Quote from: Newenglander on July 01, 2025, 10:07:55 AMNot sure if Viking is around but was anxiously awaiting the list of NESCAC incomings for 2025!

I'm around. Sorta. I'm semi-retired from Messageboardville. I check in occasionally but I haven't been able to monitor recruits as actively as in previous years. By now, most if not all NESCAC programs have posted their recruits on their official Instagram pages. It's hard to wait, but that's far more reliable than the undercooked, premature lists I used to post! Wishing a stress-free, injury-free season to all players, coaches, parents, fans, administrators, and officials, past and present.

Quote from: northman on June 05, 2024, 01:36:58 PMNote that Liam Rorke has apparently committed to both Bates and Bowdoin...

Eek! My error, no one else's. Sorry. He's a Bates recruit; I will remove from the Bowdoin listing.

Rorke has had a pan-New England journey. He was a Conn commit at one point after his Tabor career, but then took a PG year at Phillips Academy Andover (a decision that was documented last summer in a New England Soccer Journal story, see link below) before committing to Bates.

https://www.nesoccerjournal.com/nepsac-boys-why-a-postgrad-year-at-phillips-andover-is-right-for-liam-rorke/

With June here and the list of 2024 reported recruits and transfers on the previous page getting cluttered with all the red-coded edits since late March, I'm posting an updated list.

Thanks to teams sharing official posts welcoming new recruits and transfers, it's significantly more accurate than earlier versions, but that doesn't mean it should be trusted any more than you'd trust any compilation that's based primarily on news media reports, internet listings, and social media posts. And that's not the only factor that should make folks cautious about trusting this type of compilation. Here's another: A staple of Division III athletics culture is the incoming student who exists in the gray zone between "officially acknowledged recruit with a (semi-)guaranteed roster spot" and "walk-on." Many of them are likely to make 2024 rosters. As we should expect, some of those students are on this list, some aren't.

Updates since this morning in red.

Please share additions and corrections!


REPORTED INCOMING NESCAC CLASS OF 2024 RECRUITS AND TRANSFERS

Amherst
Michael Cherico, F, Pateadores SC/Mater Dei HS, CA
Samuel Davis, D/M, Met Oval A/Bronx HS of Science, NY
Jacob Dinzeo, M, St. Croix SC/Hill-Murray S, MN
Enoch Duodu, M, Taft S, Ghana/CT
Jacob Lahlou, F/D, Colorado Rapids/Kent Denver S, CO
Obed Opoku, F/M, Cedar Stars A/Salisbury S, Ghana/NJ/CT
Trey Sheppard, G, Ohio Premier SC/Olentangy Berlin HS, OH

Bates
Luca Balzano, G, Palm Beach United FC/Benjamin S, FL
Benjamin Bogyo, F, Juventus A Silicon Valley/Woodside HS, CA
Julian Gravereaux, D, New England Surf SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Andrew Jean Baptiste, F, Choate Rosemary Hall, NJ/CT
Geoge Nassar, G, New England Surf SC/Newton North HS, MA
Zachary Perron, M, Lehigh Valley United (PA)/Hunterdon Central Regional HS, NJ
Kyriakos Psaromatis, M, NEFC/Worcester A, DC/MA
Liam Rorke, M, Phillips A Andover, NH/MA
Hewitt Stevenson, M, Silicon Valley SA/Menlo-Atherton HS, CA

Bowdoin
Arthur Dos Santos, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Masai Gordon, D, Bethesda SC/Landon S, MD
Andrew Markham, M, Lamorinda SC/Berkeley HS, CA
Liam Myers, D, Chicago FC United/New Trier HS, IL
Alexander Nicholas, M, Bethesda SC/St. John's College HS, MD
Jonathan Perez, G, Hopkins S, CT
Adam Prince, M, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA

Colby
Drew Kogelmann, M, Eagle FC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Kogelmann, M/D, Eagle FC/State College Area HS, PA
Zane Matraji, M, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Jasper Paez, D/M, transfer from Siena C (Division I)
Alec Pentikis, F, Cedar Stars A/Woodstock A, NJ/CT
Theo Scott, D, Colorado Rapids YSC/East HS, CO
Ryan Szczepkowski, D, HEX FC/Germantown A, PA
C.J. Supan, M/D, Pipeline SC/John Carroll S, MD
Andy Uku, M, Future SA (NJ)/Collegiate S, NY
Stefan Verbeek, M, Eagle FC/Hershey HS, PA
Jason Wallack, F/M, transfer from Monmouth U (Division I)
Elijah Weston-Capulong, M, transfer from Tufts U (not NCAA roster) after Eture FC gap year (Spain), NY

Conn
Dylan Hoke, D, Beachside SC/Staples HS, CT
Caleb Huang, F, Boston Bolts SC/Hopkinton HS, MA (not on published 2024 roster)
Henry Lester, F/M, Seacoast United SC/Northfield Mount Hermon S, ME/MA
Marco Perugini, M, transfer from Union C (Division III)
Charlie Riegel, D, Suffield A, CT
Thomas Rooney, D, Boston Bolts SC/Newton North HS, MA
Owen Walsh, M, United FA/St. Pius X Catholic HS, GA

Hamilton
Daniel Becker, M/F, North Shore Country Day S, IL
Royce Carol, D/M, Charlotte SA/Woodlawn S, NC
Ignacio Hahn, F/M, White Plains A (NY)/Woodstock A, CT
Michael Hehir, D/M, IMG A, HI/FL
Zander Laidlaw, M, Seacoast United SC/Needham HS, MA
Troy Miller, Oakwood SC/RHAM HS, CT
Zach Tracy, M, Seacoast United SC/Hanover HS, VT
Jonah Zaas, D, New England Surf SC/Middlesex S, NC/MA

Middlebury
Eduardo Artacho, F, Manhattan SC/Browning S, NY (not on published 2024 roster)
Leon Brody, G, Black Rock FC/Northwood S, Canada/NY
Eduardo Casanova, M, transfer from Colby C (Division III)
Antonio Cosentino, D, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Samuel Dolan, D, Manhattan SC/Collegiate S, NY
JT Federman, D, LA Surf SC/Harvard-Westlake S, CA
Anderson Gardner, F, Spire FC/University S, OH
Keagan Harder, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Charles Johnson, D, Boston Bolts SC/Rivers S, MA
Quinn Pappendick, M, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Tiger Xie, G, Power FC/Upper Canada C, China/Canada ('27)

Trinity
Graham Buchanan, D, STA/Taft S, NJ/CT
Chris Connelly, F, Hingham HS, MA
Michael Desmond, D, transfer from Franklin & Marshall C (Division III)
Sam Duncanson, D, transfer from Le Moyne C (Division II→I)
Sebastian Miller, M, New England Surf SC/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Nadeem Rizk, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Felix Schmidt, G, transfer from NJIT (Division III)
Wangchen Sherpa, M, Cedar Stars A/Little Red S House & Elisabeth Irwin HS, NY
Collin Spiro, D, Masconomet Regional HS, MA
Ian Spiro, M, transfer from St. John's U (Division I)
Dieder Wagner, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Exeter, NH
Charlie Young, M/F, Choate Rosemary Hall, IL/CT

Tufts
Addison Bergin, D, AC Connecticut/Woodstock A, CT
Griffin Bone, D, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Ellis Denby, M, Phillips A Andover, MA
Zach Garber, D, Cedar Stars A (NJ)/Jericho HS, NY
Chris Glenney, D, Pennsylvania Classics AC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Nicholas, M/F, Santa Monica Surf SC/Crossroads S, CA
Ryan Rizvi, D, Downtown United SC/Packer Collegiate I, NJ/NY
Thomas Yanez, M, PDA/Pingry S, NJ

Wesleyan
Sam Adiutori, G, RNY FC, NY
Gabriel Gonzales Davidian, D, Met Oval A/BASIS Independent Manhattan, NY
Patrick Gallagher, M, Taft S, England/CT
Alexander Hayward, G, Marin FC/Marin A, CA
Nolan Jacobi, M, Connecticut Rush/Taft S, CT
Joseph Kwon, M, Lonestar SC/Bowie HS, TX
John Senn-McNally, D, Intercontinental FA of New England/Northfield Mount Hermon S, MA
Calder Truesdale, F, Greenwich Country Day S, CT
Davis Wilmot, M, RNY FC, NY

Williams
Alex Bethencourt Bohoyo, F, LA Surf SC/Mira Costa HS, CA
Benjamin Brown, D/F, Hotchkiss S, NY/CT
Chase Caires, D, Seacoast United SC/Chelmsford HS, MA
Ali Coleman, F, NEFC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Kai Darrell, G, Deerfield A, NY/MA
Lorcan Mitchell, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Loomis Chaffee S, MA
Luda Ruta, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/Horace Mann S, NY


REPORTED OUTGOING TRANSFERS FOR 2024

Colby
Eduardo Casanova, F, transfer to Middlebury C (Division III)
Myles Culley, M, transfer to Davidson C (Division I)

Oops. Welp, I clearly haven't mastered this new board's interface yet. Rather than posting an updated list of reported 2024 NESCAC recruits, I tried to edit the previously posted list above, and ... yikes. So I'm doing what I was trying to avoid and reposting the long list with additions highlighted. Sorry.

The warnings: This list is incomplete and semi-reliable. Information is from the usual public sources, including websites and social media posts shared by clubs, schools, college soccer news outlets, and individuals, and thus should be taken about as seriously as you'd take anything reported there. Reported player positions are especially unreliable; don't trust that a lick. This list will change a lot in the weeks to come as people share additions, new reports emerge, recruits get announced, mistakes get corrected, and the usual embarrassing miscommunications and premature announcements shake out.

Additions since the last version in late February are in red.

REPORTED INCOMING NESCAC CLASS OF 2024 RECRUITS AND TRANSFERS

Amherst
Michael Cherico, F, Pateadores SC/Mater Dei HS, CA
Samuel Davis, D/M, Met Oval A/Bronx HS of Science, NY
Jacob Dinzeo, M, St. Croix SC/Hill-Murray S, MN
Enoch Duodu, M, Taft S, Ghana/CT
Jacob Lahlou, F/D, Colorado Rapids/Kent Denver S, CO
Obed Opoku, F/M, Cedar Stars A/Salisbury S, Ghana/NJ/CT
Trey Sheppard, G, Ohio Premier SC/Olentangy Berlin HS, OH

Bates
Luca Balzano, G, Palm Beach United FC/Benjamin S, FL
Julian Gravereaux, D, New England Surf SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Andrew Jean Baptiste, F, Choate Rosemary Hall, NJ/CT
Geoge Nassar, G, New England Surf SC/Newton North HS, MA
Zachary Perron, M, Lehigh Valley United (PA)/Hunterdon Central Regional HS, NJ
Kyriakos Psaromatis, M, NEFC/Worcester A, DC/MA
Liam Rorke, M, Phillips A Andover, NH/MA
Hewitt Stevenson, M, Silicon Valley SA/Menlo-Atherton HS, CA

Bowdoin
Arthur Dos Santos, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Andrew Markham, M, Lamorinda SC/Berkeley HS, CA
Liam Myers, D, Chicago FC United/New Trier HS, IL
Alexander Nicholas, F/M, Bethesda SC/St. John's College HS, MD
Jonathan Perez, G, Hopkins S, CT
Adam Prince, M, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Liam Rorke, F, Phillips A Andover, NH/MA

Colby
Drew Kogelmann, M, Eagle FC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Kogelmann, M/D, Eagle FC/State College Area HS, PA
Zane Matraji, M, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Jasper Paez, D/M, transfer from Siena C (Division I)
Alec Pentikis, F, Cedar Stars A/Woodstock A, NJ/CT
Theo Scott, D, Colorado Rapids YSC/East HS, CO
Ryan Szczepkowski, D, HEX FC/Germantown A, PA
C.J. Supan, M/D, Pipeline SC/John Carroll S, MD
Andy Uku, M, Future SA (NJ)/Collegiate S, NY
Stefan Verbeek, M, Eagle FC/Hershey HS, PA
Jason Wallack, F/M, transfer from Monmouth U (Division I)
Elijah Weston-Capulong, M, transfer from TuftsU (not NCAA roster) after Eture FC gap year (Spain), NY

Conn
Dylan Hoke, D, Beachside SC/Staples HS, CT
Caleb Huang, F, Boston Bolts SC/Hopkinton HS, MA
Henry Lester, F/M, Seacoast United SC/Northfield Mount Hermon S, ME/MA
Marco Perugini, M, transfer from Union C (Division III)
Charlie Riegel, D, Suffield A, CT
Thomas Rooney, D, Boston Bolts SC/Newton North HS, MA
Owen Walsh, M, United FA/St. Pius X Catholic HS, GA

Hamilton
Daniel Becker, M/F, North Shore Country Day S, IL
Royce Carol, D/M, Charlotte SA/Woodlawn S, NC
Ignacio Hahn, F/M, White Plains A/Woodstock A, CT
Michael Hehir, D/M, IMG A, HI/FL
Zander Laidlaw, M, Seacoast United SC/Needham HS, MA
Troy Miller, Oakwood SC/RHAM HS, CT
Zach Tracy, M, Seacoast United SC/Hanover HS, VT
Jonah Zaas, D, New England Surf SC/Middlesex S, NC/MA

Middlebury
Eduardo Artacho, F, Manhattan SC/Browning S, NY
Leon Brody, G, Black Rock FC/Northwood S, Canada/NY
Eduardo Casanova, F, transfer from Colby C (Division III)
Antonio Cosentino, D, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Samuel Dolan, D, Manhattan SC/Collegiate S, NY
JT Federman, D, LA Surf SC/Harvard-Westlake S, CA
Anderson Gardner, F, Spire FC/University S, OH
Keagan Harder, M, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Charles Johnson, D, Boston Bolts SC/Rivers S, MA
Quinn Pappendick, M, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Tiger Xie, G, Power FC/Upper Canada C, China/Canada (Feb?)

Trinity
Graham Buchanan, D, STA/Taft S, NJ/CT
Chris Connelly, F, Hingham HS, MA
Sam Duncanson, D, transfer from Le Moyne C (Division II→I)
Sebastian Miller, M, New England Surf SC/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Nadeem Rizk, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Felix Schmidt, G, transfer from NJIT (Division III)
Wangchen Sherpa, M, Cedar Stars A/Little Red S House & Elisabeth Irwin HS, NY
Collin Spiro, D, Masconomet Regional HS, MA
Dieder Wagner, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Exeter, NH
Charlie Young, M/F, Choate Rosemary Hall, IL/CT

Tufts
Addison Bergin, D, AC Connecticut/Woodstock A, CT
Griffin Bone, D, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Ellis Denby, M, Phillips A Andover, MA
Zach Garber, D, Cedar Stars A (NJ)/Jericho HS, NY
Chris Glenney, D, Pennsylvania Classics AC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Nicholas, M/F, Santa Monica Surf SC/Crossroads S, CA
Ryan Rizvi, D, Downtown United SC/Packer Collegiate I, NJ/NY
Thomas Yanez, M, PDA/Pingry S, NJ

Wesleyan
Sam Adiutori, G, RNY FC, NY
Gabriel Gonzales Davidian, D, Met Oval A/BASIS Independent Manhattan, NY
Patrick Gallagher, M, Taft S, England/CT
Alexander Hayward, G, Marin FC/Marin A, CA
Nolan Jacobi, M, Connecticut Rush/Taft S, CT
Joseph Kwon, M, Lonestar SC/Bowie HS, TX
John Senn-McNally, D, Intercontinental FA of New England/Northfield Mount Hermon S, MA
Calder Truesdale, F, Greenwich Country Day S, CT
Davis Wilmot, M, RNY FC, NY

Williams
Alex Bethencourt Bohoyo, F, LA Surf SC/Mira Costa HS, CA
Benjamin Brown, D/F, Hotchkiss S, NY/CT
Chase Caires, D, Seacoast United SC/Chelmsford HS, MA
Ali Coleman, F, NEFC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Kai Darrell, G, Deerfield A, NY/MA
Lorcan Mitchell, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Loomis Chaffee S, MA
Luda Ruta, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/Horace Mann S, NY


REPORTED OUTGOING TRANSFERS FOR 2024

Colby
Eduardo Casanova, F, transfer to Middlebury C (Division III)
Myles Culley, M, transfer to Davidson C (Division I)

Nice to have you back, d3boards. Thanks to the folks behind the scenes for all the hard work to get the boards up again. Shout out to SimpleCoach as well, who offered an alternative at d3soccer.fans while this board was down (one of the many ways he contributes to the D3 soccer community).

Here is the annual half-baked, incomplete, semi-reliable compilation of reported NESCAC Class of commitments to date. All the usual warnings apply. Information is from the usual public sources, including websites and social media posts shared by clubs, schools, college soccer news outlets, and individuals, and thus should be taken about as seriously as you'd take anything reported there. The info that's dodgiest by far is player positions; I wouldn't trust that a lick. This list will change a lot in the months to come as people share additions, new reports emerge, recruits get announced, mistakes get corrected, and the usual embarrassing miscommunications and premature announcements shake out.

Updated March 28. Additions since I last edited this list are in red.

REPORTED INCOMING NESCAC CLASS OF 2024 RECRUITS AND TRANSFERS

Amherst
Michael Cherico, F, Pateadores SC/Mater Dei HS, CA
Samuel Davis, D/M, Met Oval A/Bronx HS of Science, NY
Enoch Duodu, M, Taft S, Ghana/CT
Jacob Lahlou, F, Colorado Rapids/Kent Denver S, CO
Trey Sheppard, G, Ohio Premier SC/Olentangy Berlin HS, OH

Bates
Luca Balzano, G, Palm Beach United FC/Benjamin S, FL
Julian Gravereaux, D, New England Surf SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Geoge Nassar, G, New England Surf SC/Newton North HS, MA
Zachary Perron, M, Lehigh Valley United/Hunterdon Central Regional HS, NJ

Liam Rorke, F, Phillips A Andover, NH/MA

Bowdoin
Arthur Dos Santos, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Liam Myers, D, Chicago FC United/New Trier HS, IL
Alexander Nicholas, F/M, Bethesda SC/St. John's College HS, MD
Jonathan Perez, G, Hopkins S, CT
Adam Prince, M, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Kyriakos Psaromatis, M/F, NEFC/Worcester A, DC/MA
Liam Rorke, F, Phillips A Andover, NH/MA

Colby
Drew Kogelmann, M, Celtic SC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Kogelmann, D/M, Celtic SC/State College Area HS, PA
Zane Matraji, M, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Andover, MA
Alec Pentikis, F/M, Woodstock A, NJ/CT
Theo Scott, D, Colorado Rapids YSC/East HS, CO
Stefan Verbeek, M, Eagle FC/Hershey HS, PA

Conn
Dylan Hoke, D/M, Beachside SC/Staples HS, CT
Caleb Huang, F, Boston Bolts SC/Hopkinton HS, MA
Henry Lester, F, Seacoast United SC/Northfield Mount Hermon S, ME/MA
Charlie Riegel, M/D, Suffield A, CT
Thomas Rooney, D, Boston Bolts SC/Newton North HS, MA
Owen Walsh, M, United FA/St. Pius X Catholic HS, GA

Hamilton
Daniel Becker, M/F, North Shore Country Day S, IL
Ignacio Hahn, F/M, White Plains A/Woodstock A, CT
Michael Hehir, D/M, IMG A, HI/FL
Zander Laidlaw, M, Seacoast United SC/Needham HS, MA
Jonah Zaas, D, New England Surf SC/Middlesex S, NC/MA

Middlebury
Leon Brody, G, Black Rock FC/Northwood S, Canada/NY
Antonio Cosentino, D, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Samuel Dolan, D, Manhattan SC/Collegiate S, NY
JT Federman, D, LA Surf SC/Harvard-Westlake S, CA
Anderson Gardner, F, Spire FC/University S, OH
Keagan Harder, M, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Charles Johnson, D, Boston Bolts SC/Rivers S, MA
Quinn Pappendick, M, Boston Bolts SC/Noble and Greenough S, MA

Trinity
Graham Buchanan, D, STA/Taft S, NJ/CT
Chris Connelly, F, Hingham HS, MA
Sam Duncanson, D, transfer from Le Moyne C (Division II→I)
Sebastian Miller, M, New England Surf SC/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Nadeem Rizk, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Bridgton A, MA/ME
Felix Schmidt, G, transfer from NJIT (Division III)
Wangchen Sherpa, M, Cedar Stars A/Little Red S House & Elisabeth Irwin HS, NY
Dieder Wagner, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips A Exeter, NH
Charlie Young, M/F, Choate Rosemary Hall, IL/CT

Tufts
Addison Bergin, D, AC Connecticut/Woodstock A, CT
Griffin Bone, D, Intercontinental FA of New England/Rivers S, MA
Ellis Denby, M, Phillips A Andover, MA
Chris Glenney, D, Pennsylvania Classics AC/State College Area HS, PA
Will Nicholas, M/F, Santa Monica Surf SC/Crossroads S, CA
Thomas Yanez, M, PDA/Pingry S, NJ

Wesleyan
Sam Adiutori, G, RNY FC, NY
Gabriel Gonzales Davidian, D, Met Oval A/BASIS Independent Manhattan, NY
Patrick Gallagher, M, Taft S, England/CT
Nolan Jacobi, M, Taft S, CT
Joseph Kwon, M, Lonestar SC/Bowie HS, TX
John Senn-McNally, D, Boston Bolts SC/Northfield Mount Hermon S, MA
Davis Wilmot, M, RNY FC, NY

Williams
Alex Bethencourt Bohoyo, F, LA Surf SC/Mira Costa HS, CA
Benjamin Brown, D/F, Hotchkiss S, NY/CT
Chase Caires, D, Seacoast United SC/Chelmsford HS, MA
Ali Coleman, F, NEFC/Noble and Greenough S, MA
Kai Darrell, G, Deerfield A, NY/MA
Lorcan Mitchell, F, Intercontinental FA of New England/Loomis Chaffee S, MA
Luda Ruta, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/Horace Mann S, NY


REPORTED OUTGOING TRANSFERS FOR 2024

Colby
Myles Culley, M, transfer to Davidson College (Division I)

Sending a digital flying shoulder bump to everyone in the extended Trinity College men's soccer family. I can't even pretend to understand the weight that must have been building on players, alumni, parents, coaching staff, athletics staff, and beyond as the streak lengthened. What a release. Love it.

To deflect some of this roster turnover discussion away from Williams and support the point that year-to-year retention glitches are pretty common, it's worth noting that Williams probably isn't even the conference leader in 2022 to 2023 non-retention. By my (clumsy and semi-reliable) count, Wesleyan's 2023 roster is missing at least eight players who were on the 2022 roster despite being first-years, sophomores, or juniors last season, including at least three guys who started a good number of games in 2022: Oliver Clarke, Max Hofsetter, and Noah Hartzfeld. Wesleyan only has two seniors on their roster this year -- that's less than half of last year's junior class returning as seniors.

It's also unwise to assume why players with remaining NCAA eligibility don't return.

Quote from: EnmoreCat on September 08, 2023, 09:33:03 PM

Quote from: Viking on September 07, 2023, 01:00:08 PM

Quote from: EnmoreCat on September 06, 2023, 10:16:32 PMFreshmen classes are the lifeblood of all programmes and it appears Coach and his staff have done some excellent work.

Saw that the average height of the AC freshman class was a mere 1.9 m and felt like Earth's magnetic poles had been reversed. #FragileSensibilitiesTest

I made it 186.74 Viking, but am nervous my maths could be out.

I must've left out Nuhu!

Quote from: EnmoreCat on September 06, 2023, 10:16:32 PMFreshmen classes are the lifeblood of all programmes and it appears Coach and his staff have done some excellent work.

Saw that the average height of the AC freshman class was a mere 1.9 m and felt like Earth's magnetic poles had been reversed. #FragileSensibilitiesTest

Quote from: Viking on September 05, 2023, 09:50:28 AM
Wishing a happy Annoyingly Late NESCAC Opening Day to all those who celebrate. Patientia Vincit.

Now that all but one of the conference programs have released their 2023 rosters (looking at you, Colby), we can finally see which unconfirmed reports of newcomers are real. As usual, there are also a few names that may not have been reported here, I think, including Bernhardt at Bates, Elias at Bowdoin, Gonya at Amherst, Hauck at Hamilton, among others. Congrats especially to all walk-ons. So glad to see that walking on is still a possibility at some programs.

The bigger news, perhaps: absences on 2023 rosters. A few outgoing transfers had already been reported, such as 2022 starters Franco (from Colby to D1 Northeastern) and Lauta (from Tufts to D1 New Hampshire). What was only rumored before but now appears to be real is the retention hiccup at Williams, where at least six players who appeared in games as frosh, sophs, or juniors during the Ephs' NCAA runner-up season in 2022 are no longer listed, including two 2022 starters, Morriello and Rayhill. At Amherst, 2022 sophs and juniors Curtis, Fouché, and Raymond aren't on the 2023 roster. Hoping that none of the absences above are injury-related.

Colby's 2023 roster is up now.

I should have included Trinity and Wesleyan among the programs that seem to have notable non-retention, especially the latter. At least eight Wes guys who played in 2022 as non-seniors don't seem to be on the 2023 roster, including some who started a good number of games (e.g. Clarke, Hartzfeld, Hofstetter).

I also should have mentioned that the release of 2023 rosters means that we can finally see which high school class of 2019 players are returning to play this fall as super-seniors or grad students. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm seeing:

BOWDOIN: Braver, Juantorena, Selig
COLBY: Franklin, A. O'Brien
HAMILTON: Meyerowitz, Travers
TRINITY: Moran
TUFTS: Visnick, Shin, Traynor

Some big names in there, including at least one all-conference player.

Wishing a happy Annoyingly Late NESCAC Opening Day to all those who celebrate. Patientia Vincit.

Now that all but one of the conference programs have released their 2023 rosters (looking at you, Colby), we can finally see which unconfirmed reports of newcomers are real. As usual, there are also a few names that may not have been reported here, I think, including Bernhardt at Bates, Elias at Bowdoin, Gonya at Amherst, Hauck at Hamilton, among others. Congrats especially to all walk-ons. So glad to see that walking on is still a possibility at some programs.

The bigger news, perhaps: absences on 2023 rosters. A few outgoing transfers had already been reported, such as 2022 starters Franco (from Colby to D1 Northeastern) and Lauta (from Tufts to D1 New Hampshire). What was only rumored before but now appears to be real is the retention hiccup at Williams, where at least six players who appeared in games as frosh, sophs, or juniors during the Ephs' NCAA runner-up season in 2022 are no longer listed, including two 2022 starters, Morriello and Rayhill. At Amherst, 2022 sophs and juniors Curtis, Fouché, and Raymond aren't on the 2023 roster. Hoping that none of the absences above are injury-related.

Quote from: Newenglander on July 06, 2023, 12:28:58 PM
New England Soccer Journal has a column out with a summary of the NESCAC signings for 2023 - (minus Trinity). I may be wrong but the way the individual team summaries are written it appears to have had coaches input.

Yep, it does suggest cooperation from some staffs. Seeing position projections is useful. Two names jumped out from that story as being previously unreported: Wesleyan's two 2023 forwards from NW DC, Niall Fergus and Aidan Fine.

Given that summer's here and most of the programs that announce recruits via social media have done so, maybe it's time for the final (?) update of reported incoming Class of '27 NESCAC recruits. I can't stress the word "reported" enough. Even though this stuff gets a bit more accurate with each month, I still would consider this info to be as unreliable as anything you see out there on social or at recruiting aggregation sites. There will be plenty of new names that aren't on this list that end up on final rosters, and there will be plenty of names that are on this list that won't be on final rosters.

New names added since the last update are in red.

Every year, there are a few names that, despite not being included on a school's official announcement of recruits, are reported elsewhere as being recruits at that school. Sometimes these names turn out to be recruits in the next annual cohort (maybe they're taking a PG year at a boarding school, doing a gap year, they're spring admits, or some such). Sometimes they're "preferred walk-ons" who have a good shot at making the roster but can't be guaranteed a spot. And sometimes the reports are just plain wrong. Regardless, those names are in italics and marked with a green "(?)." Best to be even more wary of those.

FWIW, I haven't seen any reports of the outgoing Williams transfers described by some posters above.

INCOMING

Amherst
Lucas Liu, F, San Juan SC/Davis HS - CA
Mohammed Nuhu, M/F, Black Rock FC/Hotchkiss S - Ghana/NY/CT
Chialuka Ohadike, F, Cedar Stars A/Saint Peter's Prep - NJ
Riley Priddy, D, Shattuck-St. Mary's - NY/MN
Lucas Searl, G, Southern SA/Westminster S - GA

Bates
Beckham Alderucci, M, Connecticut FC/Newington HS - CT
Craddock Bridge, M, Unión Balompédica Conquense/Bridgton A - OH/ME/Spain
Isaiah Brown, M/F, FC Westchester/Saint Ann's S - NY
Andrew Goddard, D, Connecticut FC/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT
Noah Greiff, D, Bethesda SC/Jackson-Reed HS - DC
Trevor Hammond, G, Vardar SC/Canton HS - MI
(?) Antonio Mesa, D, FL Clan/Colegio Nueva Granada Bogotá - Colombia
Luc Parr, F/M, Beachside SC/Wooster S - CT
Oliver Schiff Stein, M, Manhattan SC/LaGuardia HS - NY
(?) Josef Alexander Voglmayr, D, DCSC/St. Anselm's Abbey S - DC

Bowdoin
Jack Banks, M, Seacoast United/Brunswick HS - ME
Kamar Burris-Khan, M, Valeo FC/Newton South HS - MA
John Delionado, F, Weston FC/Belen Jesuit HS - FL
William Fowler, M, Cedar Stars A/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Keito Ishibashi, D/M, Bethesda SC/Walter Johnson HS - MD
(?) Hayden Mann, M/F, Pateadores SC/St. Margaret's Episcopal S - CA
Alden Mehta, M, Best FC/St. Mark's S - MA
Luke Peltz, D, South Kent S - NY/CT

Colby
Joseph Beshel, M, New England Surf/Belmont Hill S - MA
Lleyton Bristow, F, Shattuck-St. Mary's S - MN
Gus Confalone, G, SYC/St. John's College HS - DC
Myles Culley, M, Seacoast United SC/Waynflete S - ME
Drew Davis, M, Lower Merion SC/Lower Merion HS - PA
Nick Donnelly, D, RNY FC - NY
Andrew Kirwan, D, Penn Fusion SA/Haverford S - PA
Colin León, M, Lower Merion SC/Germantown A - PA
Luke Pentikis, M, South Kent S - NJ/CT
Jacob Sams, D, Tampa Bay United SC/Berkeley Preparatory S - FL
Charles Scott, D, Colorado Rapids YSC/East HS - CO

Conn
Charlie Emery, D, Bethesda SC/Gonzaga College HS - DC
Max Haberman, M, Albion SC/Francis Parker S - CA
Kevin Hwong, D, De Anza Force - CA
Nicholas Kempe, G, Pennington S - NJ
Charlie Miles, D, New York SC - NY
Gavin Mpiana, F, Penn Fusion SA/Hill S - South Africa/PA
Anish Reid, D, AC Connecticut/Hotchkiss S - CT
(?) Liam Rorke, M, Steel United/Tabor A - NH
Casey Shea, G, TSF/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Noah Sides, M, New York SC - NY
Max Weiss, M, transfer from U Mass-Amherst (D1) - CT

Hamilton
Patrick Ferrare, M, Parsippany SC/Montville HS - NJ
(?) Gaetano Fornino, M, transfer from Ithaca C (D3) - NY
Adam Molusis, D/M, Connecticut FC/Glastonbury HS - CT
Silas Rella-Neill, M, Berkshire Ajax FC (MA)/Mount Anthony Union HS - VT
Peter Montesano Scheibe, G, FC Stars/Lawrence A - MA
(?) Albert Van Ness, D, Westchester Flames/Bronxville HS - NY
Finn Wheeler, G, Invictus FC/Christian Brothers A Syracuse - NY

Middlebury
Owen Davis, D, Albion SC/La Jolla HS - CA
Colin Dugan, F, FSA FC/Avon Old Farms S - CT
Jay Hoke, M, RNY FC/Manlius Pebble Hill HS - NY
Hugo Horwitz, D, TSF/Academy Glen Rock HS - NJ
Ari Klayman, D, PDA/Staten Island Technical HS - NY
Harper Nicholl, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/UN International S - NY
Malik Samms, M/F, Oakwood SC/Brunswick S - CT
Will Sawin, M, South Kent S - CT

Trinity
Shane Ivey, F, Cedar Stars A/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Jack Murphy, M, Alexandria SA/St. Stephen's and St. Agnes S - VA
Owen Myers, D, Noble & Greenough S - MA
Sam Singer, American S in London - UK

Tufts
Nikola Antic, G, transfer from Northeastern U (D1) - MA
Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das, M, SYC/Washington International S - DC
Ben Brown, M, Boston Bolts/Concord-Carlisle HS - MA
Demis Calkap, M, PDA/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Xavier Canfin, F, FC Westchester - NY
Sandy Duggal, F/M, Shattuck-St. Mary's S - Singapore/MN
(?) Brendan French, Nashville SCA/Lausanne Collegiate S - TN
Ethan Jett, D, Rise SC/Kinkaid S - TX
Zackary Salfi, F, Real Colorado/East HS - CO
Zach Ubamadu, G, Chattanooga Red Wolves/Baylor HS - TN

Wesleyan
Anthony Avallone, F, Boreale Don Orione/St. Stephen's S Rome - Italy
(?) Oscar Cassidy, M/F, LA Surf SC/South Pasadena HS - CA
Dylan Clack, M, CT Rush/Choate Rosemary Hall - Canada/CT
Zach Feldman, D, STA/Livingston HS - NJ
Joshwin Jennings, M, TSF/Delbarton S - NJ
Aiden Londergan, M, Sockers FC/Barrington HS - IL
Ollie Molz, F, LA Surf SC/Polytechnic S - CA
Yousuf Saeed, M, Rise SC/Episcopal HS - TX
Colin Tsay, D, STA/Delbarton S - NJ
Sam Wheeler, M, CT Rush/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT

Williams
Andrew Coelho, M, New England Surf/Worcester A - CT
Kellan Grace, M, Beachside SC/Weston HS - CT
Griffin Labonski, D, Beachside SC/Staples HS - CT
Leon Ma, M, PDA/Pingry S - NJ
Spencer Mix, F, FSA FC/Loomis Chafee S - CT
Atticus Ross, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips Exeter A - NH
Jeff Stauffer, F/M, Seacoast United SC - MA
Beck Walthers, D, Real SoCal/Getafe IMFA/Harvard-Westlake S - CA

REPORTED OUTGOING TRANSFERS

Bates
Max McKersie, D, to NYU (D3)

Colby
Ethan Franco, F, to Northeastern U (D1)

Tufts
Erik Lauta, G, to U New Hampshire (D1)

Quote from: ToddFather on May 02, 2023, 02:56:59 PMMost [coaches] have responded thanking him and saying the best way for them to evaluate him is to come to one of their ID camps in person. I know it's probably hard to evaluate a player purely on video...but on the flip side, it's also hard for us to assess how much of this is genuine interest vs. just "come to our camp" and we'll see. I recognize the importance of being seen live, but being on the west coast and time/cost restrictions, it's probably not feasible for us to travel to so many camps...especially ones in the northeast.

The challenges of this process when home is far from the parts of the country where D3 programs are most densely clustered are formidable. Even so, no matter how far away you are, I can't understate how important it is to go to school-specific on-campus ID camps. But it's not because they're the best way for coaches to evaluate your son. It's because they're the best way for your son to evaluate them. It's a two-way street. From personal experience, single-school, on-campus ID camps are the only reliable way to get a comprehensive read on a program -- its full staff (not just those participating in recruiting), the way training sessions are run, its philosophical or tactical priorities, its facilities from top to bottom (fields and locker room), its position in campus culture, its climate, its food, where facilities are relative to the rest of campus, prospective future teammates (many participate in the camps), even what potential future road trips are like. I'd believe the way a program presents itself in a training session more than the way it presents itself in an Instagram account, an email, or maybe even a one-on-one meeting with the assistant who's recruiting your son. And top of that, you usually get at least one insider's campus tour that can often feel more authentic than the usual admissions tour.

There's no way you can attend a lot of them, but even a couple of carefully curated ID camps can make a huge difference, and not just with soccer recruitment. For example, in a worst-case scenario, if the ID camps are totally sobering and ultimately prove that soccer isn't the pathway to a great college experience, your son will have completed a few additional real tours as part of the process that will help make comparisons and ultimately a final decision (e.g. "Yeah, those ID camps where horrible and depressing but going to a few of them helped me learn that I don't like non-urban liberal arts colleges as much as I thought I did.")

BTW all of the above is also the reason that massive, multi-day, multi-program ID camps aren't worth it IMO, especially when they're not based at a target campus. Yes, you may get seen, but all the reciprocal benefits are diluted.

Decision Day is coming soon, so here's the second-to-last update. New stuff harvested from the usual semi-reliable sources since the last update is in red. Don't assume anything here is accurate until we start seeing official announcements via social media and rosters on the web. Many NESCAC programs will start sharing the former in early May; most programs don't post the latter until just before the season starts. Look for the last update in late June.

INCOMING RECRUITS?

Amherst
Lucas Liu, F, Davis Legacy SC/Davis HS - CA
Riley Priddy, D, Shattuck-St. Mary's - MN
Lucas Searl, G, Southern SA/Westminster S - GA

Bates
Beckham Alderucci, M, Connecticut FC/Newington HS - CT
Isaiah Brown, (?), FC Westchester - NY
Andrew Goddard, D, Connecticut FC/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT
Noah Greiff, D, Bethesda SC/Jackson-Reed HS - DC
Luc Parr, (?), Beachside SC/Wooster S - CT
Oliver Schiff Stein, M, Manhattan SC/LaGuardia HS - NY
Josef Alexander Voglmayr, D, DCSC/St. Anselm's Abbey S - DC

Bowdoin
Jack Banks, M, Seacoast United/Brunswick HS - ME
Kamar Burris-Khan, M, Valeo FC/Newton South HS - MA
Johnny Delionado, F, Weston FC/Belen Jesuit HS - FL
William Fowler, M, Cedar Stars A/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Keito Ishibashi, D/M, Bethesda SC/Walter Johnson HS - MD
Hayden Mann, M/F, Pateadores SC/St. Margaret's Episcopal S - CA
Luke Peltz, D, South Kent S - NY/CT

Colby
Joseph Beshel, M, New England Surf/Belmont Hill S - MA
Lleyton Bristow, F, Shattuck-St. Mary's S - MN
Gus Confalone, G, SYC/St. John's College HS - DC
Myles Culley, M, Seacoast United SC/Waynflete S - ME
Drew Davis, M, Lower Merion SC/Lower Merion HS - PA
Nick Donnelly, D, RNY FC - NY
Andrew Kirwan, D, Penn Fusion SA/Haverford S - PA
Colin León, M, Lower Merion SC/Germantown A - PA
Luke Pentikis, M, South Kent S - NJ/CT
Jacob Sams, D, Tampa Bay United SC/Berkeley Preparatory S - FL
Charles Scott, D, Colorado Rapids YSC/East HS - CO

Conn
Charlie Emery, D, Bethesda SC/Gonzaga College HS - DC
Max Haberman, M, Albion SC/Francis Parker S - CA
Nicholas Kempe, G, Pennington S - NJ
Charlie Miles, D, New York SC - NY
Gavin Mpiana, F/M, Penn Fusion SA/Hill S - South Africa/PA
Anish Reid, D, AC Connecticut/Hotchkiss S - CT
Liam Rorke, M, Steel United/Tabor A - NH
Casey Shea, G, TSF/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Noah Sides, M, New York SC - NY
Max Weiss, M, Inter Connecticut FC/Weston HS - CT

Hamilton
Patrick Ferrare, M, Parsippany SC/Montville HS - NJ
Adam Molusis, D, Connecticut FC/Glastonbury HS - CT
Peter Montesano Scheibe, G, FC Stars/Lawrence A - MA
Albert Van Ness, D, Westchester Flames/Bronxville HS - NY
Finn Wheeler, G, Christian Brothers A Syracuse - NY

Middlebury
Owen Davis, D, Albion SC/La Jolla HS - CA
Colin Dugan, F, FSA FC/Avon Old Farms S - CT
Jay Hoke, (?), RNY FC/Manlius Pebble Hill HS - NY
Hugo Horwitz, D, TSF/Academy Glen Rock HS - NJ
Ari Klayman, D, PDA/Staten Island Technical HS - NY
Harper Nicholl, F/M, Blau Weiss Gottschee/UN International S - NY
Will Sawin, M, South Kent S - CT (a 2022.5 "Feb"?)

Trinity
Shane Ivey, F, Cedar Stars A/Columbia Secondary S - NY
Sam Singer, (?), American S in London - UK

Tufts
Bijan Akhtarzandi-Das, M, Arlington SA/Washington International S - DC
Ben Brown, M, Boston Bolts/Concord-Carlisle HS - MA
Demis Calkap, M, PDA/Northern Valley Regional HS - NJ
Xavier Canfin, M, FC Westchester - NY
Sandy Duggal, F/M, Shattuck-St. Mary's S - NY/MN
Brendan French, Nashville SCA/Lausanne Collegiate S - TN
Ethan Jett, M, Rise SC/Kinkaid S - TX
Zackary Salfi, F, Real Colorado/East HS - CO
Zach Ubamadu, G, Chattanooga Red Wolves/Baylor HS - TN

Wesleyan
Anthony Avallone, F, Circolo Canottieri Roma/St. Stephen's S Rome - Italy
Dylan Clack, M, CT Rush/Choate Rosemary Hall - Canada/CT
Zach Feldman, D, STA/Livingston HS - NJ
Joshwin Jennings, M, TSF/Delbarton S - NJ
Yousuf Saeed, M, Rise SC/Episcopal HS - TX
Colin Tsay, D, STA/Delbarton S - NJ
Sam Wheeler, M, CT Rush/Choate Rosemary Hall - CT

Williams
Andrew Coelho, M, New England Surf/Worcester A - CT
Kellan Grace, M, Beachside SC/Weston HS - CT
Griffin Labonski, D, Beachside SC/Staples HS - CT
Leon Ma, M, PDA/Pingry S - NJ
Spencer Mix, F, FSA FC/Loomis Chafee S - CT
Atticus Ross, D, Seacoast United SC/Phillips Exeter A - NH
Jeff Stauffer, F/M, Seacoast United SC - MA
Beck Walthers, D, Real SoCal/Getafe IMFA/Harvard-Westlake S - CA

OUTGOING TRANSFERS?

Bates
Max McKersie, D, to NYU (graduate, D3)

Colby
Ethan Franco, F, to Northeastern U (D1)

Tufts
Erik Lauta, G, to U New Hampshire (D1)