- May 23, 2025
Matanzas High School held a celebration on April 18 for six athletes who have signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers in college.
Wrestlers Mason Obama, A.J. Sanchez and Ani Brown have all signed with Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia. Lacrosse defender Cooper Beasley signed with Point University in West Point, Georgia.
Softball players Leah Stevens (Florida) and Juliet Fogel (St. Johns River State College) also participated with their families. They also were previously honored by their coaches and teammates in a signing celebration held after a softball game on March 13.
Obama and Sanchez visited Brewton-Parker together and encouraged Brown to contact the college too. She also liked what she saw on a visit.
"I had a few more offers, but once I visited Brewton, I knew I wanted to go there," Brown said. "It helps to know you have friends going there too."
Brown is a three-time girls state wrestling qualifier. She placed seventh as a junior. This season, she won district and placed second at region. Obama was a district champ this season and placed seventh at 157 pounds in the Class 2A state boys championships. Sanchez was a boys regional qualifier at 150 pounds.
"I never would have thought I'd be going to wrestle in college," Obama said.
Beasley began playing lacrosse as a freshman based on a strong suggestion by his dad, Tim Sandersfield, who had just become new coach Adam Frys' assistant. Beasley liked the sport so much, after his sophomore year he made the decision to quit footbal to concentrate on lacrosse. Going into his junior year, he switched to defense.
"I started doing way better," he said. "After that year, I started posting highlight film and Point contacted me last summer."
Beasley said he likes that Point is a Christian college and that most of the students are also athletes. He plans to major in exercise science.
