W-Soccer: Signing Day 2014

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Wednesday is a huge day on The Hilltop, as Chris Petrucelli finally gets to sign his first full class at SMU!

It looks like a good, solid class across the board. We are all looking forward to seeing these players represent SMU this fall.

Here are the players verbally committed to SMU for 2014:

Lauren Guerra - MF/F, 5'7" (Yorba Linda, CA - Esperanza HS) - Slammers FC ECNL U18 (topdrawer 23 SoCal)

Lauren Harrington - D/MF/F, 5'5" (Katy, TX - Seven Lakes HS) - Albion Hurricanes ECNL U18 (35 Texas)

Claire Oates - MF, 6'0" (Long Beach, CA - Wilson Classical HS) - Slammers FC ECNL U18

Chinelo Odobulu - F, 5'7" (Sugar Land, TX - Pope John XIII HS) - Albion Hurricanes ECNL U17 (45 Texas)

Sarah Toelkes - D, 5'8" (Brentwood, CA - Heritage HS) - Pleasanton Rage ECNL U18 (28 NoCal)

Vanessa Valadez - F, 5'8" (Kingwood, TX - Kingwood Park HS) - Challenge SC ECNL U18 (37 Texas)

Honestly, this looks like a great class with some size and quite a bit of versatility. I also get the sense there is some decent speed in these players as well.

Last year SMU and Chris were really good about keeping the fans up to date on the progress of the NLI signing throughout the day. Some of the news might come later in the day with three California players of course.

Tomorrow is going to be a great day! Go Mustangs!

[soccermom]

Just saw Lauren's signing day picture on chron.com. YEA!!!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip.



Lauren Harrington of Seven Lakes signs a latter of intent to play soccer at SMU. She is joined by her parents and Seven Lakes associate principal Mario Bye, coach Amy Davis and athletic director Lydell Wilson.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Vanessa Valadez signed her NLI today.



Kingwood Park's Vanessa Valadez signs her letter of intent to Southern Methodist University for soccer during Humble I.S.D.'s signing day Feb. 5, 2014, at the Humble Civic Center.

[soccermom]

Awesome! Thanks for the tip.



Lauren Harrington of Seven Lakes signs a latter of intent to play soccer at SMU. She is joined by her parents and Seven Lakes associate principal Mario Bye, coach Amy Davis and athletic director Lydell Wilson.

LOL....I didn't see this picture. The one I saw was just Lauren and one of her teammates who signed w/a ut branch. This one is MUCH better!!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Claire Oates is signed!



Headlining was the All-CIF midfield duo of Sami Reinhard and Claire Oates, who are going to University of Nebraska and Southern Methodist University, respectively.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Sarah Toelkes is signed!



Third from the left in the back row...

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

CP said on twitter today it will probably be a couple of weeks until the official press release is out while they take care of all the paperwork.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Chinel Odobulu signed!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

While we wait for the official press release, all six commits previously mentioned have officially signed their NLIs.

Also, for those concerned about the keeper position, Lauryn Bodden will be back in 2014 for her final year of eligibility.

Go Mustangs!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

SMU official release. Nice class!

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/040114aaa.html