College Park held a rally November 13 to honor eight student athletes who signed their NCAA National Letters of Intent during the early signing period (November 12-19, 2014). Coaches, staff, parents and fellow students gathered to recognize the students’ contributions to College Park athletics and their commitment to the classroom.

On the national level, only 6% of high school student-athletes are recruited and signed to NCAA colleges.  These signees must show success in both the classroom and on the playing field. College Park celebrated eight such student-athletes, seven who were recruited to D1 colleges from one team, a first for College Park.

Noah Burnham: Baseball for UC Santa Barbara; member of the 2014 NCS Championship team. 

Jeffrey Mitchell: Baseball for Cal Berkeley; member of the NCS Championship baseball team, 2014 1st Team DVAL selection and scholar athlete.

Emily Ortner: Swimming for University of North Dakota; record holder for the 220-yard Individual Medley and scholar athlete.

Trevor Larnach: Baseball for Oregon State University; member of the 2014 NCS Championship team and 2013 & 2014 1st Team DVAL and 2014 1st Team All-State.

Nick Oar: Baseball for Stanford University; member of the NCS Championship team, 1st Team DVAL and scholar athlete since freshman year.

Chris Brown: Baseball for UC Davis; member of the 2014 NCS Championship team, 2014 DVAL Pitcher of the Year and 2014 Louisville Slugger All-American 2nd Team.

Joe DeMers: Baseball for University of Washington; member of the 2014 NCS Championship team, member of the USA National team, 2013 DVAL Pitcher of the Year, and 2012 & 2014 DVAL MVP.

Willie MacIver: Baseball for the University of Washington; A member of the 2014 NCS Championship team, a 2014 DVAL 1st team selection and East Bay Honorable mention and an All American Honorable Mention in 2013.