La Quinta signing day: Three athletes make their college destinations official

Larry Bohannan, Palm Springs Desert Sun
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From left, Emmi Von Scherr, MaryJane Barton and Sydney Endres of La Quinta High School sign letters of intent Monday to pursue collegiate athletics
From left, Emmi Von Scherr, MaryJane Barton and Sydney Endres of La Quinta High School sign letters of intent Monday to pursue collegiate athletics

La Quinta High School held its third athletes' signing day Monday at the school's main gymnasium, and this time it was an all-female affair.

Three Blackhawks athletes, two wrestlers and one track and cross county runner, officially signed their letters of intent with families, friends and school staff on hand. The schools range from one of the most well-known schools in the world to two smaller colleges far from the Coachella Valley.

Here are the athletes and their stories:

Emmi Von Scherr of La Quinta High School will attend The United States Military Academy at west Point, where she will be on both the track and cross country teams
Emmi Von Scherr of La Quinta High School will attend The United States Military Academy at west Point, where she will be on both the track and cross country teams

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Emmi Von Scherr

Sport: Cross country, track

School: United States Military Academy, West Point

What she said (on balancing the West Point duties with athletic demands): "I am just multitasking. Learning time management is like such a big thing there. When I went there to visit, I shadowed a cadet and I saw how they did it. They do work around your schedule as an athlete, so that kind of plays into how busy you are and what duties you have. So that is a big thing there.”

Sydney Endres La Quinta High School will join the wrestling team at Pacific University in Oregon
Sydney Endres La Quinta High School will join the wrestling team at Pacific University in Oregon

Sydney Endres

Sport: Girls wrestling

School: Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore.

What she said about achieving her goal of college athletics: “My sophomore year I really started to pick things up and I really started to enjoy it. And I think I decided then it was something I wanted to pursue in college, and now I am really excited to be a collegiate athlete. Doing some college research, I found that academically, athletics and location wise it was just going to be the perfect college for me.”

MaryJane Barton of La Quinta High School will wrestle at Waldorf University in Iowa
MaryJane Barton of La Quinta High School will wrestle at Waldorf University in Iowa

MaryJane Barton

Sport: Girls wrestling

School: Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa

What she said about wrestling beyond high school: "They reached out to me. I didn’t think I would be wrestling at a college level. When that opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it, because I was super excited for it. I had thought about taking a gap year and then I was reached out to by the head of the women's wrestling team and decided against it."

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