On Wednesday morning in front of a group of family and coaches four Boiling Springs athletes signed to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level next season with all four athletes committing to play spring sports athletics.
The most well represented team on Wednesday was the Boiling Springs baseball team as Will Holmes committed to play at The Citadel and Jimmy Rosengrant committed to play at Coker University. Holmes has been a member of the Bulldogs baseball team for five seasons and said the chance to play at The Citadel is an opportunity he's always wanted along with the opportunity to join former teammate Ben Hutchins helped make his decision. "The Citadel is somewhere that I've always wanted to go since I was a child and it's a dream come true to get to go there," said Holmes. "Ben and I have played baseball together since we were around eight years old and it's going to be great getting to continue that in our college careers." Rosengrant, who is the Boiling Springs student body president along with also being a five year member of the Bulldogs baseball team, said that the conference Coker plays in was a big part in his decision to choose the school along with the atmosphere on the campus. "I knew that I wanted to play in that conference because it's a very strong D-II conference and when I stepped onto the Coker campus something just felt right," said Rosengrant. "I kept asking my mom every day after the visit if I could go ahead and commit to Coker and I finally convinced her." The Boiling Springs softball team also saw a player commit on Wednesday as Katie Roberts signed to play at Brevard College next season. Roberts said that the coach and the educational opportunities at the school helped make Brevard the place for her. "They're turning both the majors I'm considering, criminal justice and exercise science, into master's programs which will make it where I wouldn't have to transfer to continue my education," said Roberts. "The coach there is also a really good person and I just love spending time around her. I'm just a fan of her method she has in correcting the errors we all are bound to make because she's not a coach who screams at you but just takes you aside to tell you what you need to work on." The Bulldogs track team was also represented on Wednesday as Taylor Lockett signed to compete at Converse University next season. Lockett is a dual sport athlete at Boiling Springs but said the help of coaches at Boiling Springs helped her decide to pursue track and that the extra effort by the Converse coach made that the choice for her. "My coaches here at Boiling Springs helped me choose Converse because they helped me believe in myself and wanted to help me pursue my career in track as this was a great opportunity," said Lockett. "The head coach at Converse really sold me on the school because he would tell me about being at some of my meets without me knowing and to know that he saw something in me enough to offer me, that just really boosted my confidence in myself and my abilities in track." Comments are closed.
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