- Alonzo Sampson, a senior linebacker/running back at Zephyrhills Christian Academy, recently picked up another football scholarship, this time from Lawrence Tech University, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) program in Detroit, Michigan. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound athlete also holds offers from Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) University, Culver Stockton (Missouri) College and Warner (Lake Wales) University. Sampson leads Zephyrhills Christian in rushing (562 yards on 56 carries, four touchdowns), and is the team’s second-leading tackler (43 total tackles, six tackles for loss, three sacks).
- Logan Coward, junior pitcher/utility player at Wesley Chapel High School, has verbally committed to play softball at Lander University, an NCAA Division II program in Greenwood, South Carolina. In 24 games last season, Coward batted .265, with four extra base hits, 18 runs and 10 RBIs, plus four stolen bases. As a pitcher, she went 3-0, posting a 1.79 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched. Coward transferred to Wesley Chapel from Pasco High School following her freshman year in 2016.
