Ocean Springs High School sends 11 student-athletes to the next level

As one of the biggest high schools in the state of Mississippi, Ocean Springs consistently produces some of the biggest National Signing Day classes in the state and on the Gulf Coast.

This morning, the Greyhounds sending 11 standout student-athletes to the next level across six different sports.

Starting with football and teammates twice over J.P. Coulter and Keshawn Thomas, signing with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, alongside Christian White with East Mississippi as well as former News 25 Student Athlete of the Week Bart Edmiston Jr. and Owen Williams with Jones College.

Moving on to girls soccer, Chloe Ezell put pen to paper with Pearl River and for volleyball, another former student-athlete of the week, Rhys St. Amant, heading off to Coastal Alabama East.

As for cross country, Ashton Rainey, also a soccer and track standout, letting the ink dry with Lamar University. For lacrosse, Gavin Straub putting pen to paper with Division II Newberry College.

Two in the tennis ranks, Logan Gibson going to Hinds and James Caplan going to Northwest Mississippi. Ezell said, “The memories that I learned from four years, just to take that with me into the next chapter, it’s just a blessing that I’ll never be able to thank OS enough for giving me.”

St. Amant said, “It means everything since I’ve been working so hard and everything Coach Daigle said, really I just felt it in my heart, and it’s just exciting to adventure on and move on from high school and get to this new place in life.”

Coulter said, “That’s why I chose it. Their standard is high just like OS, and I just want to be in that same environment as the one I just left, so just to be able to build on top of that is where I’m trying to head to.”

Thomas said, “That’s one reason why I made my decision. I just love the program, the coaches. I just felt like it was home when I stepped on campus. This is probably the most important day of my life, so it means the absolute world to me and my family.”

Edmiston said, “All the hours of practice and hard work; blood, sweat and tears go into the one moment where you just click the sign on the email to sign your scholarship. All that hard work goes away in like one second, but I’ve got more hard work to do to be able to go from the JUCO to the DI level, and I think it’ll be a fun trip. It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”

Ocean Springs football is coming off its deepest playoff run since 2009.