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Student-athletes make commitments to play at the collegiate level at College Signing Day

A young woman in a blue UMass Lowell lacrosse shirt signs a document at a table, with another woman in a black White Plains Tigers shirt looking on, against a backdrop of orange banners with tiger logos.

These White Plains student-athletes are taking their talents to the next level! Twenty-four members of the Class of 2026 signed commitments to their schools to play sports at the collegiate level during College Signing Day at White Plains High School on Thursday. 

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Charles “Chuck” Stogel, president of the White Plains High School Athletics Hall of Fame and “Voice of the Tigers,” announced the athletes and their schools to a gymnasium filled with family and friends. As the students walked to the signing table, their coaches congratulated them, wished them luck at the next level and shared what each has meant to their respective teams.

Ice cream carts were also set up in the gym, and students and families got to enjoy a cup of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream as they celebrated the college signings!

Congratulations to all the college signees!

  • Ryan Allen (Football): Alfred State University
  • Ryleigh Baumann (Diving): Sacred Heart University
  • Kingston Boykin (Football): Western Connecticut State University
  • Liam Dafler (Swimming): Manhattan University
  • Jordan Ford (Soccer): Binghamton University
  • Mustafa Ghafoor (Soccer): Dominican University
  • Brianna Gilzene (Basketball): SUNY Morrisville
  • Caitlyn Hyatt (Lacrosse): University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Zahara Knight (Lacrosse): Mount Saint Mary College
  • Matt LaRosa (Track & Field): SUNY Cortland
  • Delphine Larosiliere (Tennis): SUNY New Paltz
  • Elloise Larosiliere (Tennis): SUNY New Paltz
  • Sophia Levine (Lacrosse): Roger Williams University
  • Adriana Mancuso (Field Hockey): William Paterson University
  • Francesca Marcotullio (Lacrosse): Vassar College
  • Max Pollio (Swimming): SUNY Cortland
  • Milan Ragin (Basketball): SUNY Delhi
  • Ava Ritterman (Softball): Kean University 
  • Melanie Rodriguez (Soccer): SUNY Cortland
  • Eddie Ryan (Lacrosse): Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Madison Steptoe (Softball): SUNY Old Westbury
  • Brooke Thomas (Lacrosse): Binghamton University
  • Bryce Thomas (Basketball): Elmira College
  • Mekhi Young (Football): SUNY Morrisville
A man speaks into a microphone at a table draped with a "White Plains Tigers" banner, with bleachers visible in the background.
A young woman in a lacrosse t-shirt stands with a man in a suit, with bleachers in the background.
Five people are seated at a table with a "White Plains Tigers" banner in the background.
Four people sit at a table signing documents in front of an orange backdrop with repeated tiger logos and "WHITE PLAINS TIGERS" text, while a large "WHITE PLAINS TIGERS" banner with a tiger graphic is visible in the foreground.
Four smiling individuals, three young women holding ice cream cups and a man in a suit holding a pamphlet, are seated on bleachers with orange seats visible in the background.
Five people are seated at a table in front of a banner that reads "White Plains Tigers," with balloons in the background.
A young woman signs a document at a table in front of a backdrop featuring the "White Plains Tigers" logo.
Five people are seated at a table in front of a backdrop with "White Plains Tigers" branding, with a tiger logo prominently displayed in the foreground.
Four people, including a young man in a gray hoodie, sit at a table in front of a wall adorned with "White Plains Tigers" logos.
Four people pose for a photo in front of a banner with "White Plains Tigers" and tiger logos, with two men in the foreground seated at a table and two men standing behind them.

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