Seventeen student-athletes participated in Taft’s Athletics Spring Signing Ceremony⁠ on campus on May 15 in Bingham Auditorium. The ceremony celebrates those students making commitments to continue their academic and athletic careers at the college or university level. Coaches, families, teammates, and the full Taft School community were invited to the event.⁠ Individual photos of each student-athlete can be found on our Instagram and Facebook pages, and the full gallery can be found on TaftPhotos.com.

Congratulations to:

Men’s Basketball

Max Klitschko, Amherst College

Max Fradkin, Rutgers University

Jordan Elliott, Bentley University

Women’s Track and Field & Women’s Cross Country

Rina Kurihara, New York University

Men’s Ice Hockey & Men’s Lacrosse

Alex Kenerson, Bowdoin College

Men’s Lacrosse

Jack Old, Tufts University

Oscar Woloson, Harvard University

Women’s Track and Field

Caiya Niewinski, Pomona College

Baseball

Michael Mayhugh, Marist College

Noah Pakutka, Oberlin College

Braeden Purser-Eber, Middle Tennessee State University

Women’s Golf

Iyene Essien, Union College

Women’s Crew

Esmee Clew-Bachrach, Boston College

Sabrina Moffa, University of Pennsylvania

Football

David Aluya, Cornell University

Zavier Carter, Gettysburg College

Michael Pangaro, University of Massachusetts

Since 1964 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has recognized commitments between student athletes and Division I and II athletics programs using through their National Letter of Intent (NLI) program. The program now includes 676 Division I and II participating institutions.