Nine Rebels sign on National Signing Day

PROSPERITY, S.C. — Nine seniors from Mid-Carolina High School made their decision on where they will attending college and continuing their athletic careers. The National Signing Day event took place on Wednesday, Feb. 5th in the gymnasium on the campus of Mid-Carolina High School.

The gym was packed with families, friends and staff to support the student-athletes as they signed their national letters of intent.

Football

Jaxson Moody and Heyward Fellers both committed to play football at Newberry College. Moody had a stellar senior season with 13 tackles for loss, four sacks and had 73 total tackles. Moody has been playing football since he was six-years-old and stated that he chose Newberry College because they made him ‘feel like family’ during his recruiting process.

Fellers is a multi-talented player that filled a lot of holes for the Rebels. He played offense, defense and special teams this past season. He also chose the Wolves because they ‘made him feel like family’ during his recruiting process and plans to major in business while in college.

Baseball

Kaden Myers signed his letter of intent with the College of Charleston. He is a two-sport athlete for the Rebels, basketball and baseball, and chose his school simply because ‘it was the best place in the world.’ He can shoot it from long-distance on the basketball court as the team’s leading scorer or he can strike you out and turn a double play for the Rebels’ successful baseball program. Last season, he helped lead the Rebels to a state championship appearance.

Caleb Black will not be going far to play his college baseball as he committed to Newberry College and that is part of the reason he chose the Wolves. He stated, “It’s a great program with a lot of great coaches. It’s also close to him.”

He was also part of the Rebels’ state runner-up team in 2024 and looks to help lead them back to the championship and win it all this season. He will be starting catcher this season in his final year for the Rebels.

Softball

Savannah Moore chose to finish her athletic and academic career at USC Union. The senior softball player help led the Rebels to a good year on last season. They made a playoffs appearance and battled for a region title but came up just short after a three-way tie heading into the final week of the regular season last year. She plans to major in nursing while in college.

Nora Cutler will be attending Belmont Abby to continue her softball and academic career.

“Belmont Abby feels like home. They have a small Christian campus surrounded by supportive faculty and students/athletes in a tight nit community that feels like family,” said Cutler.

She plans to major in biology and pre-medicine while attending Belmont Abby.

Cheerleading

Ashlyn Marchant will continue her competitive cheerleading and academic career at Erskine College. She chose Erksine because she liked the small community and campus felt as well as it feeling like home during her visit. She will study early childhood education while in college.

Soccer

Daniela Vazquez-Diaz will also be attending USC Union and playing for their women’s soccer team. She has been playing soccer for 13 years and plans on majoring in early childhood education too.

“Coach Mills gave me the opportunity and I took it,” wrote Vazquez-Diaz when asked about her college choice.

She helped the lady Rebels to a region title in 2024 as a junior and an impressive 13-3 record in the regular season. The striker scored three goals and had four assists as a junior.

Track/Volleyball

Callie Wilbanks is probably the most decorated student-athlete in the Rebels senior class. She will continuing her track and volleyball career at Mount Olive. The senior won region 3-AA player of the year in volleyball as a senior and help lead the lady Rebels to the second round of the state playoffs. She also was a all-state selection in volleyball as well along with her three-region titles in track and field.

Wilbanks is a member of the the girls’ varsity basketball team. She plans on studying sports communications while in college and chose Mt. Olive because she believes they will make her ‘the best version’ of herself.

Congratulations to all of these nine wonderful student-athletes and good luck at the next level.