High school athletes from East Cobb and around the country officially made their college choices on Wednesday on what’s known as National Signing Day.
That’s when they officially signed letters-of-intent to receive scholarship aid to the college or university of their choice.
Some athletes will be receiving full-ride scholarships—all expenses paid—and others partial scholarships. That depends on the sport and the number of scholarships available.
In football, most scholarships are full-ride. For two football players at Sprayberry, they will be heading to two of the top college programs in the country.
The Yellow Jackets had another outstanding season finishing 9-2, and reaching the first round of the Georgia High School Association Class 5A playoffs.
Defensive back Jorden Edmonds committed to the University of Alabama, and made it official in a signing ceremony Wednesday at Sprayberry.
Kealan Jones, another Sprayberry defensive back, had committed to the University of Georgia, but at the last minute decided to sign a scholarship offer from Georgia Tech.
“This is a summation of 18 years of really hard work for these young men,” said Dr. Pete Fominaya, Sprayberry’s head football coach, in a release issued by the Cobb County School District.
“Not only do you have to be great on the field, but you have to be great in the classroom and be a great leader to have an opportunity to sign in December. This is a really special group of young men. They’re high-character kids. They do the right thing, and I am proud to have been able to coach them.”
Five other Yellow Jackets signed their letters on Wednesday as well:
- Lineman Taylen Swinney (Georgia Military College)
- Defensive end Gabe Clarke (University of West Georgia)
- Defensive back Noah Voltaire (Austin Peay University),
- Offensive lineman Cash Barowsky (Berry College)
- Quarterback Jaden Duckett (The Citadel)
The Kell football team was eliminated in the GHSA Class 5A semifinals on Friday at Creekside of Fairburn, the last Cobb football team standing. But before that on Wednesday, eight Longhorns signed their college letters:
- Tight end Nathan Agyemang (Georgia Tech)
- Defensive back Jowell Combay (Tennessee)
- Linebacker Michael Domanik (Charlotte)
- Defensive back Tony Forney (Pittsburgh)
- Quarterback Kaleb Narcisse (East Tennessee State)
- Linebacker Brayden Rouse (Tennessee)
- Athlete Bryce Shelton (William & Mary)
- Defensive back Jalen Williams (Arizona State)
The Cobb school district compiled the following college signees from other high schools:
Pope High School
- Baseball: Drew Abney (Jacksonville State), Nick Bobrowski (Georgia Southern), Kayden Campbell (Ohio State), Ben Hill (LaGrange)
- Lacrosse: Ashley Anne Braun (Delaware), Colby Brennan (Mars Hill), Lauren Ebersole (Pittsburgh), Cooper Heintzelman (Lincoln Memorial), Talia Olshansky (St. Bonaventure), Daniel Wahn (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
- Swimming: Addison Clark (Florida Atlantic)
- Volleyball: Jahan Lalli (Rhode Island)
- Fencing: Joshua Riggins (Ohio State)
- Softball: Emma Santamaria (Georgia State College and University)
Walton High School
- Football: tight end Jude Cascone (Alabama) and linebacker Noah LaVallee (Florida State)
Wheeler High School
- Football: Defensive back Brock Adams (Austin Peay), defensive back Landon Harper (Point University)
- Swimming: Caroline Hughes (North Florida)
- Softball: Rhea Karmacharya (Augusta)
Related:
- Longtime Pope football coach retires after 50-year career
- Walton volleyball teams earns ‘Sweet 16’ state championship
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