Two Mt. Hope High School student athletes recently penned their National Letters of Intent during the 2025 spring signing period to continue their academic and sports careers at the top level of intercollegiate athletics while a host of others will attend Division III institutions.

Everson Goglia is headed to the University of Rhode Island where he will compete for the home-state Rams in Division I men's soccer. Goglia will major in Mechanical Engineering.

Lola Silva takes her talents to the University of Vermont, joining the Catamounts D-I women's track and field program. Silva intends to study Biological Science.

Bound for Kingston and beyond?

While Goglia completed his secondary education locally, his soccer journey has taken him to outfits that play locally, regionally and nationally.

The Bristol resident has played at the club level since basically taking up the sport. He's represented the likes of New England Fútbol Club, Global Premier Soccer, Valeo Fútbol Club and Bayside Football Club in the past. 

While at Valeo, he was recruited to join the Major League Soccer New England Revolution Youth Academy, for which he played as a high school freshman and sophomore.

For the last two seasons Goglia had played out of the East Providence-based Bayside in the MLS "NEXT" program, which includes the region's best players in each age group. The forward was one of the top prospects on its Under-19 team before deciding to attend the state's university in Kingston and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

"URI was always kind of the one," Goglia said of his college decision. "I liked the location, being somewhat close to home had something to do with it. It's nice and close to home. That way, it's an easy commute. I like the coaching staff there. They have nice facilities and the D-I competition as well as the academic program. I'm going for Mechanical Engineering and I heard that URI was one of the best colleges around here for engineering."

Goglia is the second Goglia sibling of parents Bruce and Melanie to earn a Division I college soccer scholarship, though possibly not the last. Older sister Michaela attended Stony Brook University on Long Island, N.Y., while Emma, at Mt. Hope sophomore, is an emerging talent and eighth-grader Maya is a solid performer as well. 

He heads to URI with two paths in mind, getting his degree and also furthering his aim of play professionally in the future. He claims to have the desire and the ethic to do both.


"I would like to see where soccer takes me," Goglia explained. "So freshman year, I might not play a lot. But I'd also like to see where that takes me to see if I can get into MLS draft by my junior or senior year. If none of that works out, though, I'll continue my academic studies. But for me, I think as long as I keep working and pushing myself and meeting the standards and exceeding those standards that are set for me, I think I could possibly make it (into pro soccer). But it's all about how much work I put into it." 

All "eyes" on Burlington

Silva said she was instantly captivated by the picturesque UVM campus located in the state's largest city and felt it was the place where she wanted to continue both her athletic and academic careers.

"I just really loved it. I really love the coaches, the environment. I think it would be the perfect for me all around," Silva explained. "So I really fell in love with it when I was up there."

Silva, who is also a superb soccer and lacrosse player, will begin with the America East Conference Catamounts in her field specialty, the long jump, but said she'll attempt the 400 meters and 400-meter hurdles on the track if the opportunities present themselves.

In the classroom, she'll initially major in Biological Science, but has interest in Pre-Med with a focus on Optometry with an eye towards possibly becoming an optometrist.

Mt. Hope High track and field coach Renae Cicchinelli believes Silva will thrive at the next level, saying, "I think it’s great that Lola is doing track in college. I think she will be quite competitive and isn’t far from what the (college) women jumped last year at nationals. She’s jumping 18 feet, 8.25 inches now and the girls qualifying at nationals are only jumping a few more inches than she is. Yes, the top ones are jumping a couple feet more, but she can get there."

Before she heads to UVM in late August, Silva has a workout schedule provided by the track and field coaches she's expected to follow in the build-up to training once she gets to campus.

Of participating in D-I intercollegiate athletics, she added, "I'm just really grateful that I have the opportunity and I'm really excited about it."

More signings

In addition to Goglia and Silva, several other Class of 2025 Huskies will continue their classroom and sports pursuits at the D-III collegiate level.

• Both Abigail Allen and J.J. Pimental will attend Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Allen will play women's volleyball and study Exercise Science. Pimental plans to play football for the Panthers and major in Business.
• Like Goglia, Ethan Santerre is staying in-state as he will attend Salve Regina University in Newport where he'll play baseball and study Biology.

The rest of the Mt. Hope contingent will matriculate to schools in Massachusetts.

• Jacob Ferreira is headed to Framingham State University to play baseball and study Accounting.
• Ethan Martel travels north to Emmanuel College in Boston to wrestle and major in  Biology.
• Liliana Redman will attend Curry College in Milton to play women's soccer and study Business Management.
• Emily Moran jumps on Interstate 95 to Norton where she'll study Elementary Education and play women's basketball for Wheaton College.
• And finally, Maddox Canario stays relatively close to home by attending UMass-Dartmouth to play men's soccer and pursue a degree in Education.