Aggie early signing class adds 11 to program

Published by Texas A&M SID on December 11, 2015

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M received 11 national letters of intent during the early signing period this fall from student-athletes who will join the Aggie program in the fall semester of 2016.
 
The group of seven women and four men include six athletes from Texas while the other five are from California, Bahamas, Georgia, and a pair from Illinois. The A&M signing class includes a range of event areas in the sprints, hurdles, middle distance, distance, jumps and throws.
 
"I kind of like the early signing in some regards," said Texas A&M coach Pat Henry. "In other regards I think it's a negative. There are a lot of high school athletes who think this is the most important time. For me, I still like to watch a high school senior and see what they do since we know lots of changes happen from a junior to senior year.
 
"To sign people before their senior season of competition I think, in some instances, is rushing it. So we are still working hard with recruiting, but we did have an opportunity to sign some people we feel have shown some consistency in what they have done and I think they will be some good additions to our team."
 
Distance runners in this signing class include Forney's Lauryn Barrientos, Jon Bishop of College Station, Devin Dixon of Eagle's Landing, Georgia, and Ashton Hutcherson of Flower Mound Marcus. Sprinters joining the Aggies include Cypress Creek's Amber Ivy and Danyel White of Cedar Hill along with jumper/hurdler LaJarvia Brown from Alton, Illinois.