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Editor's note: The Day will be publishing a profile of a spring athlete for each day the high school athletic season is suspended.

Waterford's Jared Burrows, back right, was the 2020 Gatorade Connecticut Baseball Player of the Year and will graduate with a 3.98 grade point average. He will continue his baseball career at the University of Hartford and major in business management. Burrows' final game with the Lancers was a complete-game shutout in the 2019 Class L championship game. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Checking in with ... Jared Burrows (Waterford)

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Norwich Tech senior Olivia Lopez, left, along with volleyball co-coach Deb Krodel, played volleyball and girls' tennis. Said Lopez:

Checking in with ... Olivia Lopez (Norwich Tech)

Rob DelaCruz helped the Montville baseball team win a share of the ECC Division III title last year and was a first team all-conference pick at shortstop. He will continue his career at Mitchell College and major in marine science. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Rob DelaCruz (Montville)

Olivia Quagan's mother, Alison, retrieved her daughter's No. 17 jersey from East Lyme High School softball coach Judy Deeb and used it to decorate the Quagans' front door, in tribute to Quagan's lost senior year due to COVID-19. Quagan has been a four-year member of the East Lyme varsity team and was an ECC Division I all-star last year at pitcher. She will attend the University of Rhode Island and major in education. (Photo courtesy of Olivia Quagan)

Checking in with ... Olivia Quagan (East Lyme)

Senior William Miner played lacrosse and soccer for Fitch High School and is the salutatorian for the Class of 2020. He will attend Northeastern University and major in business-finance and computer science. (Photo courtesy of William Miner)

Checking in with ... William Miner (Fitch)

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Emma Grace Ricketts runs cross country, as well as indoor and outdoor track at Norwich Free Academy and will continue to compete at RPI, where she will major in biomedical engineering. She is a CIAC scholar-athlete and makes up a set of triplets along with brothers Simon and Jacob. (Photo courtesy of Emma Grace Ricketts)

Checking in with ... Emma Grace Ricketts (NFA)

Chris Malcom, left, during a game earlier in his career, would have been the senior shortstop for the East Lyme High School baseball team this season. He will continue his career next season at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he will join his brother Matt. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Checking in with ... Chris Malcom (East Lyme)

Ledyard's Lexi LaPerle (12) was a member of The Day's All-Area Girls' Soccer Team in the fall, leading the Colonels to the ECC Division II tournament championship, and was set to play for the girls' lacrosse team this spring. LaPerle will attend Curry College and major in nursing. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Checking in with ... Lexi LaPerle (Ledyard)

New London's Clayton Smith, making an interception against Fitch during a high school football game on Nov. 15, 2019, was slated to compete for the boys' track team this spring. He will continue his football career at Nichols College. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Checking in with ... Clayton Smith (New London)

Old Lyme High School senior Lydia Tinnerello, right, was a Class S all-state selection last lacrosse season, compiling a career-best 100 points, and also played in four straight state championship games with the girls' soccer team. She will continue her lacrosse career at Merrimack College. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Lydia Tinnerello (Old Lyme)

DJ Bond helped lift East Lyme High School's first varsity eight to a sixth-place finish in last year's Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association championship and was hoping the Vikings would improve on that this season. Bond will attend Norwich University and major in criminal justice. (Photo courtesy of DJ Bond)

Checking in with ... DJ Bond (East Lyme)

Stonington High School's Gwen Andersen was to be the fastest returning 200-meter runner in the ECC after finishing second last season and was looking forward to returning from a hamstring injury she suffered during indoor track. Andersen will continue her track career and major in health sciences at Springfield College. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Gwen Andersen (Stonington)

Waterford's Jared Lovell, center, competes in the 55-meter hurdles during the ECC Division II indoor track championship Feb. 1 at the Coast Guard Academy in New London. Lovell placed second and Windham's Enrique Lopez Garcia, right, placed first in the event. Lovell later won the Class M championship. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Checking in with ... Jared Lovell (Waterford)

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Fitch High School senior Graysen Scherer is co-captain of the girls' tennis team and will continue her career next year at Salve Regina in Newport, R.I., where she will major in social work. She is a three-sport athlete and senior class president. (Photo courtesy of Graysen Scherer)

Checking in with ... Graysen Scherer (Fitch)

East Lyme's Scott Galbo (40), breaking away from a defender in a high school football game against New London on Nov. 1, 2019, was an All-ECC and All-Area pick as a faceoff specialist last season for the boys' lacrosse team. He will continue his lacrosse career at Eastern Connecticut State University and major in finance. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Checking in with ... Scott Galbo (East Lyme)

Caelan Desmond, left, a senior at The Williams School, has been sailing since she was 6. She will attend Wesleyan University and major in neuroscience. (Photo courtesy of Caelan Desmond)

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Old Lyme senior Nick Fava, right, in a 2019 Class S state tournament boys' soccer game, will major in engineering at Purdue University. Slated to play first doubles this year for the Wildcats' boys' tennis team, Fava is an All-Shoreline Conference first team selection and a CIAC scholar-athlete pick. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Nicholas Fava (Old Lyme)

New London senior Cassandra Cannon was an All-ECC Division II first team selection last season and the Whalers' all-league scholar-athlete. She will attend Salve Regina and major in nursing. (Photo courtesy of Cassandra Cannon)

Checking in with ... Cassandra Cannon (New London)

St. Bernard senior Sean Power was sixth in the ECC Division II meet indoors in the mile and eighth in Class S. He was a CIAC scholar-athlete and class orator at St. Bernard's graduation on May 22. Power will attend Fordham University and major in political science. (Photo courtesy of Sean Power)

Checking in with ... Sean Leonard Power (St. Bernard)

Montville senior Alexis DeLucia, front, earned Class S all-state honors in girls' lacrosse last year as she helped lift the Indians to an ECC Division III title. She will continue her career at Southern New Hampshire University. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Alexis DeLucia (Montville)

Griswold High School's Matthew DePonte was going to compete for the golf team this spring for the first time before the season was canceled. He is an ECC Division III first team all-star at tight end in football, a member of the indoor track team and was a CIAC scholar-athlete. He will attend Trinity College and major in chemistry. (Photo courtesy of Matthew DePonte)

Checking in with ... Matthew DePonte (Griswold)

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Rachel Miller played in state championship games in softball and volleyball in 2019, pitching the Waterford High School softball team to the Class M state championship. Miller will attend Southern Connecticut State University and play softball. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Checking in with. ... Rachel Miller (Waterford)

Bacon Academy senior Luke LaSaracina plays baseball, basketball and football for the Bobcats. Last baseball season he hit .426 with three homers, including this grand slam, the first of his career, and 23 RBI to earn first team All-ECC Division II honors. (Photo courtesy of Luke LaSaracina)

Checking in with ... Luke LaSaracina (Bacon Academy)

Lilyana Sherbanee plays for the NFA girls' golf team and shot a personal-best round of 48 in last year's ECC championship. She'll attend UConn and major in economics. (Photo courtesy of Lilyana Sherbanee)

Checking in with ... Lilyana Sherbanee (NFA)

Lyman Memorial senior Jonah Person, back, a three-sport athlete for the Bulldogs, delivered the game-winning single for the school's baseball team last year as it captured a share of the ECC Division III title with a victory over Montville. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Checking in with ... Jonah Person (Lyman Memorial)

Topaz Baker is a three-sport athlete at Grasso Tech and was one of the school's CIAC scholar-athlete representatives. She is a member of the U.S. Army National Guard and will attend Southern Connecticut State University. (Photo courtesy of Topaz Baker)

Checking in with ... Topaz Baker (Grasso Tech)

Stonington's Zachary Pasquin was part of a the crew team's million-meter challenge recently, raising more than $7,000 for the Pawcatuck Neightborhood Center. He will attend UConn and plans someday to become an orthopedic surgeon. (Photo courtesy of Zachary Pasquin)

Checking in with ... Zachary Pasquin (Stonington)

East Lyme's Liz Beaulieu and partner Emily Zhu were the ECC doubles runners-up last season. Beaulieu, whose mom Laurie Zrenda is the Vikings head coach, will attend Manhattanville College and major in sports studies with a track in professional tennis management. (Photo courtesy of Liz Beaulieu)

Checking in with ... Liz Beaulieu (East Lyme)

Ledyard High School shortstop Elijah Morton, nicknamed

Checking in with ... Elijah Morton (Ledyard)

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Wheeler's Sam Caster, right, is a three-sport athlete who was looking forward to playing her final season with the Lions on the softball field. She will play basketball next year at UConn Avery Point. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Checking in with ... Sam Caster (Wheeler)

Liam Flanagan, a senior pitcher/catcher for the Old Lyme High School baseball team, will attend the University of New Haven and major in criminal justice. The right-hander's best pitch is a curveball. (Photo courtesy of Liam Flanagan)

Checking in with ... Liam Flanagan (Old Lyme)

Waterford High School No. 1 tennis player and team captain Hayley Wheeler was part of a Lancers team which reached the Class M state tournament quarterfinals last season. She will major in environmental science. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Checking in with ... Hayley Wheeler (Waterford)

Kole Thurston, second from left, moved to Montville from Hawaii prior to his senior year and was part of the Indians' cross country and indoor track teams. He was third in the 55 meters at the ECC Division II meet indoors and eighth in Class S. (Photo courtesy of Kole Thurston)

Checking in with ... Kole Thurston (Montville)

St. Bernard senior first baseman/center fielder Taina Quiñones competed in soccer, indoor track and softball, being chosen as a first team ECC Division IV all-star last season in softball. She will attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute and major in biomedical engineering. (Photo courtesy of Taina Quiñones)

Checking in with ... Taina Quiñones (St. Bernard)

James Knowlton, front right, a midfielder at The Williams School, was set for his senior season after missing time as a junior due to a wrist injury. He will attend Amherst College. (Photo courtesy of James Knowlton)

Checking in with ... James Knowlton (Williams)

Audrey Strmiska of the Griswold High School girls' track team, shown competing indoors in the high jump, hopes to attend Assumption or Southern Connecticut. She plans to become a pediatric nurse and eventually an APRN. (Photo courtesy of Audrey Strmiska)

Checking in with ... Audrey Strmiska (Griswold)

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