By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
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Shawnee Heights baseball star Deacon Pomeroy and Highland Park basketball star Ja'Corey Robinson have signed NCAA Division I letters of intent.
Shawnee Heights senior Deacon Pomeroy, surrounded by T-Bird coaches, signs his ceremonial baseball letter of intent with Oklahoma State Wednesday at Heights. [Submitted photo]
Highland Park senior Ja'Corey Robinson, with Scots coach Mike Williams, signed to play basketball at Austin Peay on Wednesday at Highland Park. [Submitted photo]
Pomeroy signed with Oklahoma State on Monday while Robinson signed with Austin Peay Wednesday.
A three-time All-Shawnee County first-team selection, Pomeroy was named the United Kansas Conference and Kansas Asssociation of Baseball Coaches Class 5A player of the year last season after helping lead Shawnee Heights
Robinson, a 6-foot-4 junior, was named the boys basketball player of the year in Shawnee County and the Meadowlark Conference after leading 23-2 Highland Park to a second straight third-place state finish in 5A last season.
Robinson registered three straight double-doubles in the state tournament, scoring a total of 61 points and grabbing 35 rebounds. Robinson was a Second 10 all-county selection as a sophomore.
Four Rural standouts sign college letters
Four Washburn Rural standouts signed letters of intent on Thursday morning, including three with hometown Washburn University.
Layla Collins, Washburn Rural
Kate Hinck, Washburn Rural
Destiny Higgs, Washburn Rural
Zahra Friess, Washburn Rural
Layla Collins signed with Washburn University to play volleyball while Kate Hinck and Destiny Higgs to play soccer for the Junior Blues.
Zahra Friess signed with the Air Force Academy to play soccer.
Collins was named the Centennial League volleyball player of the year and was named to the All-Shawnee County first team while Hinck has received all-league, all-county and All-State honors in multiple sports and Higgs and Friess have received multiple soccer honors.
Other signing pictures:
Former Washburn Rural standouts Max and Sam Bettis have signed letters of intent to play baseball at Kansas State. [Submitted photo]
Perry-Lecompton standout Eli Dean has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Washburn University. [Submitted photo]
Shawnee Mission North's Cash Messenger has signed to play baseball at Washburn University. [Submitted photo]
