NATIONAL SIGNING DAY 2024

NCAA DIVISION I

CARSYN BRADY (CROSS COUNTRY)

COLLEGE: North Dakota State University

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Business

ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA STATE

Mascot: Bison

Location: Fargo, N.D.

Enrollment: 12,221

League: The Summit League

Miles from Owatonna: 309

Fun fact: Prior to making the transition to the NCAA Division I level in 2002, the Bison competed in the North Central Conference against the likes of Minnesota State University-Mankato and Minnesota-Duluth.

NCAA DIVISION II

MADISON McGINN (LACROSSE)

COLLEGE: D’Youville State University

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Exercise Science

ABOUT D’YOUVILLE STATE

Mascot: Saints

Location: Buffalo, NY

Enrollment: 2,784

League: East Coast Conference

Miles from Owatonna: 926

Fun fact: D’Youville State athletics just recently attained full-time NCAA Division II status, officially making the jump from Division III and being accepted into the East Coast Conference during the 2020-21 academic year. The women’s lacrosse team has been competing since 2017 and finished 8-10 overall last season.

GRANT LOWER (FOOTBALL)

COLLEGE: Bemidji State University

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Exercise Science

ABOUT BEMIDJI STATE

Mascot: Beavers

Location: Bemidji, MN

Enrollment: 6,354

League: NSIC

Miles from Owatonna: 279

Fun fact: The Bemidji State football team has finished no worse than 7-4 overall in each of the last eight seasons (no season in 2020) and has won at least one NCAA Tournament game for three consecutive years.

NCAA DIVISION III

TORRIN SMITH (FOOTBALL)

COLLEGE: Gustavus Adolphus

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Exercise Physiology

ABOUT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

Mascot: Gusties

Location: St. Peter, MN

Enrollment: 2,084

League: MIAC

Miles from Owatonna: 54

Fun fact: Less than a week after Smith signed with Gustavus at the ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 7, classmate, and record-breaking quarterback, Jacob Ginskey, verbally committed to the Gusties as well…OHS graduate Carson DeKam played four years for Gustavus and was named the MIAC Defensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-Region.

KENNEDY HODGMAN (SOFTBALL)

COLLEGE: Wisconsin-Stout

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Biology

ABOUT UW-STOUT

Mascot: Blue Devils

Location: Menomonie, WI

Enrollment: 8,393

League: WIAC

Miles from Owatonna: 121

Fun fact: UW-Stout is Wisconsin’s (and Minnesota’s) only career-focused polytechnic university. Through a combination of applied learning and research, industry-sponsored projects, and career-focused experiences, we train emerging leaders to solve real-world problems, grow the economy, and serve society.

ELIZABETH RADEL (SOFTBALL)

COLLEGE: College of St. Benedict

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Elementary Education

ABOUT ST. BENEDICT

Mascot: Bennies

Location: St. Joseph, MN

Enrollment: 3,640

League: MIAC

Miles from Owatonna: 137

Fun fact: In 2019 the athletic teams at CSB were officially rebranded and changed from the “Blazers” to the “Bennies”.

RIELLY KLEEBERGER(BASKETBALL)

COLLEGE: Wisconsin-Eau Claire

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Undecided

ABOUT UW-EAU CLAIRE

Mascot: Blugolds

Location: Eau Claire, WI

Enrollment: 10,142

League: WIAC

Miles from Owatonna: 132

Fun fact: The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire has no official university mascot. However, in 2011, the student body voted in favor of a mythical bird as a mascot following a student-led initiative.

NJCAA

MITCH SEYKORA(BASEBALL)

COLLEGE: Iowa Central Community College

INTENDED AREA OF STUDY: Agriculture

ABOUT IOWA CENTRAL

Mascot: Tritons

Location: Fort Dodge, IA

Enrollment: 5,001

League: ICCAC

Miles from Owatonna: 154

Fun fact: The Tritons compete in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference which is widely regarded as one of the most competitive junior college baseball leagues in the entire country.