Sixteen Athletes Sign with Colleges
Reo Lee, Elizabeth Secor, and Gabby Pippins
Sixteen athletes from Plano West signed with their chosen colleges or universities on November 11, 2020. These scholarship athletes are going to secondary institutions both in and out of state, from Austin College to locations from South Carolina to Minnesota.
While these student athletes are not the only Plano West seniors to be offered athletic scholarships, their stories and accomplishments are notable. Blueprints staff worked to share the stories of each of these athletes and their individual accomplishment.

Brianne Tseng, Volleyball, Austin College
Brianne Tseng signed with Austin College to play volleyball. Brianne was unavailable for comment.

Tagen Jamison, Wrestling, University of Minnesota
Tagen Jamison signed with the University of Minnesota for wrestling. University of Minnesota is a college that both Tagen and Plano West wrestling coach, coach Goodloe, saw him going to. “Tagen was destined for division one. Minnesota is the perfect place for him,” Goodloe said. “They have an incredible wrestling history with fantastic coaches, facilities, and athletes.” Jamison was ho...

Lindsey Zhang, Volleyball, Harvard University
Lindsey Zhang has just signed with a school, but she first went into how she narrowed it down between two schools. “When I first started my recruiting process I focused mainly on academic schools so I reached out to D1 Ivy Leagues and several D3 highly academic schools such as MIT and UChicago,” Zhang said. “I wanted to play D1 so my choices narrowed down between Columbus and Harvard....

Chase Spencer, Baseball, Texas Tech
Chase Spencer just signed with the Air Force Academy, and went into how he felt about the school before he knew they were interested in him “I first found out the Air Force was interested in me about this time a year ago,” Spencer said. “I played in a few baseball tournaments and I noticed them following around other teams and a few guys on my team, but I never really thought they were intere...

Karsen Aguirre, Girls Soccer, University of Tulsa
Karsen Aguirre signed to play girls soccer for the University of Tulsa. Aguirre was unavailable for comment.

Lily Powell, Girls Soccer, University of Tulsa
Lily Powell signed with the University of Tulsa to play girls soccer. Powell was unavailable for comment.

Morgan Carter, Volleyball, University of South Carolina
Morgan Carter just signed with the University of South Carolina. She has always wanted to participate in the SEC and this was one of the leading factors to her signing. “When I was in the process of getting recruited from USC I was super excited because I always wanted to play in the SEC conference,” Carter said. “I played with 2 other recruits in my class and was consistently contacting them...

Lily Hargrove, Girls Soccer, Stephen F Austin State University
Lily Hargrove, a soccer player for the PWSH Varsity Girls Soccer, signed with Stephen F Austin State University this past month on Nov. 11. “Soccer is my favorite sport because whenever I get on the field, whatever I am dealing with just goes away,” Hargrove said. “I do not worry about anything but the game in hand so it is kind of like therapy in a sense.” Hargrove claims that another...

Brooke Roberts, Girls Soccer, University of Arkansas
Brooke Roberts, a soccer player on the PWSH Varsity Girls Soccer, signed with the University of Arkansas this past month on Nov. 11. “Soccer is my favorite sport because it is so much fun being in a competitive environment while being surrounded by my best friends,” Roberts said. “I have played since I was 4 years old so it is [has] pretty much always been a part of who I am.” Growing...

Avery Lowe, Volleyball, Gonzaga University
Avery Lowe signed with Gonzaga University to play volleyball. Lowe was unavailable for comment.

Viktorine Ngwube, Track and Field, Texas A&M
Viktorine Ngwube signed with Texas A&M for track. An offer from A&M was exactly what Ngwube wanted. “When A&M offered me a scholarship I was just super happy because it is one of my dream colleges,” Ngwube said. “So, I knew right off the bat that I was going to take the offer.” Nywube has her own reasons for loving track and having it as her sport. “Track is my favorite spor...

Ariel Schachter, Softball, Rhodes College
Ariel Schachter just signed with Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, for softball. She has played softball since she was young after trying a slew of different sports. "When I was younger, my parents signed me up for every sport they could find. Eventually, they told me I had to pick one," Schachter said. "There was something about softball that I just fell in love with, even as a little kid." Sc...

Jackson Castro, Soccer, Creighton University
Jackson Castro has just signed with Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He shares what he thinks of their sports program. “The Soccer program was the most special thing because the atmosphere at games was amazing,” Castro said. Castro mentions another reason why he fell in love with the school. “The players seemed to be really close like a family,” Castro said. Jackson C...

Cynthia Ng, Softball, UT Permian Basin
Cynthia Nyga signed with UT Permian Basin (UTPB) for softball. Nyga believes that everything she has learned through softball has had a significant impact on who she is and how she lives her life, and that is what makes it her favorite sport. "I am able to use and learn a lot of skills playing with a team. Softball is known to be a game of failure, which has allowed me to work on getting back up ...

Ashley Le, Volleyball, University of Virginia
Ashley Le just signed with the University of Virginia, and she explained to us her exact feelings when they reached out to her. “When UVA first contacted me, it was such a great feeling, especially because they made it very blunt about how much they would appreciate it to have me, so I was grateful to have a college want me so badly,” Le said. Le then tells us her main emotion throug...

Sophie Fields, Lacrosse, University of Cincinnati
Sophie Fields, a lacrosse player for the PWSH Varsity Girls Lacrosse, signed with the University of Cincinnati this past month on Nov. 11. “I love lacrosse because it provides an outlet to all the stresses in life,” Fields said. “It is a competitive and aggressive sport that pushes me further as an athlete and as a person every single practice or game.” Having learned many great things...
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