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West Islip High Celebrates 17 College-Bound Athletes

College-bound athletes commit in West Islip

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Seventeen West Islip High School student-athletes have committed to play their respective sports in college next year. They are pictured with West Islip’s athletic director Timothy Horan and West Islip High School Principal Andrew O’Farrell.
Seventeen West Islip High School student-athletes have committed to play their respective sports in college next year. They are pictured with West Islip’s athletic director Timothy Horan and West Islip High School Principal Andrew O’Farrell. (Courtesy of West Islip Union Free School District)

WEST ISLIP, NY — Seventeen student-athletes from West Islip High School's class of 2025 have committed to playing their respective sports in college next year.

Here is the list of students and their colleges:

  • Alex Abi-Zeid (baseball): University of Bridgeport
  • Giavanna Battista (lacrosse): Western Connecticut University
  • Derek Busking (lacrosse): Siena College
  • Evan Byrnes (baseball): Union College
  • Kevin Cinotti (lacrosse): St. John’s University
  • Mickey Faulkner (lacrosse): Fairfield University
  • Makenna Gagliardi (lacrosse): Penn State University
  • Jack Harvell (lacrosse): Arcadia University
  • Nick Klimatas (lacrosse): Manhattan University
  • Gannon Klimuszko (volleyball): Roanoke College
  • Jaden Langhorn (lacrosse): SUNY Oneonta
  • CJ Marino (soccer): SUNY Oswego
  • Ella Okurowski (lacrosse): College of New Jersey
  • Erin Palmeri (soccer): St. John’s University
  • Quinn Reilly (lacrosse): High Point University
  • James Sabella (baseball): SUNY Canton
  • Courtney Xippolitos (lacrosse): Towson University

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