Seven Laker athletes sign letters of intent this week

The Lake Oswego Review, Feb 4, 2010

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From left, Melinda Madden, Thomas Iwasaki, Cali Reis, Jacqui Wallis, Tate Murray, Will Storey and Gabbie Lindeman all signed letter of intent to play their respective sports at a Division I level next year. Madden, Iwasaski, Reis, Wallis and Lindeman all signed for soccer while Storey signed for football and Murray signed for track and field and cross country.

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Lake Oswego High School saw seven of its top senior athletes sign letters of intent to their schools of choice on Wednesday morning.

It was a good day for the school's soccer programs as five of the seven athletes signing will play soccer collegiately in the fall.

Thomas Iwasaki signed to play for the University of Portland. Iwasaki was a first-team all-state selection this year and is a 4.0 student at Lake Oswego.

Four Lake Oswego teammates on the girls soccer team also signed to play Division I ball, all for different schools.

Gabbie Lindeman, a four-year varsity letter winner signed to play for the University of Arizona's program.

Melinda Madden, another four-year letter earner for the Lakers will attend St. Mary's College in California. Madden maintains a 3.72 GPA and won the Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award for 2009.

Cali Reis signed on to play for Santa Clara this fall. Reis is a three-sport standout, was a first-team all-state selection for soccer this year and was also recently honored as s second-team All-American selection by ESPN RISE.

Jacqui Wallis will attend Seattle University and play soccer for their program. She is a 4.0 student and became a National Merit Commended Student last year.

For football, Will Storey made it official as the latest Laker standout to attend Oregon State University.

Storey played fullback, tight end, linebacker, quarterback and punter in his time at Lake Oswego and will likely be utilized as a linebacker for the Beavers in the fall.

Running standout Tate Murray signed on to attend Stanford next year. The 3.8 student holds the school record in the 1500 and the 3000 and was the runner up at both of those events last year at state. She has also won the district cross country meet three years in a row.