EASTON, Mass. (March 12, 2014) - Stonehill College football program have signed 17 future student-athletes to National Letters of Intent (NLI) since the February signing period opened.
Of the 17 signees to date, ten came on Signing Day, Wednesday, February 5. Stonehill have signed eight on the offensive side of the ball and nine on defense so far. Seven signees are from Massachusetts, with three from New Hampshire and two from New Jersey.
Stonehill's initial signees are (Updated 3/12/14):
Name | Position | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown/High School |
Mustafa Anthony | DB | 5-9 | 180 | Alcoa, Tenn./Loomis Chaffee (Conn.) |
Malachi Baugh | RB | 5-9 | 180 | Stoughton, Mass./Stoughton |
Andrew Biedermann | DT | 6-2 | 270 | Bedford, N.H./Bedford |
Nick Bona | DB | 5-9 | 170 | Peabody, Mass./Bishop Fenwick |
Dylan Brown | RB | 5-8 | 175 | Tinton Falls, N.J./Monmouth Regional |
Kevin Dick | WR | 6-3 | 185 | Tewskbury, Mass./Tewksbury Memorial |
Nick Difilippo | DB | 5-11 | 185 | Santa Ana, Calif./Servite |
Jake Ehrhardt | OL | 6-4 | 270 | Mahwah, N.J./Mahwah |
Matt Foltz | QB | 6-6 | 220 | Mount Joy, Pa./The Hill School |
Will Greelish | OL | 6-3 | 310 | Auburn, Mass./Auburn |
Bryan Gresalfi | OL | 6-4 | 270 | Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North |
Musa Mansaray | DB | 6-1 | 175 | Lowell, Mass./Lowell |
Alex Parenteau | DE | 6-3 | 230 | Keene, N.H./Keene |
Donovan Phanor | DB | 5-9 | 170 | Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth |
Chris Rosinski | TE | 6-2 | 225 | Hanover, Mass./Hanover |
Jacques Wisner | DB/LB | 5-10 | 212 | Dallas, Texas/Westminster School (Conn.) |
Jermel Wright | DT | 6-1 | 270 |
Newton, Mass./Newton North |
Donovan Phanor |
Dylan Brown |
Kevin Dick |
Jacques Wisner |
Matt Foltz (center) |
Mustafa Anthony |
Bryan Gresalfi |
Jake Ehrhardt |
Nick Difilippo |
Stonehill posted its best season in nearly 20 years this fall as it finished with an 8-3 record overall, including an 8-1 mark in the Northeast-10 to earn a share of its first NE-10 regular season championship. The Skyhawks posted their first winning season since an 8-2 campaign in 1996 and fell a win shy of the single-season program record of nine in 1995. Stonehill finished above .500 in NE-10 play for the second-straight year and third time in head coach Robert Talley's seven seasons at the helm.
Stonehill appeared among teams receiving votes in the AFCA Division II poll for the first time in program history six weeks this fall, including five straight leading up to Saturday's NE-10 Championship appearance, and was ranked in each of the NCAA Division II Super Region 1 rankings this fall. Stonehill is also ranked sixth in final ECAC Lambert Meadowlands poll, after being ranked as high as fifth this season, marking the first time the Skyhawks have been ranked in that poll.
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