Trinity Pawling & Tappan Zee Star Letizia Selects Statesmen

I hope you and yours enjoyed a happy and healthy Memorial Day Weekend. I was tied up on the home and work front for a bit, so thanks to Sean McGlynn '01 for sending along this recruiting news.

Last week, Trinity Pawling School (Pawling, NY) released their 2014 football student athlete college selections. Of the 11 players on the team with plans to pursue athletics in college, PG RB/WR Joseph Letizia selected Hobart College. A link to the release can be found here.

Letizia will be at the least the third Statesmen with TPS ties on the team this fall. (Rising) SO LB Zach Thorton and SO OL Matthew Mancuso are also TPS alumni.

Letizia also played SS at TPS, but my guess is the coaching staff have him teed up to remain a RB. The Statesmen's roster currently has five RBs listed, which isn't a lot, especially considering Hobart's "I" style of offense.

Letizia originally hails from Rockland County, having starred in football at Tappan Zee.

Starred may be an understatement as Letizia racked up an incredible 4,234 yards, 56 touchdowns, and 367 points over his four year career, earning Player of the Year, All County and other awards.

Please see this article from the "Varsity Insider Sports Blog" for more information on Letizia's accomplishments.

Please join me in welcoming Joseph to the Hobart family. Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!

Statesmen Name Captains for 2014 Season

Hobart College Head Football Coach Mike Cragg announced that six rising SR Statesmen have been elected Captains for the 2014 season.

In the announcement he noted how this group of SRs has lost only ONE regular season game in the three prior seasons. Hobart also comes into 2014 as the three-peat defending Liberty League Champions.

The Co-Captains are listed below:

TE Mike Berkowitz - led Hobart with six receiving TDs
QB Patrick Conlan - started all 11 games at QB
OL Ali Marpet - All-American candidate and anchor of the OL
OLB Matt McGriff - vocal leader, 16 tackles and a pass break up
ILB Jake Price - contributed 48 tackles, good for fifth on the team
WR Troy Robinson - team high 366 receiving yards and four TDs

Please join me in congratulating these team leaders. It looks like the Statesmen are in good hands for 2014.

Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!

Woodgrove's Hoffer Coming to Hobart

Owen Gotimer of the Loudoun Sports News team reports that Woodgrove SR OLB Will Hoffer (Purceville, VA) will suit up for the Statesmen this fall. A link to the article can be found here.

Based on his highlight reel Hoffer shows good speed and discipline as an OLB. He scrapes well down the line of scrimmage to the ball and is a solid tackler. At 5'11" 210 he has good size but may need to work on developing his rush against the larger OL he'll face in college.

Barring other recruits coming in, Hoffer will be the third Statesmen player from VA (rising JR FB/TE Chris Holoman and rising SO PK Ethan Miller being the other two).

Please join me in welcoming Will into the Hobart family.

Thanks for reading and go 'Bart!