Foundation Academy Athletics celebrates historic National Signing Day

With its first-ever softball signee and biggest class of baseball players heading to college for the sport, Foundation Academy saw nine total athletes sign to play at the next level.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 11:15 a.m. November 15, 2024

Sports
High Schools

On National Signing Day, Foundation Academy celebrated a historic class of nine senior athletes committing their academic and athletic futures to their respective colleges, including its first-ever Division I softball player and the biggest class of future college baseball players, seeing six total baseball players sign.

Here's the list of all nine players who signed

Avery Bangsund, West Virginia Wesleyan University women's soccer
Barak Boston, Army baseball
Evan Brothers, Mission University baseball
Rylee Gibson, The Citadel baseball
Riley Michels, Rhodes College men's basketball
Braden Minnetto, Carson-Newman University baseball
Lizzie Ozim, Belmont University softball
Justin Salvati, Coker University baseball
Mike Surane, Coker University baseball

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.