PITT
STATE FOOTBALL
RECRUITING CLASS OF 2005
The following players have signed letters of intent to join the Pitt State football program for the 2005 season.
[updated 4:59 p.m.]
It's a little like wrestling a Gorilla. You don't quit
when you're tired, you quit when the Gorilla is tired.
-- Robert Strauss
E.A. BOYD, 6-2, 195, FR, DB
Hometown: Raytown, Mo.
High School: Raytown
H.S. Coach: Pete Carpino
Honors/Stats: first-team All-Conference, defensive back,
2004; first-team All-Area, defensive back, ’04; a two-year starter
for the Blue Jays; also a standout track & field athlete at RHS.
Anticipated PSU major: biology (pre-physical therapy)
Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The
opportunity to play.
-- Mike Singletary
MARTIN BURKE, 6-5, 235, FR, TE
Hometown: Baxter Springs, Kan.
High School: Baxter Springs
H.S. Coach: Scott Madden
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 3A All-State, tight
end, 2004; first-team All-Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League, tight end/linebacker,
’04; first-team All-Area, linebacker, ’04; also a state qualifier
in the shot put in track & field; an honor roll student and a member
of the National Honor Society; a 2005 Kansas Shrine Bowl participant.
Anticipated PSU major: biology
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to
tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you
get the opportunity.
-- Unknown
WILLIAM COX, 6-2, 315, FR, OL
Hometown: Oklahoma City
High School: Carl Albert
H.S. Coach: Gary Rose
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Oklahoma Clas 5A All-State,
offensive line, ’04; first-team Oklahoma 5A-2 All-District, ’04;
second-team All-Big City, ’04; helped the Titans to a 13-1 record
and the Oklahoma Class 5A state title in ’04; an honor roll student.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
There are not traffic jams along the extra mile.
-- Roger Staubach
CASEY DONAHOO, 6-3, 245, FR, TE
Hometown: Leawood, Kan.
High School: Blue Valley
H.S. Coach: Steve Rampy
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Kansas Class 5A All-State,
tight end, 2004 (Wichita Eagle/Topeka Capital Journal); three-year All-Sun
Country, ’02-04; three-year All-Eastern Kansas League, ’02-04;
helped BVHS to a 12-1 record and the Class 5A state championship as a
junior in ’03; also an honor roll student.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind,
confidence is the key to all the locks.
-- Joe Paterno
KADE DUNBAR, 6-1, 170, FR, DB
Hometown: Columbus, Kan.
High School: Riverton
H.S. Coach: Dave Harlin
Honors/Stats: first-team All-Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee
League, wide receiver, 2004; second-team All-Area running back; had 400+
receiving yards his senior prep season for the Rams; a four-year starter
at RHS; an honor roll student and a member of the National Honor Society.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but
by striking true.
-- Honore de Balzac
JAUDIS EATON, 6-0, 260, FR, DL
Hometown: Bay City, Texas
High School: Bay City
H.S. Coach: Alan Cherry
Honors/Stats: first-team Texas Class 4A All-State, defensive
line, 2004; first-team All-District, defensive line, ’04; second-team
All-District, defensive line, ’03; honorable mention All-District,
defensive line, ’02; first-team All-Area, defensive line, ’04;
recorded 87 tackles with 12 TFLs and 8.0 quarterback sacks, 4 forced fumbles,
4 fumble recoveries, ’04.
Anticipated PSU major: electronic engineering
Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.
-- General George S. Patton
MARK FOX, 6-1, 200, FR, LB
Hometown: Lenexa, Kan.
High School: St. Thomas Aquinas
H.S. Coach: Kevin Kopecky
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 5A All-State, linebacker,
2004 (Kansas Coaches Assn.); first-team All-Eastern Kansas League, 2004;
led the Saints with 135 tackles (13.5 pg); Aquinas posted an 8-2 record
and won its seventh straight district title in ’04.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there
is no path and leave a trail.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
ANTONIO GRAHAM, 5-10, 205, FR, LB
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
High School: Union
H.S. Coach: Bill Blankenship
Honors/Stats: first-team Oklahoma Class 6A All-State,
linebacker, 2004 (Oklahoma Coaches Assn.); first-team Oklahoma Class 6A
All-State, linebacker, ’04 (Tulsa World, Daily Oklahoman).
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
Dont look back. Something might be gaining on you.
-- Satchel Paige
TRAVIS
GREER, 6-3, 310, FR, OL
Hometown: Olathe, Kan.
High School: Olathe North
H.S. Coach: John McCall
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 6A All-State, offensive
line, 2004; Kansas Top 11 (All-State, All-Class), ’04; first-team
All-Sun Country, offensive line, ’04; first-team All-Sunflower League,
offensive line, ’04; first-team All-Metro, ’04; helped the
Eagles to consecutive Class 6A state titles, ’02-03; ONHS posted
a 12-1 record and finished as the 6A state runner-up in ’04; a 2005
Kansas Shrine Bowl participant.
Anticipated PSU major: wood technology
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
-- Stevie Wonder
BRENNAN HURT, 6-0, 185, FR, QB/DB
Hometown: Mound City, Kan.
High School: Jayhawk-Linn
H.S. Coach: Kris Kehl
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 3A All-State, defensive
back, 2004 (Kansas Coaches Assn.); honorable mention Class 3A All-State,
defensive back, 2003; first-team All-Three Rivers League, defensive back,
’04; first-team All-TRL, quarterback, ’03-04; accumulated
more than 2,000 yards of total offense as a senior for the Jayhawks; led
JHS to consecutive TRL titles and a 15-3 record his final two prep years.
Anticipated PSU major: business
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going
to do.
-- Henry Ford
DERRIK JONES, 6-3, 215, FR, DE
Hometown: Richards, Mo.
High School: Fort Scott (Kan.)
H.S. Coach: Bob Campbell
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Kansas Class 4A All-State,
defensive end, 2004; first-team All-Southeast Kansas League, defensive
end, ’04; helped the Tigers to an 11-1 record, SEK League, District
and Regional titles.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
Whatever you are, be a good one.
-- Abraham Lincoln
BROCK LOHR, 6-2, 215, FR, LB
Hometown: Goodland, Kan.
High School: Goodland
H.S. Coach: Jon McLean
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 4 A All-State,
linebacker, ’04 (Wichita Eagle/Topeka Capital-Journal); second-team
Kansas Top 11 (All-State, All-Class), linebacker, ’04 (Wichita Eagle);
second-team All-Area, linebacker, ’03-04 (Salina Journal); All-Northwest
Kansas League performer, ’03-04; recorded 110 tackles during his
final prep season, helping the Cowboys to a 10-2 record; also compiled
1,500 rushing yards; helped GHS to three straight league and district
titles; an honor roll student; a 2005 Kansas Shrine Bowl participant.
Anticipated PSU major: communication
The ultimate victory in competition
is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your
best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.
-- Howard Cosell
JED
NEET, 6-1, 185, FR, DB
Hometown: Pittsburg, Kan.
High School: Pittsburg
H.S. Coach: Merle Clark
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 5A All-State, wide
receiver/defensive back, 2004 (Kansas Coaches Assn.); honorable mention
Kansas Class 5A All-State, wide receiver/defensive back, ’04 (Wichita
Eagle/Topeka Capital Journal); first-team All-Arean, ’04; first-team
All-Southeast Kansas League, ’04; led the Purple Dragons with 108
tackles (71 solo); also had a school record 34 receptions for 538 yards
(15.8 ypc).
Anticipated PSU major: biology
There are those who look at things the way they are,
and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
-- Robert F. Kennedy
JAY NUÑEZ, 6-1, 240, FR, OL/DL
Hometown: Alva, Okla.
High School: Alva
H.S. Coach: Steve Gale
Honors/Stats: first-team Oklama Class 2A All-State, offensive
line/defensive line, 2004; honorable mention Oklahoma All-State, All-Class,
’04; 4A District I Offensive Lineman of the Year, ’04; registered
193 tackles with 16 TFLs and 13.0 quarterback sacks; helped AHS to consecutive
district runner-up finishes, ’03-04; an honor roll student and member
of the National Honor Society; two-time Oklahoma Academic Football Team
selection.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
The healthiest competition occurs when average people
win by putting above average effort.
-- Colin Powell
SAM ORAM, 6-3, 275, FR, OL/DL
Hometown: Greeley, Kan.
High School: Central Heights
H.S. Coach: Kevin Tooley
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 3A All-State, offensive
line/defensive line, ’04; honorable mention Class 3A All-State,
offensive line/defensive line, ’03; a four-year All-Three Rivers
League selection, ’01-04; a three-year All-Area performer, ’02-04;
an honor roll student, a member of the National Honor Society and a Presidential
Scholar.
Anticipated PSU major: biology (pre-physical therapy)
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words;
they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your
habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
-- Frank Outlaw
CALEB
PAZZIE, 6-0, 190, FR, LB
Hometown: Augusta, Kan.
High School: Augusta
H.S. Coach: Steve Pazzie
Honors/Stats: first-team Arkansas Valley-Chisolm Trail
League, linebacker, 2004; a three-year starter for the Orioles; helped
AHS post a 7-3 record during his senior prep year; also a member of the
National Honor Society.
Anticipated PSU major: recreation (fitness management)
If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
-- Vince Lombardi
RASHAD PITTMAN, 6-2, 240, FR, DL
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
High School: Booker T. Washington
H.S. Coach: Antwain Jimmerson
Honors/Stats: Oklahoma Class 5A All-District, offensive
line/defensive line, 2004; District co-Offensive Lineman of the Year,
’04; recorded 100 tackles, helping the Hornets to a 13-1 record
and the Class 5A state runner-up finish in his final prep year; Booker
T. posted a 24-2 record his final two prep seasons; an honor roll student
& a member of the National Honor Society.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
If I were to say, “God, why me?” about the
bad things, then I should have said, “God, why me?” about
the good things that happened in my life.
-- Arthur Ashe
BRYAN
PRAY, 5-8, 168, JR (transfer), WR
Hometown: Oklahoma City
High School: Northeast Academy
H.S. Coach: Archie Jones
Junior College: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Juco Coach: Steve Paterson
Honors/Stats: second-team Southwest
Junior College Football Conference, wide receiver, 2004; caught 36 passes
for 477 yards (13.3 ypc) and 3 TDs, ’04; also ranked among SWJCFC
leaders in punt returns (12. 8 ypr) and kickoff returns (26.1 ypr), accumulating
1,072 all-purpose yards (119.1 ypg), ’04; first-team Oklahoma Class
4A All-State, wide receiver, 2002; caught 45 passes for 1,206 yards (26.8
ypc) and 10 TDs, ’02; had 72 catches for 1,906 yards (26.5 ypc)
and 19 TDs, ’03-04; also a Jim Thorpe All-Star, ’02.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of
meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
-- Muhammad Ali
BRANDON SMITH, 6-7, 225, FR, TE
Hometown: Copan, Okla.
High School: Dewey
H.S. Coach: Chris Revard
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Oklahoma Class 3A All-State,
tight end, 2004 (Daily Oklahoman); Oklahoma Class 3A All-Star, tight end,
’04; District III Tight End of the Year, ’04; caught 51 passes
for 457 yards (9.0 ypc) and seven TDs; also recorded 232 tackles with
21 TFLs and 6.0 quarterback sacks on defense; a Wendy’s High School
Heisman Scholar-Athlete.
Anticipated PSU major: construction management
Character may be manifested in the great moments, but
it is made in the small ones.
-- Phillip Brooks
CHADD SNYDER, 6-2, 185, FR, QB/DB
Hometown: Carl Junction, Mo.
High School: Carl Junction
H.S. Coach: Bret Gosch
Honors/Stats: a two-time second-team Missouri Class 3A
All-State selection as a defensive back, 2003-04; third-team Class 3A
All-State, defensive back, ’04 (Missouri Coaches Assn.); a two-time
All-Big Eight Conference, All-District and All-Area performer, ’03-04;
helped lead the Bulldogs to a 7-3 record and a conference co-championship
as a junior in ’03; passed for 1,035 yards and rushed for 685 yards
as a senior in ’04; also logged 83 tackles last fall; an honor roll
student and a member of the National Honor Society.
Anticipated PSU major: business
Success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
-- Mike Ditka
CHRIS SWARTZ-ROGERS, 5-11, 190, FR, LB
Hometown: Cherokee, Kan.
High School: Southeast
H.S. Coach: Bryan Burdette
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Kansas Class 3A All-State,
linebacker, 2004 (Wichita Eagle/Topeka Capital-Journal); honorable mention
All-Area, ’04; helped the Lancers to an 8-4 record and a regional
berth his senior prep year; also an honor roll student.
Anticipated PSU major: secondary education
It is not because things are difficult that we do not
dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
-- Seneca
ANTHONY VOEGELI, 6-2, 260, FR, DL
Hometown: Topeka, Kan.
High School: Hayden
H.S. Coach: Tom Stringer
Honors/Stats: first-team Kansas Class 4A All-State, offensive
line/defensive line, 2004; first-team All-League, offensive line/defensive
line, ’04; registered 121 tackles (8.6 pg) during his senior prep
year, helping HHS to an undefeated (14-0) season and the Class 4A state
title; helped the Wildcats post a 12-2 record and finish as the 4A state
runner-up in ’03.
Anticipated PSU major: engineering
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
-- William A. Ward
GENO WATERS, 6-0, 185, FR, QB
Hometown: Olathe, Kan.
High School: Blue Valley
H.S. Coach: Steve Rampy
Honors/Stats: honorable mention Kansas Class 5A All-State,
quarterback, 2004 (Wichita Eagle/Topeka Capital Journal); two-time Sun
Country Offensive Player of the Year, ’03-04; first-team All-Eastern
Kansas League, quarterback, ’04; honorable mention All-Metro, ’04;
finished his career as BVHS’ all-time passing and total offense
leader; helped BVHS to a 12-1 record and the Class 5A state championship
as a junior in ’03; a 2005 Kansas Shrine Bowl participant.
Anticipated PSU major: undecided
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all
whenever he was on the field.
-- Walter Payton