Compiled Recruit List

UPDATED 11 a.m.
Here's a list of what we know, and what has been reported, about Dartmouth's recruiting class. While the Ivies don't take part in Signing Day, expect the names of a few more recruits to become public when they hold unofficial signings alongside scholarship-bound teammates next Wednesday. (Positions for the second group in particular, are from newspaper and web reports.)

Early Decision

• JB Andreassi, 5-11, 185, DB, St. Anthony’s, Melville, N.Y.
• Brad Dornak, 6-0, 195, WR, Westlake, Austin, Texas
• Mark Dwyer, 6-4, 250, TE, Woburn, Woburn, Mass.
• Austen Fletcher, 6-2, 285, OL, St. Anthony’s, Melville, N.Y.
• Conner Kempe, 6-4, 225, QB, The Benjamin School, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
• Pat Lahey, 6-3, 285, OL, Brooks School, North Andover, Mass.
• Grant Palmer, 6-5, 250, OL, St. Charles Prep, Columbus, Ohio
• Connor Phillips, 6-4, 235, DE, Winston Churchill, Potomac, Md.
• Mike Reilly, 6-3, 195, WR, Kent Denver, Englewood, Colo.
• Foley Schmidt, 5-8, 180, K, St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights, Minn.
• Alex Shulman, 6-2, 205, TE, Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass.
• Zach Wodka, 6-3, 265, OL, Buffalo Grove, Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Reported In the Media

• Shawn Abuhoff, 5-10, 166, DB/WR, Dade Christian, Miami, Fla.
• Andy Altman, 6-2, 275, OL, La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla, Calif.
• Joey Casey, 5-11, 171, DB, Noblesville, Ind.
• Anthony DiBlasi, 6-1, 175, DB, Belen Jesuit, Miami, Fla.
• Diego Fernandez-Soto, 5-11, 190, TE/LB, Belen Jesuit, Miami, Fla.
• Brock Middleton, 6-5, 260, OL, Brophy Prep, Phoenix, Ariz.
• Brendan Murray, 6-0, 180, DB, Notre Dame, Niles, Ill.
  
• Nick Schwieger, 5-11, 195, TB, Bishop Feehan, Attleboro, Mass.
• Eddie Smith, 6-4, 265, OL/DE, Christian Academy, Louisville

I've heard from readers about several others, but can't confirm them yet because college coaches aren't allowed to comment on spring recruits. While high school coaches and families are allowed to speak publicly (check out the next story) I'm holding off listing any names that I don't read in the media.

The Union Leader takes an early look at some of the names that have popped up in the UNH recruiting class.

The Providence Journal has a story about Brown grad Zak DeOssie, who will be longsnapping for the New York Giants Sunday against the team for which he served as a ballboy when he was younger. From the story:

GLENDALE, Ariz. — When Zak DeOssie was selected in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Brown University, it wasn’t just a new beginning with a new team, it was the continuation of a family legacy.

USA Today writes about the Giants having three Ivy Leaguers on their roster: DeOssie, Cornell's Kevin Boothe and Penn's Jim Finn, who is on injured reserve. From the story:

... (T)he Giants are the first Super Bowl team with three Ivy League players on their roster. Fifteen Ivy Leaguers were on NFL teams this season.

DeOssie told the writer:

"We have a certain connection coming from the Ivy League, small schools. I like to think we're the epitome of student athletes. I'm not downgrading any other university. I'm just saying non-scholarship, true college athletes."

And finally, a quote that I saw on the wall of the gym when I took that certain Hanover 8th grader to his basketball game the other afternoon. It's not a sports quote, but it got me thinking and I thought I'd share it. The quote is from William Hazlitt (1778-1830). I must have seen this before, but I didn't remember it:

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.