By Wil Crews
sportscrews@opelikaobserver.com
Seventeen student-athletes from Smiths Station High School announced their intentions to continue playing their respective sports at the collegiate level on Monday, Jan. 11.
The Observer congratulates all the student-athletes on their wonderful accomplishments and wishes them well in their future endeavors. The following is a list of the student-athletes and where they committed to, sorted by sport:
Softball
Alexis Brown – Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Hannah Dodd – Brewton-Parker College
Paige Downing – Brenau University
Haley Thomason – Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Addison Woodham – Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Baseball
Jacob Blackmon – Northwest Florida State College
Gavin Blair – Central Alabama Community College
Clayton Freeman – Central Alabama Community College
Caden Hare – Central Alabama Community College
Luke Hasty – Central Alabama Community College
Trenton Hodgdon – West Virginia University
Ellis Yohn – University of Tennessee at Martin
Football
Jordan Jones – Georgia State University
Volleyball
Grace Allen – Wallace-Hanceville Community College
Janie Marie Messer – Point University
Track & Field/Cross Country
Jaxon Prins – Columbus State University
Pantherettes
Lacey Harris – The American Musical and Dramatic Academy