31 senior athletes make their fall college commitments

By Jay Bedecarré 1 day ago
The December NLI Day at De La Salle saw DJ Asiasi, Jed Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Derrick Blanche Jr., Toa Faavae, Alec Blair and Davidka Skov make their college commitments.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (Dec. 16, 2024) — November and December National Letter of Intent days at four local high schools saw 31 seniors from Carondelet, Clayton Valley Charter, De La Salle and Northgate make college commitments for the fall.

For perhaps the first time ever, a large majority of the athletes will be enrolling in out-of-state schools.

Twenty of the 31 signees will matriculate to campuses in New Jersey, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Colorado, Tennessee, Kansas, Idaho, Mississippi, Maryland, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah and Nevada.

These athletes will be taking part in collegiate swimming, lacrosse, gymnastics, volleyball, soccer, softball, diving, baseball, basketball, football, track/cross country, wrestling, equestrian, golf and water polo.

There are two more NLI days for the class of 2024-25 on Feb. 5 and April 16.

Carondelet

Carondelet’s fall national letters of intent signees were, from left, Bella Ehrlich, Miranda Goldner, Katie Lakin, Samantha Walker, Ellie Butler, Abigail Cheun, Lillie King, Jessica Drobick and Maia Scholtens.

Ellie Butler (Swimming, Vanderbilt)
Abigail Cheun (Lacrosse, Rider University)
Jessica Drobick (Gymnastics, Penn)
Bella Ehrlich (Volleyball, Boston College)
Miranda Goldner (Soccer, Idaho)
Lillie King (Volleyball, Saint Michael’s College)
Katie Lakin (Soccer, Mississippi)
Maia Scholtens (Softball, UC Davis)
Samantha Walker (Soccer, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

Clayton Valley Charter

Clayton Valley celebrated three athletes at a November NLI day ceremony in the school gym honoring, from left, Fabian Gomez, Molly Gray and Elijah Perryman.

Molly Gray (Diving, Stanford)
Fabian Gomez, (Baseball UC Santa Barbara)
Elijah Perryman (Basketball, Utah State)
Chase Duarte (Football, San Diego State)
Logan Knapp (Football, Oregon State)

De La Salle

De La Salle had five boys ink NLI in November. They were, from left, Danny Schaeffer, Trey Caldwell, Antonio Castro, Joshua Kim and Alexander Ortiz.

Trey Caldwell (Track & Cross Country, Colorado)
Toa Faavae (Football, Idaho)
Jed Johnson (Swimming, Cal Poly SLO)
Derrick Blanche Jr. (Football, Portland State)
DJ Asiasi (Football, Nevada Reno)
Danny Schaeffer (Lacrosse, Maryland)
Alexander Ortiz, (Wrestling, Franklin and Marshall College)
Antonio Castro (Baseball, Cal Poly SLO)
Joshua Kim (Golf, UCLA)
Davidka Skov (Water Polo, UC San Diego)
Alex Burks (Basketball and Baseball, Oklahoma)
Matthew Johnson (Football, Oregon)

Northgate

Northgate’s fall group of seniors signing NLI included, from left, Mackenzie Hudson, Braddy Cannon, Kyle Kengla and Audrey Cheng. Not pictured, Camille Panuwat.

Braddy Cannon (Swimming, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Mackenzie Hudson (Softball, Fort Hays State College)
Audrey Cheng (Golf, Cal State Monterey Bay)
Camille Panuwat (Equestrian, University of Tennessee at Martin)
Kyle Kengla (Swimming, UC San Diego)

Jay Bedecarré
Jay Bedecarré
Sports and Schools Editor at The Concord Clayton Pioneer | sports@pioneerpublishers.com | Website

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.

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