Twenty-one Greenwich High School student-athletes signed letters of intent on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and rowers made up the bulk of the class.
Fifteen of the 21 athletes committed to college rowing programs, according to Greenwich Free Press. The ceremony was the first Signing Day event of the 2026-27 school year at GHS, held in a packed media center. The remaining six signed in volleyball, lacrosse, rugby and swimming.
The rowing commitments stretch coast to coast, with athletes heading to Georgetown, Penn, Duke, Cornell, USC, UCLA, Virginia, Boston College, Villanova, George Washington, Northeastern, San Diego and Hobart and William Smith. Two athletes signed for volleyball: Heidi Zieme at Rider University and Kayah Armstrong at Harvard.
"You bring honor to our high school and to the athletics department," GHS principal Ralph Mayo told the group, according to Greenwich Free Press.
The wave of rowing commitments follows a banner spring for Greenwich Crew. The program swept the Overall Team Points Trophy at the USRowing Regional Youth Championships in May and sent a record number of boats to the USRowing Youth National Championships, the Greenwich Sentinel reported. Greenwich Crew captured both the men's and women's team titles at regionals, earning 16 medals including 11 regional championships.
Several of the Nov. 11 signers competed on those championship boats. Connor McDermott, who signed with Georgetown, won the men's Youth 8+ and the men's Youth 2- at regionals. Alexandra Laverge and Lynn Gulli, both bound for Penn and Virginia respectively, rowed on the gold-medal women's Youth 8+. Maggie Barratt, headed to Boston College, helped the women's Youth 4+ to a first-place finish. Josephine Herman, Niamh O'Donovan, Evelyn Roach and Nuria Hoffman all rowed on the women's 2V 8+ that won gold.
The signing class arrives during a strong stretch for GHS athletics overall. The school's athletic program ranked fourth nationally in the MaxPreps Cup for the 2025-26 school year, according to Patch, with multiple boys' and girls' teams earning state championships and runner-up finishes.
