21 seniors formally commit to college programs for the fall
CONCORD, CA (June 1, 2024) — Carondelet, Mt. Diablo, Clayton Valley Charter and De La Salle high schools celebrated 21 senior student athletes this spring who signed their National Letters of Intent last month to play their sport starting in the fall at 18 colleges from coast to coast.
The signees will be playing 12 sports in college including soccer, swimming, basketball, lacrosse, competitive cheer, rugby, wrestling, football, volleyball, track, baseball and cross country.
Besides Northern and Southern California, the local college signees are headed for Illinois, New Hampshire, Oregon, Nevada, Missouri, Arizona and Washington DC to further their academic and athletic pursuits.
Spring NLI signees
(sport and college):
Carondelet
Natalie Aiken (Swimming, Georgetown)
Sophia Bruzzone (Lacrosse, San Diego State)
Gabriella Dedes (Lacrosse, Westminster)
Sophia Lohmeier (Basketball, Dominican-Chicago)
Marina Miller (Volleyball, Keene State)
Ella Reardon (Cheerleading, Cal Baptist)
Clayton Valley Charter
Jerry Coakley (Baseball, William Jessup)
Daniel Messer (Cross Country and Track, American)
Makenna Brady (Soccer, Willamette)
Zoe Lahanas (Track and Field, Cal Berkeley)
Skylar Bennett (Track 2and Field, Nevada Reno)
De La Salle
Landon Dunn (Football, Southwest Baptist)
Manuel Martir (Wrestling, Simpson)
Kaelan Meyer (Rugby, Arizona)
Caleb Tatad (Wrestling, Cal Poly Humboldt)
Dominic Zapata (Rugby, Arizona)
Chris Biller (Rugby, Cal Berkeley)
Joey Deitchman (Rugby, Saints Mary’s)
Dom Gallwitz (Football, Redlands)
Parker Beilke (Rugby, Arizona)
Mt. Diablo
Mykalyn Gutierrez (Basketball, Pacific Union)
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Jay Bedecarré is a long-time resident and writer in Concord and Clayton. He began his newspaper writing career while still a senior at Mt. Diablo High School and he has been part of The Pioneer since its inception in 2003. Jay also operates Bay Area Festivals, presenting events around the San Francisco Bay Area including Bay Area KidFest annually in Downtown Concord.