Early signing day: Athletes, parents, schools celebrate across Southern California
Wednesday is the first day to sign an early national letter of intent for all sports but football, and that means schools, parents and athletes are celebrating around Southern California.
The Southland continues to have one of the strongest representations in high school baseball.
UCLA coach John Savage had the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation last season and is taking away another strong group, including the No. 1 player from the City Section, Easton Hawk of Granada Hills.
Peyton Waters does it all for Birmingham: receiver, wildcat QB, safety and punter. He’s on the verge of winning a third City Section football title.
“The sky’s the limit with him,” Granada Hills coach Matt Matuszak said of the pitcher-outfielder. who throws in the 90s. “I think he’s a guy who will play on TV one day in the big leagues.”
Congratulations @easton_hawk27! Go @UCLABaseball! @ghctk12 pic.twitter.com/nYm2cPWcKw
— Coach Matuszak (@CoachTooz) November 8, 2023
Other UCLA signees are Corona pitcher Ethan Schiefelbein, Mater Dei pitcher Wylan Moss, La Salle center fielder David Mysza, Santa Margarita outfielder Logan de Groot and San Dimas shortstop Kasen Khansarinia.
Orange Lutheran baseball signees include Ben Reiland (Oklahoma State), Derek Curiel (LSU), Finnegan Stewart (Utah Tech), Nate Savoie (Loyola Marymount), Vinny Hudson (Arizona), Gabe Fraser (Arkansas) and Alex Chavez (Loyola Marymount).
The Los Angeles Times’ All-Star high school baseball team for 2023 features three front-line pitchers.
Harvard-Westlake’s big three pitchers are signing: Thomas Bridges (TCU), Bryce Rainer (Texas) and Duncan Marsten (Wake Forest).
Corona catcher Josh Springer signed with Oregon and pitcher Sam Burgess with TCU.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame baseball signees. All right-handed pitchers. pic.twitter.com/kgJcK7KWQU
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 8, 2023
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s baseball signees are all right-handed pitchers: Levi Sterling (Texas), Sammy Petrocelli (Stanford), Erikas Puodziunas (Michigan) and Nathan Kuglar (Dartmouth,
Trent Perry is officially a Trojan. Point guard. pic.twitter.com/ko30bMh2pk
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 8, 2023
Corona Centennial basketball players Carter Bryant (Arizona) and Eric Freeny (UCLA) signed on Wednesday. Mercy Miller of Notre Dame signed with Houston. Trent Perry of Harvard-Westlake will sign with USC. Isaiah Elohim of Sierra Canyon is headed to Arkansas. James Evans of West Ranch signed with UNLV. Jack Turner of St. John Bosco signed with Loyola University. Sebastian Rancik of JSerra signed with Colorado.
The shocker of the day came at Loyola, where the nation’s No. 1 boys’ volleyball player, Sean Kelly, signed with UCLA. He had been committed to Princeton for months. He had an injury recently and took time to reconsider his options, coach Mike Boehle said.
“There was a whirlwind of events that took place,” Boehle said. “He felt UCLA was going to give him his best chance for athletic and academic success.”
This article will be updated throughout the day with more signing day news.
Corona Centennial basketball signees. Carter Bryant and Eric Freeny. Officially a Wildcat and Bruin. pic.twitter.com/vCqz8xMsHL
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 8, 2023
FALL SIGNING DAY!
— Oak Park Athletics (@OPathletics) November 8, 2023
All are welcome to come support our student athletes that are signing to play at the next level. See you in the gym at lunch. 🦅 pic.twitter.com/Prrj1gdp8U
— Aquinas High School Athletics (@AquinasAthSB) November 8, 2023
Congratulations to our Spartans making their commitments! pic.twitter.com/uA232xSSLU
— Damien Athletics (@DamienSports) November 8, 2023
NLI SIGNING DAY AT YUCAIPA HS
— YUCAIPA BASEBALL (@CoachGrajeda) November 8, 2023
Danny Arambula @LSUbaseball Noah Reimer @CSUNBaseball & Wes Hickey @USC_Baseball
Congrats! 👊🏽 @latsondheimer @CallMeEPJ @SportswithPep @PrepDawg2 @California_PG @PG_Scouting @LSUCoachJ @CornejoEddie @turntwo17 #YUCAIPA pic.twitter.com/ogy84pbwrF
Congratulations to Molly MacMillan '24 on signing with @TexasSoccer @TexasLonghorns @UTAustin pic.twitter.com/aMtYSGnb0e
— SANTA MARGARITA Catholic High School (@SMCHSEagles) November 8, 2023
Congratulations to Jake Lavin '24 on signing with @CalBaseball @CalAthletics @Cal pic.twitter.com/bSGE0TD1MM
— SANTA MARGARITA Catholic High School (@SMCHSEagles) November 8, 2023
St. Margaret's Student-Athletes Commit to Prestigious Colleges and Universities During Fall Signing Period
— SMES Athletics (@SMESAthletics) November 8, 2023
Read more: https://t.co/PBTYwKAedM@ocvarsity @latsondheimer @SouthOCsports @SOCoPrepSports @OCSportsZone pic.twitter.com/BmHfthYwH6
Congratulations to @ServiteSoccer player Joe Moyer ‘24 on his commitment to play soccer at Stanford University!
— Servite Athletics (@ServiteSports) November 7, 2023
Read more about his decision here - https://t.co/jbbEsrmy4e#credo #foreverafriar pic.twitter.com/BaGiKZUBdD
Welcome to Westwood, Aleena Garcia! 🏡
— UCLA Softball (@UCLASoftball) November 8, 2023
The middle infielder is headed to UCLA!#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/kSMzLwYzRs
Signing Day:
— Corona Panthers Baseball Boosters (@CPBBoosters) November 8, 2023
Congrats to these outstanding young men on their baseball accomplishments! pic.twitter.com/kUGBY8C5uX
Congratulations to Brianne Weiss for signing her NLI to continue her academic career and play softball at the University of Notre Dane. We are so proud of you and can’t wait to watch you succeed at your dream school! #OLuOn2 @latsondheimer @ocvarsityguy pic.twitter.com/kORf113jL4
— OLu Softball (@OLuSoftball) November 8, 2023
Triton NLI Signees today: Brett Ephraim (XC/Track) Colorado State; Kai Schmitt (Volleyball) Stanford; Gianna Feldsien (Soccer) U.of Pacific; Nolan Rooker (Diving) Northwestern. Congratulations - we are proud of you!!! 👍💪🏃♂️🏐⚽️🏆🎓@ocvarsity @latsondheimer pic.twitter.com/QPYlRIz0Bh
— Triton Athletics (@SCHSTritons) November 8, 2023
𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗗 ✍️
— Colorado Men's Basketball (@CUBuffsMBB) November 8, 2023
welcome to Colorado, @RancikSebastian 🦬 pic.twitter.com/KstCMhqexY
Congratulations to our senior Izabella Galan for signing her NLI to play collegiate softball at Augustana University in South Dakota! @breezepreps @latsondheimer @SBLiveCA @DamianCalhoun @JamaalStreet @Tarek_Fattal pic.twitter.com/RRSAmXxd4v
— San Pedro High Softball (@PedroSoftball) November 8, 2023
Big day for Jackson Banuelos (CSUN) & Ben Cushnie (USC) for signing their NLI today! Congrats to their families, and we know you'll each have a great senior season! @USC_Baseball @CSUNBaseball @JustinwillTweet @latsondheimer @JoeyCohenPG @PBR_California pic.twitter.com/Zp6FH9aGEh
— West Ranch Baseball (@wrbaseball) November 8, 2023
𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙮 • Congrats to our senior signees! #C4L
— Loyola High School Athletics (@LoyolaAthletics) November 8, 2023
• 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞: Luke Stickler (Johns Hopkins)
Kenny Russo (Boston)
• 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲: Sean Kelly (UCLA)
• 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫: JC Bermudez (Chicago)
• 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥: Augie Lopez (USC)
Nate Stern (TCU) pic.twitter.com/qQkvrO4aQE
Ink is Dry! '24 Hog commit & Nat'l Top 35 / 4-star Isaiah Elohim @ElohimIsaiah (6-5 G, Sierra Canyon in Calif.) signed his NLOI w/Arkansas on Wed ...
— Kevin McPherson (@ARHoopScoop) November 8, 2023
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Big Congratulations to Ava Tibor on her signing to UC San Diego! Ava we are so proud of you! Let your light shine bright! Camino to you!! pic.twitter.com/fq2Hbup7TI
— ECR Athletics 1 (@ecr_athletics) November 8, 2023
Special Day for James Evans to sign his NLI to play at UNLV. Congrats to the Evans family and Thank you for trusting us for 4 years we are looking forward to a memorable senior season! #Rebels #AllCats @Tarek_Fattal @pollonpreps @latsondheimer pic.twitter.com/7WuYed5x61
— The_RanchHoops (@The_RanchHoops) November 8, 2023
Servite signees: Joe Moyer (soccer), Lucas Rodriguez (water polo), Eamon Rigdon (volleyball). pic.twitter.com/eq1VO3cbEd
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 8, 2023
Congratulations to Sr. Annika Sogsti on her commitment to Cal State Fullerton. Annika has been a varsity starter since her freshman year & led the Mariners in doubles & RBI in 2023. Pacifica is not CIF Champs without Annika’s presence. @ggusdathletics @ocvarsityguy @Fullerton_SB pic.twitter.com/gnO59Gszb0
— Pacifica High School Softball🥎 (@PacHS_Softball) November 8, 2023
Amber Nowaczek women’s water polo. pic.twitter.com/cbs8AU1JTa
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 8, 2023
Congrats to Trent Taliaferro (UCLA), Sebastian Rancik (Colorado), Charlie Caruso (Northwestern), Eva Hurtado (Cal State Fullerton), Kaylie Layfield (George Washington), Maysen Veronda (Texas A&M), Hannah Puff (Colorado), & Bella Stewart (Kentucky) for signing NLI on Wednesday! pic.twitter.com/1hE7acTYqd
— JSerraAthletics (@JSerraAthletics) November 9, 2023
Congrats to the SEVEN Pacifica softball players who signed their NLI today!
— GGUSD Athletics (@ggusdathletics) November 9, 2023
Kaniya Bragg-UCLA
Delaina Ma’ae-UC Santa Barbara
Brynne Nally-LB State
Kayli Counts-Cal
Malia Cuevas-NW Missouri State
Annika Sogsti-Cal State Fullerton
Sam Milligan-Davis & Elkins#ggusdsoftball… pic.twitter.com/UDpHU5HzTM
Congratulations to our players who signed their NLI today!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— NPHS Baseball (@NpBase) November 9, 2023
Cade Falsken @BeaverBaseball
Grayson Paul @CSUNBaseball
Justin Frohn @LCPiosBB
Paul Lizzul @lmulionsBSB pic.twitter.com/sWG4oA2oxr
2️⃣3️⃣Sea Hawks celebrated on NATIONAL SIGNING DAY! What an epic event at Redondo for our athletes and their families and friends❤️ @RUHSAthletics @latsondheimer @latimessports @breezepreps @RUHSFlock @SteveFryer @CIFSS @RedondoSpirit pic.twitter.com/1pdYoxOfql
— Redondo HS ASB (@RUHSASB) November 9, 2023
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