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MANHASSET, N.Y. — Bright and early (7:30am!) on November 21, Manhasset High School鈥檚 Recruited Senior athletes and their families gathered in the gym for one of the most important and exciting events of their sports careers: the National Signing Day Ceremony! (FYI: What they signed was a Letter Of Intent, which is a binding agreement to play a collegiate sport at the school to which they have been recruited.)

鈥淚t was such a special day for them!鈥� smiles Tonia Zacharia, whose son, Theo, was recruited to play baseball at Bates College. 鈥淚t鈥檚 wonderful that Manhasset High School recognizes and acknowledges the athletes for this great accomplishment that they all worked so hard for.鈥�

鈥淭he Signing Day event is such a nice way for the school to honor all of the athletes that have earned the opportunity to play sports in college,鈥� concurs Sean Haggerty, whose son, Aidan, is following in his brother, Brendan鈥檚, footsteps and playing lacrosse for Villanova University. 鈥淭hey have all worked tremendously hard and taken so much pride in representing Manhasset over the years. All these athletes are going to incredible schools and we look forward to watching them compete at the next level.鈥�

The athletes and their families weren鈥檛 the only ones enjoying this eventful morning鈥攆or Athletic Director Christine Raffo, who began her tenure earlier this school year, this was her first Signing Day at MHS. 鈥淚t was very exciting,鈥� she shares. 鈥淭o see all of the families there at 7:30 in the morning; you could just see that they were really proud of their child. It鈥檚 so exciting for the student-athlete, but it鈥檚 also exciting for the whole group. I was just incredibly impressed by the number of student athletes who play at the next level from Manhasset High School. People don鈥檛 realize that it鈥檚 approximately one to three percent of that population that鈥檚 playing college-level sports. And so, it鈥檚 just such a huge accomplishment. It speaks to their hard work and their level of commitment to their sport. These kids are balancing so much and doing a wonderful job. So I am just very impressed by our students.鈥�

Enthuses Muhlenberg University recruit Isabella D鈥橝rienzo, 鈥淚 am very happy to continue pursuing my passion of playing soccer at the collegiate level! It was so nice to be a part of the Manhasset Signing Day and I can鈥檛 wait for what the future holds.鈥�

ATHLETE聽 聽 聽 聽 聽SPORT聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽SCHOOL

Caitlin Barrett 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 聽 聽Duke University

Patrick Broderick 聽 Swimming 聽 聽Purdue University

Matthew Cargiulo 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 聽University of Massachusetts

Eric Carlson 聽 聽 Wrestling 聽 聽 Cornell University

Isabella Chin 聽 聽Fencing 聽 聽Harvard University

Julia Chiovitti 聽 Tennis 聽 聽 聽Stevens Institute of Technology

Liam Connor 聽 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽Colgate University

Isabella D鈥橝rienzo 聽 Soccer 聽 Muhlenberg University

Jillian Gangaram 聽 Lacrosse 聽Washington & Lee University

Sofia Giordano 聽 聽Swimming 聽 聽Kenyon College

Calum Girard 聽 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽 Duke University

Tatum Goettelmann 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽High Point University

Aidan Haggerty 聽 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽Villanova University

Isabella Knapp 聽 聽 Rowing 聽 聽Columbia University

Sofia Lago 聽 聽Rowing 聽 聽Cornell University

Jack Lamarca 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 聽Siena College

James Lapina 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽Boston University

Joella Linder 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 聽Pomona College

Kelly Mack 聽 聽Field Hockey 聽 聽University of Scranton

Alexandra Maliagros 聽Lacrosse 聽 Dartmouth College

Jack Petersen 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 聽Harvard University

Michelle Powers 聽 聽Lacrosse 聽 Marist College

Alexandra Schneider 聽 Lacrosse 聽 聽University of Virginia

Theodore Zacharia 聽 聽Baseball 聽 Bates College

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