Eagan High School Hockey Star Zach Glienke Signs Letter of Intent

The University of Maine's academics and hockey tradition proved irrestible for Eagan High School hockey star Zach Glienke, who was among four EHS students to sign national letters of intent Wednesday morning.

Glienke and fellow high school athletes Tony Sarne, Drew Nichols and Sonja Hedblom declared their intention to play collegiate-level sports during a ceremony at Eagan High School. Sarne plans to play football at the University of Mary in North Dakota, Nichols intends to pursue tennis at St. Cloud State University and Hedblom will take on nordic skiing at Michigan Technological University.

In biographies posted on Eagan High School's website, the athletes thanked coaches, parents and friends for their support.

"I am also grateful to have had some of the greatest coaches who helped me become the player I am today," Glienke wrote. "Also, I want to thank my teammates who have become my best friends and for all the great memories I will have forever."

Hedblom, who said she chose Michigan Tech in part because of its strong engineering program, thanked her ever-supportive friends, steadfast training partners and EHS Nordic Skiing Coach Brian Abery.

"He has been there for me every step of the way; through every success and every downfall," Hedblom wrote.

Click here to review the athletes' biographies.