NCAA Commitments: Julianna Thomson (WCHS) Commits to Ivy League's Dartmouth

Pic via Tricounty Thunder

Another D8 student athlete recently announced an NCAA commitment, as 6'2" Julianna Thomson (Tricounty Thunder / Woodland CHS) announced a verbal commitment to Dartmouth College, an Ivy League NCAA D1 school located in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Thomson's commitment makes 3 NCAA commitments for D8 students this summer.  Summer Pahl (St. Mary's 2018 / Vermont) and St. Mary's boys' star Tesloth Simon (St. Mary's 2015 / D2 Missouri S&T) were the other CWOSSA talents clarifying their intentions.

In conversation with CrownScoutGirls.com (article link), Thomson noted that she was "excited to have given my verbal commitment to Dartmouth College (and) I'm glad to have the decision out of the way and focus on getting better my last year of high school."

Thomson played a handful of games last year at Woodland, doing most of her damage for the Tricounty Thunder Juel team.  She was named to the Juel of Ontario All-Star game squad alongside teammate (and another NCAA D1 commit) Kendra Van Leeuwen.

Thomson's commitment is the latest in a string of NCAA signings for the Tricounty Thunder club program, who have now averaged at least one NCAA commitment per year, along with a plethora of CIS and CCAA commitments.

To my knowledge, Thomson also becomes the first CWOSSA player to commit to an Ivy League school in women's basketball.  Onnie Mayshak, a star player for the St. Benedict Senior Boys in the late 90s, played two seasons at Harvard between 1999-2001, before staying at the Ivy League school and earning his degree.