YOUNG Dons stars Jonathan Crawford and Peter Pawlett have signed contract extentions with the Pittodrie club.
English midfielder Pawlett, who turned eighteen earlier this month, has signed a three-year deal at the Dons.
Meanwhile Scotland Under-19 international defender Crawford will remain at the club until the summer of 2010.
Aberdeen youth team manager Neil Cooper said: "We have high hopes for both Peter and Jonathan and both have already been involved on the bench for the first team while Peter travelled as part of the squad to Bayern Munich for last season's UEFA Cup tie.
"Their attitude is fantastic and if they continue to develop in the way they have so far, it won't be too long before they are pushing for a regular top team place.
"I'm also sure it won't be too long before Peter catches the eye of the English FA. We have asked him if he has a Scottish grandparent hidden away but sadly he hasn't."
The decision to extend the stay of these two highly-rated players is more proof of the positive effect of the changes brought into AFC's youth set-up by Dons Legend and Director of Football Willie Miller.
Miller instigated the creation of the Aberdeen Football Club Youth Academy in June 2006, bringing in Head of Youth Development Lenny Taylor and clearing out the dead wood at the club.
