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Galveston County's Signing Day list
By Jordan Godwin |  | (1)
Galveston County topped last year's total of athletes signing letters of intent to play collegiate sports on Wednesday morning when more than 40 local players made it official. There were a few surprises in the list, but as always, the sport of football was ever prevalent in helping Galveston County's college-bound athletes secure scholarships.

Football

Clear Creek

Brent Wagner, OL, Southeastern Louisiana
Cory Zunker, OL, Southern Arkansas
Austin Smith, QB, Texas A&M Commerce

Clear Springs

Marcus Johnson, WR, University of Texas
Jesse Washington, DB, Air Force
Brendon Brinkmann, DL, UTSA
Dallas McClarty, DL, Texas State
Damani Alexcee, S, Texas State
Jake Blackledge, QB, Cisco
Chaz Edgerson, WR, Cisco
Ladarius Carpenter, DL, Cisco
Eddie Terry, DB, Cisco
Andrew Doster, Trinity Valley

Dickinson

Tyrell Preston, RB, West Texas A&M
Byron Williams, OL, Stephen F. Austin
John Baker, QB, Oklahoma Panhandle
Nicholas Stirn, OL, Oklahoma Panhandle
Tim Jenkins, DL, Southeast Texas Prep

Friendswood

Seaver Myers, OL, Southern Methodist
Trevor Stevens, TE, UTSA
Benson Chidester, LB, Cisco
Bobby Brown, OL, Colorado College of Mines
Hayden Gardner, QB, Truman State

La Marque

Tim Wright, RB, Navarro
Ken Butler, LB, Blinn
Kendall Hill, WR, Oregon State
Brian Allen, WR, Utah
Emanuell Williams, QB, Alabama State
Ja’Core Aldridge, DB, McMurry
Justin Williams, DB, New Mexico Highlands

Santa Fe

Jacob Sumney, DE, Trinity Valley
Robert Garcia, WR, Concordia (Nebraska)

Other sports include:

Golf

Clear Springs

Kylee Emerson, Colorado Christian
Ryan Hargrove, Arizona Christian

Basketball

Clear Springs

Aaliyah Brown, George Washington

Soccer

Clear Springs

Maryan McElligott, Central Oklahoma
Jordan Oliver, Tennessee Tech
Shelby McDaniel, Sam Houston
Madison Raines, Louisiana Tech

Clear Creek
Kristi Leonard, Texas A&M

Dickinson

Kati Betancourt, Stephen F. Austin

Friendswood

Landry Lowe, Texas State
Bridget Richie, Texas State

Softball

Dickinson

Kassidy Armstrong, Williams Baptist
Marci Seymour, Trinity Valley

Friendswood

Lauren Massar, UT-Tyler
Joan Gray, Trinity Valley

La Marque

Jessieka Palmer, University of Houston

Comments
Did you know Troy Adkins recently accepted a scholarship offer? Check it out. A great young man. He will represent Ball High well. A great football player, as well as a great young man. Kudos to his coach,as well as his dad. I'll bet we haven't heard the last from this fine young man. Please do a front page article about hits achievements . On the field as well as in the classroom. a true class act.
— By Jarvis Buckley (Jarvo) on Feb. 20, 2012 at 12:19 PM - Review

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About Jordan Godwin

Jordan Godwin worked previously for the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman and the Associated Press. Jordan graduated in 2010 from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Journalism. He is from Daisetta.

Jordan has covered four NCAA national championships, as well as the Houston Texans and Houston Rockets. He lives in Webster with his wife, Monica, and their cat, Lump, and dog, Jack.

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