Matilda Noble (second from right) will swim at Florida Tech. She is with her parents, Maegen and Tristan, and sister Lucy. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC soccer goalie Natalie Neal signed with JUCO national champ Daytona State College. She is backed up by her Bulldog soccer teammates. Photo by Brent Woronoff
State triple jump champion Karina Marcelus will continue her track and field career at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. Marcelus was one of 14 athletes who were recognized at FPC's spring signing ceremony on May 13. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC goalie Teagan Paulo, with mom, Tamara, will continue his soccer career at Andrew College in Cuthbert, Georgia. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC basketball player Anthony Hampton has signed with Fisk University in Nashville. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Nate Perry will play basketball at Fisk University in Nashville. From left: mom, Faith Perry; Nate; dad, Nathaniel Perry; and aunt Tamara Thomas. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Kenneth Robinson (left) will play football at Brevard College in North Carolina. La'Darius Simmons (right), with dad William Simmons, has signed a track scholarship with Florida International University. Simmons also plans to play football for the Panthers. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC flag football quarterback Nereyda Campos will play for Daytona State College next season. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC soccer player River Rodriguez will continue his career at NCAAA Division II Georgian Court University in New Jersey. Photo by Brent Woronoff
State wrestling runner-up Alexa Calidonio will continue her wrestling career at New College of Florida in Sarasota. She is the fourth member of her family to receive an athletic scholarship. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Quarterback Caden Burchfield has signed with Warner University in Lake Wales. Courtesy photo by Mike Lischio
FPC baseball player Nole Hemmerle will continue his career at Brewton-Parker University in Mount Veron, Georgia. Courtesy photo by Mike Lischio
FPC track and field coaches David Halliday and Alex Georgianni with La'Darius Simmons (center), who has signed with Florida International University. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC safety Kenneth Robinson will continue his football career at Brevard College in North Carolina. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Jordan Gonzalez will join FPC baseball teammate Nole Hemmerle at Brewton-Parker University. Courtesy photo by Mike Lischio
Fourteen Flagler Palm Coast athletes participated in the Bulldogs' spring college signing ceremony on Wednesday, May 13.
Among the seniors celebrated were two pairs of teammates who will continue to be teammates in college and three athletes who are following in the footsteps of older siblings.
Anthony Hampton and Nate Perry have played basketball together for about 12 years in recreation leagues, travel ball and high school. They both received basketball scholarships to Fisk University, an NAIA school in Nashville, Tennessee.
Playing together in college is something we always talked about as kids," Hampton said. "We made sure it would work out.
— ANTHONY HAMPTON
"Playing together in college is something we always talked about as kids," Hampton said. "We made sure it would work out."
Baseball players Nole Hemmerle and Jordan Gonzalez both signed with NAIA school Brewton-Parker University in Mount Vernon, Georgia.
Swimmer Matilda Noble will follow her sister, Lucy, as the second college swimmer in the family. Lucy Noble swims at Eastern Michigan University. Matilda will swim at NCAA Division II Florida institute of Technology in Melbourne.
Matilda Noble joined Lucy in FPC's record books this past season, breaking the school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.05. Matilda qualified in three events at the Region 1-4A swim meet.
Alexa Calidonio, who three years in a row placed among the top five at the state girls wrestling championships, joins her three siblings as a college athlete. Calidonio was the runner-up in the 170-pound class this year. She will continue her wrestling career at NAIA New College of Florida in Sarasota.
"I'm grateful to all of my coaches," she said. "Without them I wouldn't be in this position."
Alexa's sister Gabriela played soccer at Franklin Pierce University and Colby-Sawyer College. Her other sister Cristina graduated this month from Newberry College in South Carolina, where she played lacrosse. And Alexa's brother, Brandon, played lacrosse at Coker College and is now in the transfer portal.
Flag football player Nereyda Campos, FPC's four-year starting quarterback, will continue her career at Daytona State College. Campos has said that her brother, Tyler Irigoyen, an FPC defensive lineman who went on to play at Ohio Northern University, inspired her to play flag football when she was young.
FPC girls soccer goalie Natalie Neal, who set a school record with 550 career saves, will also play at DSC. The Falcons' women's soccer team is the two-time defending junior college national champion.
"It feels like all my hard work has paid off," Neal said.
FPC boys soccer goalie Teagan Paulo is headed to Andrew College in Cuthberth, Georgia. Andrew will begin play in NAIA this year. Paulo, who also received offers as a football kicker, will play soccer for coach Carnell Learmond. Learmond started recruiting Paulo when the coach was at his previous school, Fort Lauderdale University. Paulo said he chose Andrew from among 30 offers.
Another FPC soccer player, River Rodriguez, signed with NCAA Division II Georgian Court University in New Jersey.
Football safety Kenneth Robinson will continue his career at NCAA Division III Brevard College in North Carolina.
La'Darius Simmons, who placed fourth in javelin at last week's Class 4A state track championships, has accepted a track and field scholarship at NCAA Division I Florida International University. Simmons, the Bulldogs' quarterback last season, will also be a preferred walk-on to the Panthers' football team.
Caden Burchfield, who shared time at quarterback with Simmons last season before getting hurt in the third game of the season, signed with NAIA Warner University in Lake Wales.
Track and field star Karina Marcelus, who won the Class 4A state championship in the girls triple jump and was the state runner-up in the 100 hurdles, will continue her track career at NCAA Division I Florida A&M University.
