Western Mustangs announce 2011 Recruiting Class (Video Interviews)

London, ON – The University of Western Mustangs football team, winners of three of the past four, Ontario Yates Cup championships announced their 2011 preliminary recruiting class at a media conference today.

The Mustangs recruiting class consists of 30 individuals, including seven from London, Ontario five the Kitchener-Waterloo region, four from Greater Hamilton and several from out of province.

Head coach Greg Marshall commented that “we had an outstanding recruiting year. We picked up two of the top five recruits in the country and the breath of talent across the entire recruiting class
is tremendous.”

Coach Marshall was also quick to point out the work of his staff indicating that “Our coaching staff dialed it up a notch this off-season to secure one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. While this
was a team effort, coach (Mickey) Donovan and Coach (Chris) Bertoia were leaders in this area”.

PICTURES:
courtesy – www.geoffreymcmurray.com
top – Peter Gray – yellow jersey, gold helmet
middle – Preston Huggins #30
bottom – Renalto Rossi

The 2011 Mustangs Football preliminary recruiting class includes:

Josh Beach (Ajax, ON) – REC – Ajax / Dolphins
Marek Borucki (London, ON) – DB – London Catholic Central
Matt Brazier (London, ON) – REC – Saunders / London Falcons / Team Ontario West
Jeremy Buckley (Mississauga, ON) – SB/RB – Lorne Park
Damian Cameron (Etobicoke, ON) – REC – Richview / Eagles
Nathan Caranci (London, ON) – OL – Catholic Central
Christiaan Collarile (Mississauga, ON) – REC – St. Marcellinous
Horace Finnikin (Brampton, ON) – DB – St. Marcellinus / Brampton Bulldogs
Pabek Gany (Kitchener, ON) – DB – Cameron Heights
Peter Gray (Guelph, ON) – LB – Centennial / Team Ontario / Cambridge Lions
Blake Huggins (London, ON) – QB – John Paul II, London Falcons (OVFL)
Preston Huggins (London, ON) – LB/FB – Regina Mundi College HS, London Falcons
Kalvin Johnson (Brampton, ON) – DB/RET – St. Marguertte / Bulldogs / Team Ontario
Ben Jordan (Burlington, ON) – 6’1 215 – LB – Robert Bateman / Burlington Stampeders
Alex Kurowski (London, ON) – OL – Catholic Central / Team Ontario
DJ Lalama (Winnipeg, MN) – LB – St. Paul’s / Team Manitoba
Trevor Lass (Plattsville, ON) – DB – Waterloo-Oxford / Team Ontario / Twin City
Rahul Madan (Toronto, ON) – REC – MacDonald
Kane McEwen (London, ON) – OL – Saunders / London Falcons / Team Ontario West
Winston Miles (Toronto, ON) – OL Forest Hill / North Georgia Prep / Team World
Ryan Northfield (Mississauga, ON) – DL – Simon Fraser University / St. Francis Xavier
Ricky Osei-Kusi (Brampton, ON) – DL – St. Marguertte / Bulldogs / Team Ontario West
Eric Richards (Toronto, ON) – DB – Villanova / Metro Wildcats
Ben Risen (Toronto, ON) – OL – Forest Hill / Metro Wildcats
Renato Rossi (Hamilton, ON) – LB – Bishop Ryan / Hamilton Ironmen (OVFL)
James Sifakis (Montreal, QC) – RB – Vanier / Team Canada
Alex Todd (New Hamburg, ON) – DE – Waterloo-Oxford / Twin City Predators
Chuck Wall (Hamilton, ON) – QB – Sir Allan MacNab
Daryl Waud (Hamilton, ON) – DL – Sir Allan MacNabb / Team Ontario West
Tyler Varga (Kitchener, ON) – RB – Cameron Heights / Lions / Team Ontario West

The University of Western Ontario will begin their defence of their Yates Cup title
on Monday, September 5, 2011 as they play host to the visiting Waterloo Warriors.