Where Charlotte-area high school athletes are committing during early signing period

The start of the 2025-26 NCAA signing period begins Wednesday, and we’re tracking where Charlotte Observer-area athletes are heading to college.

The signing period for Division I basketball, the early period, runs Nov. 12-19. The regular DI signing period begins April 15. All other sports, except football, can sign beginning Wednesday.

Football’s early signing period for high school athletes is Dec. 3-5 for Division I. And Division I and Division II football players can sign in the regular period, beginning Feb. 4.

Note: Check back often as we’ll be updating area signees.

Charlotte-area signees

ARBORBROOK CHRISTIAN: Anne Thomas Simon, women’s soccer, Covenant College (GA); Anders Hedenborg, men’s volleyball, Eastern University (PA).

BUTLER: Malea Williams, softball, Wake Tech; Hannah Moss, women’s basketball, Western Carolina; Addison Saunders, volleyball, Marshall University; Cherie Carter, softball, Iona University

CARMEL CHRISTIAN: Caden Tarr, baseball, Lander (SC); Logan Johnson, men’s basketball, UNC-Asheville; Jordan Buzzard, men’s Basketball, Coastal Carolina University

CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC: CJ Bernardo, men’s swimming, Miami (OH); Ben Bordeaux, baseball, Queens; Cooper Gornet, baseball, N.C. State; Paul Greeley, baseball, Sewanee; Alex Hoffman, baseball, Virginia Tech; Audrey Huddle, lacrosse, UMASS-Lowell; Olivia Jacobsen, swimming, Pennsylvania; Kathryn Kern, swimming,Villanova; Mason Kramer, swimming, Delaware; Kate Lindner, lacrosse, Randolph-Macon; Brady Marconi, baseball, College of Charleston; Caroline Meehan, swimming, Kenyon College; Quinn O’Rourke, baseball, Arizona; Avery Painter, field hockey, Denison; Mary Martin Spinner, soccer, College of Charleston; Meg Tebben, field hockey, Iowa; Caroline Winters, field hockey, Sacred Heart; Tate Olney, baseball, West Virginia State

CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN: Drew Beard, baseball, Gardner-Webb; Barrett Banner, men’s lacrosse, Gordon College (MA); Caroline Coles, soccer, Gardner-Webb; Morgan Banks, softball, Queens; Jane McAuley, volleyball, Sewanee (TN); Drew Darling, baseball, Belmont Abbey; Russ Berger, baseball, Columbia.

CHARLOTTE LATIN: Griffin Cheatwood, men’s golf, Davidson College; Banks Cutter, football and boys’ lacrosse, Middlebury College; Lanie Edwards, women’s basketball, Rollins College; Spear Gorelick, wrestling, Davidson College; Henry Holland, men’s golf, James Madison; Knox Hutcheson, men’s lacrosse, Sewanee; Aston Lee, men’s golf, NC State; Louis Markin, men’s soccer, Case Western Reserve University; Liam McConaughy, wrestling, Case Western Reserve University; Harrison Short, men’s swimming, Villanova University; Karlin Smith, women’s swimming, Bucknell University; Mollie Snyder, women’s basketball, Grove City (PA) College

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF DAVIDSON: Lily Dobbs, Tusculum, women’s Lacrosse; Addison Nardone, Davidson College, diving; Avery Nardone, Georgia Southern, diving

CONCORD ACADEMY: Ava Simpson, women’s swimming, James Madison; Cassidy Stewart, women’s swimming, VMI; Lincoln Raper, men’s basketball, Lees-McRae; Taylor Smith, women’s basketball, Wingate

DAVIDSON DAY: Izzy Pierce, lacrosse, Wingate; Will Stevens, basketball, Clemson; Kipenzi Perry, soccer, NC State; Alex Haponik, track/cross-country, Emory University

EAST LINCOLN: Brandon Washington, baseball, Wake Tech CC; Cooper Royster, baseball, Virginia Wesleyan; Ethan Arledge Martin, baseball, Emory and Henry; Charlee Bradford, volleyball, Carson Newman; Emma Montanari, women’ basketball, Drexel University; Olivia Cato, softball, Catawba Valley CC; Kaitlyn Gust, softball, Barry (FL) University

LAKE NORMAN: Logan Sheppard, baseball, Concord (W Va) University; Kasey Dingman, cross-country/track, Virginia Tech; Sage Duerr, women’s volleyball, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY); Jillian VanWormer, women’s soccer, UNC-Pembroke; Kyera Combs, softball Georgia Southern; Kelsey Rhyne, women’s basketball, Navy; Jeta North, women’s basketball, Rollins College (FL); Rayana Minard, women’s basketball, N.C. Central; Abby Ellingson, women’s lacrosse, Young Harris (GA); Amiee Pannenbacker, Lenior-Rhyne, women’s lacrosse; Tessah Cichon, women’s lacrosse, Florida Southern; Juliet Coscia, women’s lacrosse, Flagler; Connor Mumford, men’s lacrosse, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kayden Robles, men’s lacrosse, Catawba; Eljay Schellenberg, men’s lacrosse, Catawba; Gabriella Panichella, women’s diving, West Virginia

MALLARD CREEK: Kiara Anderson, women’s basketball, Georgia Southern; Camri Hobbs, women’s basketball, Western Carolina University; My’Asia Young, women’s basketball, Western Carolina University

METROLINA CHRISTIAN: Beckett Howie, baseball, Campbell; Caleb Hunter, aseball, Belmont Abbey; Chase Kiker, baseball; Mylo White, baseball, NC State; Jackson Pierce, baseball; Spencer Powell, baseball, Wingate; Andrew Peters, baseball, Emmanuel (GA) University; Hadley Martin, cross-country/track, Charleston Southern; Josh Koos, cross-country/track, Lee (TN) University; Ben Efland, cross-country/track, Catawba College; Price Fee, cross-country/track, Western Carolina; Alaina Griffin, softball, Liberty

MYERS PARK: Henry Boner, men’s soccer, Wofford College; Suzy Brown, field hockey, Wingate University; Amaya Falzarano, women’s soccer, Indiana University; Vlad Grigorian, men’s soccer, Merrimack College; Avery Klamforth, women’s swimming, University of Texas; Summer Thomason, women’s basketball, Randolph Macon College, Mack Walters, men’s basketball, Hampden-Sydney College; Kate Willette, cross-ountry/track, Boston University

PINE LAKE PREP: Bridger Chayes, men’s lacrosse, Penn; Jackson Grathwohl, men’s tennis, Christopher Newport (VA); Grant Ingram, baseball, Bellarmine (IN); Sadie Peterson, women’s soccer, Clemson.

PROVIDENCE DAY: Austen Graziano, women’s volleyball, Belmont Abbey College; Julia O’Malley, women’s basketball, Johns Hopkins; Katelyn Ramsden, women’s basketball, University of Chicago; Jaida McClure, women’s basketball, Appalachian State University; Zetta Grace Bartee, women’s Swimming, Auburn; Tina Garofoli, women’s field hockey, Miami of Ohio; Devin McElroy, women’s soccer, Miami of Ohio; Abby Goldean, women’s soccer, Southern Methodist University

STUART CRAMER: Oshauna Holland, women’s basketball, Wake Forest.

WEDDINGTON: Morgan Jones, baseball, Gaston College; Kayden McGlauflin, baseball, Clemson; Kellen Murphy, baseball, Barton College; Ella Turner, women’s lacrosse, Iona University; Ragan Giddins, women’s lacrosse, Oregon; Abbey Testa, women’s lacrosse, Wofford University; Sadie Testa, women’s lacrosse, wofford University; Tyler Ridley, men’s soccer, Pfeiffer; Ava Kolasch, women’s soccer, Lees McRae College; Paige Santos, women’s soccer, New Hampshire; Joella Thomas, softball, Lenoir Rhyne University; Reece Lindsay, softball, UNC Charlotte

This story was originally published November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM.