Paly athletes pose before signing their National Letters of Intent during a ceremony in the gym Wednesday, Nov. 9.
– Grant Raffel
Eleven Palo Alto High School seniors signed their letters of intent Wednesday during a ceremony in the big gym.
Skylar Dorosin signed to play water polo at Stanford University.
Kimmy Whitson signed to play volleyball at University of the Pacific.
Maddie Kuppe signed to play volleyball at the University of Connecticut.
Nicky Hu signed to play tennis at Harvard University.
Kimmie Flather signed to play lacrosse at San Diego State.
Melanie Wade signed to play volleyball at the University of Washington.
Caroline Martin signed to play volleyball at Connecticut College.
Emy Kelty signed to play lacrosse at Amherst College.
Megan Bredenberg signed to swim at Pepperdine University.
Byron Sanborn signed to swim at Princeton University.
Jasmine Tosky signed to swim at the University of Southern California.
Tosky thinks the coaching and strong swim program at USC will help her improve as a swimmer.
“The swim program is really strong there and I really believe in the coach,” Tosky said. “He has raised a bunch of Olympians and I think he can raise me into a great athlete.”
Hu chose Harvard because of its strong academics and tennis program, which fits Hu’s plans in college.
“I know that I want to study economics there [at Harvard] and I know they have a really strong economic program,” Hu said. “I feel like the tennis team is going somewhere and getting better and better each year, getting a lot of good recruits and I really like the coaches there also.”
Sanborn shared similar sentiments with Hu. Sanborn chose Princeton because of both the university’s academics and swim program.
“I chose Princeton because when I visited, I liked the atmosphere and the team and the coach,” Sanborn said. “I really like that whole aspect plus, they have a good undergraduate focus and I know that I can get one of the best educations that America has to offer.”
A slideshow of the ceremony can be found here.