Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar seniors can make their college commitments official Wednesday, Nov. 11, when the first Signing Day of the 2026-27 school year opens.
Wednesday, Nov. 11, marks the first signing date for NCAA Division I and II athletics aid agreements in sports other than football. The Orange County Register's prep sports section won't publish its countywide signing lists before 8:30 a.m. that day.
The NCAA no longer uses the National Letter of Intent. Athletes now sign financial aid agreements to formalize their commitments, a change OCVarsity noted during last year's signing period.
Football players are not part of Wednesday's window. Football has its own signing periods in December and February.
Schools, coaches, athletes and parents can submit signing news to OCVarsity at [email protected]. OCVarsity asked that submissions include the athlete's name, high school and college, with "Signing Day" in the email subject line. Lists could be sent starting Tuesday, Nov. 10.
A Newport Harbor Athletics post on X in May noted that 46 of the school's student-athletes had committed to play in college. Corona del Mar placed three athletes on OCVarsity's fall 2025 signing list: Katie Cross in gymnastics at North Carolina, Drake Foley in volleyball at Penn State and Ben Brown in volleyball at UC Santa Barbara.
CdM's fall sports produced seniors with big stat lines this year. Senior outside hitter Sofia Dajnowiec had a team-leading 600 kills heading into the CIF Southern Section Division 3 final, according to the OC Register's preview. She added 36 more in the championship match, according to the Los Angeles Times. Senior Savannah Dennis had 318 kills entering the final, according to the same OC Register preview, and recorded 14 more in the title game.
CdM won that Division 3 championship, its first section title in 22 years.
The full list of local signees will be available Wednesday morning at ocregister.com.
