Early Signing Period: 23 ESTers Committed To D1/D2 Programs, On Track To Sign In Next Week

The early stages of November signifies many different things in the basketball world. At the collegiate level, several weeks of practices turn into games that count in the standings. At the high school level, an offseason of work and talk about 'next year' wraps up as practices get underway. And for some select seniors, it also signifies bridging the gap as the early signing period for Division I & Division II bound athletes takes place.

Many athletes across the country have committed to Division I & II institutions and have the opportunity to sit at the table during the early signing period and put pen to paper on letters of intent. This includes 23 athletes that participated in EST events - 12 Division I, 11 Division II - and 15 that saw time in the EST summer league. All of these numbers blast their categories' previous high numbers for Division I & II bound players that hit the court for EST events. These athletes represent five sections of the NYSPHSAA (2, 3, 4, 6, & 9), along with two more representing Massachusetts in the MIAA or NEPSAC.

A list of those girls committed to Division I or II schools are below - some have already signed, and the majority are scheduled to sign by the end of the period next Wednesday. A major congratulations goes out to all that are seeing goals turn into reality over the next few days!

Division I

Dolly Cairns

High School: Saratoga Springs (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: City Rocks

College Commitment: Rhode Island (Atlantic 10)

- EST Summer League 2015-2019

Erin Fox

High School: Millbrook (NY, Section IX Class C)

AAU: NJ Freedom

College Commitment: Marist (MAAC)

- EST Summer League 2017-2018 (missed 2019 due to injury)

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017

Belle Kranbuhl

High School: Adirondack (NY, Section III Class B)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: Monmouth (MAAC)

- EST Summer League 2016-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017-2018

Lindsey Lawson

High School: Cazenovia (NY, Section III Class B)

AAU: I-90 Elite

College Commitment: Harvard (Ivy League)

- EST Summer League 2018-2019

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018

Bella Stuart

High School: Shenendehowa (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: New Hampshire (America East)

- EST Summer League 2017-2019 (subbed in 2016)

- EST Fall Showcase 2016-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017-2018

Logan Thayne

High School: Hoosick Falls (NY, Section II Class B)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: Albany (America East)

- EST Summer League 2017-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017

Sophie Tougas

High School: Bradford Christian Academy (MA, NEPSAC) (Previous School: Glens Falls)

AAU: Rivals

College Commitment: Cal State Bakersfield (WAC)

- EST Summer League 2015-2019

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017-2018

Kelsey Wood

High School: Averill Park (NY, Section II Class A)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: Sacred Heart (NEC)

- EST Summer League 2016-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017

Jillian Casey

High School: Horseheads (NY, Section IV Class AA)

AAU: BNY Select

College Commitment: Quinnipiac (MAAC)

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2019

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018

Kaci Donovan

High School: Owego Free Academy (NY, Section IV Class B)

AAU: Philly Belles

College Commitment: Penn State (Big Ten)

- EST Fall Showcase 2018

 

Dani Haskell

High School: Franklinville (NY, Section VI Class C)

AAU: I-90 Elite

College Commitment: Canisius (MAAC)

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017

Ahniysha Jackson

High School: Albany (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: I-90 Elite

College Commitment: Siena (MAAC)

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017

Division II

Makayla Blake

High School: Colonie (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: St. Michael's (NE-10)

- EST Summer League 2017-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017-2018

Julia DeBeatham

High School: Shaker (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: City Rocks International

College Commitment: Queens (ECC)

- EST Summer League 2016-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017

- EST Summer Kickoff 2017-2018

Madison Graham

High School: Ichabod Crane (NY, Section II Class B)

AAU: Albany Capitals

College Commitment: Adelphi (NE-10)

- EST Summer League 2018-2019

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018

Amanda Mieczkowski

High School: Northampton (MA, WMass Division II)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: Assumption (NE-10)

- EST Summer League 2018-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2019

Haedyn Roberts

High School: Holland Patent (NY, Section III Class B)

AAU: NY Havoc

College Commitment: Le Moyne (NE-10)

- EST Summer League 2017-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2019

Simone Walker

High School: Shenendehowa (NY, Section II Class AA)

AAU: Albany Capitals

College Commitment: Adelphi (NE-10)

- EST Summer League 2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2019

Kaitlyn Watrobski

High School: Shenendehowa (NY, Section II)

AAU: Albany Capitals

College Commitment: St. Thomas Aquinas (ECC)

- EST Summer League 2018-2019

- EST Fall Showcase 2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018-2019

Shamoni Berrios

High School: Maria Regina (NY, Section I)

AAU: Empire State Blue Flames

College Commitment: Concordia (CACC)

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018

Halea Eaton

High School: Norwich (NY, Section IV Class B)

AAU: BNY Select

College Commitment: Le Moyne (NE-10)

- EST Fall Showcase 2017-2018

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018-2019

Georgia Haverlock

High School: Ithaca (NY, Section IV Class AA)

AAU: Elmira Fusion

College Commitment: Roberts Wesleyan (ECC)

- EST Fall Showcase 2018

Freey Pleasants

High School: Syracuse Academy of Science (NY, Section III Class B)

AAU: I-90 Elite

College Commitment: Queens (ECC)

- EST Summer Kickoff 2018

- EST Fall Showcase 2019