Wantagh Seniors Sign Letters Of Intent To Play Collegiate Sports

WANTAGH, NY — Thirteen Wantagh student-athletes will go on to play collegiate sports next fall, joining elite company as only about 7 percent of high-schoolers go on to play in college.

The Wantagh School District said the talented seniors signed national letters of intent Wednesday to continue playing sports in college or university. Letter-signing is one of the most important highlights of a student-athlete's career, the district said in congratulating the kids.

Wantagh students will go on to compete in lacrosse, acrobatics and tumbling, baseball, wrestling, soccer and tennis.

Below are the names, colleges and sports for each student.

• Alexandra Alaimo, lacrosse — LIU Post
• Kyle Benedetto, lacrosse — Dominican College
• Isabella DelaCruz, acrobatics and tumbling – Hawaii Pacific University
• John Jay DeVito, baseball – New York Institute of Technology
• Anthony DiMatteo, lacrosse – LIU Post
• Josiah Encarnacion, wrestling – University of Virginia
• Morgan Flaherty, soccer – Adelphi University
• Ethan Insinga, lacrosse – Binghamton University
• Anna Martorella, tennis – St. Francis College, Brooklyn
• Nick O’Connor, baseball – St. Thomas Aquinas College
• Ryan Smith, lacrosse – New York Institute of Technology
• Nick Teresky, lacrosse – Rutgers University
• Tom vonBargen, lacrosse – LIU Post