Patton wraps up high-jump career at Drake.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
A number of recently graduated Fenton High School student-athletes will continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. Being an athlete is incredibly rewarding and taxing, but it is all worth it to reap the rewards of hard work, that is why it is important that these athletes have access to an athlete recovery center and other support throughout their careers so they are able to achieve their goals.
From the spring National Letter of Intent signing period, Angelo Duvall will continue his football career at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Bryan Larsen is headed to Aurora University to play baseball, while Cassidy Feddersen will compete in track and field at Elmhurst College.
Taylor Spizzirri will play softball at Aurora University, while Jenna Geraci is headed to Elmhurst College to play softball.
Noel Lopez will continue his soccer career at Division I Northern Illinois University, while Ethan Guerra and Javier Sanchez will play volleyball at Judson University in Elgin.
Patton at Drake
Fenton alum Taylor Patton finished up her track and field career this season at Division I Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
In the classroom, Patton was named to the 2016-2017 Missouri Valley Conference honor roll. To qualify for the honor roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade-point average for a specified term, must have been a member of an athletics team and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.
In the high jump this season, Patton tied for 10th at the MVC championships in Wichita, Kan., with a leap of 5-1 3/4. She also took 13th with a mark of 5-1 at the Musco Twilight hosted by the University of Iowa.
Earlier, she was fourth in the high jump at the Arkansas Spring Invitational and took fifth at the Central Invitational.
Indoors this season, Patton was seventh in the high jump at the MVC championships and also took seventh at the Missouri Invitational and fourth at both the Messersmith Invitational and the Holiday Inn Invitational.
Echeverria at Concordia
Fenton graduate David Echeverria has two track and field seasons under his belt at Concordia University Chicago where he is a thrower.
This year at the Ted Haydon Invitational outdoor meet he took 10th in the shot put with a throw of 38-0.
During the indoor season, Echeverria was fifth in the weight throw at 36-2 3/4 and also took fourth in the shot put with a throw of 35-10.
Last year, Echeverria took 10th at the NACC outdoor championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 111-5.
Also in 2016, he was sixth in the hammer throw (93-3) and sixth in the discus (96-7) at the Lewis Twilight meet.
Pugliese at Benedictine
Brady Pugliese, a 2015 graduate of Fenton, finished his sophomore season on the Benedictine University baseball team in Lisle.
During his first two years at Benedictine, Pugliese has appeared in two varsity games and also has played on the junior-varsity squad.
