UPDATE: We’ve added the names of the seven signess from girls’ track and field, as well as a pair of photos submitted by Mike McKinney.
We covered Wilson’s football signing day back in February, but the Bruins prefer to get the whole family together in April for a Spring signing day—that’s how thirty student-athletes, their teammates, family, and coaches ended up in the Wilson gym on Monday afternoon, celebrating the end of one experience, and the beginning of another.
Introducing the group, Wilson principal Lew Kerns said, “I’m so proud of these kids. These are some great athletes who are leaving, and we want to say goodbye, and thank you.”
Among the more successful teams were girls’ track, which had seven athletes sign, girls’ soccer, who will have five players at the next level (six if you count Candace Nicholson, going to Arizona for volleyball), and girls’ volleyball, which sent four girls on to the collegiate ranks. Below you’ll find most of the names (these are the ones I was given, and we are working to get the ones not yet collected), as well as a few pictures—any parents, coaches or players who have pictures, please send them to mike@lbpostsports.com and I’ll post them!
Girls’ soccer:
Emily Dillon, West Virginia
Kristyn Benavidez, Long Beach State
Kaitlin Hellmann, Texas Christian University
Brittny Vaughn, CSU San Marcos
Krosby Pabst, Penn State
Girls’ volleyball:
Kellie Culbertson, Tulsa
Kellie Woolever, Pepperdine
Jenna McNaney, Northwestern
Candace Nicholson, Arizona
Softball:
Jessica O’Donnell, Boise State
Kasie Cochran, UC Davis
Brandi Enriquez, North Dakota State
Boys’ water polo:
Michael LaBounty, UCSB
Daniel Tyner, George Washington
Rick Dilday, Fordham
Girls’ water polo:
Jamie Williams, Harvard
Kelly Ringel, Long Beach State
Andrea McKinney, UCSD or LMU
Boys’ swimming/diving:
Nathan Walter, USC
Larry Reinhart, Stanford
Football:
Ezell Ruffin, San Diego State
Brandon Robertson, University of New Mexico, Highlands
Baseball:
Chris Hubbard, Brown
Cody Harris, Masters College
Boys’ golf:
Jake Hutton, University of Northern Colorado
Girls’ track:
Fabrina Espinoza, Indiana University
Karryssa Fenderson, Cornell University
Samantha Hing, Columbia University
Olivia Hudson, UNLV
Ge’cobi Pittman, Belmont University
Alycia Presley, Texas Tech University
Christina Smith, University of Nevada, Reno
Photos:
Photos of Andre McKinney, Jamie Williams, and Kelly Ringel submitted by Mike McKinney:
