COLLEGE CROWD: MISSING SOMEONE? (2025-07-12)

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 2024-25:

BASEBALL

Dakota Skinner, Tioga, head coach, Corning CC;

Pierce Hendershot, Tioga, assistant coach, Albany;

Brayden Horton, Sayre, senior, Coastal Carolina.;

Luke Kraft, Athens, sophomore, Elmira College;

Max Dydynski, Tioga, sophomore, TCCC;

Zach Garrity, Sayre, sophomore, Mansfield;

Lucas Horton, Sayre, sophomore, St. John Fisher;

Jackson Hubbard, Sayre, sophomore, Monroe CC;

Joey VanAllen, Athens, sophomore, Cornerstone Univ.;

Jay Pipher, Waverly, freshman, Brockport;

BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
J.J. Babcock, Athens, junior, Elmira College;

Jake VanHouten, Waverly, freshman, Corning CC.

BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S)
Olivia Nittinger, Waverly, junior, Elmira College;

BOWLING (MEN'S)
Zach Vanderpool, Waverly, sophomore, McKendree.

CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN)
Elizabeth Vaughn, Waverly, freshman, SUNY Cobleskill.

FIELD HOCKEY
Chloe Gillette, Tioga freshman, Utica University.

FOOTBALL
Ian Wright, Athens, redshirt sophomore, Lackawanna College;

Vaughn Wagnecz, Athens, junior, Hartwick;

Mason Lister, Athens, sophomore, St. John Fisher;

Isaiah Bretz, Waverly, sophomore, St. John Fisher;

Nate DeLill, Waverly, sophomore, St. John Fisher;

Joey Tomasso, Waverly, freshman, William & Mary;

Jay Pipher, Waverly, freshman, Brockport;

Valentino Rossi, Tioga, freshman, Brockport;

Gavin Fisher, Tioga, freshman, Utica University;

Karson Sindoni, Tioga, freshman, Ithaca College;

Josh Benjamin-Doyle, Tioga, freshman, Mansfield U.;

Aiden Reid, Sayre, freshman, Mansfield U;

Jacob Benjamin, Waverly, freshman, Edinboro;

Josh Nittinger, Athens, freshman, Union;

Nate Polzella, Athens, freshman, Wilkes College;

Xavier Watson, Waverly, freshman, UConn.

GOLF (MEN'S)
Evan Cooper, Athens, freshman, Virginia Wesleyan.

SOCCER (MEN'S)
Griff Schillmoeller, Waverly, freshman, Alfred U.;

Charlie Larrabee, Waverly, freshman, SUNY Broome.

SOCCER (WOMEN'S)
Hannah Walker, Athens, junior, St. Bonaventure;

Kennedy Westbrook, Waverly, sophomore, NJIT.

SOFTBALL 
Caydence Macik, Athens, junior, Mansfield;

Aubrey Ennis, Waverly, junior, Brockport;

Bella Romano, Waverly, junior, Nazareth;

Ashlyn VanFleet, Athens, freshman, Elmira College.

SWIMMING (MEN)
Ryan Clark, Waverly, sophomore, Geneseo.

Liam Wright, Waverly, freshman, Bloomsburg.

SWIMMING (WOMEN)
Taegan Williams, Athens, sophomore, Misericordia;

Taylar Fisher, Athens, sophomore, Misericordia;

Grace Cobb, Athens, freshman, Wilkes.

TRACK & FIELD (MEN)
Brandon Uhl, Waverly, head coach, Washington & Lee;

Chris Bostwick,
Waverly, head coach, Buffalo State;

TRACK & FIELD (WOMEN)
Julia Walsh, Tioga, junior, Walsh Univ.;

Mariah Nichols, Tioga, junior, Hartford;

Emma Bronson, Athens, sophomore, Bucknell;

Emma Pernaselli, Athens, freshman, East Stroudsburg.

VOLLEYBALL

Julia Bellis, Tioga, junior, Bridgewater College;

Jenny Ryan, Athens, sophomore, Muhlenberg College;

Paige Lewis, Waverly, senior, DeSales Univ.

Ashlen Croft, Waverly, freshman, St. John Fisher;

Liliana Smith, Waverly, freshman, Delhi;

Erica Ryck, Waverly, freshman, Brockport.

WRESTLING
Gavin Bradley, Athens, junior, Castleton;

Kaden Setzer, Athens, junior, Kent State;

Mason Welch, Tioga, junior, St. John Fisher.

Ousmane Duncanson, Tioga, freshman, Lock Haven;

Gianni Silvestri, Tioga, freshman, Clarion;

Caden Bellis, Tioga, gray shirt, Penn;

Deakon Bailey, Tioga, freshman, Binghamton;

Tyler Roe, Tioga, freshman, Stevens Institute.

WOMEN'S WRESTLING
Raven McCarthy-Gardner, Athens, junior, East Stroudsburg;

Emily Sindoni, Tioga, sophomore, Elmira College;

Mackenzie LaForest, Waverly, freshman, D'Youville;.