Two seniors on the Chadron High School volleyball team have signed national letters of intent with NCAA Division-II schools, and one of them is staying home to do it.

It’s not terribly surprising that 5-11 middle hitter Alia Brennan would sign with Chadron State, where she plans to study occupational therapy.

She’ll be the third generation in her family to attend Chadron State, her father Blair Brennan is the school’s coordinator of physical facilities, and her grandfather Terry Brennan was head librarian at Chadron State for 24 years before retiring in 2004.

The second member of the Chadron High state tournament team headed to a D-II school is 5-10 outside hitter Ashlyn Eitemiller, who has signed with Colorado School of Mines.

Eitemiller led Chadron in kills this season. Mines was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season champion and is one of 5 RMAC teams to make this year’s NCAA D-II tournament.