Stonehill Football to Welcome 39 Freshmen to Preseason Camp

EASTON, Mass. (July 16, 2013) – Stonehill College football head coach Robert Talley and his staff will welcome 39 freshmen to preseason training camp, which will begin on Thursday, August 15.

The 39 signees include 18 on the offensive side of the ball and 21 defensive players. The incoming freshman class includes 17 from Massachusetts, six from New York and Connecticut and five from New Jersey.

This year's freshman class includes:

 

NAME

POS

HT

WT

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL

Anthony Abbott

WR

6'1"

175

West Wareham, Mass./Wareham

Alex Allioth

LB

6'1"

210

Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro

Dylan Arthurs

DT

6'4"

280

Enfield, Conn./Williston Northampton (Mass.)

O'Shea Bell

DB

5'10"

170

Bronx, N.Y./Taft School (Conn.)

Michael Bradley

DE/LB

6'

215

Newton, Mass./Cushing Academy

Vincent Burton

RB

6'3"

210

Randolph, Mass./Blue Hills Regional

Chris Bury

TE

6'2"

215

Brookline, N.H./Bishop Guertin

Bobby Cappadona

DT

6'2"

270

Waltham, Mass./Waltham

Peter Cedrone

LB

5'11"

185

Quincy, Mass./Quincy

Mike Crowley

WR

6'

160

Enfield, Conn./Enfield

Ryan Doherty

LB

6'1"

190

Methuen, Mass./Central Catholic

Christian Dyer

OL

6'4"

290

Seabrook, N.H./Winnacunnet

James Faller

DB

5'11"

175

Cornwall, N.Y./Cornwall Central

Tom Farrell

LB/LS

6'

180

Toms River, N.J./Monsignor Donovan

Jon Figura

DE

6'4"

235

Sinking Spring, Pa./Blair Academy (N.J.)

Liam Fitzpatrick

QB

6'

160

Falmouth, Maine/Cheverus

Chris Gragnani

QB

6'1"

190

Suffern, N.Y./Suffern

Darryn Horner

DB

5'11"

180

New Haven, Conn./James Hillhouse

Justin Kaffenberger

LB

6'3"

190

Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury

Andrew Kibarian

DE

6'3"

225

Lynnfield, Mass./Lynnfield

Neal Koller

K/P

6'2"

160

New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan

Anthony Leggio

LB

5'10"

220

Commack, N.Y./St. Anthony's

Jake Lehman

DT

6'

240

Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton

Joe MacInnis

OL

6'4"

260

Raynham, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham

Marshall McCarthy

LB

6'

210

Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury

Liam Murphy

K/P

6'4"

190

South Hadley, Mass./South Hadley

Graham Nyhan

TE

6'4"

230

Laconia, N.H./Laconia

Tyler O'Donnell

WR

6'

180

Seaford, N.Y./Seaford

Billy Pierce

TE

6'2"

230

Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell

Brandon Rodenbush

DB

6'

180

Westwood, Mass./Westwood

Hank Rudden

QB

6'1"

175

Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton

Anthony Siciliano

OL

6'2"

270

Monroe, N.Y./Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)

Colin Smith

TE

6'4"

225

Ipswich, Mass./Governor's Academy

Blake Stroman

DB

6'

185

Norwalk, Conn./St. Luke's School

Tom Sydeski

QB

6'4"

200

Brockport, N.Y./Brockport

Chris Traore

RB

5'10"

200

Windsor, Conn./Windsor

Mark Trudeau

DT

6'

250

Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury

Sean Tullson

WR

6'

170

Little Compton, R.I./Portsmouth

Seamus Weldon

OL

6'4"

255

Aberdeen, N.J./ Matawan Regional
 

Stonehill finished its 2012 season with a 5-5 record overall, including a 5-3 clip in the Northeast-10 to mark the Skyhawks first winning season in Conference play since head coach Robert Talley's first season in 2007. Stonehill was named the Northeast-10 "Team of the Year" by d2football.com, while Talley received the website's Conference Coach of the Year and the Skyhawks' nationally-televised matchup with No. 3 University of New Haven was labeled as blog's NE-10 Game of the Year.

Preseason training camp opens on Thursday, August 15, and all training sessions are open to the public. Stonehill's training camp schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. The Skyhawks open their 2013 season on Saturday, September 7, at Bloomsburg (Pa.) University at 1 p.m. Their home opener is the following week when Stonehill kicks off its Northeast-10 schedule with the "Battle for the Ol' Bronze Hawk" against Saint Anselm College on Saturday, September 14, at 6 p.m.

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