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National Signing Day 2024: Central Ohio high school athletes heading to next level

Westerville South's Nasir Phillips will play for Ohio Dominican.
Westerville South's Nasir Phillips will play for Ohio Dominican.

Wednesday marked the beginning of the third national signing period for high school athletes in the class of 2024, with dozens across central Ohio finalizing their college commitments. The first group of athletes signed in November, and football held an early signing period in December.

Here is a list of athletes who signed. Names were submitted by schools’ athletic departments and gathered from social media.

National Signing Day in central Ohio, February 2024

BRIGGS

  • Isaiah Price, football, Ohio Dominican

BUCKEYE VALLEY

  • Brett Rick, men’s lacrosse, Marietta

CANAL WINCHESTER

  • Braylon Beckwith, football, Mercyhurst

  • Micah Dollery, wrestling, John Carroll

  • Jamel Goins, men's track & field, Concordia

  • Harlee Hanna, football, Ohio Dominican

  • Kayden Leck, baseball, Chatham

  • David Sikpe, football, Colgate

CENTRAL CROSSING

  • Malik Kamara, football, Ashland

COLUMBUS ACADEMY

  • Justin Alpert, football, Pennsylvania

  • Arya Chabria, women’s tennis, Stonehill

  • Morgan Halpern, women’s lacrosse, Lafayette

  • Carson James, football, Robert Morris

DELAWARE HAYES

  • Connor Dutton, football, Indianapolis

DUBLIN COFFMAN

  • Claire Frient, field hockey, Wittenberg

  • Izzy Fry, field hockey, Ohio Wesleyan

  • McKenzie Vick, women’s cross country, South Carolina-Upstate

  • Luke Warner, men’s golf, Dayton

  • Kyle Warnsman, baseball, Slippery Rock

DUBLIN JEROME

  • Keegan Conley, men’s soccer, Wright State

  • Jack Maust, men’s soccer, Cedarville

  • Mason Rice, men’s lacrosse, Keiser

  • Colin Richards, men’s golf, Oklahoma Christian

  • Louis Roseberry, men’s soccer, John Carroll

  • Jenna Wyner, women’s diving, Siena

  • Addie Yarbrough, women’s golf, Wittenberg

  • Jake Ziolo, men’s soccer, Calvin

DUBLIN SCIOTO

  • Tristan Arndt, football, Bucknell

  • Chaun Erfurt, football, Capital

  • Mickey Evans, football, Otterbein

  • Israel Hernandez, powerlifting, McKendree

  • Kian O’Ryan, football, Lake Erie

EASTMOOR ACADEMY

  • Tim Jacobs, football, Ohio Dominican

FAIRFIELD UNION

  • Elly Lewis, women’s basketball, South Carolina-Beaufort

GAHANNA LINCOLN

  • Mattie Bailey, softball, Muskingum

  • Eddie Blunt, football, Defiance

  • Braden Buckingham, men’s soccer, Mount Vernon Nazarene

  • Tobey Cohn, baseball, Clark State

  • Cameron Frazier, football, Duquesne

  • Adeline McCusker, women’s swimming, California University of Pennsylvania

  • Braden Meadows, baseball, Pittsburgh-Bradford

  • Ben Morris, football, Marietta

  • Eden Newman, women’s cross country and track & field, Maine

  • Cambell Payton, women’s swimming, Army

  • Quan Rhodes-Mckee, football, Duquesne

  • Eli Riegler, men’s swimming, Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Keena Sanders, women’s track & field, Miami University

  • Jalen Scott, football, Ohio Dominican

  • Amir Simmons, football, Valparaiso

  • Lael Simmons, women’s volleyball, Ohio Christian

GRANVILLE

  • Kara Bergeron, women’s cross country and track & field, Tampa

  • Leelan Durham, men’s lacrosse, Capital

  • Ally Ernsberger, softball, Dakota Wesleyan

  • Owen Kirkham, men’s track & field, Wright State

  • Elliott Rhoton, men’s lacrosse, Capital

  • Connor Smith, men’s lacrosse, Muskingum

  • Kale Timmons, men’s soccer, Grove City College

  • Emily Travis, softball, Muskingum

  • Dante Varrasso, football, Dayton

GROVE CITY

  • Kaedon Kline, football, Mercyhurst

HARTLEY

  • Xavier Martin-Fuller, football, Georgetown College

HARVEST PREP

  • Chris Brown, football, Ashland

HEATH

  • Brayden Bayles, football, Otterbein

  • Emma Ghiloni, softball, Rio Grande

  • Keenan Kelly, men’s golf, Muskingum

  • Karli Staley, softball, Adrian

  • Hayden Woodward, baseball, Findlay

HILLIARD BRADLEY

  • Julian Dandridge, football, Indianapolis

  • Bradyn Fleharty, football, Yale

  • Jillian Meszaros, softball, Wooster

  • Lauren Pollock, women’s tennis, Wittenberg

  • Ethen Tebbetts, football, Robert Morris

  • Jake Walter, football, Indianapolis

HILLIARD DARBY

  • Ahmed Al Ani, football, Otterbein

  • Jessica Blake, women’s soccer, Hiram

  • Mylee Cain, women’s lacrosse, Findlay

  • Gavin Casper, baseball, Capital

  • Mya Duncan, women’s lacrosse, Muskingum

  • Mason Heit, men’s volleyball, McKendree

  • Brady Johnson, baseball, Hocking

  • Brendan Keener, football, Washington and Lee

  • Brayden Kohl, football, Ohio Dominican

  • Maguire Link, men’s lacrosse, Robert Morris

  • Keilah Muldrow, women’s soccer, Indianapolis

  • Drew Neideffer, baseball, Hocking

  • Kaden Seller, football, West Virginia

HILLIARD DAVIDSON

  • Turner Schmidt, football, Robert Morris

JOHNSTOWN

  • Nash Andrix, baseball, Capital

  • Jake Jones, bass fishing, Campbellsville

  • Kate Ruffle, women’s volleyball, Mount Vernon Nazarene

  • McKaden Thomas, men’s lacrosse, Mount Vernon Nazarene

LONDON

  • Layla Brohard, women’s golf, Ohio Northern

  • Riley Colestock, women’s cross country and track, The Citadel

  • Noah Fellure, baseball, Otterbein

  • Zach Jones, football, Colgate

  • Luke Marriott, men’s soccer, John Carroll

  • Cameron Patterson, football, Findlay

  • Lauren Peters, women’s bowling, Ohio Northern

  • Andrew Sims, football, Toledo

  • Zach Wall, men’s golf, Bluffton

  • Logan Weiner, baseball, Clark State

  • Cody Wheeler, baseball, University of Northwestern Ohio

MADISON-PLAINS

  • Drake Goings, football, Ashland

  • Anna LeGault, equestrian, Delaware State

  • Peyton Smith, football, Ashland

  • Gracie Stingle, equestrian, South Carolina

MARYSVILLE

  • Brevin Bourquin, football, Indiana Wesleyan

  • Nick Johnson, football, Siena Heights

NEWARK

  • Mitch Bolte, men’s golf, Wittenberg

  • Dakota Foltz, baseball, Kent State-Tuscarawas

  • Brach Hollis, men’s lacrosse, Heidelberg

  • Steele Meister, basketball, Findlay

  • Carlee Thompson, women’s volleyball, Ursuline

  • Sophia Walters, women’s soccer, Baldwin Wallace

NORTHLAND

  • Amir Brown, football, Ohio Dominican

  • Zion Moffett, football, Ohio Dominican

OLENTANGY BERLIN

  • Ryko Bodurov, men’s soccer, Bowling Green

  • Spencer Conrad, football, Toledo

  • Mason Ziegler, football, Wheeling

PICKERINGTON NORTH

  • Dorian Hamilton, football, Ashland

  • Derick Ross, football, Wheeling

  • Laila Saksa, women’s lacrosse, Lake Erie

READY

  • Jude Kusan, football, Ohio Dominican

  • Tylar Mix, football, Ohio Dominican

ST. CHARLES

  • Will Nash, baseball, Youngstown State

  • Leo Walling, men's golf, Xavier

TEAYS VALLEY

  • Alyssa Horsley, women’s basketball, Kenyon

  • Sarah Laxton, women’s golf, Muskingum

  • Evie Lehman, softball, Otterbein

  • Baileigh Rieder, women’s volleyball, Wilmington

  • Isabel Sayre, softball, Capital

  • Abby Tier, women’s basketball, Heidelberg

  • Gabrielle Watkins, women’s basketball, Aurora

UPPER ARLINGTON

  • Melanie Amann, softball, Ohio Northern

  • Cameron Baker, baseball, Lincoln Trail

  • Ben Campbell, men’s swimming, Denison

  • Addie Darding, women’s swimming, Baldwin Wallace

  • Maria Favret, women’s lacrosse, Pomona

  • Julia Hahn, women’s soccer, Drexel

  • Hudson Jones, men’s cross country and track & field, Denison

  • Thomas McMahon, men’s cross country and track & field, Pittsburgh

  • Avery Miller, women’s soccer, Queens University of Charlotte

  • Hallie Rehl, women’s rowing, Syracuse

  • Andrew Rucker, men’s swimming, Boston College

  • Merin Shell, women’s lacrosse, Wellesley

WATTERSON

  • Rudy Kessinger, football, Eastern Michigan

  • Landon Purcell, football, Navy

  • Braxton Rundio, football, Thomas More

WEST

  • Tiyshaun Carreker, football, Ohio Dominican

WESTERVILLE CENTRAL

  • Mario Williams, football, Indianapolis

WESTERVILLE NORTH

  • Ja’Narius Strickland, football, West Virginia State

WESTERVILLE SOUTH

  • Antonio Armistead, football, Wheeling

  • Cameron Garcia, football, Tiffin

  • Zay Furman, football, Ashland

  • Nasir Phillips, football, Ohio Dominican

WHITEHALL

  • Andre Jackson, men’s track & field, Boston University

  • Azel Lunsford, football, Capital

WORTHINGTON KILBOURNE

  • Aubrey Bally, women’s soccer, Bellarmine

  • Morgan Boone, women’s lacrosse, Lock Haven

  • Ian Dawson, men’s volleyball, Wittenberg

  • Marissa Dolciato, women’s lacrosse, Cincinnati

  • Elyse Faler, women’s lacrosse, Central Michigan

  • AJ Hawkins, men’s cross country and track, Eastern Michigan

  • Luke James, men’s lacrosse, St. John Fisher

  • Brady McGlone, men’s soccer, Davidson

  • Megan Miller, women’s soccer, Xavier

  • Addie Pardi, field hockey, Bellarmine

  • Ryan Smith, men’s cross country and track, Furman

  • Ava Todd, women’s lacrosse, Kent State

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: National Signing Day 2024: Central Ohio athletes heading to next level