PHOTO GALLERY: National early signing day in Southwest La.
Published 8:23 am Thursday, November 14, 2024
Sam Houston catcher Connor Walker signed with the McNeese State University baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston pitcher Cole Flanagan signed with the UL-Lafayette baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston's Caleb Lavine signed with the Mckendree (Ill.) University wrestling team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston's Aubrey Hobbs signed with the LSU Alexandria softball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston's Savannah Weldon signed with the Mississippi College soccer team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston pitcher/infielder Ashton Bultron signed with the Belhaven (Miss.) University baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston pitcher/infielder Yahir Pagan signed with the Arkansas-Rich Mountain baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston's Haden Peshoff signed with the Bossier Parish Community College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston's Maddox Ardoin signed with the Bossier Parish Community College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston setter Bailey Foolkes will join the McNeese State volleyball team as a preferred walk-on. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Houston middle hitter Ava Henry signed with the McNeese State volleyball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sam Houston High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe's Jace Vasquez signed with the Millsaps (Miss.) College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe's Shyler Smith signed with the Nunez Community College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe's Jarius Miller signed with the Hill (Texas) College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe catcher Presley Courville signed with the University of Texas baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe's Brit Vick signed with the LSU Eunice baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Barbe's Cameron Stutes signed with the Bossier Parish Community College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barbe High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
St. Louis Catholic's Brecken Bordelon signed with the Bossier Parish Community College baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at St. Louis Catholic High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sulphur pitcher Slade Shove-Knox signed with the UL-Lafayette baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sulphur High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sulphur infielder Jackson Beddoe signed with the UL-Lafayette baseball team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at Sulphur High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
St. Louis Catholic's Hannah Boullion, the Class 3A state recorder holder in the 400-meter dash, signed with the UL-Lafayette track and field team on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at St. Louis Catholic High School during the national early signing period. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
25 Southwest Louisiana athletes decided on their college destinations on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2024, during the national early signing period.
NCAA Division I
Jackson Beddoe, Sulphur ULL baseball
Slade Shove-Knox, Sulphur ULL baseball
Hannah Boullion, St. LOuis ULL track
Cole Flanagan, SHHS ULL baseball
Connor Walker, SHHS McNeese baseball
Ava Henry, SHHS McNeese volleyball
Bailey Foolkes, SHHS* McNeese volleyball
Presley Courville, Barbe Texas baseball
Prestaisha White, Sulphur# Southern Univ. softball
NCAA Div. II
Blake Butler, S. Beau Ouachita Bapt. wrestling
Savannah Weldon, SHHS Miss. College soccer
Caleb Lavine, SHHS McKendree Univ. wrestling
NCAA Div. III
Ashton Bultron, SHHS Belhaven baseball
Jace Vasquez, Barbe Millsaps Coll. baseball
NJCAA Div. I
Brecken Bordelon, St. Louis Baton Rouge CC baseball
Haden Peshoff, SHHS Bossier Parish CC baseball
Maddox Ardoin, SHHS Bossier Parish CC baseball
Cameron Stutes, Barbe Bossier Parish CC baseball
Jarius Miller, Barbe Hill College baseball
Shyler Smith, Barbe Nunez CC baseball
NJCAA Div. II
Brit Vick, Barbe LSUE baseball
Clayton Folks, S. Beau UA-Rich Mountain baseball
Luke Brister, S. Beau UA-Rich Mountain baseball
Yahir Pagan, SHHS UA-Rich Mountain baseball
NAIA
Aubrey Hobbs, SHHS LSUA softball
*Preferred walk on
#Signing Wednesday, Nov. 20
