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Local Division I commitments on national signing day

Feb. 10--Football

Ken Aguirre, 6-2, 280, DL, Joliet Catholic (Western Michigan)

Matt Allen, 6-3, 270, OL, Hinsdale Central (Michigan State)

Cole Anderson, 6-4, 265, OL, Warren (Illinois State)

Sam Badovinac, 6-2, 250, OL, Loyola (Butler)

Billy Bair, 6-5, 205, TE, Glenbard South (Illinois State)

Travion Banks, 6-1, 175, DB, Evanston (Miami, Ohio)

Joshua Black, 6-2, 235, DL, Machesney Park Harlem (Syracuse)

Desmond Bland, 6-4, 275, OL, Homewood-Flossmoor (Undecided)

Christian Bobak, 6-0, 190, RB/DB, Hinsdale Central (Illinois)

Tuf Borland, 6-1, 215, LB, Bolingbrook (Ohio State)

Brett Borske, 6-6, 230, TE, Neuqua Valley (Western Michigan)

Sam Brodner, 5-11, 210, RB, Glenbard West (Wisconsin)

Bryan Brokop, 6-4, 290, OL, Lincoln-Way West (Nebraska)

Brennan Burdo, Oswego (Dayton)

Sean Chambers, 6,3, 190, QB/DB, Geneva (Princeton)

Desmond Chapple, 6-5, 235, DL, Edwardsville (Northern Iowa)

Matt Chmielewski, 6-4, 310, OL, Lockport (Southern Illinois)

Emmett Clifford, 6-1, 188, QB, Loyola (Holy Cross)

Ryan Culhane, 6-4, 285, OL, Naperville Central (Dayton)

Taylor Curlin, 6-5, 275, OL, Lyons (Lehigh)

Paddy Devlin, 6-6, 175, ATH, St. Patrick (South Dakota State)

Bryan Ditchman, 6-1, 295, OL, Lincoln-Way Central (Florida International)

Rhashaun Epting, 6-4, 210, ATH, Proviso West (New Mexico)

Eric Eshoo, 6-5, 225, TE, Loyola (Northwestern)

Jeremy Fejedelem, 5-10, 185, DB, Lemont (Air Force)

John Fischer, 6-3, 290, OL, Sacred Heart-Griffin (Columbia)

Sean Foster, 6-8, 285, OL, Carmel (Iowa State)

Steven Frank, 6-4, 215, QB, Oswego (Florida Atlantic)

Zeveyon Furcron, 6-2, 305, OL, Joliet Catholic (Southern Illinois)

Austin Galindo, 6-6, 245, DE, Normal U-High (Illinois State)

Brady Garber, 5-11, 185, K, Hinsdale Central (Miami, Ohio)

Donald Gardner, 6-1, 170, DB, Phillips (South Dakota State)

Kurt Gavin, 6-5, 260, OL, Lincoln-Way East (Illinois)

Cade Gilbert, 6-2, 255, OL, Stevenson (Drake)

Stanley Green, 6-1, 190, DB, East St. Louis (Illinois)

Andrew Gregory, 6-1, 195, DB, Normal (Northern Illinois)

Deante Harley-Hampton, 5-7, 175, RB, Homewood-Flossmoor (Indiana State)

Devonte Harley-Hampton, 5-9, 175, RB, Homewood-Flossmoor (Indiana State)

Drew Harvey, 6-0, 210, LB, Crete-Monee (Wyoming)

Julian Hess, 6-1, 165, WR, Champaign Centennial (Eastern Illinois)

Garrett Hirsch, 6-3, 285, OL, Normal (Illinois State)

Jarrell Jackson, 5-10, 170, WR, Marengo (Illinois State)

Amani Jones, 6-0, 215, LB, Phillips (Iowa)

Naquan Jones, 6-4, 285, DL, Evanston (Michigan State)

Daniel Joseph, 6-3, 245, DL, Lake Forest Academy (Penn State)

Solomon Kamara, 6-3, 275, OL, Plainfield East (Valparaiso)

Ben Kimpler, 6-6, 215, DE, Libertyville (Miami, Ohio)

Josh King, 6-6, 230, DE, Hinsdale South (Michigan State)

Ben Klett, 6-0, 200, RB, Lake Zurich (South Dakota)

Dylan Koch, 6-5, 230, TE, Plainfield East (Ball State)

Doug Kramer, 6-3, 275, OL, Hinsdale Central (Illinois)

Brad Krisch, 6-1, 225, LB, Joliet Catholic (Air Force)

Dan Kurkowski, 6-4, 290, OL, Loyola (Holy Cross)

Hayden LaPointe, 6-5, 275, OL, DeKalb (Southern Illinois)

Riley Lees, 6-1, 190, WR, Libertyville (Northwestern)

Landon Lenoir, 6-0, 175, WR, Crete-Monee (Southern Illinois)

Ben LeRoy, 6-3, 260, DL, Loyola (Northern Illinois)

Corey Lersch, 6-4, 210, LB, McHenry (Northern Illinois)

Matt Little, 6-4, 210, QB, Evanston (Western Michigan)

Julian Love, 5-11, 175, RB/DB, Nazareth (Notre Dame)

Kenney Lyke, 6-2, 185, DB, Fremd (Michigan State)

Donald Manning, 6-3, 235, DE, Plainfield East (Ball State)

Matt McCabe, 6-4, 230, DE, Fremd (Yale)

Tim McCloyn, 6-1, 220, LB, Huntley (Illinois State)

Nick Meunier, 5-9, 175, RB, Gibson City Melvin Sibley (Army)

Tyler Millikan, 6-3, 185, WR, Montini (Indiana State)

Jahmari Moore, 6-2, 215, LB, Oak Park-River Forest (Wyoming)

Kentrail Moran, 5-9, 185, RB, O'Fallon (undecided)

Tucker McCann, 6-1, 185, K, O'Fallon (Missouri)

Darshon McCullough, 5-9, 173, RB, Marist (Eastern Illinois)

Romeo McKnight, 6-5, 230, DL, Crystal Lake Central (Iowa)

Royce Newman, 6-7, 260, OL, Nashville (Mississippi)

Nick Niemann, 6-4, 220, LB, Sycamore (Iowa)

Albert Okwuegbunam, 6-5, 215, TE, Sacred Heart-Griffin (Missouri)

Casey O'Brien, 6-4, 255, OL, Lemont (Missouri State)

Brendan O'Hara, 6-2, 220, LB, Providence (Penn)

Liam O'Sullivan, 6-7, 240, OL, Maine South (Syracuse)

Mike Panasiuk, 6-4, 275, DL, Lake Park (Michigan State)

Juwuane Parchman, 6-1, 190, ATH, Rockford Auburn (Illinois)

Blake Parzych, 6-3, 255, DE, Minooka (Southern Illinois)

Phillip Powell, 6-0, 185, WR, King (South Dakota)

Matt Prendergast, 6-5, 240, TE, Nazareth (Lehigh)

Eryk Preston, 6-4, 250, DL, Thornton (Western Illinois)

Kendric Pryor, 6-1, 170, WR, Homewood-Flossmoor (Wisconsin)

Will Purdom, 5-10, 180, WR/DB, St. Francis (Drake)

Clint Ratkovich, 6-2, 205, ATH, Crete-Monee (Western Illinois)

Willie Rodriguez, Oswego (Upper Iowa)

Emmanuel Rugamba, 6-0, 170, ATH, Naperville Central (Iowa)

Tim Ryan, 6-0, 190, WR/DB, Huntley (North Dakota)

Kyle Sanft, 6-3, 280, OL, Bartlett (Western Illinois)

Thomas Schaffer, 6-7, 260, DL, Lake Forest Academy (Stanford)

Michael Sessa, 6-6, 205, QB, Hinsdale Central (Yale)

Quayvon Skanes, 5-10, 170, WR, Phillips (Connecticut)

John Shannon, 6-2, 235, OL, Loyola (Notre Dame)

Trevour Simms, 6-3, 315, OL, East St. Louis (Missouri)

Lemond Singleton, 6-4, 285, OL, Plainfield East (Missouri State)

Jack Sorenson, 6-1, 180, WR, Stevenson (Miami, Ohio)

Drake Spears, 6-1, 200, DB, West Aurora (Undecided)

Allen Stallings, 6-2, 230, DL, Oak Park-River Forest (Indiana)

Erik Swenson, 6-5, 300, OL, Downers Grove South (Oklahoma)

Anthony Thompson, 6-0, 195, QB, Mount Carmel (Northern Illinois)

Tyler Tsgalis, 6-3, 205, QB, Notre Dame (South Dakota)

Noah Turner, 6-3, 235, TE, Carmel (North Carolina)

Barrington Wade, 6-1, 205, RB/DB, Niles North (Iowa)

Drew Walega, 6-6, 275, OL, St. Rita (Eastern Illinois)

Jonathan Ward, 6-0, 175, RB, Bishop McNamara (Central Michigan)

Joe Ware, 6-4, 270, OL, Crete-Monee (Illinois State)

Austin Warner, 6-4, 270, OL, Oswego (Northern Illinois)

Amir Watts, 6-3, 275, DL, Phillips (Pittsburgh)

Jack Wayland, 6-4, 220, LB, Carmel (Butler)

Steven Wirtel, 6-4, 210, OL, Mount Carmel (Iowa State)

Justin Witt, 6-6, 275, OL, Lincoln-Way West (NC State)

Tyler Witt, 6-3, 305, OL, Joliet Catholic (Western Kentucky)

Baseball

Mike Dato, Oswego (Monmouth)

Foster Heise, St. Francis (North Central)

Carter Turnquist, Oswego (Wisconsin-Osh Kosh)

Boys basketball

Loudon Vollbrecht, Geneva (South Dakota State)

Boys cross country/track

Jackson Simon, Oswego (St. Olaf College)

Steven Strange, Oswego (West Point -- Army)

Boys lacrosse

Sean Raleigh, Oswego (North Central College)

Ross Hixon, Oswego (North Central College)

Boys soccer

Jonathan Burke, St. Francis (Eastern Illinois)

Alek Labovic, Marian Catholic (DePaul)

Ty Seager, Wheaton Academy (Northwestern)

Duncan Turnbull, Geneva (Notre Dame)

Boys swimming

Jimmy Dooley, Carmel (Southern Illinois)

Baseball

Eric Vollmert, Crystal Lake Central (MCC)

Girls basketball

Martha Banuelos, Marian Catholic (Robert Morris)

Girls cross country

Maddy Kammerer, Oswego (Wisconsin-Parkside)

Girls golf

Alexa Amato, Carmel (Dayton)

Girls soccer

Devin Burns, Loyola (Iowa)

Hannah Caruso, Oswego (Indianapolis)

Melissa Kasper, Oswego (Webster)

Foster Ignoffo, Geneva (Kentucky)

Taryn Jakubowski, Huntley (Creighton)

Erin Johnston, Carmel (Marquette)

Alyssa Kaufman, Huntley (Illinois State)

Shannon Powers, Loyola (Miami, Ohio)

Jordyn Schoen, Oswego (Indianapolis)

Softball

Emma Bartz, Carmel (Northwestern)

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