Mustangs Commit to Colleges

UPDATED: Additions to the list of students are in bold.

Like most good schools, Mira Costa High School prefers to emphasize the "student" in the term "student-athlete." Here at Manhattan Beach Patch, we do too.

So here is a small list of Mustang student-athletes whose play on the field and work in the classroom have earned them the opportunity to play their sport at the college level next year.

With a talented group of players in a number of different sports, there are many other Mustang student-athletes being scouted. So consider this an ever-growing list that will be updated periodically as new college choices are made.

• Davis Waddell (volleyball): Princeton
• Brady Valashinas (soccer): Princeton
• Alexander Dodge (lacrosse): McDaniel College
• Olivia Archer (lacrosse): St. Mary's College of California
• Rockie Curdes (crew): San Diego State
• Devon Sousa (tennis): UC San Diego
• Jasmine Rutledge (basketball): New Mexico State
• Drew Van Orden (baseball): Duke University
• Ian Neal (baseball): UC Santa Barbara
• Lucas Whitehill (baseball): Brown
• Kyle Nunn (football): San Jose State
• Alex Norocea (football): Brown
• Jonele Conceicao (softball): Dartmouth
• Alyssa Anderson (volleyball): Villanova
• Sheridan Taylor (volleyball): Rutgers
• Eric Mochalski (volleyball): Stanford
• Michael Beals (volleyball): UCLA
• Ryan Wheeler (volleyball): Springfield College