Centennial kicker Nick Madonia recently committed to play football for Tennessee Tech University.

Madonia, a third-team All-Midstate selection, pledged with the Golden Eagles last week after taking an official visit to Cookeville.

“I had been waiting for a while for a scholarship,” Madonia said. “They offered me and I took my official visit last weekend. I loved it there. I absolutely love their head coach (Watson Brown) and their special teams coach (Jim Hensel). Both of them are fantastic coaches.”

Madonia, the grandson of legendary Overton football coach Nick Coutras, connected on 9 of 13 field goal attempts in 2014, including a season-long 52-yarder in the Cougars’ Week 6 win over Mt. Juliet. The 5-foot-9, 172-pound senior also converted 47 of 49 extra-point attempts and averaged 35.4 yards on 41 punts, helping lead Centennial to a 10-3 record and the Class 6A quarterfinals.

He also received interest from Western Kentucky and Ohio.

Madonia is one of three Centennial seniors to commit to a Division I school. Three-star wide receiver Emanuel Hall committed to Missouri in July, while two-star running back Deon Sanders pledged with Furman on Sunday.

Reach Michael Murphy at 615-259-8018 and on Twitter @Murph_TNsports.