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National Letter of Intent Day #PghSoccer College Commitments

Wednesday, February 1 — National Letter of Intent signing day — is one that a lot of high school senior soccer players have been looking forward to for a long time.

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Norwin’s Lexie Kolano has commited to Cincinnati 


Last week, the Riverhounds Development Academy (RDA) got a head start in announcing 20 players who are high school seniors that had made their choices of which colleges they will be attending and continue to play soccer as they will be signing National Letters of Intent today.
Now that National Letter of Intent Day has arrived, Pittsburgh Soccer Report has compiled a ‘working list’ of many local soccer commitments that we know of from the Class of 2017. Thanks to some of the area coaches and to the RDA for providing this information.
Please keep in mind that this is simply a working list of what I’ve been able to obtain, and there are still a lot of High School seniors that are undecided and they have not formally signed NLI’s yet.  And there are always some top players that won’t pursue a college soccer career, selecting instead to focus on studies at some prestigious schools.
I will be looking forward to going to the South Side today at Highmark Stadium to talk in person with some of the RDA players that have made their selections, and in the coming days, we’ll also get the reactions from local college coaches as well about their incoming recruiting classes.
From our first look, the local college programs should be feeling optimistic this year that a number of outstanding players from Western PA have opted to stay close to home to sign with programs in our area.
Finally, I will be joining my colleague Mike Sparks next week, as we’ll be providing for a special edition Scholastic Soccer Show podcast on the Beautiful Game Network devoted to some of the recruitment and off season news that will include some player interviews and feedback from coaches.
Congrats to all the high school seniors who have made their selections and best of luck.

BOYS

  • Brendan Akut (Plum) – Duquesne University

  • Marc Alexander (Kiski Area) – Akron
  • Alec Belcastro (Kiski Prep School) – West Point
  • Nick Bisceglia (Kiski Area) – Robert Morris for Football
  • David Egbo (Kiski Area) – Akron
  • Noah Giovannelli (Kiski Prep) – Hamilton College
  • Ibrokhim Mirzaknohov (Brashear)– Point Park University
  • Dan Irwin (South Park) – Penn State Behrend
  • Rex Heuler  (Peters Twp) – undecided
  • Nick Kalogeris (Bethel Park) – California Univeristy of Pennsylvania
  • Ernando Manrique (Kiski Prep) – US Naval Academy
  • Dylan McDonough (Kiski Prep) -St. Lawrence University
  • Ryan Mertz (Upper St. Clair) – still evaluating options between Cincy/Pitt
  • Collin Mocyunas (Morgantown) – Marshall
  • Cooper Myers (Plum) – either Robert Morris or West Virginia
  • Hunter Petrosky (Latrobe)- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
  • Stefano Paolina (Upper St. Clair) – Santa Clara University
  • Jeff Pergola (Yough) – Seton Hill (already playing)
  • Nigam Sheth (Kiski Prep) – Emory University
  • Max Silberg (Fox Chapel / Kiski Prep) – Northwestern
  • Chris Stack (Seton-LaSalle) – between Penn State Behrend and Grove City
  • Cory Wiard (Bethel Park) – Allegheny College

GIRLS

(including Riverhounds Development Academy players) 

  • Annamarie Alfery (Fox Chapel)
  • Lauren Bell (Hickory) – Duquesne University
  • Courtney Byrne (Mt. Lebanon) – MIT
  • Athena Biondi (Penn Trafford) – Michigan State
  • Deena Debaldo (Fox Chapel) – Duquesne University

  • Alexis Bengel (Highlands) – University of Pittsburgh
  • Taylor Burkley (North Hills) – Robert Morris
  • Sabrina Bryan (Canon-McMillan) – Hofstra University
  • Bailey Cartwright (Greensburg Central Catholic) – University of Notre Dame
  • Chrissy Ciarrocca (Pine-Richland) – Miami University (OH)
  • Eliza Cochran (Shady Side Academy) – Georgetown University
  • Marissa Dezorzi (Yough) – West Virginia University
  • Izzy Engel (Moon) – Seton Hall University
  • Jayna Fittipaldo (South Fayette) – University of Illinois
  • Jamie Frank (Kiski Area) – Rutgers University
  • Kenzie Grenell (Connellsville) – Mercyhurst University
  • Morgan Henderson (Chartiers Valley) – University of Dayton
  • Marisa Johnson (Bethel Park) – Ohio State University
  • Kelly Kingerski (Norwin) – Indiana University of PA
  • Lexie Kolano (Norwin) – Cincinnati
  • Tori Kopchak (Mars) – Duquesne University
  • Danielle McNally (North Hills)– Clarion University
  • Aideen O’Donoghue (Canon-McMillan) – University of Pittsburgh
  • Brittany Palla (Kiski Area) – Indiana State University
  • Blair Proteau (Mt. Lebanon) – Allegheny College
  • Keli Rosensteel (Greensburg Central Catholic) – Robert Morris
  • Shannon Salley (Greensburg Central) – Air Force Academy
  • Abigail Skatell (Greensburg Central) – Seton Hill University
  • Ciara Terabasso (Yough) – Rutgers University
  • Emma Thomas (Moon) – University of Dayton
  • Meghan Virgin (Canon-McMillan) – LIU Brooklyn
  • Ryley Watt (Penn-Trafford) – Akron
  • Marisa Zupen (North Hills) – Edinboro University

 

John Krysinsky has covered soccer and other sports for many years for various publications and media outlets. He is also author of 'Miracle on the Mon' -- a book about the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, which chronicles the club, particularly the early years of Highmark Stadium with the narrative leading up to and centered around a remarkable match that helped provide a spark for the franchise. John has covered sports for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, DK Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Sports Report, has served as color commentator on Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC broadcasts, and worked with OPTA Stats and broadcast teams for US Open Cup and International Champions Cup matches held in the US. Krysinsky also served as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at his alma mater, Point Park University, where he led the Pioneers to the first-ever winning seasons and playoff berths (1996-98); head coach of North Catholic boys (2007-08), associate head coach of Shady Side Academy boys (2009-2014).

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