New England Commitment Catch-Up: Part II (12/25)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The commitments rolled in at a high clip the last few weeks. Here's Part II of our Commitment Catch-Up:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1477979"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Bickford, a Phillips Exeter post-grad and long-time member of the Middlesex Magic, announced last week that he'll be attending u003cemu003eu003cstrongu003eNew Yorku003c/strongu003eu003c/emu003eu003cstrongu003e u003cemu003eUniversityu003c/emu003eu003c/strongu003e. 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