IMG Academy Celebrates Student-Athletes Committing to the Next Level during 2019 NLI Signing Day

On Wednesday, November 13th, 43 IMG Academy student-athletes signed their National Letter of Intent during the 2019 Fall Signing Day Ceremony. Surrounded by family, classmates, teammates, coaches, teachers, and friends, this group of senior and post-graduate student-athletes earned this honor by challenging themselves both in the classroom and in their sport. Today's group represented one of the largest groups of NLI signees ever at IMG Academy.

According to the NCAA, only about 7% of all high school athletes will compete at the NCAA level while just over 2.5% of NCAA student-athletes are competing at the D1 level. Of this group of IMG student-athletes, 13% of the 2020 senior class signed an NLI on Wednesday. Future signing days will also honor football student-athletes as well as spring signees in 2020, only adding to this notable percentage. The access to a dedicated College Placement Department as well as incredible resources throughout campus allow IMG Academy student-athletes to continue achieving elite success.

From the entire IMG Academy community, we look forward to seeing this group of student-athletes succeed at the next level. Congratulations to all signees and their families!

The complete list of Wednesday's signees included:

Baseball:

Aaron Combs - Coastal Carolina University

Andrew Bergeron - Georgetown University

Brett Cook - Virginia Military Institute

Charez Butcher - University of Tennessee

Mac Horvath - University of North Carolina

Kevin Karstetter - Florida Atlantic University

Brandon Llewellyn - Notre Dame

Jordan Miller - Georgia State University

Corbin Morrison - University of Tennessee

Matthew Pelcher - Hofstra University

Zach Thomas - Flagler College

Heston Tole - University of Arkansas

Billy Underwood - Coastal Carolina University

Basketball:

Jalen Johnson - Duke University

Jaden Springer - University of Tennessee

Matthew Murrell - University of Mississippi

Mark Williams - Duke University

Elizabeth Smith - University of the Pacific

Ariel Loiter - Colgate University

Zachry Edey - Purdue University

Nicquel Blake - University of Las Vegas

Alyn Breed - Providence College

Mikeal Brown-Jones - Virginia Commonwealth University

Golf:

Anabell Fuller - University of Florida

Herman Sekne - Purdue University

Gregory Solgaug - University of Oregon

Lacrosse:

Nathan Ashley - Lenoir-Rhyne University

Carson Baer - High Point University

Ellison Burt-Murray - Marquette University

Owen Geis - Sacred Heart University

Soccer:

Cole Motooka - Santa Clara University

Hosei Kijima - Wake Forest University

Emily Munguia - University of Houston

Lyna Schaffer - Colgate University

Ramsey Davis - University of Mississippi

Reese Elliott - University of Montana

Ashlyn O'Shea - University of Buffalo

Alexis Vanderlinden - James Madison University

Tennis:

Ana Geller - Stanford University

Nikki Redelijk - Pepperdine University

Petra Miszczak - Siena College

Maks Silagy - Florida State

Track & Field:

Malcolm Clemons - University of Florida