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Seven Seahawks chart future flight paths as student-athletes

Sussex Academy holds special ceremony on National Signing Day
Aaron R. Mushrush
November 17, 2025
Seven Sussex Academy student-athletes signed to play their respective sports at the collegiate level. They are (l-r) Christian Wright (Saint Peter's, swimming), Chase Ballinger (Elizabethtown, soccer), Kacie Rawlings (Lynchburg, field hockey), Victoria Evans (Bloomsburg, swimming), Delainie Monitzer (Delaware Tech, softball), Shea Danahy (Washington & Lee, Llacrosse) and Ryan Lowe (Salisbury, field hockey). AARON R. MUSHRUSH PHOTOS

National Signing Day was Nov. 12, and despite its small size, Sussex Academy is proving it has big dreams on the athletic fields and courts.

Seven Sussex Academy student-athletes signed to play their respective sports at the collegiate level. 

Christian Wright will continue swimming at Saint Peter’s in Jersey City, N.J.

Chase Ballinger is headed to Elizabethtown, Pa., to play soccer.

Kacie Rawlings will be tending goal for Lynchburg in Virginia next fall.

Victoria Evans signed on to swim at Bloomsburg in Pennsylvania. 

Delainie Monitzer will become a Roadrunner with Delaware Tech’s softball team next year.

Shea Danahy inked her name to play lacrosse at Washington & Lee in Virginia.

Finally, Ryan Lowe is set to continue her field hockey career at Salisbury University.

 

Sussex Academy senior Chase Ballinger signs his letter of intent to play soccer for Elizabethtown as his mom Christy and dad Jeff look on. Notice the hardware framing the shot.
As his swimming coach Tom Martiner prepares a speech in the background, Seahawks senior Christian Wright signs a letter of intent to swim at Saint Peter’s with his grandmother Mina and grandfather John at his side. His mom Kimberly cheers her son on in the back.
Sussex Academy senior Kacie Rawlings signs her letter of intent to play field hockey at Lynchburg. She had Dayne Eisele and Kara Rawlings with her for the ceremony.
Sussex Academy senior Ryan Lowe smiles with her sister Quinn and mom Angie by her side. Her dad Wyatt proudly standing behind his daughter.
Sussex Academy senior Kacie Rawlings smiles with her mom Kara Rawlings and Dayne Eisele by her side.
Seahawks senior Shea Danahy signs on to play lacrosse at Washington & Lee with her mom Brittany and dad Kevin next to her.
Sussex Academy senior Victoria Evans with her mom Liz, sister Eliza and dad Mark by her side.
Seahawks senior Victoria Evans is joined by coaches Stephanie Hartsoe and Tom Martiner by her side. Supporting her in back are Camila Figueroa, Catherine Elder, Samantha Petty, Paige Blaine, Eliza Evans, Gretchen Maughan, Kimi Langroudi, Anna Mumford, Emi Obertubbesing, Caitlin Perchiniak, Madeline Perchiniak and Kendall Rhodes.

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Aaron Mushrush joined the sports team in Summer 2023 to help cover the emerging youth athletics scene in the Cape Region. After lettering in soccer and lacrosse at Sussex Tech, he played lacrosse at Division III Eastern University in St. David's, PA. Aaron coached lacrosse at Sussex Tech in 2009 and 2011. Post-collegiately, Mush played in the Eastern Shore Summer Lacrosse League for Blue Bird Tavern and Saltwater Lacrosse. He competed in several tournaments for the Shamrocks Lacrosse Club, which blossomed into the Maryland Lacrosse League (MDLL). Aaron interned at the Coastal Point before becoming assistant director at WMDT-TV 47 ABC in 2017 and eventually assignment editor in 2018. 

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