ROANOKE, Va. – Wednesday proved to be the first step in dreams coming true for student-athletes in and around the Roanoke Valley as high schools hosted Spring signing ceremonies.
At Christiansburg, 8 of the Blue Demons sports programs were represented. A senior group that is well accomplished including the likes of Leila Haley from the girls track and field program and Addison Reasor from the 2024 state champion softball program. The complete list of signees for Christiansburg:
Concord University:
Gavin Dow - Baseball
Rocco Fizzano- Baseball
Neveah Wimmer- Women’s Soccer
Shenandoah University:
Luca Pickeral - Men’s Soccer
Lucas Beasley- Men’s Tennis
Averett University:
Xavier Joplin- Football
Bluefield University:
Tyleigh Dillard- Softball
Longwood University:
Joshua Cummins- Men’s Golf
Washington & Lee University:
Samuel Seife- Men’s Soccer
University of Virginia:
Addison Reasor-Softball
Davidson College:
Leila Haley- Women’s Track & Field
Gardner-Webb:
Donovan Richardson -Men’s Track & Field
Penn State Altoona:
Lyric Pittman- Men’s Soccer
Emory & Henry University:
Samuel Wolfe- Men’s Lacrosse
Roanoke College:
Jacob Evans- Men’s Track & Field
New River Community College:
Connor Adams- Baseball
Freed-Hardman University:
Micaiah Widrig- Men’s Soccer
In Vinton, William Byrd had 13 student-athletes that took part in signing day.
Sara Lang, Bluefield University — softball
Brogan Dent, Concord University — baseball
Stephen Underwood, VMI — wrestling
Ethan Haston, VMI — football
Maurice Burnette, Ferrum College — football
BJ Cheatwood, UVA Wise — football
Jonathan Rosser, UVA Wise — football
Jerrett Shepherd, Roanoke College — football
Deshawn Austin, Roanoke College — track and field
Landon Martin, Lee University — track and field
Grace Onwi, Radford University — track and field
Greg Stiltner, Roanoke College — track and field
Ian Sigmon, Randolph College — soccer
At William Fleming, Tyshawn Henderson will play football at Ferrum after helping the Colonels reach back to back region final appearances. From the women’s basketball program, Deasia Priest will suit up for Randolph College. She achieved lots of milestones throughout her career including becoming part of the 1,000 point club before her season ended early due to injury.
“I’ve been very fortunate the last couple of years our kids have really been working hard in the classroom and on the field and I think it’s starting to show,” said William Fleming athletic director Jamie Bednarek. “You know, we had a really great football season, we had a really great girls basketball season and, you know, a lot of our sports are up and coming and I foresee more of our athletes making it to the next level and that just goes to show that our kids have really been stepping it up here the last couple of years.”
In Riner at Auburn High School, Jared Lavergne singed to play baseball at Concord University. He’s broken several school records this season and last.