Girls Volleyball: Loudoun County SR Quinn O'Connell to Play at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

(April 5, 2013) - Loudoun County High School senior Quinn O'Connell has committed to play volleyball next year for the NCAA Division III United States Merchant Marine Academy women's volleyball program in Kings Point, N.Y.

O'Connell is a 4-year member of the volleyball program and was a key part of the Raiders' 5th state title in 6 years in 2012. She is also the third member of the senior class for the Raiders volleyball team that will continue her career next year at the collegiate level.

Raider athletic director Ken Wright: "Congratulations to Quinn and her family....many hours of hard work in the classroom and on the court were required to achieve this goal."

 

Boys Soccer: Dominion SR Forward Greg Mitchell to Play at Merchant Marine Academy

Sterling (May 15, 2012) - Dominion High School senior forward Greg Mitchell has committed to play soccer at NCAA Division III U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

The Merchant Marine Academy, based in Kings Point, N.Y., play in the Landmark Conference and went 11-7-1 in the fall, qualifying for their third straight trip to the NCAA tournament. Mitchell will join Briar Woods High School grad Alex Maney, a sophomore forward, on the Mariners roster.

College Signings: BWoods Alex Maney to Play Soccer at U.S. Marine Merchant Academy; BR's David Weaver a Preferred Walk-on for Towson Football

(May 17, 2010) - With about a month left in the school year the college signings for the Class of 2010 keep on coming and we now have a total of 136 athletes listed on our college choice chart after the addition of Alex Maney of Briar Woods High School, who will play soccer at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), and David Weaver of Broad Run High School, who has been offered a preferred walk-on with the Towson University football team.

The USMMA is an NCAA Division III school that plays inthe Landmark Conference. The USMMA, with 910 undergrads, is one of five U.S. service academies and located in Kings Point, N.Y.

Weaver, who helped the Spartans to back-to-back AA Division 4 state titles, will play slot receiver and special teams for NCAA Division I Towson, which plays in the Colonial Athletic Conference. The school located in Towson, Md., has 17,277 undergrads.

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