MALVERN, PA — Malvern Preparatory School recognized 19 seniors Wednesday who have committed to continue their athletic careers at 15 colleges and universities, marking the first group of collegiate athletic commitments for the school’s 2026-27 academic year.
The commitments span six sports — baseball, basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer and swimming — and include NCAA programs at the University of Michigan, North Carolina State University, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University.
Lacrosse accounted for the largest share of commitments, with seven students selecting collegiate programs. Baseball followed with four commitments, while swimming had three, golf had two, and basketball and soccer each had one.
The commitments reflect Malvern Prep’s participation across multiple collegiate athletic programs, including institutions competing in the Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Ivy League.
The school held a recognition ceremony Wednesday, attended by members of the Malvern Prep community to acknowledge the students’ achievements and their plans to compete at the collegiate level.
The 19 student-athletes and their commitments are:
- Henry Anstine — University of Michigan, Swimming
- Jalen Bowman — North Carolina State University, Baseball
- Timmy Burns — Bentley University, Golf
- Luke Capaldi — Saint Joseph’s University, Baseball
- Angus Buono — Loyola University Maryland, Lacrosse
- Nick Harken — Cornell University, Basketball
- Jack Hutto — Providence College, Swimming
- Dawson Krause — Merrimack College, Lacrosse
- Colby Komancheck — Saint Joseph’s University, Golf
- Danny Lucovich — Penn State University, Lacrosse
- Conor McCarthy — Providence College, Lacrosse
- TJ McDermott — University of Richmond, Lacrosse
- Jamie McCracken — University of Pennsylvania, Lacrosse
- Declan Pyfer — Mercer University, Lacrosse
- Garrett Quinn — Saint Joseph’s University, Lacrosse
- Jonathan Richardson — Howard University, Swimming
- Dominic Robustelli — Loyola University Maryland, Soccer
- Collin Romanczuk — Northwestern University, Baseball
- Tommy Sergio — Eckerd College, Baseball
Saint Joseph’s University attracted the largest number of Malvern Prep athletes in the group, with three commitments across baseball, golf and lacrosse.
Providence College and Loyola University Maryland each received two commitments, while the remaining institutions accounted for one apiece.
The recognition represents the school’s first group of seniors to formally announce collegiate athletic commitments during the 2026-27 academic year, with students preparing to transition from high school competition to college athletics.
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