A trio of Christian Heritage College senior student-athletes formally pledged to play their chosen sport on the collegiate stage on Thursday.
In a ceremony on the faculty, Jax Abernathy signed his Nationwide Letter of Intent with the Trevecca Nazarene College males's basketball program, Carson Russell signed with the Mars Hill College males's soccer staff and Lucas Roby dedicated to play baseball at Covenant School.
Abernathy, a two-time Dalton Each day Citizen All-Space Boys Basketball Participant of the Yr, signed with NCAA Division II Trevecca Nazarene after committing to the Nashville faculty final October. The 6-foot-4 Abernathy, who averaged 29.4 factors, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 steals and a pair of.5 assists per recreation as a junior final yr, led the Lions to a 20-5 report this yr and is the No. 2 seed in area 7. -A DII. The Lions start play subsequent week within the state basketball playoffs.
Additionally a kicker on the Lions soccer staff, Russell helped lead Christian Heritage to its first Georgia Excessive College Affiliation state championship as a junior. Russell will be a part of the soccer program at Mars Hill, an NCAA DII faculty in Mars Hill, North Carolina. Russell was named Space 4-A DII first staff and Georgia Athletic Coaches Affiliation Class A DII all-state following his junior marketing campaign. Within the second recreation of his senior season, in a 10-4 win over Temple final week, Russell set a brand new Christian Heritage program report with seven targets in a recreation.
Roby, who begins his first baseball season with Christian Heritage this week, is headed to the NCAA Division III baseball program at Covenant School. Roby, who beforehand performed at Eagles Touchdown Christian Academy in McDonough, was named a second-team All-Area 5-2A midfielder as a junior.
