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white Catching Up with the Summer Commitments
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There were a number of important college commitments made
during the summer of 2012. More


white Troy Crevier Selects Cortland, Alex Davis to Hamilton
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SUNY Cortland picked up yet another recruit for the class starting next fall when Webster Thomas midfielder Troy Crevier made his decision last week. The current senior had 27g-12a last year, his second as a Varsity Titan. More


white Hilsdorf to Roberts Wesleyan, Swartzman to Air Force
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Gates Chili senior Steve Hilsdorf has announced his decision to play next year on the new Division II team at Roberts Wesleyan. The defenseman earned MC-2 All league honors last year and played for the FCA young guns team in 2010. Rocky Delfino, who most recently led the MCC Varsity for nine years has been selected as the first Head Coach for the program which will field its first team this spring. He will be assisted by long-time Irondequoit coach John Pratt. More


white Tyler Aycock Commits to Albany
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Pittsford senior Tyler Aycock recently signed his National Letter of Intent to play at the University at Albany next year.  He is one of four currently planning on playing for Head Coach Scott Marr. "I know a bunch of the guys going out there. I'm really excited. They are really great players and I've played with them for a couple of years now. I'm very excited to head down there." More


white Corey Parke Signs NLI for Georgetown
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"It was a top Division I program and great academics and I really liked being near Washington DC. I liked how you could walk everywhere," said Corey Parke of his decision to sign a National Letterof Intent to play at Georgetown next year. More


white Derek Jamison Signs for Mercyhurst
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Pittsford senior defenseman Derek Jamison knew from the moment he stepped on campus that he wanted to attend Mercyhurst College after high school. "I had my choices between Cortland and a lot of other SUNY schools as well as Mercyhurst and Le Moyne. I saw the campus and it was beautiful. I love the coach and everything." More


white Penfield Lacrosse Celebrates Two College Signings
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Penfield Head Coach John Schembri recently sent along pictures of two more players in his program signing National Letters of Intent at a signing ceremony last month. More


white Dylan Yonts Signs NLI for St. Leo University
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Penn Yan senior midfielder Dylan Yonts will be heading south a year from now, as the result of his signing a National Letter of Intent to play lacrosse at St. Leo University in central Florida. "It's a small campus. It's very, very nice. The weather is nice, the academics are good and they play good lacrosse down there." More


white Chris Bechle Signs NLI for Binghamton
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"Right when I got on the Binghamton campus, I got that feeling," says senior defenseman Chris Bechle, about his chowhice to go to Binghamton University. "This is where I want to spent the next four years of my life. It's the perfect fit for me." More


white Brian Martin Signs NLI for Binghamton
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Fairport senior midfielder Brian Martin knew right away that he wanted to go to college in New York State and so after some investigation it was not difficult to find his match at Binghamton University. "I knew once I started my recruiting that I wanted to stay in New York. I don't like traveling too far. I looked at some D-1 and D-3 schools and then Coach Nelson called one day. I took a visit, loved it and about a week later committed." More


white Blaze Riorden Signs NLI for Albany
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"Albany offered everything I was looking at in a college," says Fairport senior goalie Blaze Riorden. "Great academic program. . . I love the coaching staff and I'm going to have a good opportunity to play." The All Section and Class A All-Tournament player also looked at Maryland, Drexel, Hobart, Loyola and others, but "Albany was the one for me. As soon as I stepped on campus I knew it was the spot for me." More


white Derek DeJoe Signs NLI for Syracuse
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When he was in seventh grade, Derek DeJoe got a poster of Joe Walters (Irondequoit) while playing at Maryland. "He signed the poster and it said 'Dream Big' and I have always just thought about that. At the same time my Dad said that I could do it too. Watching Syracuse and other big schools play on TV, encouraged me to just 'Dream Big'". More


white Six Players at Irondequoit sign NLI
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Academics and athletics were celebrated today at Irondequoit High School as six seniors, who have been playing lacrosse together since the third grade, picked up their pens and signed their way to the next phase of their lives. More


white Alex Paroda Signs NLI for Mount St. Mary's
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"The main thing was the coach," explained Alex Paroda when asked why he decided to sign his National Letter of Intent to play at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. "Tom Gravante displayed a lot of character and a lot of things I look for in a coach. He seemed to take the players under his wing and treat them as more than just lacrosse players." More


white Mitch Rupp Signs NLI for Albany
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Playing in the attack, Victor senior Mitch Rupp knows how to set goals. "When I was younger, my goal was always to play at Division I so I wanted to make sure I got there. When I made Varsity as a freshman, it hit me that if I kept working hard and playing as much as I could, I would make it." With the signing of his National Letter of Intent, Tuesday, Mitch symbolized the achievement of his goal. Mitch will attend Albany and play for the Great Danes next fall. More


white TJ DiSanto Selects Binghamton and Signs NLI
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The University of Binghamton has a long history of recruiting Section Five players and Head Coach Scott Nelson has picked up four more from this year's seniors, including Victor midfielder TJ DiSanto, who signed his National Letter of Intent on Tuesday. Fairport players Chris Bechle and Brian Martin and Irondequoit goalie Eric Fischer are also expected to play for the Bearcats. They will join Kraig Heston (AQ), JT Hauck (Thomas) and Tucker Nelson (Penfield) when they arrive on the Binghamton campus next fall. More


white John Maloney Junior Signs NLI for Albany
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In his two years on Varsity, John Maloney has amassed 92 points (54g-40a) and last summer he played for the Brine All-American Lacrosse National Classic (champions) and the Nike Upstate Rising Senior team (champions) along with a trip to the 205 Camp where he made the all-star team. It certainly has been a busy time for John, but the highlight may have been his National Letter of Intent signing ceremony at Victor Central School on Tuesday. There, with over fifty well-wishers, he, along with Mitch Rupp and TJ DiSanto were honored as they committed to their Division I college teams. More


white Rob Kitchen Signs NLI for VMI
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"When I took an official visit on September 1st the brotherhood and comradery that I saw and the honor of attending really got to me and when I left I knew it was where I wanted to go." More


white Miller to West Point and Zawacki to Cortland
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Midfielder Gunnar Miller will be attending the United State Military Academy at West Point after his senior year at Irondequoit. An All-Tournament team pick last spring, Miller recorded 10g-5a in his junior year and was a member of the Brine All-American Lacrosse National Classic Championship team and the Nike Upstate Rising Senior team last summer. More


white Gino Prestigiacomo Picks Cortland
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Greece Thunder (Athena/Odyssey) senior Gino Prestigiacomo recently announced his decision to continue his lacrosse career at the State University at Cortland next fall. The offensive player who has four year varsity experience, recorded 32g-26a (58 points) last year and has a career record of 82g-63a entering his last year with the Thunder. He has had three years with the Rochester Blaze team during his off-seasons. More


white Penfield Sends Two More to College Teams
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Penfield recently announced the commitments of two seniors who are planning to continue their game next year. Justin Rehm has made his commitment to Siena College after his last year with the Patriots. Siena is a Division 1 (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) team. More


white Kitchen and Warren Select VMI
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Robert Kitchen Jr, a rising senior offensive player with the Greece Lightning (Arc/Oly), has given his verbal commitment to attend the Virginia Military Institute a year from now. In his three years on the varsity team, Kitchen has scored 99 points (68g-31a). More


white Connor Russell Gives Verbal Commitment to Syracuse
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Penfield rising junior, Connor Russell recently announced his verbal commitment to play for Syracuse University after graduation in 2013. More


white Victor's Maloney Gives Verbal to Albany
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Rising senior, John Maloney, Jr. (Victor) recently made his verbal commitment to play next year Albany. More


white Lombardi Gives Verbal Commitment to Penn State
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Aquinas midfielder, Billy Lombardi has given his verbal commitment to play lacrosse at Penn State University. The rising junior (class of 2013) scored fifteen points as a sophomore on the L' ll Irish team and played this summer on the Nike Upstate Rising Junior team. More


white Riorden and Parke Make Verbal Commitments
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Two more rising senior Section Five player have made verbal commitment for D-I teams. Fairport goalie Blaze Riorden made his verbal commitment to Albany and Pittsford midfielder Corey Parke has made a verbal commitment to play at Georgetown. More


white Summer Recruitment Updates
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Another verbal commitment had been announced at Fairport rising senior defenseman, Chris Bechlehas made his decision to play at Binghamton a year from now. More


white Nick Weston Joins Four Commitments
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Aquinas Institute rising junior Nick Weston recently announced his verbal commitment to play at Syracuse University. Weston had a media mention after playing at the Maverik Showtime earlier in the summer and was a member of the Adidas All-American Classic recently.  More


         
 
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