ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Five East High baseball players symbolically signed their college commitments together Wednesday, marking a historic moment for the school’s athletic and academic programs.
FIVE STUDENTS (in alphabetical order)
Carlos Gaston – Graduating #6 in East’s class and will attend RIT where he’ll major in Computer Science and Cybersecurity
Eric “Chunky” Jones – Committed to play both football and baseball at D2 West Virginia Wesleyan where he’ll major in Exercise Science
Kyle Markham – East’s valedictorian and the first baseball player in the Rochester City School District since 2016 to commit to a Division I program. Markham will play baseball and major in Data Science at Mount St. Mary’s
Mitchell Nieves – East’s salutatorian. Committed to play baseball at Genessee Community College where he’ll major in Independent Studies with a focus in Engineering
Justus Robinson – Graduating #3 in East’s class and will attend Gordon College where he’ll play baseball and major in Finance
STORY
Four of the Eagles will play college baseball. Justus Robinson signed with Gordon College, Mitchell Nieves with Genesee Community College and Eric Jones with Division II West Virginia Wesleyan, where he will play both baseball and football.
“I can’t even say thank you enough to East High School for what they gave me. They taught me how to be a grown man. Gratitude,” Jones said.
While Kyle Markham will become RCSD’s first Division I baseball player since 2016 when he attends Mount Saint Mary’s. “I think it’s really achievable. Just if you put your work in, do the hard things and try your best every day,” Markham said.
If that wasn’t impressive enough, four of East High’s top six seniors academically are part of this group. Carlos Gaston, who signed with RIT, ranks sixth in his class. Robinson sits in third, Nieves is the salutatorian and Markham is the valedictorian.
“I can’t think of any other sports program that I have ever known anywhere that has been able to have that accomplishment,” head coach Kyle Crandall said.
“Me and my friends compete with everything, so it kind of stunk that I got third,” Robinson said with a smile. “But it’s nice to kind of see those accomplishments and see the hard work pay off.”
“It means a lot. You know, all these people showing up for us being here. It’s a very beautiful moment,” Nieves said.
“It’s great. Honestly. Like, these are the boys I grew up with. Like, we’ve even played each other from 10U and now we’re seniors graduating. So the fact that we can just do this together is amazing,” Gaston said.
“To me, one of the more remarkable things that I have seen in my 25 years of coaching,” Crandall said. “These kids are the reason for that. And I’m just honored and blessed to be their coach.”
The East Eagles are 12-4 on the season.
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