COLLEGE CROWD: MISSING SOMEONE? (2025-08-17)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY - We know there are many Valley grads participating in
collegiate athletics that we're not keeping an eye on. So, let us know
who we're missing and we'll make an effort to provide periodic updates
on them as well.
Just drop a note to Tim Birney and we'll add him or her to our database.
Who we're keeping an eye on in 2025-26:
BASEBALL
Dakota Skinner, Tioga, head coach, Corning CC;
Pierce Hendershot, Tioga, assistant coach, Albany;
Brayden Horton, Sayre, senior, Coastal Carolina.; (D1)
Luke Kraft, Athens, junior, Elmira College;
Zach Garrity, Sayre, junior, Mansfield;
Lucas Horton, Sayre, junior, St. John Fisher;
Joey VanAllen, Athens, junior, Cornerstone Univ.;
Jay Pipher, Waverly, sophomore, Brockport;
Shea Bailey, Tioga, freshman, Mercyhurst (D1).
BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
J.J. Babcock, Athens, senior, Elmira College;
Jake VanHouten, Waverly, sophomore, Corning CC.
BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S)
Addison Westbrook, freshman, RIT.
BOWLING (MEN'S)
Zach Vanderpool, Waverly, junior, McKendree.
Emma Bronson, junior, Athens, Bucknel (D1)l;
Elizabeth Vaughn, Waverly, sophomore, SUNY Cobleskill;
Sara Bronson, freshman, Athens, Bucknell (D1);
Harper Minaker, Waverly, freshman, D'Youville.
FIELD HOCKEY
Chloe Gillette, Tioga, sophomre, Utica University.
FOOTBALL
Ian Wright, Athens, redshirt junior, Lackawanna College;
Vaughn Wagnecz, Athens, senior, Hartwick;
Mason Lister, Athens, junior, St. John Fisher;
Isaiah Bretz, Waverly, junior, St. John Fisher;
Nate DeLill, Waverly, junior, St. John Fisher;
Joey Tomasso, Waverly, redshirt freshman, William & Mary; (D1-AA)
Gavin Fisher, Tioga, sophomore, Utica University;
Karson Sindoni, Tioga, sophomore, Ithaca College;
Josh Benjamin-Doyle, Tioga, sophomore, Mansfield U.;
Aiden Reid, Sayre, sophomore, Mansfield U;
Jacob Benjamin, Waverly, sophomroe, Edinboro; (D2)
Josh Nittinger, Athens, sophomore, Union;
Nate Polzella, Athens, sophomore, Wilkes College;
Xavier Watson, Waverly, freshman, UConn. (D1)
Tate MaCauley, Tioga, freshman, Edinboro (D2)
FIELD HOCKEY
McKenzie Williams, Tioga, freshman, Morrisville.
Evan Cooper, Athens, sophomore, Virginia Wesleyan.
Griff Schillmoeller, Waverly, sophomore, Alfred U.;
Charlie Larrabee, Waverly, sophomore, SUNY Broome.
SOCCER (WOMEN'S)
Hannah Walker, Athens, senior, St. Bonaventure (D-1);
Kennedy Westbrook, Waverly, redshirt sophomore, NJIT (D-1).
Caydence Macik, Athens, senior, Mansfield;
Aubrey Ennis, Waverly, senior, Brockport;
Bella Romano, Waverly, senior, Nazareth;
Ashlyn VanFleet, Athens, sophomore, Elmira College;
Erin Luther, Tioga, freshman, Morrisville.
SWIMMING (MEN)
Ryan Clark, Waverly, junior, Geneseo.
Liam Wright, Waverly, sophomore, Bloomsburg.
SWIMMING (WOMEN)
Taegan Williams, Athens, junior, Misericordia;
Taylar Fisher, Athens, junior, Misericordia;
Grace Cobb, Athens, sophomore, Wilkes.
Julia Walsh, Tioga, senior, Walsh Univ.;
Mariah Nichols, Tioga, senior, Hartford;
Emma Bronson, Athens, junior, Bucknell; (D1)
Emma Pernaselli, Athens, sophomore, East Stroudsburg;
Sara Bronson, Athens, freshman, Bucknell (D1).
VOLLEYBALL
Julia Bellis, Tioga, senior, Bridgewater College;
WRESTLING
Gavin Bradley, Athens, senior, Castleton;Jenny Ryan, Athens, junior, Muhlenberg College;
Ashlen Croft, Waverly, sophomore, St. John Fisher;
Liliana Smith, Waverly, sophomore, Delhi;
Erica Ryck, Waverly, sophomore, Brockport.
Kaden Setzer, Athens, junior, Kent State; (D1)
Mason Welch, Tioga, senior, St. John Fisher.
Ousmane Duncanson, Tioga, redshirt freshman, Lock Haven; (D1)
Gianni Silvestri, Tioga, sophomore, Buffalo; (D1)
Caden Bellis, Tioga, redshirt freshman, Penn; (D1)
Deakon Bailey, Tioga, redshirt freshman, Binghamton; (D1)
Tyler Roe, Tioga, sophomore, Stevens Institute.
WOMEN'S WRESTLING
Raven McCarthy-Gardner, Athens, senior, East Stroudsburg;
Mackenzie LaForest, Waverly, sophomore, D'Youville;
Kali Bailey, Tioga, freshman, Elmira College.
