There were a lot of firsts at columbia high school today when eight students signed on the dotted line.

Five basketball players all committed to play at the next level; the largest eagles basketball signing class in school history.

The first volleyball player to sign a letter of intent.

The first basketball manager to sign to become a student manager at alabama a&m next year.

And they had their second football player to put pen to paper this year.

A few student athletes say this is something they dreamed of and now it's reality.

Jamiah holloway/walter s state signee: "this year was really my breakout year.

I realized i could play at the next level, so i took the opportunity in doing it."

Kaitlyn morley/miles college signee: "i feel like i'm setting a foundation for the school, so that everyone can come to columbia to play volleyball, so they can also get an athletic scholarship as well."

So a big congrats goes out to those eight students: jamiah and kaitlyn, along with larry penn-stillman, maxwell rone, lee johnson, c-j chatman, gervaughn abram,