Coach Caruso announces FB's freshman class

June 10, 2009

St. Thomas football coach Glenn Caruso announced today that more than 50 incoming freshman from 45 different high schools have committed to join the Tommie football program this fall.

The group includes eight players from Wisconsin and Illinois, one each from Iowa and South Dakota, and nine players from outside the Twin Cities metro area.

“I'm both excited and proud to announce our recruiting class for 2009," Coach Caruso said. "Our coaching staff has worked diligently scouring the state and the Upper Midwest to find some impressive athletes and people. These young men that will be entering our 'Football Family' as members of the 2013 class are amazing in terms of numbers, size and ability, but over time, I believe that what will shine through is the class’ tremendous intangibles that will serve both them and the team to the greatest of their ability.

“Although there are many amazing athletes in the class -- various all state players, high school standouts, state champions, and guys that have put up big numbers during their prep careers -- the top attributes we begin our recruiting process with are those you can't see on paper.  Work ethic, leadership, selflessness, pride in the team and passion for our great sport are prerequisites for us in our recruiting process, and I'm proud to say that these young men, embody those attributes.”

St. Thomas has a Sept. 5 season-opening game at Macalester. The Tommies begin MIAC play Sept. 19 at home vs. St. Olaf. Click here for complete schedule: http://www.tommiesports.com/ftbl/schedule/

In Coach Caruso's first season in 2008, the Tommies took second place in the MIAC and posted a 7-3 record -- a five-win improvement from 2007. 

Univ. of St. Thomas Football /2009 Incoming Freshmen Players

Ross Bailey, Woodbury

Dan Bedor, Holy Angels

Jason Blinn, Irondale

Josh Carey, Rogers

Paul Carlson, St. Thomas Academy

Tom Caturia, St. Thomas Academy

Kyle Coglitore, Jordan

Luke Dewall, Stillwater

Miles Drake, Cook County

Ben Duncan, Champlin Park

Carl Eicher, Mounds View

Eyo Ekpo, Andover

Garrett Engelhardt, Wayzata

Tyler Erstad, Lakeville North

Jack Fleming, Waukesha (Wis.) Catholic Memorial

Mychal Frelix, St. Paul Central

Jack Gavin, Elk River

Grant Geris, Eden Prairie

Andrew Grathen, Minnetonka

Sean Griffin, Carmel (Ill.)

Josh Groeschl, DePere (Wis.)

Mark Gums, Cretin-Derham Hall

Haakon Hansen, Pine City

Dan Harney, St. Rita (Ill.)

Ayo Idowu, Woodbury

Max Jacoby, Eagan

Desmond Janousek, Brainerd

Doug Jarnot, Mounds View

Hubert Jasiewicz, Chicago (Ill.) St. Patrick

Corey Kost, Forest Lake

Jesse Langmade, Cambridge-Isanti

Andrew Leddy, Milbank, S.D.

Pierce Lubinski, Totino-Grace

Charlie Luckie, Eden Prairie

Garrett Maloney, Marquette (Wis.) Univ.

Logan Marks, St. Thomas Academy

Kyle Mulrooney, Andover

Jon Nelson, Nazareth Academy (Ill.)

Joe Novitzky, Totino-Grace

Aba Omopt, Mahtomedi

Chinni Oji, Irondale

Kevin Potas, Wayzata

Eric Rowekamp, Rochester Lourdes

Mason Sanchez, Totino-Grace

Jordan Scherber, St. Michael-Albertville

Neel Sharma, Racine (Wis.) Case

Anthony Sicora, Rosemount

Andre Taylor, St. Bernard’s

Derek Waldbillig, Farmington

Adam Weisentine, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Kennedy

Michael Wentzlaff, LeSueur-Henderson

Derek Wilfahrt, New Ulm Cathedral

Kevin Winters, Sauk Centre

John Young, Forest Lake