Mansfield Legacy 3-star forward signs with TCU plus more from National Signing Day

Mansfield Legacy 3-star power forward Isaiah Manning signed his national letter of intent with the TCU men’s basketball program during national signing day on Wednesday.

Manning is ranked No. 19 among 2023s in the state, according to 247Sports. He also had offers from Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, SMU, Arizona State and Alabama, among others.

“Already felt like home even before I’ve gotten there. Very familiar with the coaching staff, they’ve been recruiting me for three years,” Manning said. “Family is tight, my dad is up there a lot and on top of that, they were looking for a player like me, so it was an easy decision for me.

“Coach Dixon was the first coach to give me a call. He believed in me when no one else didn’t. The coaches have faith in my abilities and all the guys on the team, I love what I see. A lot of them are from DFW so I’ve played against them. They have great energy.”

Manning was among the team’s leading scorers last season and helped the Broncos to a 24-9 record and trip to the Class 5A regional quarterfinals.

Legacy is ranked No. 14 in the TABC preseason 6A poll after moving up a class to District 11-6A.

Seymour to TCU

Justin Northwest middle blocker Lydia Seymour signed her NLI with TCU volleyball on Wednesday. She was one of 12 from Northwest to sign letters of intent.

Seymour helped the Texans to a 37-10 record, most wins in program history, a district championship and an area round appearance. Seymour led the team with 352 kills this season, a 0.431 hitting percentage and 122 blocks.

The Northwest volleyball team also signed Hannah Clear to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Sophie Chambers to Seattle Pacific and Cassidy Hargesheimer to SAGU.

Bizjack to Butler, Marshall to A&M

Byron Nelson’s Finley Bizjack signed his NLI with Butler while Lake Ridge’s Kylie Marshall signed with Texas A&M. Both players are ranked No. 1 in the Fort Worth-area.

Marshall is the top ranked girls basketball player in the state.

Both were picked to win all-area MVP honors this season.

“It was perfect fit. Love all the coaches and players. Felt like home,” Bizjack said. “Beyond excited. I’m watching all their games. I have the ESPN plus package. Excited to be on campus.”

Bizjack was been one of the top players in DFW over the past three seasons. He helped the Bobcats to a regional tournament appearance and has been a two-time District MVP.

Last season, he led the area with 25 points per game.

Marshall helped Lake Ridge to the third round last season, a first in seven years. She was named to the all-area first team after scoring 20 points per game for the Eagles.

State softball finalist signs three

The Lake Ridge softball program had three players sign on Wednesday, Tia Warsop to Oklahoma State, Raigan Brannon to Lamar and Paris Johnson to Texas Southern.

All three players were key parts last season as the Eagles reached the state tournament for the first time. They made it to the championship game and were 6A state runner-up.

Warsop, a former all-area defensive MVP, hit 0.583 last season and was No. 2 in the nation with 81 hits and No. 4 in the state with 58 steals. She was District MVP and made the state all-tourney team.

Brannon, who catches, had 41 hits, 39 RBIs and a 0.989 fielding percentage. Johnson had 76 hits with a 0.551 average, 16 doubles, 43 RBIs and 48 steals. She was on the state all-tourney team.

All three made the Star-Telegram all-area team last season.

Michigan State bound

Birdville 4-star forward Gehrig Normand signed his NLI with Michigan State.

Normand is No. 8 in the state, according to 247Sports. He helped the Hawks to a bi-district championship last season while averaging 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game.

This season he was named all-area preseason utility MVP.

Hansen to Texas Tech, Griffith to West Texas A&M

The Weatherford volleyball team signed three players, Kate Hansen to Texas Tech, Riess Griffith to WTAMU and Evelyn Benson to Weatherford College.

Griffith, Hansen and Benson were the top three in kills for the team this season. The Kangaroos won a co-championship in District 3-6A.

Hansen nearly reached 1,500 kills in her career.

Griffith set a school-single season record in kills last season while Hansen has the two most kills in a single game in program history.

Weatherford also signed two in softball, Hanna Bartels to Weatherford College, Landry Fonesca to Northwest Texas Community College, two in baseball, Carter Norris to Colorado State-Pueblo, Kannon Kemp to Oklahoma and one in golf, Emilee Slovak to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

State champs at Southlake Carroll sign

The Carroll girls soccer team won the Class 6A state title in April. Four players signed their NLI, Payton Wilkerson to Manhattan College, Maddy Sexton to DBU, Madison Pensom to St. Francis College and Paige Becker to Virginia Military Institute.

The baseball team won the 6A state title in June.

Six players signed, Ben Tryon to DBU, Colin Robson to Duke, Caden Orr to Weatherford College, Asher Millimet to Vassar College, Ethan Mendoza to Arizona State and Luke Gill to the University of Dallas.

Mendoza made the Star-Telegram all-area team and 6A state all-tourney team. He finished with a 0.406 batting average, 43 hits, 15 doubles and 25 RBIs. He led the team in average, hits, doubles and runs scored.

The swim and dive teams won last season as well and signed five, Madelyn Clem to Middlebury College, Lexi Drap to TCU, Kate Heintz to Vanderbilt, Hailey Heldenbrand to Florida State and Jenna Hurley to Colorado Mesa University.