Oswego Students Sign Letters Of Intent To Play Collegiate Sports

OSWEGO, IL — Thirty-one students from Oswego High School and Oswego East High School signed letters of intent to play collegiate sports with their schools of choice, Oswego Community Unit School District 308 officials announced.

National Letter of Intent Signing Day has become a celebrated event as years of hard work culminate in the moment student-athletes commit to a verbal scholarship they received from their colleges. It's traditionally the first day that a high school student can sign a binding National Letter for a collegiate sport with a school that is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Eighteen Oswego East High and 13 Oswego High student-athletes committed on April 9 and April 16, respectively.

"Congratulations to the ... students from both high schools who committed to continuing to play their sport of choice at the collegiate level," Theresa Komitas, the district's executive director of communications and public relations, wrote in a news release.

The following Oswego East High School students committed:

• Mia Almeida, Diving/Bowling at St. Ambrose University
• TJ Anderson, Baseball at Lake Michigan College
• Emma Berglund, Track/Cross Country at Ferris State University
• Juan Cepeda, Football at Aurora University
• Olivia Van Denend, Track/Cross Country at Ferris State University
• Keyairis Evans, Track at Benedictine University
• Leah Frystak, Volleyball/Lacrosse at North Central College
• Xander Horst, Volleyball at Thomas More University
• Alexa Keith, Bowling at Carroll University
• Maggie Lewandowski, Basketball at Milwaukee School of Engineering
• Chase Maier, Swimming at Naval Academy
• Mae Robinson, Track and Field at St. Olaf College
• Riley Schwertley, Cheerleading at Iowa State University
• Jessica Stover, Wrestling at Illinois Wesleyan University
• Tyler Vlcek, Volleyball at St. Xavier University
• Austin Ward, Track at Grand Valley State University
• Xavier Williams, Track and Field at Aurora University
• Michael Wurst, Baseball at Waubonsee Community College

These students from Oswego High School signed letters of intent:

• Jian Bacerdo, Men’s Volleyball at Concordia University Wisconsin
• Julia Braun, Swimming at Carthage College
• Ella Cagle, Swimming at Truman State University
• Michael Claycombe, Football at Iowa Central Community College
• Lucy Cler, Cross Country/Track & Field at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
• Kelsey Foster, Women’s Volleyball at Saginaw Valley State University
• William Jules Hawkins, Cheerleading at Roosevelt University
• Isaac Izeta, Men’s Volleyball at William Penn University
• Brody Kelsey, Baseball at Triton College
• Griffin Olson, Tennis at Webster University
• Hunter O’Neill, Basketball at Waubonsee Community College
• Delaney Reily, Swimming at York College of Pennsylvania
• Cooper Wynn, Wrestling at St. Ambrose University