Sacramento State’s athletics program had 17 athletes sign their National Letter of Intent on Nov. 12-13 to join the university for the upcoming 2015-16 academic year.

The baseball program has the most committed athletes with eight officially announced on Thursday, as coach Reggie Christiansen revealed their final signee infielder Trent Goodrich this morning.

Goodrich played on the Humboldt Crab’s collegiate summer league baseball team with current Hornets Brandon Hunley and Kyle Moses. The transfer played at Dartmouth College for one season as a freshman and finished with a batting average of .210, with 25 hits and eight runs-batted-in when appearing in 33 games.

“We are excited to add these eight to our roster,” Christiansen replied via e-mail. “I am excited about the future and again would like to thank coach Jake Angier and coach Steve Holm for putting together such a great class. I think we are finally at a point as a program that we can recruit our needs to complement the players that we currently have in our program.”

The Hornets nabbed newcomer Kurt Johnson, who is ranked No. 1 by Perfect Game USA as the nation’s top ambidextrous pitcher. He hails from Royals High School in Simi Valley, California. The California native signed as a left-handed pitcher and is in his senior year of high school. As a junior, Johnson finished with a 1.91 ERA (5-4), 3 complete games and 60 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched.

Baseball’s other commits are pitchers Max Karnos, a right-handed pitcher from Alaska who currently attends Western Nevada Junior College; Makay Nelson, a right-handed pitcher from College of Southern Idaho who was also a teammate of current Hornet Grant Kukuk; and Tanner Olson, a right-handed pitcher from Lower Columbia Junior College.

The team rounded out their signings with catcher James Outman, outfielder Matthew Smith and utility player Cade Parker. Outman is a nationally-ranked catcher by Perfect Game USA. Smith plays locally at El Dorado High School in Placerville, California where he is a two-sport athlete. In his junior year he had a .452 BA, with 42 hits and 30 RBIs in 28 appearances.

“[We have a] great balance with four junior college players along with four high school players.  We will lose the core group of our pitchers next year to graduation and the MLB draft (pitchers Justin Dillon, Brennan Leitao and Sutter McLoughlin) and we felt it was important to bring in the three junior college pitchers to help right away,” Christiansen said. “The high school group is talented and fills our needs.”

Sac State’s golf program had Landon Azevedo sign his letter of intent for the men’s team and Julia Becker for the women’s team. Both are set to enroll as freshmen in the fall of 2015. Azevedo attends Hilmar High School and has earned the Trans-Valley League MVP award for the past three seasons. Becker is in her senior year at Faith Lutheran High School who carded a 71-72-143 to win the Nevada 1A high school championship for the second year in a row.

Men’s basketball was the first to announce its signees on Wednesday with forward Joshua Patton and guard Jeff Wu. Patton is set to enroll in the fall but will sit the season out as a redshirt freshman. The Manteca native finished his junior year shooting an average of .620 from the field, with 48 blocks and an average of 11.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals.

Wu is a native from Taipei City, Taiwan and moved to the U.S. before his sophomore season at Union High School in Vancouver, Washington where he played as a combo guard. He finished his 2012-13 season averaging 8.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

Due to being an exchange student, he was only eligible to compete there for one season so Wu transferred to Modesto Christian High School his junior year. While there, he had to sit out 15 games due to transfer rules. He finished the season averaging 9.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists and was named all-league honorable mention for his efforts.

Softball’s coach Lori Perez announced Thursday the signing of six high school seniors who will join their program for the 2015-2016 season.

“This class specifically is very self-driven and they really want it,” Perez said. “ They want to represent the school in a positive way and are very gracious for the opportunity they’ve been given.”

Two of the new recruits already have experience playing on the same team as pitcher Savanna Corr and shortstop Sydney Rasmussen play for ASA club ball for OC United.

Even though all the new recruits do not have experience in the college game, Perez does not see this recruiting class struggling to adapt.

“All the players come with experience playing competitive ball at a high level,” Perez said. “Their dedication to working hard on their skills have shown through.”

Corr will bring a considerable amount of accomplishments to the Hornets as she has two first All-Sierra League selections as well as leading her team to a pair of conference titles the past two years. With a career 2.59 ERA and 29-3 record, her addition will strengthen an already strong Hornets pitching staff for the future.

Rasmussen over the past two seasons has batted .483 (72-149), scored 68 runs, stole 26 bases and hit 7 triples, doubles and home runs while accumulating a .976 fielding percentage.

The rest of the future Hornet athletes will comprise of outfielder Natalie “Nene” Alas from Cajon High School, designated player/pitcher Alexxiss Diaz from Highland High School, catcher Tiffany Moore from Live Oak High School and outfielder Sydnee Strong from Newark Memorial High School.