Categories: College Soccer

Minnesota Boys Signing National Letters of Intent for D-I & D-II

12 boys soccer players from Minnesota and neighboring areas of Wisconsin signed letters of intent today to play for Division I schools while 2 other signed to play for Division II schools.

14 players is a big jump from 2009 which only saw 6 players sign while  2 of those 6 ended up playing elsewhere. One moved to a D-III school and another to a community college until he could get his grades up.

This years crop of players looks very promising.

Listed in alphabetical order:

Brian Billings – Shattuck-St. Mary’s: Bradley
Zac Brown – St. Paul Academy (MTA): Richmond
Carlos Contreras – White Bear Lake (St. Croix): Wis.-Parkside
Karim Darbaki – Shattuck-St. Mary’s: Northern Illinois
Patrick Donyen – Shattuck-St. Mary’s: Dayton (verbal)
Kyle Erickson – Tartan (Arsenal): Lipscomb
Keenan Forder-Burnsville( MTA) – U Colorado – Colorado Springs
Michael Gandier – Shattuck-St. Mary’s: Furman
Zach Harwerth – Anoka (St. Croix): Houston Baptist
Mackenzie Lund – Hudson (Wis.) (St. Croix): Wis.-Green Bay
Nick Lund – Hudson (Wis.) (St. Croix): Wisconsin
Ryan Onwukwe – Totino-Grace (MTA): Wis.-Parkside
Brian Rosenthal – St. Paul Central (Blackhawks): Wis.-Parkside
Lawrence Talery – Coon Rapids (Blackhawks): Wis.-Green Bay
Brandon Wolf – Rosemount (Valley United): Wis.-Milwaukee
Paul Yonga – Totino-Grace (Arsenal): Wisconsin

Checking in on last years class of 2009:
Spencer Duhaime – Edina (MTA): Columbia…Walk-on (played one game)
Brent Kallman – Woodbury (MTA): Creighton…Walk-on (played 13 games – started 7)
Ryan MacArthur – Zimmerman (MTA): Univ. of Indianapolis…scholarship (red-shirted)
Hank Robson – Champlin (Champlin): Hastings College NAIA…scholarship (played 14 games – started 7)

ESPN Soccernet had a very interesting story today on Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribult, MN. The article features the school and claims they have more soccer players from Shattuck-St. Mary’s that will sign National Letters of Intent for NCAA Division I schools (8) than any other high school in the U.S.  What’s Shattuck doing right?  Check out the Soccernet article.

Shattuck-St. Mary’s players signing today:
Some of these are also listed above as Minnesota players.

Player, Position, Hometown or Country, College Commitment

Gideon Asante, F/MF, Ghana, Old Dominion
Brian Billings, GK, Minn., Bradley University
Patrick Donyen, F/MF, Minn., Dayton
Michael Gandier, MF/F, Minn., Furman
Adam Glanzer, MF, S.D., Butler University
Ethan Harlow, D, Vermont, Boston University
J.J. Olson, Lakeville, St. Martin’s Wash.
Adekunle Oluyedun, F, Ind., Butler University
Karim Peterson, Darbaki, Northern Illinois
Joey Tennyson, MF, Wisconsin, Wisconsin

Brian Quarstad

My name is Brian I have always had a love of soccer since I was 19 and had the fortune to both play and coach in the beautiful game. I live in Minnesota so my main interest lies in the MLS as well as some of the local leagues, though I no longer contribute to this site.. you can still find some of previous posts here

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