Goalkeeper Taylor Reeves got rid of his Wisconsin gear.

The Creighton Prep senior has switched Big 10 schools because of a coaching change, and is now planning to attend Indiana University.

He was one of several athletes at Prep to sign letters of intent today.

When the Hoosiers' Mike Freitag was let go in December, Wisconsin coach Todd Yeagley decided to return to the school where his father had once coached and where he attended college and had been an assistant. He asked Reeves if he'd like to come along.

“I went out and visited Jan. 11 and committed there that night,'' Reeves said. “Indiana has such a history and tradition in soccer that it was kind of a hard thing not to pass up going there.''

Reeves said he liked the small-town atmosphere of Bloomington. Coaches also told him he'd be able to fight for a starting spot.

“It was kind of a hard-to-beat situation,'' he said.

At Millard West, the list of signees has gotten so large that the Wildcats switched the ceremony from the foyer of the auditorium to the auditorium itself.

Nineteen athletes signed letters of intent today after a class of 14 girls in the fall.

Athletic Director Rick Hook said the fact that Millard West was The World-Herald's Class A all-sports champion as well as the NSAA's President's Cup winner for both sports and activities explains the large class.

“That tells you a little bit of where we are at with the quality of student athlete we have,'' he said.

Millard West won both the girls and boys state soccer titles last spring and the Wildcats have several athletes who signed Division I letters in that sport. Megan Merrill is going to Nebraska, Chelsey Poole to South Dakota State, Claire Wiese to Loyola of Chicago, Andrew Kallman to Drake and Cody Thayer to Virginia Tech.

David Poots and Anthony Pittman are headed to Nebraska on track and cross country scholarships.

Omaha Marian also had a record number of athletes signing with eight after having seven in the fall. Seven from Ed Dudley's soccer team are signing: Amelia Ambrose, Loyola Chicago; Monica Bosiljevac, UNO; Kelly Lange, Wayne State; Ellen McCormick, Wyoming; Melanie McCormick, UNO; Margaret Powers, Iowa State; and Logen Watts, UNO.

“I told Ed they better be really good this year,'' Athletic Director Jim Miller said.

Area signings:

Bellevue East

Soccer: Macy Hagen, Wayne State

Bellevue West

Baseball: Matt Walenz, Hutchinson Community College.

Track: Kory Pesek, Emporia State.

Soccer: Caitlin Parra, University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Bennington

Cross country: Jillian Stratman, Kansas Wesleyan.

Douglas County West

Football: Mike Hamsa, Morningside.

Elkhorn

Volleyball: McKenna Reagan, Wayne State; Meredith McCormick, Missouri Western State.

Football: Dane Eccles, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Scott Stark, Augustana; Adam Stark, Wayne State.

Soccer: Jennifer Lerner, Hastings College; Maddie Michalek, Hastings College.

Tennis: Jessica Hottman, UNO.

Baseball: Jake Henne, Kansas City Community College.

Grand Island

Football: Tyler Chamness, Peru State; Tyler Swanson, Sioux Falls; Casey Sayer, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Kellen Werner, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Andy Gdowski, walk-on, Nebraska.

Baseball: AJ Fruchtl, Hastings College.

Grand Island Central Catholic

Football: Austin Witmer, Missouri State.

Gretna

Soccer: Hannah Dittmar, Nebraska; Katie Sturgeon, Augustana; Emily Fleming, Concordia; Kelsey Stark, Doane.

Softball: Bailey Hendrix, Briar Cliff.

Kearney

Football: Zach Albrecht, Colorado State-Pueblo.

Laurel-Concord

Track: Bethany DeLong, Colorado State.

Lincoln East

Track-cross country: Britni Waller, South Dakota.

Cross country: Cam Penner, Hastings College.

Softball: Allison Yardley, Nebraska Wesleyan.

Volleyball: Jordane Warkentin, Dana.

Football: Devon Nash, UNO; Josh Hastreiter, walk-on, UNO.

Lincoln North Star

Football: Bryce Dietz, Ohio University; Yusef Wade, walk-on, Nebraska; Dillon Schrodt, walk-on, Nebraska; Savontae Brown, Southwest Missouri State; Austen Stephens, Chadron State.

Softball: Paige Policky, South Dakota State; Emily Weber, South Dakota.

Track: Sam Housh, Doane.

Lincoln Pius X

Football: Jake Ramsay, UNO.

Lincoln Southeast

Soccer: Abby Jurgens, South Dakota State; Sydney Reiners, Colorado-Colorado Springs.

Football: Jake Cotton, Nebraska, Zach Taylor, walk-on, Nebraska; Jacob Ledgerwood, Wayne State; Levi Cockle, Peru State; Michael Gude, Peru State.

Lincoln Southwest

Football: Jake Cotton, Nebraska; Jeff Seybold, UNO.

Softball: Abbie Moser, Peru State; Monica Knabe, Central Community College.

Millard North

Softball: Melissa Ackley, Bellevue University.

Track: Madelyn Besack, Simpson College; Molly Jeffries, Vermont.

Soccer: Theresa Kucera, Iowa State; Megan Buckley, Washburn; Ashley Hick, Nebraska; Megan Kingston, UNO.

Football: Lincoln Hansen, Eastern Michigan; Tanner Knox, Hastings College; Matt Klein, Hastings; Ben Renshaw, UNO; Tim Semisch, UNO.

Millard West

Football: Phil Colling, Chadron State; Brian Buttry, Northwest Missouri State; Matt Longacre, Northwest Missouri State; Josh Meeker, Minnesota Mankato; Vincenzo Guido, UNO.

Soccer: Megan Merrill, Nebraska; Katie Pickinpaugh, UNO; Anna Calgaard, Northwest Missouri State; Kristina Gelecki, Minnesota Mankato; Jami Kuta, Sioux Falls; Chelsey Poole, South Dakota State; Claire Wiese, Loyola Chicago; Andrew Kallman, Drake University; Morgan Karloff, Doane; Cody Thayer, Virginia Tech.

Track and field-cross country: David Poots, Nebraska; Anthony Pittman, Nebraska.

Volleyball: Courtney Hendricks, Bellevue University.

Baseball: Tyler Ware, Iowa Western.

Millard South

Football: Max Hofmeister, Minnesota State; Gary Hiatt, Minnesota State.

Soccer: Jordyn Braun, UNO; Danielle Curtis, Washburn University.

Omaha Burke

Football: Austin Williams, walk-on, Nebraska; Taylor Anderson, walk-on, UNO; Jacob Harding, walk-on, UNO. Chris Lucido, Augustana; Treymal Miller, Dana; Nick Robbins, Dana.

Omaha Central

Football-track: Chris Reed, Minnesota State.

Omaha Creighton Prep

Soccer: Taylor Reeves, Indiana University.

Football: Nick Mizaur, Brown University; Adam Svoboda, Briar Cliff; Jeff Uher, walk-on, Nebraska; Dan Faulkner, Benedictine, Joe Trouba, Wayne State.

Omaha Gross

Softball: Rachel Dukich, Wayne State

Football: Russell Barrios, Colorado School of Mines

Hockey: Erik Haula, Minnesota

Omaha Mercy

Soccer: Kayleen Colson, Midland Lutheran; Kelly Stillmock, Benedictine.

Softball: Katie Malloy, Bellevue University; Elise Snyder, Iowa Western.

Cross country-track: Calena Morehead, Briar Cliff.

Omaha Marian

Soccer: Amelia Ambrose, Loyola Chicago; Monica Bosiljevac, UNO; Kelly Lange, Wayne State; Ellen McCormick, Wyoming; Melanie McCormick, UNO; Margaret Powers, Iowa State; Logen Watts, UNO.

Basketball: Rachel Thrash, Benedictine College.

Omaha North

Football: Abram Walker, Wayne State; Ron Coleman Jr., Southeast Missouri State.

Omaha Skutt

Soccer: Kerry Pivovar, UNO; Ashley Holland, Benedictine College.

Football: Myles Jablonski, North Dakota; Jacob Hasz, Chadron State; Christian Dudzik, North Dakota State.

Omaha Westside

Track: Edna Johnson, Iowa Western.

Football: Matt Young, Iowa Western

Soccer: Lauren Bradford, Lehigh; Kylie Kusleika, Nebraska; Haley Berner, Augustana.

Softball: Danielle Sandel, Wayne State; Shelby Hermsen, Iowa Western; Danica Matuska, Dana.

Papillion-La Vista

Baseball: Joey Jones, Texarkana College.

Nebraska: Lauren Welch, Nebraska.

Football: Glenn Lewis, Iowa Western; Sir Bullock, Iowa Western; Hayden Kusy, Peru State; Chase Rasmussen, Colorado Mines.

Papillion-La Vista South

Football: Chandler Thomas, Justin Kowalski, UNO

Track-cross country: Marcus Portofee, Emporia State

Soccer: Mia Juarez, Courtney Richards, Doane

Softball: Taylor Anding, Missouri Western; Jennifer Johnson, Southwest Minnesota State

Seward

Football: Delton Werth, walk-on, UNO; Logan Franck, Morningside.

Basketball: Natasha Mueller, walk-on, UNO.

Track-cross country: Liz Damman, UNK.

York

Football: Jake Spanjers, Wayne State.

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