Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Athletic Department held its annual National Signing Day celebrations throughout the district on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Congratulations to all 11 Chisholm Trail students who will continue their education through athletics at the collegiate level.
Photo Gallery:
Ethan Armendarez - Golf
Weatherford College
Weatherford, TX
Division: NJCAA
Intended Major: Business Administration
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-First ever Chisholm Trail boys Individual District Champion
-Regional Qualifier 2022, 2021
-Golfer of the Year 2023, 2022, 2021
-Finished top two, eight times out of 27 tournaments with four wins
Taylor Ashbrook - Softball
National Park College
Hot Springs National Park, AR
Division: NJCAA
Intended Major: Nursing
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-First Team All-District 2022
-Team Co-MVP 2022
-Newcomer of the Year 2020
-Team Defensive MVP 2020
-Academic All-District
Jayden Daniels - Football
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester, MN
Division: NJCAA
Intended Major: Sports Management and Business
Jorge de los Santos - Baseball
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
Division: NCAA I
Intended Major: Health Science Clinical Labatory Sciences
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-First Team All-District Shortstop
-Broke record for batting average, hits, and stolen bases in a year
Claire Duley - Volleyball
Oklahoma Christian University
Edmond, OK
Division: NCAA II
Intended Major: Biochemistry
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-Volleyball Captain
-Fort Worth Star-Telegram DFW Honorable Mention Hitter 2022
-Surpassed 1,000 kills
-All-Tournament team Denton Classic 2022
-First Team All-District 2022, 2021, 2020
-Team Most Valuable Player 2022
-Team Offensive Player of the Year 2021, 2020
-Team Trailblazer award 2019
-Holds record for number of kills per set and service aces per set
-Top 4% of senior class
-Academic All-District 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
-Academic All-State 2022
-National Honor Society member
-Ranger Award of Excellence in AP Chemistry, Advanced Biology, Advanced Geometry
-Ranger Award of Distinction for Service 2020-2021
Collin Lusk - Track & Field
Houston University
Houston, TX
Division: NCAA I
Intended Major: Computer Science
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-School record in Long Jump
-All-American in Long Jump
-Regional Qualifier
-2x Junior Olympic Qualifier
-3.7 GPA / A Honor Roll
-Ranger Award of Excellence
Jerson Martin - Baseball
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
Division: NCAA I
Intended Major: Computer Science
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-6A All-District Defensive Player of the Year 2022
-First Team All-District 2022
-13th ranked catcher in the nation
Hayden Norwich - Track & Field
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX
Division: NCAA I
Intended Major: Kinesiology
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-6A State Track and Field 2022 (Shot Put)
-Texas Relays 2022 (Shot Put)
-Regional Qualifier 2022 (Discus and Shot Put), 2021 (Shot Put)
-Area Qualifier 2022, 2021 (Discus and Shot Put)
-District Qualifier 2022, 2021 (Discus and Shot Put)
-Chisholm Trail Discus and Shot Put record holder
-AAU Junior Olympics Qualifier 2021 (Discus and Shot Put)
-Powerlifting 2021 District, Area, Regional Qualifier
-Academic All-District Football 2022, 2021
-Second Team All-District Football 2022, 2020
-Freshman Football Offensive Lineman of the Year 2019
-Football Offensive Lineman of the Year 2022, 2020
-Football Captain of the Year 2022, 2021
Eli Raya - Football
Crown College
St. Bonifacius, MN
Division: NCAA III
Intended Major: Exercise Science for undergraduate and then Physical Therapy school
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-Honorable Mention All-District Defensive Tackle 2022, 2021
-Several Top 2 and 3 finishes in Powerlifting in the 242 weight class
Darion Reed - Football
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Division: NCAA I
Intended Major: Kinesiology
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-All-District Tackle 2022, 2021
-Co-Lineman of the Year 2022
-Team Captain 2022
-2x District 3-6A Academic All-District
Adrienne Soto - Softball
Seward College
Liberal, KS
Division: NJCAA
Intended Major: Criminal Justice
Athletic/Academic Awards:
-Defensive Player of the Year 2022
-Honorable Mention All-District
