By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Sterling (September 24, 2015) – Dominion High School senior Pete Langan has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Virginia Wesleyan College beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year. “I chose Virginia Wesleyan because I enjoyed the atmosphere on campus, the location of the school and the strength of their business program, in which I hope to major in,” the 5-foot-8, 165-pound Langan said. “I liked the camaraderie of the team and the culture of the program. I feel excited, relieved and thrilled that I have accomplished my goal of an early…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (September 23, 2015) – Loudoun County High School senior Rachel Voketaitis has made a commitment to play volleyball at the University of Mary Washington starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “I knew I wanted to play volleyball in college, however, I didn’t want to have the related stress associated in making a last minute decision,” the 6-foot-1 Voketaitis said. “I committed to play at UMW in May 2015 which has given me opportunities to meet and to get to know my future teammates and the coaching staff. It’s a family environment, and…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Ashburn (September 22, 2015) — Briar Woods High School junior Amanda Nee has made an early verbal commitment to continue her softball career at the University of Maine beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year. “Committing to UMaine so early has given me the opportunity to focus on my academics and training to be a Division I athlete,” the 5-foot-7 Nee said. “I am very thankful that the coaches believed in me and my dedication to the sport so early. I feel very fortunate to have found a school that offers everything I am…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (September 21, 2015) — Loudoun County High School senior Abby Wright has made a commitment to continue her volleyball career at Nyack College starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “It’s so exciting to finally be committed,” the 5-foot-10 Wright said. “Recruiting is such a long process but very rewarding in the end. I’ve watched the seniors going through LCHS every year commit and looked up to them so much and now that’s me!” Wright’s senior class has a lot to look forward to. Having already won state titles in their freshmen, sophomore…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] *Update (12/5/2015): Woodgrove High School senior Trey Rustand — who initially verballed to Ohio Wesleyan University — has officially recommitted to play lacrosse at the Virginia Military Institute. Purcellville (September 16, 2015) — Woodgrove High School senior Trey Rustand has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Ohio Wesleyan University beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. “I had a lot of great options, and I would like to thank those other schools for recruiting me first and foremost. But, OWU had a lot of huge pull factors and had everything I was looking for in a school,” the…

By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Ashburn (September 12, 2015) — Broad Run High School senior Chris Moore has made a commitment to continue his football career at the University of Virginia starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “Being committed is great. It’s such a relief to know where I’m going,” the 6-foot-2, 185-pound Moore said. “It takes away the recruiting-process stress, and from a football standpoint, it gives me a lot of confidence on and off the field.” And Moore has used that on-field confidence to help the Spartans to a 3-0 start this fall. In their season…