New Trier, Regina and NSCD celebrate college-bound student-athletes after spring signing day

Another talented group of local student-athletes recently earned praise for their pending advancement to the next level of competition.

Local high schools New Trier, Regina Dominican and North Shore Country Day each hosted congratulatory spring ceremonies in alignment with the spring signing period.

Wilmette’s Regina Dominican and Winnetka’s North Shore Country Day also recently held signing-day ceremonies.

Loyola Academy will hold a spring signing-day ceremony on Wednesday May 17.

Regina celebrated Haneefa Adam, a track and field star who will compete at Marquette University next year; and Muriel Reese, who will play soccer for St. Norbert’s College.

Raiders stars honored were: Bethany Bulwa (basketball, Oberlin College), Benji Leonetti (soccer, Chapman University), Tae Won Lillig (soccer, Gettysburg College), Walter Luglio (soccer, Hobart and William Smith Colleges) and Margarite Richardson (basketball, Beloit College).

Bulwa, the team’s statistical leader in several categories, garnered plenty of attention after she sank two long-range buzzer-beaters this season, while her teammate Richardson hit a league-record eight three-pointers in one game.

Leonetti, of Winnetka, Luglio, of Wilmette, and Lillig helped the Raiders to impressive 20-game unbeaten streak

New Trier celebrated 37 student-athletes across two events in April. More than 25 other Trevians were honored in November for the fall signing day.

In April, the school honored:

Baseball
• Dylan Mayer: Manhattan College

Basketball
• Jake Fiegen: Cornell University
• Tyler Van Gorp: Williams College
• Rachael Zacks: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

Cheerleading
• Catcher Sawyer: Menlo College
• Katarina Teasdale: Miami University (Ohio)

Competitive Dance
• Halle Lorena Cornelius: Loyola University

Field Hockey
• Annie Lake: Colgate University
• Honor Roberts: University of Pennsylvania

Football
• Tyler Jackson: Allegheny College
• Caden Minogue: DePauw University
• Will Morrison: Denison University

Golf
• Amy Beanblossom: Washington University in St. Louis

Hockey
• Kimberly Jung: Wesleyan University
• Catherine Yasenak: Marian University
• Olivia Montembeault: Connecticut College

Soccer
• Lauren Caldwell: Carleton College
• Maya Healy: Case Western Reserve University
• Matthew Perchik: Illinois Wesleyan University

Rowing
• Kannan Alford: Stanford University
• Alek Balassa: Yale University
• Elise Kahler: Santa Clara University
• Sophie Kahler: University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Preston Lodolce: Santa Clara University
• John Salvi: Stanford University
• Noah Silverstein: Princeton University
• Jack Skinner: University of California
• Ava Sofranko: Clemson University

Rugby
• Michael AbiAntoun: University of Utah
• Reuben Kruger: Indiana University

Track and Field
• Andrew Hepner: DePauw University
• Caden Pfister: Grinnell College
• Kayleigh Vitu: Dickinson College

Water Polo
• Seren Uzkan: Loyola Marymount University
• Noah Wendt: University of the Pacific

Wrestling
• Bryan Ko: New York University, Wrestling

Volleyball
• Lindsay Umlauf: Hobart & William Smith College

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