After years of hard work and dedication to their craft, many of the Big Country and Abilene area’s top senior high school athletes celebrated a major achievement on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
That’s when senior athletes throughout the Big Country and Lone Star State put pen to paper, solidifying where they’ll be competing in the collegiate level.
Wednesday, Nov. 12, has been marked Early National Signing Day for high school basketball recruits across the country, while also marking the earliest initial signing date for college prospects in a number of other sports like baseball, volleyball, soccer, softball and others.
The college football early signing period, however, runs from Wednesday to Friday, Dec. 3-5. The regular signing period for college football opens Feb. 4, 2026.
Here’s a complete list of all the Big Country high school athletes who have signed with college athletic programs on early National Signing Day (Nov. 12):
Early National Signing Day – Big Country-area athletes who are signing with college sports programs
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Area athletes listed in alphabetical order.
Mia Clemmer, Coahoma – Texas Longhorns softball
Rheauna De La Garza, Abilene High – Seminole State College women’s soccer
Colby Garrett, Abilene Wylie – Ranger College baseball
Avah Reyes, Abilene High – Odessa College softball
Hudson Tuley, Abilene Wylie – McLennan Community College baseball
Olivia Volz, Abilene Wylie – Cisco College softball
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Coahoma, Texas softball’s Mia Clemmer headlines Big Country’s early National Signing Day
Reporting by Andrew McCulloch, Abilene Reporter-News / Abilene Reporter-News
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