Area athletes to make college choices

Posted: 12:00am on Nov 9, 2011; Modified: 10:08am on Nov 9, 2011

Kennewick baseball player Trek Stemp and Kamiakin's Khadidja Toure (basketball) and Lindsey Kamphuis (softball) and are set to sign letters of intent to Division I universities.

Stemp will sign on the line to play ball at Washington State University in a ceremony at Kennewick High at 11:15 a.m. He is one of two local ballplayers headed to WSU, with Southridge's Matt Mendenhall also bound for Pullman.

Three more local players already are there: Richland's Brett Jacobs is a junior while Southridge twins Bryce and Ty Jackson are in their freshmen year.

Toure and Kamphuis will have their signing at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Kamiakin. Toure will play basketball for Oregon State, while Kamphuis will pitch for the Weber State softball team. Former Kamiakin standout Lyndsey Minnich is a senior infield at Weber.

Richland golfer Kristin Strankman has verbally committed to take her talents to Moscow to play at the University of Idaho.

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