The Pennington School recognized 18 senior student-athletes this week who have committed to continue playing their sports at colleges and universities in the fall of 2026.
The group includes athletes headed to NCAA Division I, II and III programs in football, soccer, rowing, field hockey, lacrosse, basketball and baseball.
Four seniors will continue their football careers at the Division I level: AJ Cartusciello of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, at Wagner College; Nisaiah Maldonado of Queensbury, New York, at Bryant University; Bryce Werner of Philadelphia at Lehigh University; and Bryce Williams of Venice, Florida, at the University at Buffalo.
Women’s soccer represents the largest group of commitments. Sara Chrnelich of Pennington will play Division I soccer at Georgetown University, while Elizabeth Holstein of Newtown, Pennsylvania, will play at Binghamton University. Ava Brochon of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, will continue at Thomas Jefferson University, and Nora Close of Pennington will play at Flagler College, both at the Division II level. Emma Normand of West Windsor will attend Union College, and Alexandra Van Arsdale of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, will attend Washington and Lee University, both for Division III soccer.
On the men’s soccer side, Colin Harkleroad of Columbus will play at Dickinson College, and Kyle Harvey of Lawrenceville will play at Drew University, both Division III programs.
Three seniors will continue rowing in college. Lolita Nechay of Titusville will row at St. Mary’s College of California, Sebastian Calderon Chubb of Maplewood will row at UC San Diego, and Becket Washburn of Princeton will continue at St. Joseph’s University.
Other commitments include Geneviève Vallières of Princeton, who will play Division I field hockey at the University of Louisville; Norah Youngblood of Titusville, who will play lacrosse at Oberlin College; Dylan Napoleon of Trenton, who will play basketball at Drew University; and Kai Itakura Prepscius of Hong Kong, China, who will play baseball at Stevens Institute of Technology.
The students recognized were:
Florida
Venice: Bryce Williams, Division I football, University at Buffalo
New Jersey
Columbus: Colin Harkleroad, Division III soccer, Dickinson College
Lawrenceville: Kyle Harvey, Division III soccer, Drew University
Maplewood: Sebastian Calderon Chubb, Division I rowing, UC San Diego
Pennington: Sara Chrnelich, Division I soccer, Georgetown University; Nora Close, Division II soccer, Flagler College
Princeton: Geneviève Vallières, Division I field hockey, University of Louisville; Becket Washburn, rowing, St. Joseph’s University
Titusville: Lolita Nechay, Division I rowing, St. Mary’s College of California; Norah Youngblood, lacrosse, Oberlin College
Trenton: Dylan Napoleon, Division III basketball, Drew University
West Windsor: Emma Normand, Division III soccer, Union College
New York
Queensbury: Nisaiah Maldonado, Division I football, Bryant University
Pennsylvania
Bensalem: Ava Brochon, Division II soccer, Thomas Jefferson University
Morrisville: AJ Cartusciello, Division I football, Wagner College
Newtown: Elizabeth Holstein, Division I soccer, Binghamton University
Philadelphia: Bryce Werner, Division I football, Lehigh University
Washington Crossing: Alexandra Van Arsdale, Division III soccer, Washington and Lee University
China
Hong Kong: Kai Itakura Prepscius, Division III baseball, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Pennington School is an independent coeducational school for students in grades 6 through 12, with both day and boarding programs.
