22 MIHS Student Athletes Sign National Letters of Intent

Mercer Island, WA, May 27, 2026 – Wednesday morning 22 Mercer Island High School seniors signed National Letters of Intent to play collegiate and university sports next year in a ceremony in the high school Commons.

“Congratulations to our exceptional student-athletes signing to compete at the collegiate level,” said MIHS Athletic Director Lindsey Blaine. “Their hard work, resilience, leadership, and passion have led them to this remarkable milestone. We are incredibly proud of everything they have accomplished at MIHS and cannot wait to see them continue to grow, compete, and succeed at the next level. Once an Islander, always an Islander.”

The 22 student athletes are attending 20 different colleges or universities next year. The combined GPA of the MIHS athletes is 3.73.

MIHS student athletes going on to play at the next level represent nine different sports. There are four soccer players, four lacrosse athletes, four swimmers, and thee cross country/track and field athletes signing letters of intent. Two baseball players signed national letters of intent today. One athlete from these five sports, football, golf, baseball, basketball, and wrestling signed a national letter of intent today.

Parents, coaches, and friends of the student athletes attended the signing ceremony.

Girls Swimming
Emily Dunn, Hamilton College
Julia Shang, Wellesley College
Hope Enge, Amherst College

Boys Swimming
Graham Lucas, University of Rochester

Boys Wrestling
Luke Sincock, Colorado School of Mines

Girls Lacrosse
Sophia Kinkead, Ithaca College

Boys Lacrosse
Blake Ronaldson, Kenyon College
Bryce Galgon, McGill University
Philip Weil, McGill University

Boys Basketball
Henry May, Occidental College

Boys Soccer
Tyler Shelton, Emmanuel College
Kyle Cupic, Carroll College
Alexander (Olek) Wyrwik, SUNY Purchase

Girls Soccer
Blakeley Bourke, St. Olaf College

Boys Track and Field & Cross Country
Connor Ward, Seattle University
Matthew Lawrence, Santa Clara

Girls Track and Field & Cross Country
Aaliyah Khan, University of Pennsylvania
Eloise Newman, Cornell

Baseball
Will Turba, Pacific University
Kalden Short, Whitman

Boys Golf
Alex Harwood, Kenyon College

Football
Roman Hanlon, Montana Tech