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Spencer Smith will continue his football career as a preferred walk-on at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville this fall. “My dream has always been to play for UT. It’s everyone’s dream,” Smith said. “[I] had a visit with Coach Pruitt, talked to the quarterbacks coach at length and they’re turning stuff around up there so I was just really excited to get up there.” Smith says he’s had gre...

Andy Bean, set to continue his baseball career at Belmont University this fall, is excited about what the future holds. After pitching a game not knowing the Bruins’ scouts were in attendance, Bean quickly saw the opportunity arise. “It was a pretty quick initiation of the relationship, but after I talked with the coach I got a lot of time to research and figure out exactly what Belmont was a...

Mary Miller Goldberg has been swimming for over 10 years and will continue at Birmingham-Southern College. “I discovered Birmingham-Southern through Will Barton, who went there to swim also.” Goldberg said. Goldberg visited Birmingham-Southern and committed the next weekend. She’s very excited to have the opportunity to expand on her talents and has some advice for future college athletes. “B...

Justin Bray is set to continue his football career at Mercer University in the fall. For Bray, the decision to play at Mercer came down to proximity to home. “It’s a smaller school, but it’s closer to home, and it has really good academics, so it’s also a place that really felt homey to me,” Bray said. His motivation for continuing to play college is closely tied to his love for the...

Hunter Schwartz has always wanted to play college baseball, and he will fulfill that dream at the University of Alabama at Huntsville after committing at the end of last school year. “The baseball team seemed like a good fit for me,” Schwartz said. He met members of the baseball team during his visit there last year. “I saw the dorms that they stayed in and saw the routine they went throug...

Though people typically spend hours searching to find the right college, Timber King’s college found him. “I was drifting and waiting to see where I was going to go, and all of sudden Pikeville [University] popped up,” King said. King was not just looking for a school with a good football program but with a good arts program as well. King’s relationship with football has been test...

Sara Washington spent four years cheering on Gryphon athletics on the sidelines, and now she’s taking her talents out west to compete in Texas Christian University's [TCU] cheer program. “I always knew I wanted to go there, but I didn’t know if I wanted to cheer or not,” Washington said. “So I knew if I went to TCU, I could try out.” Washington tried out and made the team in April. ...

For third-generation football player Kyle Gasaway, playing college football was both a childhood dream and a family tradition. “Just the fact that I can live that out and follow the footsteps of my dad who played college football, and my grandfather, it just means a lot that I can carry on the tradition of my family,” Gasaway said. Gasaway officially committed to Ouachita Baptist Universi...

Though finding the right school wasn’t an easyprocess, Wood is looking forward to the opportunity he’ll have. “There’s just so many schools and just having to go visit so many and pick which one you like more is pretty hard,” Wood said. “Having a chance to start freshman year is a pretty big deal to me, so I’m really excited about that.” Wood expects that getting on the field earl...

“I didn’t really know about it until this year,” Williams said. Injuries made him doubt that he would be able to run in college. “I was actually planning on not running,” Williams said. “I wanted to originally. Then I decided not to after I got hurt, and I was fine with it. But then once I got an offer, things changed, and I decided that if I had this opportunity I might as well t...

Carter Park has played baseball all his life, and he plans to continue his baseball career at Belmont University in Nashville. Playing sports in college is also a family tradition for Park. “My dad and my cousin played at Ole Miss, and I wanted to play [in] college too,” Park said. Belmont University approached Park this past fall, and he committed the next day. Park had visited Belmon...

This fall, Jacquavious Pryor will be attending Lindenwood University in Missouri. Pryor has been playing football since he was five years old, and he is now proud to say that he has committed and will be playing college football. “I finally get to fill out my dreams to go play college football,” Pryor said, “and eventually make it to the next level.” Pryor wants to thank his d...

After playing baseball all four years of high school, he’s excited to continue pitching in college. Schirmer was given the opportunity to combine sports and service at Savannah State. “They offered me in-state tuition... because I was a pitcher, and I want to do the military training, so it was almost immediate that I wanted to go there,” Schirmer said. Schirmer will have the chance t...

Having committed nearly three years ago, she’s had plenty of time to get ready for her college experience. “Vanderbilt has been my dream school since I was a child,” Murphy said. “After attending an academic tour and a lacrosse camp my freshman year, I knew that was where I wanted to study and play if given the opportunity.” Murphy hopes to balance lacrosse, studying and service and to b...