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2008 Alphabetical by Last Name

 

Name

School

Club

High School

Position

Rusty Lavaja BYU Sports Performance St. Charles North (IL)

MH/OH

Tyler Albertson BYU RiptidesOC Foothill (CA)

S/OH

Phil Fuchs BYU North Shore Milwaukee Brookfield East (WI)

 

Max Guillaume BYU Bay to Bay St. Francis (CA)

MH/OP

Bobby Vranek Cardinal Stritch North Shore Milwaukee Nicolet (WI)

OH

George Ghassan Cardinal Stritch Sports Performance Waubonsie Valley (IL)

MH

Brad Riding-Connors Cardinal Stritch Circus Addison Trail (IL)

S/RS

Vladimir Frenc Cardinal Stritch xfer from Missouri Valley  

OP

Scott Golden Cardinal Stritch xfer from IPFW Vernon Hills (IL)

OH/MB

Randy Hansen Carthage (DIII Verbal) Ultimate Oak Lawn Community (IL)

OH

Matt Yanz Carthage (DIII Verbal) Sports Performance Naperville Central (IL)

MH

Mike Bynon Carthage (DIII Verbal) Pace Bootlegger  

OH/S

Tyler Frings Carthage (DIII Verbal) North Shore Milwaukee Pius XI (WI)

MH

Alex Gigler Carthage (DIII Verbal) Sports Performance Waubonsie Valley (IL)

OP

Scott Marita Carthage (DIII Verbal) Ultimate Kenosha Tremper (WI)

S

Bobby Springer Clarke CVC Brother Rice (IL)

MH

Dan Tringale Clarke Missouri Thunder St. Marys (MO)

L

Travis Gabehart Clarke   Franklin Central (IN)

MH/OH

Matt Roth Clarke Southwest VBC St. Ignatius (OH)

S

John Baker CSUN North Shore Milwaukee Washington Park (WI)

OH

Matt Stork CSUN SMBC Crespi (CA)

S/OH

Kyle Speers Eastern Mennonite (DIII Verbal) RVC  

 

Cody Kennedy Eastern Mennonite (DIII Verbal) RVC Menchville (VA)

OP

Austin Jones Eastern Mennonite (DIII Verbal) RVC  

 

John Bottles Eastern Mennonite (DIII Verbal) RVC  

 

Yonalvy Acosta Elms (DIII Verbal)   Holyoke HS (MA)

MH

Vincent Cruz Elms (DIII Verbal)   Oliver Wolcott Technical (CT)

OH

Jesus Echevarria Elms (DIII Verbal) Pitirres Adianez High School (PR)

S

Michael Kleckner Elms (DIII Verbal) Club Velocity Freedom High School (PA)

OP/S

Morgan Case Elms (DIII Verbal)   Oliver Wolcott Technical (CT)

S

Michael DelSignore Emmanuel (DIII Verbal) RI Blast Bishop Hendricken (RI)

OP/S

Alex Petty Emmanuel (DIII Verbal) Beantown Wayland (MA)

MH

Michael Matolla Emmanuel (DIII Verbal) Beantown Quincy HS (MA)

OH

Robbie Monroe Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Parkway North (MO)

OH

Ryan Humiston Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   St. Mary’s (MO)

OH

Mike Mitchell Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Plainfield North (IL)

S

Jack Gibala Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   St. Mary's (MO)

OH

Jason Engebretson Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Pattonville (MO)

MH

Matt Swoboda Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Lafayette (MO)

OH

Carlo Atienza Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Parkway North (MO)

L

Spencer Hill Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   Plainfield Central (IL)

MH

Michael Visintine Fontbonne (DIII Verbal)   CBC (MO)

OP

Shaun Sibley George Mason Beantown Natick (MA)

 

Michael Koebel George Mason RVC  

 

Taylor Jones George Mason RVC  

 

Andrew Dentler George Mason Yorktowne Cumberland Valley (PA)

OH

Christopher Binetti Hannibal LaGrange xfer from College of Dupage St. Charles North (IL)

MH

Brian Goldstein Hannibal LaGrange Florida Sons Flanagan (FL)

S

Chris Carriger Hannibal LaGrange Sports Performance Plainfield North (IL)

OP

Jon Rasch Hannibal LaGrange   Northwest (MO)

OH

Eric Jantzen Hannibal LaGrange Florida Sons Cypress Bay (FL)

OH

Ben Somarriba Hannibal LaGrange Florida Sons Miami Coral Park (FL)

L

Thomas Burke Hannibal LaGrange Warren Sixpak Vernon Township (NJ)

MH

Devin Landers Hannibal LaGrange Indy VB Academy Lawrence North (IN)

MH/OH

Cory Hohenstein Hannibal LaGrange Vanguard Gahanna Lincoln (OH)

L/DS

Kyle Walsh Hannibal LaGrange Missouri Thunder  

 

Bryant Beykirch Hannibal LaGrange SouthWest Illinois VBC O'Fallon (IL)

OP/S

Julio Vargas Hannibal LaGrange CVC  

OH

Luis Lopez Hannibal LaGrange Command Performance  

OH

Matthew Kirchoff Hannibal LaGrange Missouri Thunder Pattonville (MO)

OH

Clay Ehlmann Hannibal LaGrange   Seckman (MO)

S/OH

Hiep Lee Hannibal LaGrange Command Performance  

DS

Matthew Jones Harvard Seaside La Jolla (CA)

MH/OH

Gus Tuinaga Hawaii Seaside West Valley (CA)

OH

Eric Miyamoto Hawaii Synergy Valencia (CA)

L

James Holway Holy Names NCVC Granite Bay (CA)

OH/OP

Jeff Wolf Holy Names NCVC Woodcreek (CA)

OH/OP

Ivan Matos IPFW   Baldwin School (PR)

OH

Eric Hardek IPFW Sports Performance Wheaton Warrenville South (IL)

OP

Corey Frain IPFW Ultimate Joliet Township (IL)

MB

Daniel Mader IPFW Sports Performance Glenbard East (IL)

S

Phil Peterson IPFW Eden Frontier (NY)

OH

Charlie Gomez Juniata (DIII Verbal) Power Station Amherst (NY)

OP

Alex Bahn Juniata (DIII Verbal) Yorktowne Dallastown (PA)

L

John Almquist Juniata (DIII Verbal) First Capital Central York (PA)

S

Drew Kalbach Juniata (DIII Verbal) Keystone/Damons Cumberland Valley (PA)

S

Derrik Trent LBSU Synergy Valencia (CA)

S/OP

Jim Baughman LBSU Synergy Valencia (CA)

MB

Colten Echave LBSU RiptidesOC Tesero (CA)

MH

Cody Watten LBSU SCVC Long Beach Wilson (CA)

L

Matthew Fox Lewis Ultimate Carl Sandburg (IL)

OP

Jay Petty Lewis Sports Performance Downers Grove North (IL)

OH

Christopher Biscardi Lewis Long Island Shoreham-Wading River (NY)

MH

John Michael Plummer Lindenwood Club Florida  

 

Josh Pauli Lindenwood xfer from Quincy  

 

Jeff Halvorsen Lindenwood   Gurnee (IL)

 

Taylor Morrill Lindenwood xfer from Warner Southern  

 

Drew Punjabi Lindenwood Missouri Thunder  

 

Dan Eloff Lindenwood Missouri Thunder  

 

Cody Kappel Lindenwood Missouri Thunder  

 

Mike Kipper Lindenwood St. Charles United  

 

Mike Bunting Loyola Damons Wyomissing (PA)

OH

Eric Daliege Loyola Ultimate Providence Catholic (IL)

MH

Steve Thompson Loyola Synergy Oak Park (CA)

MH

Kyle Nail Loyola MVP Gaithersburg (MD)

MH

JJ Pincoski Loyola Power Station Orchard Park (NY)

S

Skyler Tajima Loyola Ku`ikahi Honolulu (HI)

L

Matt Hogan Loyola North Shore Milwaukee Marquette (WI)

S

Ryan Mulsteff Loyola MVP Damascus (MD)

OH

Steve Klein Medaille (DIII Verbal) Eden Eden (NY)

 

Jordan LeViness Medaille (DIII Verbal)   Maryvale (NY)

 

Doug Martin Medaille (DIII Verbal) Eden Cheektowaga (NY)

 

Bryan Proch Medaille (DIII Verbal) Eden North Tonawanda (NY)

 

Tom Kotrys Medaille (DIII Verbal) Eden Niagara-Wheatfield (NY)

 

Kyle Schnettgoecke Missouri Valley STL High Performance  

MB

Jaren Mauricio Missouri Valley Ku'ikahi  

S

Derek Wolf Missouri Valley    

S

Maysam Amanishourbariki Missouri Valley Rolling Thunder Highwood (IL)

OH

Aaron Robinson Missouri Valley Onipa'a  

DS

Noah Johnson Missouri Valley Lions Hinsdale Central (IL)

MB

Spencer Bishop Missouri Valley Onipa'a  

OH

A.J. Murray Missouri Valley Pilipa'a  

MB

Benson George MIT (DIII Verbal)   East Meadow High School (NY)

MH

Jeremy Velazquez MIT (DIII Verbal) Beantown Chelmsford (MA)

S/DS/OH

David Thomas MIT (DIII Verbal) Epic La Costa Canyon (CA)

OH

Daniel Sngiem MIT (DIII Verbal)   Long Beach Polytechnic (CA)

DS

Max Martin MSOE (DIII Verbal) Rolling Thunder Hoffman Estates (IL)

MH

Colin Brazeau MSOE (DIII Verbal)   Oswego (IL)

S/OP

Jason Modjeski MSOE (DIII Verbal)   Homestead (WI)

OH

Jake Jakelski MSOE (DIII Verbal) CVC Amos Alonzo Stagg (IL)

S

Petr Koukal MSOE (DIII Verbal)   CZ, Sokolov, Czech Rep

MH

Roger Rosenburg MSOE (DIII Verbal)   Larkin (IL)

OH

Dan Miranda Nazareth (DIII Verbal) Powerstation Sweet Home (NY)

 

Christopher Chin Newbury   Brockton HS (MA)

OH

Danny Kim Newbury (DIII Verbal) GEVA Plainville (NY)

OH

Benjamin Weiner Newbury (DIII Verbal)   Barrington (RI)

OH

Danny Kochanski NJCU (DIII Verbal)   Bayonne (NJ)

MH

Kenny Lisk NJCU (DIII Verbal) Warren Sixpak Old Bridge (NJ)

OH

Austin Bryant NJCU (DIII Verbal) Seven Cities VBC Kempsville (VA)

MH

Jonathon Gustafson NJIT Ultimate Providence (IL)

S/OP

Jay Hayes NYU (DIII Verbal) Sports Performance St. Francis (IL)

L

Luke Hamlet NYU (DIII Verbal) Long Island  

MH

Patrick Dodd NYU (DIII Verbal) Sports Performance Hinsdale Central (IL)

OH

Jeff Lewis NYU (DIII Verbal) Power Station Hamburg (NY)

MH

Ryan Limb NYU (DIII Verbal) Main Laguna Beach  

MH/OH

Luke Lombardo NYU (DIII Verbal) Pitt Elite Butler (PA)

S

John Tholen Ohio State Vanguard Hillard Darby (OH)

MH

Shawn Sangrey Ohio State Damons Hempfield (PA)

OP

Mikelis Berzins Ohio State MVP Sherwood (MD)

OH/L

Langley Erickson Ohio State Gulf Coast The Woodlands (TX)

S

Anthony "Pete" Hock Ohio State Missouri Thunder  

 

Taylor Hughes Pacific Seaside Fallbrook (CA)

OH

Dylan Walker Pacific SMBC Flintridge Prep (CA)

OH

Jason Borchin Pacific xfer from Sacramento State Oakmont (CA)

OH

Chris Sullivan Pacific SMBC La Canada (CA)

MH

Harald Hinterecker Pacific xfer from University of Graz (Austria)  

MH

Lawrence Eyre Pacific Ku`ikahi University High (HI)

MH

Jeremy Kaimikaua Pacific Outrigger Punahou (HI)

MH/OH

Ryan Bigos Penn State PrintMail Systems Pennsbury (PA)

OH

Ryan Wolf Penn State First Capitol Central York (PA)

OH

Tor Covello Penn State Printmail Systems Pennsbury (PA)

S

Mark Shipp Penn State Cincinnati Attack Archbishop Moeller (OH)

MH

Beau Vandeweghe Pepperdine Epic La Costa Canyon (CA)

OH

Matt Pollock Pepperdine Ultimate Carl Sandburg (IL)

MH

Scott Liljestrom Princeton Balboa Bay Quiksilver Woodbridge (CA)

S

Joe Ascher Quincy Rolling Thunder Buffalo Grove (IL)

OP

Levi Chavez Quincy   (TX)

OH

Ryan Lehmann Quincy North Shore Milwaukee Marquette (WI)

OH

Matt Bronson Quincy Rolling Thunder Buffalo Grove (IL)

L

Rob Courtney Quincy Air City Alter (OH)

S

Jim Wizniak Quincy   Buffalo Grove (IL)

MH

Joe Sokol Quincy   (OH)

OH

Danny Walsh Quincy Orlando Gold Bishop Moore (FL)

MH

Ed Ricker Quincy   (IL)

OH

Paul Konopacki Ramapo (DIII Verbal)   St. Joeseph (NJ)

OP/OH

Colin McNeil Ramapo (DIII Verbal) Warren Sixpak Passaic Valley (NJ)

MH/OP

Matt Agnew Ramapo (DIII Verbal)   Fair Lawn (NJ)

OP/OH

Kevin Medvecky Ramapo (DIII Verbal) Warren Sixpak JP Stevens (NJ)

L/S

Eddie Rossiter Ramapo (DIII Verbal) Warren Sixpak St. Joeseph (NJ)

L

Emmanuel Alverez Ramapo (DIII Verbal)   Passaic Tech (NJ)

MH/OP

Allan Bronchowski Ramapo (DIII Verbal)   Passaic Valley (NJ)

S

Austin Pappas Rutgers-Newark Orange Coast Tesoro (CA)

OP

Jake Thompson Rutgers-Newark PowerStation Lake Shore (NY)

L/OH

Caden Mulligan Rutgers-Newark RiptidesOC San Clemente (CA)

L

Ken deGroh Rutgers-Newark D1 Alan B. Shepard (IL)

 

Marcin Midura Rutgers-Newark Warren Sixpak St.Joseph's (NJ)

OH/OP

Eduardo Hernandez Rutgers-Newark Pitirres Colegio Ponceno (PR)

OH

Chas Newhouse Siena Heights (2010)   BeaverCreek (OH)

L

Jeffrey Hardman Siena Heights (2010) Michigan Elite Lakeview (MI)

OH/S

Dan McKernan Siena Heights (2010) SMBC West Lake (CA)

OH

Matt Mitterholzer Siena Heights (2010) Southwest (OH) Berea (OH)

OH

Patrick Rife Siena Heights (2010) Michigan Elite Warren Cousino (MI)

MH

Tim O'Brien Siena Heights (2010) Dayton Carroll (OH)

S

Adrian Rutt Siena Heights (2010) Southwest (OH) St. Edwards (OH)

MH

Jeff Gutmann Springfield (DIII Verbal) Powerstation Maryvale (NY)

 

Michael Neuner St. Ambrose   Duchesne (MO)

S

Matt Brahm St. Ambrose Sports Performance York (IL)

OH

Kevin Przychodni St. Ambrose Ultimate Marist (IL)

OH

Peter Netisingha St. Ambrose Sports Performance Hinsdale Central (IL)

S

Robert Krumlinde St. Ambrose Adrenaline Minooka (IL)

OH

Brett Panfil St. Ambrose   Andrew (IL)

MH

Kevin Donahue St. Ambrose Ultimate Brother Rice (IL)

MH

Sean O'Connell St. Ambrose CSVC Mt. Carmel (IL)

OH

Ryan Piper St. Ambrose Ultimate Sandburg (IL)

S/DS

Scott Paulson St. Ambrose xfer from Cardinal Stritch  

 

Steve Hewitt St. Ambrose Sports Performance St. Francis (IL)

L

Brett Ellis St. Ambrose Sports Performance St. Charles North (IL)

OP

Dan Dowjotas St. Ambrose Sports Performance Montini H.S.(IL)

OH

Joe Sponseller St. Ambrose TNT Carmel Catholic (IL)

OH

Ken Ropiak St. Ambrose Rolling Thunder Conant (IL)

MH

John Wappler St. Francis Sandlot North Allegheny (PA)

L

Michael McLaughlin St. Francis Beaver Valley Premier (BVP) Hopewell (PA)

OH

Ryan Williams St. Francis Beaver Valley Premier (BVP) Montour (PA)

S

Alex Kane St. Francis Yorktowne West York (PA)

OP

John Skarupa St. Francis Sandlot North Allegheny (PA)

 

Austin "Gus" Ellis Stanford Balboa Bay Quiksilver Corona Del Mar (CA)

MH

Evan Barry Stanford Seaside Torrey Pines (CA)

S

Erik Shoji Stanford Outrigger Punahou (HI)

L

Brad Lawson Stanford Outrigger Iolani (HI)

OH

Dylan Kordic Stanford The LBC Mira Costa (CA)

OP/OH

Adam Wightman SUNY-IT (DIII Verbal) Eden Eden (NY)

 

Ryan Meller SUNY-IT (DIII Verbal) Eden Eden (NY)

 

Will Montgomery UCI Club Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (CA)

OH

Ian Wynne UCI Balboa Bay Quiksilver Capistrano Valley (CA)

S

Will Thomas UCI The LBC Mira Costa (CA)

L

Austin D'Amore UCI RiptidesOC Laguna Hills (CA)

 

Max Greer UCLA Central Coast Archbishop Mitty (CA)

MH

Craig McGowan UCLA Club Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (CA)

OP

Thomas Amberg UCLA Seaside Valhalla (CA)

OH

Kyle Caldwell UCLA Balboa Bay Quiksilver Newport Harbor (CA)

OP

Scott Vegas UCLA Pacific Palisades Palisades (CA)

S

Jamey Ker UCLA Synergy Valencia (CA)

OH/L

Brian Scilacci UCLA Pacific Palisades Loyola (CA)

OH

Nick Vogel UCLA Epic Valhalla (CA)

MH

Jack Mergenthaler UCLA Seaside La Costa Canyon (CA)

OP

Mitchel Johnson UCLA SCVC Mira Costa (CA)

MH

Matt Townsend UCSB SMBC Chaminade College Prep (CA)

OH

Anthony Walker UCSB LBC Mater Dei (CA)

MH

Jake Piva UCSB SMBC Valencia (CA)

MH/OP

Grant Goswiller UCSB RiptidesOC Tesoro (CA)

OH

Mark Liebermann UCSB Balboa Bay Quiksilver Newport Harbor (CA)

OH

Daniel Samarin UCSB Clovis Buchanan (CA)

S

Brett Rooks UCSD Epic Mt Carmel (CA)

MH

Devin Pang UCSD Ku`ikahi Hawaii Baptist (HI)

L

Cyrus Kiani UCSD SMBC Thousand Oaks (CA)

MH

Peter Johnson UCSD Irvine Valley College  

OH

Carl Eberts UCSD Balboa Bay Quiksilver Edison (CA)

MH

Jeff Carlson USC Balboa Bay Quiksilver Corona Del Mar (CA)

 

Tucker Peleuses USC Balboa Bay Quiksilver Newport Beach (CA)

OP

Tony Ciarelli USC Balboa Bay Quiksilver Huntington Beach (CA)

OH

Steven Mochalski USC SCVC Mira Costa (CA)

OH

Clay Knapp USC Balboa Bay Quiksilver Laguna Beach (CA)

L

Steven Shandrick USC Balboa Bay Quiksilver Santa Margarita (CA)

MH

Adam Brouillard Vassar (DIII Verbal) Powerstation Orchard Park (NY)

 

Cliff Quinn Vassar (DIII Verbal) Eden Frontier (NY)

 

Gage Brickelmaier Warner University Orlando Gold Lyman (FL)

OH

Victor Callado Warner University Orlando Gold Dr. Phillips (FL)

L

Andre Calar Warner University Southern Storm Sparkman (AL)

S

Luis Napoles Warner University   Miami SR (FL)

OH

Sam Davis Warner University Orlando Gold Bishop Moore (FL)

OH

 

The above list contains Official National Letter of Intent (NLI) signers (DI/DII), verbal commitments and walk-ons who have met the verification standards below.  Middle Hitter doesn't put the commitment into the verified category until one of the following occurs:

A press release on the college website;
A press release in a local paper (a link to the newspaper website is appreciated);
The official club website lists the commitment;
An email from the college coach (using their .edu email);
An email from the club director or head coach (prefer their club email address);
I know the person who informs me.

Just because someone's name is not on the above list, does not mean that they did not get an official commitment letter. It just means I have no way of confirming it.

2008 Rumor Mill

Name

School

Club

High School

Levi Kauffman East Stroudsburg Yorktowne Red Lion (PA)
Oscar Suderland Missouri Valley    
Abel Castillo MO Baptist Florida Sons Miami Coral Park (FL)
Jonathan Roldan MO Baptist   Southwest Miami (FL)
Billy Gimello Nazareth (DIII Verbal) Long Island Hauppauge (NY)
Joey Caratazollo New Haven Warren Sixpak Hillsborough (NJ)
Matias Zubko NJCU (DIII Verbal)    
Ricky Duran NJIT   South Brunswick (NJ)
Glen DeMaghalaes NJIT Warren Sixpak Newark East Side (NJ)
Greg Wilson Princeton Pacific Palidsades Santa Monica (CA)
Andy Cheon Ramapo (DIII Verbal)   West Windsor South (NJ)
Seth Gladfelter St. Francis Yorktowne Northern (PA)
Derek Mulvey Stevens (DIII Verbal) Long Island Harborfields (NY)
Blake Mills UCSD Riptides OC Woodbridge (CA)
Lucas Brook UCSD Precision Ponderosa (CA)
Brian McEuen UCSD Bay to Bay Harker (CA)
Ryan Rysyk USC Central Coast Bellarmine(CA)
Dean Massimini Vilia Julie (DIII Verbal)   Washington Township (NJ)
 

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