academy (CO)
• Charles Perry, Football, Reinhardt University
• Kamari Walker, Football, Reinhardt University
• Braxton Swanson, Baseball, Sewanee: University of the South (TN)
• Andrew Cline, Baseball, Covenant College
• Ryan Inches, Baseball, Cleveland State Community College (TN)
• Emily Pope, Volleyball, Georgia College & State University
• Brandon Leftwich, Track, Piedmont College
• Autumn Bible, Softball, Reinhardt University
• Alise Hooks, Softball, Reinhardt University
• Kindell Reeves, Softball, Georgia Highlands College

Creekview High School

• Rachel Chapman, Basketball, Brenau University
• Brian Davis, Baseball, Gordon State College
• Connor Dove, Baseball, Georgia Highlands College
• Josh Horwitz, Football, Huntingdon College (AL)
• Trevor Kolb, Football, Tennessee Technological University (TN)
• Allison Luly, Basketball, Belmont University (TN)
• Bradford Martin, Baseball, Washington & Lee University (VA)
• Michelle McCord, Swimming, University of Illinois (IL)
• Molly Morris, Cross County/Track, Georgia State University
• Austin Owen, Baseball, Toccoa Falls College
• Emily Snyder, Swimming, University of Missouri (MO)
• Leah Waagen, Soccer, Toccoa Falls College
• Jacob Webb, Football, University of North Carolina-Charlotte (NC)

Etowah High School

• Andrew Keene, Baseball, Georgia State University
• Drew Waters, Baseball, University of Georgia
• Macki Walsh, Cross Country/Track, Troy University (AL)
• Tyray Devezin, Football, Mercer University
• Stuart Head, Football, Stanford University (CA)
• Ansley Froman, Acrobatics & Tumbling, Azusa Pacific University (CA)
• Hayes Johnson, Lacrosse, Young Harris College
• Rhys Jeffrey, Soccer, Georgia Southern University
• Reese Lavery, Soccer, Missouri State University (MO)
• Rylan Lavery, Soccer, Missouri State University (MO)
• Alexis Palazzo, Softball, Georgia Highlands College
• Mallory Gilmer, Tennis, University of Alabama (AL)
• Cole Heller, Tennis, Appalachian State University (NC)

River Ridge High School

• Hannah Bruce, Softball, Andrew College
• Brinna Collender, Softball, Kennesaw State University
• Bayleigh Lott, Softball, University of Montevallo (AL)
• Darion Spencer, Softball, Reinhardt University
• Gabby Williams, Softball, Tusculum College (TN)
• Reiley Mullen, Soccer, Georgia State University
• Caitlyn Peterson, Soccer, Columbus State University
• Somadina Okeke, Football, North Carolina Central University (NC)
• Hayden Martin, Baseball, Georgia Southwestern State University
• Maxwell Miller, Track/Cross Country, Piedmont College

Sequoyah High School

• Marcelle Butler, Volleyball, Howard University (Washington, DC)
• Katie Williams, Lacrosse, Reinhardt University
• Olivia Sengstock, Lacrosse, Reinhardt University
• Kendall Williams, Softball, Georgia Highlands College
• Dawson Pfost, Baseball, Birmingham Southern College (AL)
• Joseph Cuomo, Baseball, Bryan College (TN)
• Tyler Koprowski, Baseball, Trevecca Nazarene University (TN)
• Amanda Brown, Soccer, Life University
• Matt Webb, Lacrosse, Reinhardt University
• Taylor White, Lacrosse, Reinhardt University
• McGwire Wells, Football, Berry College

Woodstock High School

• Brant Hurter, Baseball, Georgia Tech
• Jared Staples, Baseball, Kennesaw State University
• Nolan Tressler, Baseball, Georgia Southern University
• Devyn Lowe, Basketball, University of South Alabama (AL)
• Ethan Chamberlin, Football, Rhodes College (TN)
• Abigail Bolt, Golf, Appalachian State University (NC)
• Ian Mastriana, Lacrosse, Methodist University (NC)
• Nicole Frazer, Lacrosse, Georgetown College (KY)
• Logan Llano, Soccer, Presbyterian College (SC)
• Jared McWhorter, Soccer, Lee University (TN)
• Madelyn Reid, Softball, West Georgia Technical College
• Breanna Roper, Softball, Georgia Tech
• Lexi Solorzano, Softball, Kennesaw State University
• Jaclyn Csubak, Swimming, Georgia Southern University

Photo 1: Cherokee High School students
Photo 2: River Ridge High School students
Photo 3: Sequoyah High School students
Photo 4: Etowah High School students
Photo 5: Creekview High School students
Photo 6: Woodstock High School students
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District