Four seniors from Sinagua, along with one more from Northland Preparatory Academy, signed their National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, which was National Signing Day across the country.
Sinagua standouts Brian Shrader, Alexis Ijams, Hayden Renning and Robbie Ingram all signed their letters of intent during lunch at SHS during a ceremony in the school's commons area. Andrea Klimowski, meanwhile, signed her letter Wednesday afternoon at NPA.
Here's a closer look at the five athletes that made their college commitments official and where they'll be going next year to continue their respective sports.
ALEXIS IJAMS -- BOWLING, WICHITA STATE
Ijams, a second place finisher at last year's United States Bowling Congress Teen Masters in Las Vegas, committed to Wichita State over 12 other schools that recruited her including Vanderbilt University.
Ijams will head to, historically, the most dominant bowling program in America. The Shockers captured last year's national championship and have 18 national titles since 1975.
Without a bowling team at Sinagua, Ijams competes on the USBC junior regional tour, which spans Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas. There are events nearly every weekend and Ijams competes in about two to three events per month.
Ijams began bowling competitively when she was 12 years old and works under the leadership of coach John Wilson, who works with Ijams at Starlite Lanes.
"This feels wonderful," Ijams said after signing her letter. "It took forever for me to figure it out. The Wichita State program is so strong. I've worked on this for so long, it feels good to be able to put it to use now."
Ijams committed to Wichita State after taking an official visit to the campus. She will make the move to Wichita in August.
"I spent a lot of time with the team and it felt like a great fit," Ijams said. "It's exciting to be on a team now. It's not just me as an individual, it's a team and that will be cool and different."
ROBBIE INGRAM -- BASEBALL, YAVAPAI COLLEGE
Few junior colleges in America boast the credentials that the Roughriders have to their credit.
Ingram will join a program that's won three national championships and has had 152 players selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. The Roughriders have produced some of the best, including future Hall of Famer, Curt Schilling.
"The history of the program was a big deal for me," Ingram said. "So many great players have gone there like Curt Schilling , it will be awesome to see how I can help them out."
A Daily Sun First Team All-City selection last year, Ingram had a strong junior season and started garnering more recruiting attention this past summer while playing for Ed Vesely and his summer team, The Peaks.
Ingram is a lengthy (6-foot-3) left-handed pitcher, who has seen his velocity increase the past couple of years. He received some interest from some smaller schools in California, but opted for Yavapai, where he'll continue to have the cheering section he's had growing up.
"My parents always watch me play and they'll definitely be able to keep watching me with me going there," Ingram said. "I just think it's going to be a great school for me and I'm really excited."
Ingram and the Mustangs will open up their season later this month in Tucson and Ingram will head to Prescott in August for the start of school.
ANDREA KLIMOWSKI -- CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK, WYOMING
Following the path both of her parents took, Klimowski will head to the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Klimowski chose Wyoming over Iowa State.
The NPA senior standout, who captured four state titles at last year's Class 1A state track meet and finished second at this season's 1A cross country state meet, went on a recruiting trip to Wyoming and fell in love with the school.
"I really liked the atmosphere and culture that Wyoming brought," Klimowski said. "I just think it's a great opportunity for me. I felt really connected to the coaches and I think the techniques they use is exactly what I was looking for. It's going to work out real well."
Klimowski will run both cross country and track with the Cowboys and compete on the team's indoor track team as well.
Of course, both of her parents were thrilled when Klimowski let them know she would be attending their alma matter.
"They were both very excited," Klimowski said. "I think they were also a little surprised that I picked the school that they both went to. They have a lot of old friends up there that they said will take care of me if I get homesick."
HAYDEN RENNING -- FOOTBALL, NAU
Long before he was thinking about which school he wanted to attend, Renning was a die-hard NAU football fan. Now, the Daily Sun's Prep Football Player of the Year, gets to don the blue and gold as a Lumberjack starting next year.
"It's going to be so cool," Renning said. "Growing up going to the games, I admired so many of the NAU players and maybe soon it will be the other way around."
Renning said his favorite Lumberjacks were wide receiver Clarence Moore, who played in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens and running back Alex Henderson, who finished up his career last season as the school's second leading career rusher.
Renning said he'll likely redshirt this season and work as a backup long-snapper and eventually earn some playing time as a linebacker before his college career is over.
NAU coach Jerome Souers was extremely excited to land Renning in his recruiting class and thinks it's a perfect match.
"This kid espouses everything that we're after," Souers said. "He's a great student, he's a hard-working kid, he's a fine little linebacker. I recruited him primarily as a deep snapper (and) the guy can handle the ball on special teams.
"And he bleeds blue and gold; he's a great kid. I love him, we're really happy to have him in the program."
BRIAN SHRADER -- CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK, OREGON
When Shrader first made arrangements to sign his letter with Oregon, he never figured he'd be nervous. He figured it was the last and possibly easiest step of the recruiting process.
But, when the standout runner woke up Wednesday morning, he was feeling a little different.
"I had some more nerves than I thought I would," Shrader said. "It's really exciting. It's not just about me committing to them, but it's also about them investing in me for the future. I'm really excited to start running for them."
Shrader's signing puts an end to a whirlwind recruiting process that saw the SHS senior get interest from nearly every big-time running program in America.
"I was in Oregon when the recruiting process first started and I never thought that I'd be going to Oregon," Shrader said. "I never would have guessed it."
Now that Shrader is officially headed to Oregon, he'll be able to put all of the recruiting behind him and just focus on his last semester of running. Not surprisingly though, Shrader said he won't let up this year.
"I'm still going to be serious. I'm not going to stop and be satisfied with what I've done to this point," Shrader said. "I still have my goals and I'm not going to stop working hard because I've signed with Oregon. It will be a lot less hectic though. I can just go out and run."
Sun Sports Reporter Rory Faust contributed to this report.
