Murray State University Athletics
Madsen Signs First Recruiting Class as Murray State Welcomes Six
5/29/2026 2:04:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State Soccer signed six new additions to the roster, adding four transfers and two freshmen. Gabi Signorino, Jillian Kluth, Gabby Ramdeen, Hannah Dike-Lawlor, Kai LaBarrie and Kendyll English come to Murray to play for first-year head coach Ben Madsen, marking the first recruits to sign under his leadership.
Gabi Signorino, a sophomore from Wooster, Ohio, signs to play for Madsen after a freshman campaign at Northern Kentucky that featured 11 appearances with 167 minutes logged and one goal in a win over Mount St. Joseph. Signorino continues her collegiate career in Murray after an accomplished high school career. She led her team to Ohio Cardinal Conference championships during her freshman and junior seasons, earning three varsity letters overall. As a freshman, Signorino earned First Team All-Conference, First Team All-District and Ohio Report MVP honors. During her senior campaign, she was named First Team All-Ohio Cardinal Conference, First Team All-District and First Team All-Ohio Division III. As a junior, she was named the Division I All-District Player of the Year, alongside First Team All-Ohio Division I honors and a spot on the 2023 United Soccer Coaches Fall Girls High School All-Central Region team.
Sophomore midfielder Jillian Kluth joins Murray State as a transfer from UAB, where she saw action in one match. Hailing from Marietta, Georgia, Kluth was a decorated athlete in high school, serving as a four-year varsity starter at Lassiter High School. During her prep career, she led her team to a GHSA Class 6A Region and State Championship in 2022, followed by Final Four appearances in 2023 and 2024 and an Elite Eight run in 2025. As a senior captain in 2025, Kluth tallied 18 goals and 20 assists, breaking the single-season assist record while ranking third in program history for goals. She was ranked as the eighth overall player in Georgia by the United Soccer Coaches Association during her senior campaign. Kluth collected numerous individual accolades, including three All-Region and All-Cobb County selections, two All-State honors and two preseason All-State nods. She was also named Lassiter Midfielder MVP twice and the overall Lassiter MVP in 2025. On the club circuit, she played for Atlanta Fire ECNL and helped guide the team to two straight ECNL National Playoff appearances.
Sophomore Gabby Ramdeen also signs as a transfer from Lipscomb, where she appeared in six matches, logging 94 minutes. Ramdeen, hailing from Toronto, Ontario, was an honor roll student all four years of high school. Ramdeen competed as a member of the Trinidad and Tobago under-20 national team and the Ontario Provincial Team in 2023 and 2024. She put together a highly decorated prep career, highlighted by being named Senior Female Athlete of the Year and earning team MVP honors in 2023. She led her squad to a LOSSA AA Championship in 2024 and a LOSSA AAA title in 2022. Ramdeen guided her team to two consecutive OFSAA tournament appearances in 2023 and 2024, culminating in a quarterfinal run during her final season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Hannah Dike-Lawlor signs as the final transfer addition to join the Racers after a freshman campaign at Queens University of Charlotte. Dike-Lawlor started 18 matches in goal at Queens, logging four shutouts and 93 total saves. She was nominated five times for ASUN Goalkeeper of the Week. In high school, Dike-Lawlor played for West Ham United U21 and Chelsea FC U21, and she received a call up to an Ireland U19 training camp.
Two high school recruits signed to play for Madsen at Murray State, Kendyll English and Kai LaBarrie.
English, from Murray, Kentucky, put together a dominant career at Murray High School, recording 44 goals, 28 assists and 39 shutouts. She earned KHSAA First Team All-State honors three times from 2023 to 2025. English was named the First Region Player of the Year in 2023 and 2025, while also earning three First Team All-Region selections. She led the Tigers to a pair of District 2 championships and two All-A Region titles. English served as team speaking captain in 2025 and was twice named team MVP. She was a decorated multi-sport athlete, earning a combined eight varsity letters across tennis, basketball and track, highlighted by an All-District nod in basketball and a state runner-up finish in the 800-meter track relay.
Kai LaBarrie rounds out the spring signing class for Murray State Soccer. LaBarrie, from Smyrna, Georgia, had a strong academic career at The Lovett School, earning the Nancy Frazier Parker Award, holding National Honor Society membership, and making the Principal's List all four years.
