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A on-going list of college baseball commitments from high school athletes in Colorado’s class of 2016. Send additions, along with position and height, to rcasey@chsaa.org.
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A on-going list of college lacrosse commitments from boys high school athletes in Colorado’s class of 2016. Send additions, along with position, height and weight, to rcasey@chsaa.org.
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A on-going list of college lacrosse commitments from girls high school athletes in Colorado’s class of 2016. Send additions, along with position and height, to rcasey@chsaa.org.
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Jake Moretti, a 6-foot-5, 285-pound offensive tackle who just completed his sophomore year at Pomona, committed to Ohio State on Saturday.
Moretti is a consensus four-star prospect in the 2017 class, according to Rivals, Scout and 247 Sports. He had 18 total offers at the time of his commitment, which he announced over Twitter.
https://twitter.com/J_Moretti17/status/617487318018949120
Included in that group of offers were the likes of Oregon, Florida, Miami, USC, UCLA, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Oklahoma. Colorado and Colorado State also offered.
Moretti helped Pomona go 9-3 last season and reach the Class 5A quarterfinals. The Panthers rushed for 2,781 yards on the ground in 2014, which ranked them eighth in 5A.
Speaking to his athleticism, Moretti is also a member of Pomona’s track team as a thrower. He placed 14th in the shot put at the Class 5A state meet this past spring.
Moretti is the first local football player to commit to the Buckeyes since former Windsor standout Joey O’Connor, who signed as a member of the 2012 class. O’Connor spent the 2012 season at OSU before transferring to Colorado State. Injuries unfortunately ended his career early.
Moretti is the first from Colorado’s 2017 football players to make a collegiate choice.
Luke Neff committed to the University of Denver men’s basketball team on Tuesday, meaning he’ll join his brother as a Pioneer during the 2016-17 season.
Neff will be a senior this fall. His brother, Thomas, was a member of DU’s 2015 signing class.
The news of Neff’s commitment came from both his club team, Billups Elite, as well as Arvada West:
The best shooter in the state verbally committed to DU. Congratulations to Luke Neff pic.twitter.com/YFuvx45hDb
— CBElite (@CBoundElite) July 1, 2015
We're proud & honored to announce that AWest SR guard Luke Neff has verbally committed to play hoops at DU next year! pic.twitter.com/26BKJRKQyF
— Arvada West hoops (@AWest_hoops) July 1, 2015
Neff, a 6-foot guard, averaged 11.9 points per game last season, along with 3.7 assists and 3.1 rebounds. Known as a shooter, he hit 44.4 percent of 3-point shots he took last season.
The Wildcats went 19-6 last season and reached the second round of the Class 5A tournament.
Neff is the fifth member of the talented 2016 boys basketball class in the state to make his college choice.
Denver has a long history of recruiting top in-state products. The Pioneers will have six Colorado kids on their roster in 2015-16, including Thomas Neff and Chaparral product Jake Holtzmann, also a 2015 signee.
Highlands Ranch grad Marcus Byrd and Colorado Spring Christian product Nate Engesser will both be seniors, Lincoln’s Josiah Dunn will be a junior, and Mountain Vista’s Jake Pemberton will be a sophomore.
Valor Christian’s Dillon Reinkensmeyer committed to play college football at Virginia on Monday.
Reinkensmeyer, a standout offensive lineman who will be a senior this fall, announced his commitment over Twitter.
https://twitter.com/DillonRValor/status/615556344595152896
He had 15 total offers, according to his Rivals profile, including Colorado, Colorado State and Air Force, as well as Kansas, New Mexico, UNLV, Wyoming and Utah State.
Reinkensmeyer, who is 6-foot-5, 255 pounds, plays offensive tackle for the Eagles. He helped Valor Christian reach a sixth-straight title game last season when they played in the Class 5A championship.
His presence on the line helped Valor amass nearly 5,000 yards of offense last season, which ranked 11th among all classifications in 2014.
Virginia offered in May. The Caviliers went 7-6 last season, including 3-5 in the ACC.
Reinkensmeyer is the sixth in-state player to make his college choice from the Class of 2016. His junior season highlights are below.
COLORADO SPRINGS — JoJo Domann, Pine Creek’s hybrid linebacker/wide receiver announced over Twitter on Friday that he will play college football for Nebraska.
It's official, committed to Nebraska. 🌽🔴🏈 excited to play for the best fans in the nation‼️ #GBR pic.twitter.com/Vj3VaLNx81
— JoJo Domann (@TheDomannator) June 26, 2015
The 6-foot-1, 208-pound Domann will be a senior this fall.
“I got a feeling about a month ago and it kind of sat with me for a while,” Domann said on Friday. “Talking to (Cornhuskers linebackers coach Trent) Bray about where they want me and talking to my parents, it was an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up.”
At Nebraska, Domann will join former Pine Creek teammate Avery Anderson, a cornerback who signed with the Cornhuskers out of the 2015 class. Former Valor Christian standout Eric Lee Jr. was also a 2015 signee at Nebraska.
Domann will also arrive with Regis Jesuit tight end Jack Stoll, who committed to Nebraska on Wednesday.
“That’s obviously a perk,” he said. “That support system is going to be crazy. I have family in Lincoln and obviously with Avery, Eric (Lee Jr.) and Jack Stoll who I’m getting to pretty well.”
Domann was a big part of the Eagles’ state championship team last season, going for 797 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns while totaling 61 tackles and intercepting seven passes.
Almost immediately after Pine Creek won the Class 4A title last fall, its second consecutive, the offers started pouring in for Domann. He was first offered by the University of Colorado back on Dec. 13, with an offer from Kansas State not far behind.
“It was fun and it was stressful,” Domann said. “Just having to talk to coaches, media and fans all the time, you get redundant with yourself. At the same time, I’m so fortunate to be in the situation I was in and I realize that I had to just go with it.”
He also picked up offers from Cal, Arizona State, North Carolina and Nebraska, giving him plenty of options. In all, 14 different schools offered. Sorting through all the schools was a tough task, but in the end, Domann made the decision that he felt was best.
With his college commitment now behind him, Domann can now focus entirely on helping the Eagles try to win a third-straight state title.
This year could prove to be more of a family affair as his younger brother, Brock, is expected to take the reigns as the starting quarterback for Pine Creek. The younger Domann stepped in for last year’s starter Tommy Lazzaro while Lazzaro battled minor injuries.
“It’s going to be pretty crazy,” Domann said. “It’s going to be fun. He’s working and he’s not taking any days off. We know what it’s going to take. Everyone is going to be gunning for us.”
Prior to announcing his decision on Twitter, Domann called each coach that had offered him a scholarship.
Domann is the fifth in-state football player to announce his college choice from the Class of 2016 so far.
See highlights from Domann’s junior season below, via Hudl.
Jack Stoll, a tight end at Regis Jesuit, committed to Nebraska on Wednesday.
Stoll, who will be a senior this fall, announced his decision on Twitter:
Excited and proud to announce that I have committed to the University of Nebraska!#GBR pic.twitter.com/i9gcFMuFrg
— Jack Stoll (@StollJack) June 24, 2015
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Stoll caught 19 passes for 176 yards and four touchdowns last season. He’s also a member of the boys basketball program.
Stoll picked the Cornhuskers over nine other offers, according to his Rivals profile, including Texas. Colorado, Colorado State, Air Force, Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, Wyoming and Idaho State were his other offers.
He is a three-star prospect according to Rivals, Scout, 247sports and ESPN.
Stoll continues a recent trend of Coloradoans to head to Nebraska. Pine Creek’s Avery Anderson and Valor Christian’s Eric Lee Jr. both signed with the Cornhuskers out of the 2015 class, and lineman Robby Painter (Grandview) and Paul Thurston (Arvada West) will be juniors next season.
In addition, recent Loveland grad Jacob Weinmaster will be a freshman walk-on at linebacker. And last season, Fairview’s Kenny Bell was one of Nebraska’s stars at wide receiver.
Stoll is the fourth in-state player to commit so far in from the 2016 class.
Regis Jesuit will have to replace Matt Houghtaling at quarterback, the Raiders will return a lot of talent on both sides of the ball for new coach Danny Filleman.
Javen Gumber, Fruita Monument boys basketball’s leading scorer last season, has committed to Air Force, according to BasketballColorado.com.
2016 6'7 F Javen Gumber from Fruita Monument and Next Level Premier has committed to Air Force
— BasketballColorado (@Bball_CO) June 24, 2015
Gumber, who is listed at 6-foot-7, plays forward for the Wildcats. He averaged 13.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season. Included was a 32-point, 11-rebound performance against Grand Junction Central in Fruita’s final game of the season.
Gumber becomes the fourth known in-state boys basketball player to make a commitment from the Class of 2016. Colorado Academy’s Justin Bassey is going to Harvard; ThunderRidge’s Austin Mueller to Wyoming; and Pueblo Central’s Mike Ranson to Northern Colorado.
Terriek Roberts, a 6-foot-6, 260-pound two-way lineman, committed to play football at Colorado on Sunday night.
Roberts, who will be a senior in the fall, picked the Buffs over eight other offers, according to his Rivals.com profile, including Colorado State, Wyoming, Arizona State, Kansas, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State and Northern Colorado.
He announced his choice on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Reik_Havoc54/status/612820485856890880
Roberts told BuffStampede.com, a Rivals affiliate which covers CU, that he takes “pride in where I am from, and I am tired of everybody talking down on Colorado football.”
“I felt like what better way to show people that Colorado football is actually more than what it is made out to be,” Roberts told BuffStampede.com “It would be special if I made my mark anywhere, but after talking with my coaches and family, I just felt like it would be more special if I did it in Colorado.”
Roberts had one sack last season on defense, and also helped Denver South rush for 3,272 yards on the offensive side. The Rebels went 8-3 last season.
At CU, he will rejoin former South standout Phillip Lindsay, a 2013 graduate.
Roberts is the third known local football recruit to commit so far the 2016 cycle. Legacy quarterback Matt Lynch is committed to UCLA, while Strasburg quarterback Mitchell Martin is headed to Sioux Falls, a Division II program in South Dakota.
In 2015, Colorado had commitments from four local players, including three linemen.