North Andover Athletes Sign Letters Of Intent To Play College Sports

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — For high school athletes, Nov. 9 was the first day seniors could sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to play Division I or Division II collegiate sports next year.

Athletes from several local schools signed to play at the next level, and many schools held ceremonies to mark the occasion.

At North Andover High School, five athletes signed letters of intent:

• Nadine Abdat, volleyball, Bryant
• Diya Ackerman-Vallala, swimming, UMass
• Ryan Connolly, cross country & track, Clemson
• Matthew Roy, lacrosse, Southern New Hampshire
• Patrick Roy, lacrosse, Southern New Hampshire

Athletes from other local Patch towns who signed with colleges:

Andover High School

• Scott Brown, baseball, UMass Lowell
• Michaela Chokureva, swimming, North Carolina
• Anna Foley, Quinnipiac
• Molly Kiley, cross country and track, Boston U.
• Colin Kirn, cross country and track, UMass
• Emma Riley, field hockey, Columbia

Chelmsford High School

• Ryan Blagg, lacrosse, Merrimack
• Daniel Craig, lacrosse, Siena
• Madelin Dunbar, lacrosse, Saint Anselm
• Olivia Hall, lacross, Merrimack
• Braydon Gray, baseball, Stonehill
• Brett Trainor, cross country, track, Southern New Hampshire
• Caitlyn Walsh, lacrosse, Saint Anselm
• Jack Blaine, baseball, Assumption
• Remoré Serra, field hockey, UMass
• Makaya Alto, softball, Southern New Hampshire
• Lindsay Downer, field hockey, Bentley
• Emily Stagnone, field hockey, Bentley
• Amelia Kelley, lacrosse, Iona
• Elianna Perreira, soccer, UMass Lowell
• Maggi Loeber, lacrosse, Assumption

Phillips Academy

• Kennedy Herndon (hometown: Minneapolis, MN), lacrosse, Cal-Berkeley
• Elisabeth Rourke (Wellesley), ice hockey, Holy Cross
• Reese DiBiase (Knoxville, TN), rowing, Stanford
• Cole Mascott (Newburyport), baseball, Northwestern
• Thomas White (Rowley), baseball, Vanderbilt

Tewksbury Memorial High School

• Samantha Ryan, softball, Saint Anselm
• Carrina Barron, volleyball, Bryant
• Amanda Ogden, track, Holy Cross

Wilmington High School

• Nathan Alberti, lacrosse, Saint Anselm
• Tiffanie Smith, acrobatics and tumbling, Quinnipiac