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After a school year that saw numerous teams qualify for postseason play, Summit High School has had eight athletes sign NCAA National Letters of Intent.
Led by the football team — which had five players officially sign — the number of signees is thought to be one of the highest in school history, though official numbers haven’t been kept. In addition to the five football players, there are two track and field team members and one member of the swimming and diving team that have also made commitments to play in college.
“This is the most that we’ve had (for football) since I’ve been here,” SHS head football coach Dylan Hollingsworth said. Hollingsworth has been the SHS coach for five seasons.
Talon Roggasch was the first athlete from Summit High to sign, as he chose to play football at Chadron State College in Nebraska. Roggasch was a four-year starter for the Tigers playing multiple positions, including tailback, safety, wide receiver and quarterback. Chadron State is an NCAA Division II school that competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Roggasch will be joined on the RMAC gridiron by another four-year starter for the SHS football team, Peter Secor. Secor has signed to play with Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
After a long recruiting process, Landon Greve, who played quarterback for Summit last fall, signed with the University of Central Oklahoma. Greve joined the Tigers as a junior after starting both his freshman and sophomore seasons at QB at a high school in Oklahoma. Greve was selected to play in the Colorado All-State Game last fall. UCO is also a Division II school.
Zach Campbell helped to anchor the SHS offensive and defensive lines that past few seasons and will look to do the same with D-II Muskingum College
in Ohio.
Wide receiver and defensive back Bobby Daigle has decided to play at Central Iowa, Hollingsworth said. Daigle was a key player on both sides of the ball last season for the Tigers despite playing through injury.
The only female athlete from SHS to sign a letter of intent is Samantha Gardner. The Tigers’ top diver last season and the only girl to qualify for the state meet will compete with the University of Northern Colorado Bears in Greeley. Gardner is also the only SHS athlete to sign with a Division I program, as UNC competes in the Big Sky Conference.
Stephen Ike, a member of the track and field team at SHS, signed on to compete at D II Fort Hayes State University in Kansas. Ike is also considering playing football for Fort Hayes, Hollingsworth said.
Fellow track star Chris Rice will run both track and cross country at Central Washington University, which competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at the D II level. Rice helped the SHS cross country team earn a state appearance last fall.
A few other SHS athletes will try to work their way onto college rosters next fall as walk-ons. Jordan Sitkoski, the Tigers’ starting linebacker and fullback from last fall, will try to earn a spot at UNC, and swimmer Thomas Sawyer is considering going out for the team at School of Mines.
The captain of the SHS baseball team this past spring, David Leopold, is set to play baseball at St. Cloud Technical College next year. The 6-foot-6-inch Leopold was a force both on the mound and in the batter’s box for the Tigers this season, leading the team to its highest win total in years.
The impressive number of SHS athletes playing in college is even more when considering that a handful of girls’ rugby players will take their skills to the college ranks next season. The highest level of college rugby is still designated as a club sport.
Led by the football team — which had five players officially sign — the number of signees is thought to be one of the highest in school history, though official numbers haven’t been kept. In addition to the five football players, there are two track and field team members and one member of the swimming and diving team that have also made commitments to play in college.
“This is the most that we’ve had (for football) since I’ve been here,” SHS head football coach Dylan Hollingsworth said. Hollingsworth has been the SHS coach for five seasons.
Talon Roggasch was the first athlete from Summit High to sign, as he chose to play football at Chadron State College in Nebraska. Roggasch was a four-year starter for the Tigers playing multiple positions, including tailback, safety, wide receiver and quarterback. Chadron State is an NCAA Division II school that competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Roggasch will be joined on the RMAC gridiron by another four-year starter for the SHS football team, Peter Secor. Secor has signed to play with Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
After a long recruiting process, Landon Greve, who played quarterback for Summit last fall, signed with the University of Central Oklahoma. Greve joined the Tigers as a junior after starting both his freshman and sophomore seasons at QB at a high school in Oklahoma. Greve was selected to play in the Colorado All-State Game last fall. UCO is also a Division II school.
Zach Campbell helped to anchor the SHS offensive and defensive lines that past few seasons and will look to do the same with D-II Muskingum College
in Ohio.
Wide receiver and defensive back Bobby Daigle has decided to play at Central Iowa, Hollingsworth said. Daigle was a key player on both sides of the ball last season for the Tigers despite playing through injury.
The only female athlete from SHS to sign a letter of intent is Samantha Gardner. The Tigers’ top diver last season and the only girl to qualify for the state meet will compete with the University of Northern Colorado Bears in Greeley. Gardner is also the only SHS athlete to sign with a Division I program, as UNC competes in the Big Sky Conference.
Stephen Ike, a member of the track and field team at SHS, signed on to compete at D II Fort Hayes State University in Kansas. Ike is also considering playing football for Fort Hayes, Hollingsworth said.
Fellow track star Chris Rice will run both track and cross country at Central Washington University, which competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference at the D II level. Rice helped the SHS cross country team earn a state appearance last fall.
A few other SHS athletes will try to work their way onto college rosters next fall as walk-ons. Jordan Sitkoski, the Tigers’ starting linebacker and fullback from last fall, will try to earn a spot at UNC, and swimmer Thomas Sawyer is considering going out for the team at School of Mines.
The captain of the SHS baseball team this past spring, David Leopold, is set to play baseball at St. Cloud Technical College next year. The 6-foot-6-inch Leopold was a force both on the mound and in the batter’s box for the Tigers this season, leading the team to its highest win total in years.
The impressive number of SHS athletes playing in college is even more when considering that a handful of girls’ rugby players will take their skills to the college ranks next season. The highest level of college rugby is still designated as a club sport.
