The early signing period kicked off Wednesday with athletes across the Midstate signing National Letters of Intent with colleges all over the country.
The 2015 Tennessean All-Midstate Girls and Boys Basketball Players of the Year. Blackman’s Crystal Dangerfield will be heading to Connecticut and Braxton (Blackwell) Key, formerly with CPA and now with Oak Hill Academy, will be playing for Alabama.
Possibly the most high-profile early signees of 2015 were Blackman’s Crystal Dangerfield and former CPA standout Braxton Key.
A two-time reigning state champion and Gatorade state player of the year and reigning Class AAA Miss Basketball won’t have to adapt to not playing for a perennial powerhouse when she leaves the Lady Blaze next year.
Dangerfield will be heading to Connecticut to play for Geno Auriemma and the 10-time NCAA champion Lady Huskies.
After leaving CPA to attend Oak Hill, Va., last summer, Key, a two-time Class AA Mr. Basketball, decided to go to college a little closer to home.
The 6-foot-8 forward chose Alabama where he will play for former NBA coach Avery Johnson.
Ravenwood had nine athletes sign — three in softball, three in golf and one each in volleyball, lacrosse and track and field.
BASEBALL
Haddon Adams, Riverdale – North Carolina State
Korey Bell, Brentwood – Ole Miss
Alex Brewer, Forrest – Vanderbilt
Alex Carignan, Siegel – Air Force
Jackson Curb, Franklin – Belmont
Christian Denton, Page – Palm Beach Atlantic
Sam Folkes, BGA – Union
Coleman Goodwin, Ensworth – Lipscomb
Logan Jarvis, Franklin – Belmont
Jacob Key, Siegel – Illinois-Chicago
Mckenzie Kilburn, Summertown – Trevecca
Zach King, Spring Hill – Vanderbilt
Micah McClellan, Stewarts Creek – Lee
Mitchell Runnion, Page – Lincoln Memorial
Arcentae Stone, Stratford – Maryville
Will Wacaser, Hendersonville – Austin Peay
Zell Walker, Nashville Christian – Tennessee Tech
Peyton Warren, FRA- West Alabama
Grant Williams, Hendersonville – MTSU
BOYS BASKETBALL
Jordan Bone, Ensworth – Tennessee
Kenny Cooper, FRA – Lipscomb
Ross Cummings, Creek Wood – Mercer
Brandon Dansoh, Cane Ridge – Tusculum
Nick Hopkins, Fayetteville – Belmont
Braxton Key, Oak Hill/CPA – Alabama
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jazz Bond, Blackman – South Florida
Lea Lea Carter, Dickson Co. – Vanderbilt
Crystal Dangerfield, Blackman – Connecticut
Le’Jzae Davidson, East Nashville – Furman
Ansley Eubank, Oakland – Northern Kentucky
Shelby Gibson, Oakland – Ole Miss
Leslie, Golden, Columbia Acad. – Samford
MacKenzie Iles, Cumberland Co. – Tennessee Tech
Windee Johnson, Pope John Paul II – Spring Hill
Caroline Patrick, Oakland – Palm Beach Atlantic
Carleigh Short, Hendersonville – Lipscomb
DIVING/SWIMMING
Charlie Clifton, Ensworth – Georgia
Patrick Kelly, Oakland – Colgate
Chase Van Patten, Siegel – Washington-St. Louis
FOOTBALL
Joseph Snowden, MBA – Columbia
BOYS GOLF
Davis Armstrong, Lipscomb Acad. – Lipscomb
Connor Downey, MBA – Villanova
Brayden Garrison, Ravenwood – Tennessee
Ben Garvin, Ravenwood – Christian Brothers
Jay Grove, Ravenwood – Tennessee St.
Trevor Johnson, Brentwood – Louisville
Austin Lancaster, Hendersonville – Austin Peay
Brock Ochsenreiter, Ensworth – Indiana
Tanner Owens, Blackman – Virginia Tech
Jordan Reynolds, Central Magnet – Faulkner
Jack Story, Dickson Co. – UT-Martin
Hunter Wolcott, Dickson Co. – Tennessee
GIRLS GOLF
Reagan Kinnie, Riverdale – Carson-Newman
Meghann Stamps, Hendersonville – Austin Peay
BOYS LACROSSE
Jake Fowler, Riverdale – Alabama-Huntsville
Aaron Weisel, Father Ryan – Mount Saint Mary’s
GIRLS LACROSSE
Megan Hawken, Ravenwood – Radford University
Grace Lascara, Pope John Paul II – Kennesaw State
GIRLS SOCCER
Callie McKinney, Franklin – Louisville
SOFTBALL
Kaylee Davis, Mt. Pleasant – Martin Methodist
Drew Dudley, Ravenwood – Austin Peay
Katie Eakes, Wilson Central – North Alabama
Sabrina Gilliam, Columbia Acad. – North Alabama
Cassidy Hale, Franklin – Austin Peay
Abby Irwin, Ravenwood – Belmont
Brooklin Lee, Dickson Co. – Belmont
KaraLynn Levy, Siegel – Carson-Newman
Peyton Mathis, Hickman Co. – Union
Alley McDonald, Pope John Paul II – Southeast Louisiana
Molly McKelvy, Zion Christian – Union
Autumn Ogletree, Ravenwood – Florida Southwestern
Savannah Rosevear-Goetch, Page – MTSU
Ashley Scott, Dickson Co. – Union
Hannah Thompson, Hendersonville – Austin Peay
Dallas Weatherly, Harpeth Hall – Bethel
Veronica Westfall, Siegel – Softball
Taylor Woodring, Clarksville – Cumberland
GIRLS TENNIS
Skylar McDonald, Fayetteville – Dallas Baptist
BOYS TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Adam Neelly, Gallatin – Memphis
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Madelaine Bayless, Brentwood – Colorado
Hannah Caldwell, Brentwood – UT-Chattanooga
Julia Henderson, Ravenwood – UT-Chattanooga
Riley Killian, Creek Wood – Cumberland
Kailey Schuyler, Columbia Acad. – Lipscomb
VOLLEYBALL
Elizabeth Bossong, Siegel – Tennessee Tech
Sophia Cerino, Ravenwood – Western Kentucky
Lauren Dorrell, Father Ryan – Colorado
Gracie Larkin, Father Ryan – Trevecca
Kaela Massey, Brentwood – East Tenn. State
Asha Phillips, Siegel – Tennessee
Anna Wilson, Brentwood – Sewanee