21 Greenwich High School Student-Athletes Participate in Signing Day: “You bring honor to our high school”

Wednesday was the first Greenwich High School Signing Day ceremony of the 2026-2027 school year for student athletes who plan to continue playing a sport in college next year.

A total of 21 students were joined in the packed media center by parents and friends, making for a large turnout.

Notably, 15 of the 21 student-athletes were rowers.

Athletic Director Peter Georgiou welcomed parents and friends and thanked administrative Dawn Stevens who organizes all the signing events.

After the student-athletes signed their letters of intent, Mr. Georgiou introduced Principal Ralph Mayo.

“Parents, thank you – I know it costs you, not just money, but the time, the travel and all the things you had to do to get therm where they had to be, to be able to sit up there right now and sign.”

“Athletics have been a huge part of my life,” Mayo said. “I am the chair of the lacrosse committee for CIAC for boys lacrosse. I am the chair of the board of directors for the CIAC for all sports in the state of Connecticut.”

Mayo said earlier in his career he played sports and then coached at GHS.

“Without athletics, I don’t think I’d be talking to you right now. Athletics showed me the way, and how to do many things I didn’t think I could ever do. It’s all about the work you put into it. It’s all about showing up every day, and getting better every time,” he continued. “And a lot of times you fail, and these kids have probably failed many times, but they picked themselves back up. They learned great lessons of life through athletics.”

“We appreciate you,” Mayo said. “You bring honor to our high school and to the athletics department.”

Connor McDermott: Rowing at Georgetown University
Heidi Zieme: Volleyball at Rider University
Mal Zulling: Rowing at George Washington University
Evelyn Roach: Rowing at UCLA
Finley De Genaro: Lacrosse at University of Delaware
Anabelle De Gennaro: Lacrosse at Brown University
Kiran (Kiki) Joshi: Rowing at University of Pennsylvania
Alexandra Laverge: Rowing at University of Pennsylvania
Ellison Charette: Swimming at Georgetown University
Josephine Herman: Rowing at University of Southern California
Kayah Armstrong: Volleyball at Harvard University
Maggie Barratt: Rowing Boston College
Lynn Gulli: Rowing at University of Virginia
Niahm O’Donovan: Rowing at Villanova University
Madeline Jones: Rugby at Brown University
Sydney Perez: Rowing at Duke University
Nuria Hoffman: Rowing at University of California Los Angeles
Sailor Wood-Smith: Rowing at Cornell University
Nikash Bhandari: Rowing at Northeastern University
Edoardo Capitanucci: Rowing at Hobart and William Smith
Ingrid Long: Rowing at University of San Diego