Saturday, February 04, 2012

Doubling Up

Harvard tailback Zach Boden won't be the only Ivy League freshman making the transition to baseball this spring. Dartmouth wide receiver Bo Patterson will also be taking to the diamond as an outfielder for the perennial Ivy League power Big Green.

Patterson was chosen last spring both to the South Carolina all-state baseball team and to the state's North-South all-star baseball team after batting well over .400 at James Island High School. For the story that goes with the Post and Courier picture, click here.

Patterson moved into the starting lineup for the Big Green in the fourth game last fall and finished with 24 catches for 301 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 12.5 yards per grab. He came on strong at the end of the season with five catches for 79 yards in Week 8 against Cornell and five more for 48 yards and a touchdown in the finale against Princeton.

For a Harvard Crimson story about Boden doubling up, click here.

In a story about Everett's Jonathan Dibiaso choosing Dartmouth after prepping next fall at Exeter, the Boston Herald quotes the record-setting quarterback:
“Their improvements as far as where they’re going as a program, I think they are taking great strides and I think they’re going to be a powerhouse in a couple of years. Coach Teevens and that staff, they’re all great, experienced coaches. They’re putting a lot of money into the football and they want to win. And that’s the main thing that means everything to me. Playing for Everett my whole life, the only thing that really mattered most was winning.”
Dibiaso is one of at least three quarterbacks with impressive credentials that have committed to Dartmouth this recruiting cycle, joining Thomas Militello and Dalyn Williams.

Curious about how recruiting works in the Ivy League? Check out this blog written by a father said his son was seriously flirted with, but ultimately spurned by Harvard, and is now headed to Yale. Dartmouth gets a mention.

This week's noise about the next recruiting class offered a sobering realization here in the world headquarters of Green Alert. When these kids arrive on campus, That Certain Hanover High Grad will be a junior. And when Dibiaso takes his first college snap, she'll be a senior. Where did the time go?

Headed to Hanover
(See editor's notes below)
QB
  • Jonathan Dibiaso, 6-1, 185, Everett, Mass.
  • Thomas Militello, 6-4, 180, Mary Institute, St. Louis
  • Dalyn Williams, 6-, 205, Lake Highlands, Texas

TB
  • Kyle Bramble, 5-11, 187, Floyd Central HS, Ind.
  • Brian Grove, 5-10, 191, King's Academy, West Palm Beach, Fla.
  • David Daines, 6-1, 202 Weber HS, Utah

WR
  • KJ Booze, 5-9, 160, Spiro HS, Okla.
  • Victor Williams, WR, 5-9, 158, Muskogee HS, Okla.

TE
  • Jonathan Moran, 6-5, 230, Loyola Blakefield HS, Baltimore
  • Jack Sheehy, 6-5, 230, St. Andrews School, Boca Raton, Fla.
  • Sam Laptad (or DE), 6-4, 215, Jenks HS, Okla.

OL/DL
  • Josh Clark, 6-5, 273 Bradenton Christian, Fla.
  • Jacob Flores, 6-4, 275, Grace Prep, Arlington, Texas
  • Cody Fulleton, 6-2, 265, O’Dea HS, Seattle
  • Brendan Johnson, 6-6, 272, Gonzaga, Washington, D.C.
  • Niko Mamula, 6-4, 275, Chartiers Valley, Pa.
  • Jerry Uwaezuok, 6-3, 250, Westbury, Houston, Texas
  • Jake Young, 6-3, 260, Avon Lake, Ohio
  • AJ Zuttah, 6-3, 290, Cheshire Academy, N.J.

LB
  • Will McNamara, 6-1, 210, St. Rita HS, Ill.

DB
  • Omete Anassi, 5-9, 154, Westlake, Houston, Texas
  • David Caldwell, 5-11 1/2, 177, Groton School (Charlotte, N.C.)
  • Paddy Clancy, 5-10 1/2, 165, St. Thomas Academy, Minn.
  • Jordan Greenwood, 6-0, 180, Lutheran High, Orange, Calif.
  • Vernon Harris, 6-0, 166, St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Frankie Hernandez, 5-10, 190, Belen Jesuit, Fla.
  • Will Konstant, 6-2, 190, Lyons Township, Ill.
  • Josh Winslow, 6-0, 180, Loomis Chaffee, Houston, Texas
(Editor's Notes: Daines was admitted two years ago but starts school in the fall after an LDS mission ... Dibiaso will prep in the fall and arrive on campus for the 2013-14 school year ... List is unofficial ... Heights and weights from Internet reports ... Positions subject to change ... Send corrections by clicking on "comments" below and yes, the form will allow you to do so anonymously.)

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