Twenty-three Pine Bush High School student-athletes are committed to play in college

Twenty-three Pine Bush High School senior athletes are taking their athletic talents to the collegiate level for the 2026-2027 school year.

 

a group of 17 high school kids, all wearin gdifferent college tshirts, stands together behind a table that says Pine Bush Bushmen.

 

Each year, the athletic department hosts a signing for the athletes, their families and coaches, to celebrate this wonderful achievement.

 

Five people stand with arms around each other, many wearing Kings College shirts.

 

Athletic Director Jen Evans introduced each of the athletes, their sport and the college or university they will attend. Athletes from the Pine Bush High School soccer, softball, baseball, field hockey, golf, basketball, lacrosse, swim, track and field and volleyball teams were represented! For the very first time, PBHS has flag football players moving on to play in college. Shae Tobac is the first flag player so commit at the college level, followed by Caroline Nigro.

 

A high school girl wearing a Geneseo flag football shirt sits at a table an smiles. There is a man next to her smiling, wearing a Pine Bush Flag Football shirt and hat. Behind them is a backdrop in blue and gold that says Pine Bush.

 

Congratulations and best wishes to all of these wonderful student athletes. #AlwaysABushman #PineBushProud

 

A man stands next to a young man who is sitting. They are both smiling and there is a banner behind them that says Pine Bush.

 

Student/Sport/College or University/Division

  • Justin Engelsen – Baseball – Mohawk Valley Community College – JC
  • Mike Joerger – Baseball – Hudson Valley Community College – JC
  • Robert Lawrence – Baseball – Keene State College (NH) – DIII
  • Grace Coleman – Field Hockey – Kings College (PA) – DIII
  • Kyle Howell – Golf – SUNY Delhi – DIII
  • Shea Toback – Flag Football – SUNY Geneseo – DIII (First Pine Bush flag
  • football player to commit at the college level)
  • Caroline Nigro – Flag Football – Dominican University – DII
  • Julia Tanner – Lacrosse – Messiah University – DIII
  • Ava Boffalo – Soccer – Manhattan University – DI
  • Emma Boffalo – Soccer – Manhattan University – DI
  • Katie Cragan – Soccer – Manhattan University – DI
  • Taylor Tubbs – Soccer – SUNY Delhi – DIII
  • Sophia Van Sickle – Soccer – SUNY Delhi – DIII
  • Leah Germano – Swimming – Moravian University – DIII
  • Alanah Giannini – Swimming – SUNY Brockport – DIII
  • Ella Humphrey – Swimming – Monmouth University – DI
  • Payton Croce – Softball – Monmouth University – DI
  • Avery Ogden – Softball – Pace University – DII
  • Nyla Blakes – Track & Field – Ohio Wesleyan – DIII
  • Jack Fowler – Track & Field – Manhattan University – DI
  • Jaden Robertson – Track & Field – Manhattan University – DI
  • Emelia Cruz – Volleyball – University of Rochester – DIII
  • Madison Woodruff – Volleyball – SUNY Morrisville – DIII
Pine Bush Central School District
State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566
Phone: (845) 744-2031
Fax: (845) 744-6189
Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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