By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Ashburn (September 22, 2015) — Briar Woods High School junior Amanda Nee has made an early verbal commitment to continue her softball career at the University of Maine beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year. “Committing to UMaine so early has given me the opportunity to focus on my academics and training to be a Division I athlete,” the 5-foot-7 Nee said. “I am very thankful that the coaches believed in me and my dedication to the sport so early. I feel very fortunate to have found a school that offers everything I am…
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Owen Gotimer
Owen Gotimer is an award-winning journalist and small business owner from Leesburg, Virginia. After graduating from Heritage High School, Owen spent his college years at Syracuse University, where he studied broadcast and digital journalism in the renowned Newhouse School of Public Communications, before earning a Masters degree in social media, culture, and society from the University of Westminster. Owen owns OG Media, a full-service marketing partner specializing in website design & development, content creation, and graphic design & print. Additionally, Owen is the president of of the Jeffrey C. Fowler Memorial Scholarship.
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (September 21, 2015) — Loudoun County High School senior Abby Wright has made a commitment to continue her volleyball career at Nyack College starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “It’s so exciting to finally be committed,” the 5-foot-10 Wright said. “Recruiting is such a long process but very rewarding in the end. I’ve watched the seniors going through LCHS every year commit and looked up to them so much and now that’s me!” Wright’s senior class has a lot to look forward to. Having already won state titles in their freshmen, sophomore…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] *Update (12/5/2015): Woodgrove High School senior Trey Rustand — who initially verballed to Ohio Wesleyan University — has officially recommitted to play lacrosse at the Virginia Military Institute. Purcellville (September 16, 2015) — Woodgrove High School senior Trey Rustand has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Ohio Wesleyan University beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. “I had a lot of great options, and I would like to thank those other schools for recruiting me first and foremost. But, OWU had a lot of huge pull factors and had everything I was looking for in a school,” the…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Ashburn (September 12, 2015) — Broad Run High School senior Chris Moore has made a commitment to continue his football career at the University of Virginia starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “Being committed is great. It’s such a relief to know where I’m going,” the 6-foot-2, 185-pound Moore said. “It takes away the recruiting-process stress, and from a football standpoint, it gives me a lot of confidence on and off the field.” And Moore has used that on-field confidence to help the Spartans to a 3-0 start this fall. In their season…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Leesburg (September 10, 2015) — Loudoun County High School senior Spencer Shipman has made a commitment to continue his lacrosse career at Christopher Newport University starting in the 2016-2017 school year. “It’s a great feeling knowing where you are going to school, while other kids my age are stressing about applications and essays,” the 5-foot-9, 145-pound Shipman said. “It gives me a jump start on researching certain majors and programs that CNU has to offer.” What Shipman can be sure CNU offers is a men’s lacrosse program that has seen steady improvement over…
By Owen Gotimer LoCoSports Editor-in-Chief [twitter-follow screen_name=’LoCoSports’] Purcellville (September 8, 2015) — Loudoun Valley High School junior Claire Ashworth has made an early verbal commitment to continue her lacrosse career at Radford University beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year. “It’s very exciting, and I can’t wait to get to RU,” the 5-foot-7 Ashworth said. “I feel like all of my hard work over the years is paying off and providing me the opportunity to play at the next level.” At the next level, Ashworth will join the Division I Highlanders during their second season in school history. First year head…