Bloomington-Normal athletes to declare on signing day

Posted on April 14, 2015

By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – Wednesday marks the first day of NCAA Spring signing period where high school student athletes can officially declare their college intentions.

Nearly three dozen athletes in the Twin Cities plan to sign either Wednesday or in the coming days.

Bloomington
Ashanti Brock – Lakeland (basketball)
Taylor Clugston – North Central (softball)
Jared Collier – North Central (soccer, track)
Anthony Fowler – MacMurray (football)
Callie Francisco – Maryville (softball)
Coree Harrell – McKendree (football)
Zoie Holloway – Benedictine (soccer)
Donovan Loftin – St. Ambrose (football)
Hannah Ploense – Evansville (softball)
Rachel Pouliot – Eureka (basketball)
Clayton Schuh – Concordia University (football)

Central Catholic
Jonathon Broadbear – Illinois Wesleyan (baseball)
Eric Gilpin – Indian Hills Community College (golf)
John Harris – MacMurray (baseball)

Normal Community 
Grant Aaberg – Graceland (wrestling)
Lexi Beach – University of Alabama-Huntsville (softball)
Natalie Benson – Indianapolis (swimming)
David Boyd – McKendree (football)
Kristina Furler – Mount Mercy (golf)
Riley Hutchison – Aurora (soccer)
Josh Kirshenbaum – Iowa Western Community College (football)
Hannah Penn – Augustana (cross country, track)
Austin Peters – Lipscomb (cross country, track)
Jared Peters – Lipscomb (cross country, track)
Avery Sylvester – Iowa Wesleyan (football)
Jake Wegner – Central College (baseball)

Normal West
Reid Birlingmair – University of Illinois Chicago (baseball) -signed during the early signing period
Andrea Gordon – Carl Sandburg Community College (cross country)
Josh Immke – Illinois Wesleyan University (track)
Shayla Kozak – Carl Sandburg Community College (cross country)
Sara Piller – Bradley (cross country/track)
Cody Rogers – Illinois Wesleyan University (baseball)

University High School
Eli Hill – Southern Illinois University Carbondale (track, cross country)
Elizabeth Madison – Ball State University (swimming)

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