26 MIHS Student Athletes Sign National Letters of Intent
26 MIHS Student Athletes Sign National Letters of Intent
MISD Communications
Mercer Island, WA, June 4, 2025 – Wednesday afternoon 26 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 gym.
“Congratulations to our incredible student-athletes signing to compete at the collegiate level,” said MIHS Athletic Director Lindsey Blaine. “Your relentless work, resilience, and passion have led you to this exciting milestone. We are so proud of all you have accomplished and look forward to watching you thrive in this next chapter. Go make your mark!”
The 26 student athletes are attending 24 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 16 different sports. There are six lacrosse players, three boys and three girls, who will play college lacrosse next year. Four sports, boys soccer, girls swimming, boys wrestling, boys baseball, and track and field will see two or more athletes each play at the collegiate level next year. Nine other sports had one MIHS athlete sing national letters of intent today.
Parents, coaches, and friends of the student athletes attended the signing ceremony.
Girls Swimming
Alexa McDevitt, University of California, Berkeley
Isabel Peng, Cornell College
CJ Woare, Kenyon College
Boys Wrestling
Gordon Gibson, Simon Fraser University
Lincoln Woods, North Central College
Girls Water Polo
Kiera McGuire, Wagner College
Boys Water Polo
Justin Topol, Pomona College
Football
Ethan Kercher, Fort Lewis College
Boys Lacrosse
Norman Jess Geoghagan, Vassar College
Seb Gonzalez, Bowdoin College
Lucas Rosato, Wesleyan
Girls Lacrosse
Chelsea Cho, University of Denver
Merrick Loeffler, Lewis & Clark College
Sophia Loiselle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Girls Basketball
Anna Marsh, Westmont
Boys Basketball
Will McDonald, Kenyon College
Boys Soccer
Charlie Frink, Davidson
Ben Park, Carnegie Mellon University
Girls Soccer
Parker Friedman, Macalester College
Track and Field & Cross Country
Victoria Rodriguez, Wake Forest University
Owen Powell, University of Washington
Boys Tennis
Gian Manhas, University of Portland
Girls Tennis
Rachel Garton, Harvey Mudd College
Rugby
Kellen Eskridge, University of Arizona
Baseball
Baird Sirianni, Kenyon College
Charlie Seneker, William & Mary
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