The John Cooper School Athletic Department held a signing ceremony on Wednesday, April 17 in the Dunlap Gymnasium to recognize two senior athletes who will be competing at the college level in the fall of 2024. Parents, faculty, coaches and teammates joined Athletic Director John Hoye to honor the student athletes who will be competing in track & field/cross country and basketball.
“Congratulations to these athletes who have all worked hard while at Cooper. We join them in celebrating their successes,” Hoye said. “We wish them all the very best and look forward to following their college athletic careers.”
Jackson Williams will play basketball for Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio and Aditya Pakal will join the cross country/track & field teams at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
These two student athletes join nine Dragons from the Class of 2024, who participated in earlier signing ceremonies in November and February. They are:
• Mario Awasum • Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. • basketball
• Neil Mallik • Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. • baseball
• Morgan Robson • University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas • diving
• Cooper Sansbury • Pomona College (Pomona Pitzer Athletics), Claremont, Calif. • football
• Felicity Sebastian • University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. • fencing
• Cole Sheppard • Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va. • football
• Nico Signorelli • Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas • track & field
• Jonathan Trenholme • University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. • football
• Jackson Todd • Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Va. • football