James Island High celebrates student athletes’ college signings in multiple sports

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — James Island High School student athletes had a signing day Tuesday.

News 4 spoke with cross country athlete Avery Belk, who is set to compete in track and field for the Furman University Paladins.

“They’re academics honestly, they’re so good, such a beautiful campus, so many benefits, and their distance program, oh my goodness,” Belk said. “Coach Rita and Coach Lang are just some of the nicest, sweetest people that I’ve talked to and they’ve made the experience really amazing for me and it’s just overall such a good school and I’m really excited to be able to attend.”

See the full list of athletes at James Island’s signing day below:

• Gideon Rosenthal – Cross Country / Track – USC Beaufort
• Campbell Fennell – Track & Field – Emory University
• Amor Scott – Football – (Was Limestone)
• Dalton Woodall – Football – (Was Limestone)
• Malachi Jefferson – Football – (Was Limestone)
• Ben McQueen- Football – Maritime Academy
• Drake Roberson – Football – Unknown
• Avery Belk – Cross Country / Track – Furman
• Owen Canivan – Rugby – Clemson
• Shaw Davidson – Rugby – The Citadel or the University of South Carolina
• Alex La Rue – Cross Country / Track – USC Upstate
• Collin Anderson – Baseball – Florence Darlington Tech
• Caed Stone – Boys Soccer – Oxford College, Emory University

Three football players were set to commit to Limestone University in Gaffney prior to the school’s closure being announced.

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