Compiled by Steve Breazeale
Feb. 4 marked the first day that high school student-athletes in the sports of football, boy’s water polo and soccer could sign their National Letters of Intent to commit to their college of choice. At San Juan Hills High School, St. Margaret’s Episcopal and JSerra Catholic, dozens of student-athletes took part in signing day ceremonies in front of friends, family members and coaches.
Here is a partial list of San Juan Capistrano-area athletes who signed or will sign their National Letters of Intent this year and took part in the day’s festivities.
JSerra Catholic
Soccer
Julian Font (Univ. of California Irvine), Ivan Canales (Univ. of California Irvine), Ether Bustos (Cal State Fullerton), Brooke Kunzelman (Air Force)
Football
Brody Barrett (Appalachian State Univ.), D.J. Bailey (Harvard), Aaron Matthews (Lindenwood Univ.), Sam Philippi (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Nick Robinson (Univ. of Georgia), Tucker Squires (Univ. of Chicago)
Volleyball
Kayla DeMari (Hawaii Pacific Univ.)
San Juan Hills High School
Basketball
Vincent McFadden (Army)
Soccer
Emily Steil (Iowa State Univ.)
St. Margaret’s Episcopal
Lacrosse
Fernando Delgado (Villanova Univ.), Maggie Kaplan-Paliwoda (Meredith College)
Football
Charlie Beall (Stanford), Dalan Cragun (Washington Univ. of St. Louis)
Golf
Carly Jordan (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
Wrestling
Enrique Loya (Trinity College)
Volleyball
Peighton McRobie (Colgate Univ.), Emily Miller (Brown Univ.), Matt Nicholas (Princeton Univ.)
Cross Country-Track and Field
Collin Price (Harvard)