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HUSKIES ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS • www.scsuhuskies.com • www.scsutickets.com • For release: Feb. 7, 2018 St. Cloud State Huskies Football Announces 2018 Recruiting Class St. Cloud, Minn. -- St. Cloud State University head football coach Scott Underwood and his staff an- nounced the commitments of 27 high school athletes and two transfers to the Huskies program today (Feb. 7), the first day for Division II signing. The incoming class includes athletes from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Iowa. “I want to first thank my staff for the time that they’ve invested in working with these 27 outstanding 2018 student athletes!,” said Coach Underwood, who is entering his 11th season in charge of the program “We are excited to have this group join us in bringing a wealth of athletic talent and academic prowess to our program. We had several areas we needed to address in adding quality young men to our program and I believe this was accomplished in the recruiting class” St. Cloud State (6-5, 3-4 NSIC North in 2017) will open its 2018 season at home at Husky Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 30, against the University of Mary at 6 p.m. The team will have five home and six away games this season. At a Glance 2018 St. Cloud State Recruiting Class Name Pos Ht Wt. Hometown/High School Manny Alvarez OL 6-6 290 Columbia Heights, Minn./Columbia Heights H.S. Breakdown By State Jacob Edwards OL 6-5 285 Greenville, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran H.S. Wisconsin 17 Josh Frerk OL 6-3 275 Eaton, Wis./Denmark H.S. Minnesota 10 Jamie Froysland OL 6-4 290 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South H.S. Iowa 1 Cade Garcia QB 6-1 180 Whitefish Bay, Wis./Whitefish Bay H.S. North Dakota 1 Cole Greco DL 6-2 275 Franklin, Wis./Whitnall H.S. Sarek Hoerth OL 6-5 304 Genoa City, Wis./Badger H.S. Wyatt Jentz DL 5-11 280 Horton, Wis./Horton H.S. Breakdown By Position Kyler Kluge DB 6-1 185 Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie H.S. OL 8 Josh Krause DB 6-5 195 Seymour, Wis./Seymour Community H.S. DL 7 Jeremy Lange DL 6-3 245 Seymour, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran H.S. DB 6 Dylan Lauer DL 6-4 260 Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet H.S. Nick Leszczynski ILB 6-0 200 Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central H.S. WR 3 Tommy McClain DL 6-4 240 Stoughton, Wis./Stoughton H.S. QB 2 Jaden Northup DB 6-0 190 Baldwin, Wis./Baldwin-Woodville H.S. ILB 1 Matt Plunkett WR 6-2 190 Superior, Wis./Superior H.S. OLB 1 Mason Primus QB 6-2 187 Cold Spring, Minn./ROCORI H.S. RB 1 Matt Rotter OL 6-3 270 Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port H.S. Drew Rudlong WR 6-4 205 Big Lake, Minn./Big Lake H.S. Rajveer Singh OL 6-4 305 Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield H.S. Ricky Soto DL 6-0 290 Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids H.S. Cole Tate DB 6-1 175 Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa East H.S. Brent Tekautz OL 6-4 295 Brooklyn Park, Minn./Brooklyn Park H.S. Alex Toedter OLB 6-3 235 Annandale, Minn./Maple Lake H.S. Ronney Trass DL 6-4 305 New Brighton, Minn./Irondale H.S. Brady Underwood DB 6-1 185 St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech Athletic Media Relations Asst. Director - Joe Prisco, 320-308-2172/[email protected] 2018 St. Cloud State Football Recruiting Class Isaiah Westfall WR 6-3 175 Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Wisconsin Rapids - Lincoln H.S. Transfers Tyler Eads DB 6-1 195 Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West H.S./University of Northern Iowa Isaiah Secrest RB 5-9 185 Rice Lake, Wis./Rice Lake H.S./University of North Dakota 2018 Huskies Football Schedule Augusts 30 vs. University of Mary 6 p.m. September 8 at Minnesota Crookston TBA 15 vs. Minnesota Duluth TBA 22 at Northern State TBA 29 at Minnesota State TBA October 6 vs. Wayne State TBA 13 at Sioux Falls TBA 20 vs. Upper Iowa TBA 27 vs. Bemidji State TBA November 3 at Minot State TBA 10 at MSU Moorhead TBA • www.scsuhuskies.com • www.scsutickets.com • 2018 St. Cloud State Football Recruiting Class Manny Alvarez, Offensive Lineman, 6-6, 290 lbs., Columbia Heights, Minn., Columbia Heights High School A 2017 participant in the Minnesota High School All Star Game...a two-time District Best offensive lineman...a two-time All Con- ference selection...a 2017 Third Team All State selection...served as one of the team’s captains as a senior...also a three-time All Conference wrestler...played football for Matt Townsend at Columbia Heights High School...majoring in criminal justice...son of Ken and Stephanie Alvarez Jacob Edwards, Offensive Lineman, 6-5, 285 lbs., Greenville, Wis., Fox Valley Lutheran High School A two-time First Team All Conference selection...a three-year starter...served as one of the team’s 2017 captains...played football for Adam Frey at Fox Valley Lutheran High School...majoring in construction management...son of John and Jeanette Edwards Josh Frerk, Offensive Lineman, 6-3, 275 lbs., Eaton,Wis., Denmark High School A 2017 Second Team All Conference selection as both an offensive and defensive lineman...a 2016 Honorable Mention All Confer- ence choice...served as one the team captains in 2017...played football for Rick Diny at Denmark High School...majoring in technol- ogy education...son of Brian and Lori Frerk Jamie Froysland, Offensive Line, 6-4, 290 lbs., Fargo, N.D., Fargo South High School A 2017 First Team All State selection as an offensive lineman...named All Conference as an offensive and defensive lineman...served as one of the team captain in 2017...earned team offensive line MVP award...recognized with the Most Dedicated Lifter Award Winner...a 2017 Badlands Bowl Invite...played football for Tyler Kosel at Fargo South High School...majoring in athletic training... son of Frank and Linda Froysland. Cade Garcia, Quarterback, 6-1, 180 lbs., Whitefish Bay, Wis., Whitefish Bay High School a 2017 First Team All Conference selection...named North Shore Conference Offensive Player of the Year..earned All Region and Honorable Mention All State a two-time team captain...played football for Jake Wolters at Whitefish Bay High School...majoring in business...son of Steve and Wendy Garcia Cole Greco, Defensive Line, 6-2, 275 lbs., Franklin, Wis., Whitnall High School A three-time First Team All Conference selection...earned 2017 All Region Honorable Mention...a three-time All Suburban Honorable Mention...served as 2017 team captain...played football for John Quinlan at Whitnall High School..majoring in business...son of Mike and Ann Greco Sarek Hoerth, Offensive Line, 6-5, 304 lbs., Genoa City, Wis., Badger High School A two-time team captain...named First Team All Conference and All Region in 2017...an All State Honorable Mention in his final season...played football for Matt Hensler at Badger High School...majoring in business...son of William and Heather Hoerth Wyatt Jentz, Defensive Line, 5-11, 280 lbs., Hortonville, Wis., Hortonville High School A 2017 team captain...a two-time VFA-South All Conference Selection...a two-time All Region NE Wisconsin selection...a Post Cres- cent Elite 11 Selection..named to the Tim Krumrie Defensive Lineman of the Year Watch List...a four-year football letter winner...a member of the Honor Roll all four years...a Sports Marketing DECA Medalist...played football for Thomas Kolosso at Hortonville High School...majoring in business...son of Steve Jentz and Jennifer Dowling. Kyler Kluge, Defensive Back, 6-1, 185 lbs., Eden Prairie, Minn., Eden Prairie High School Helped lead his team to the 2017 State Championship...a First Team All State selection...a First Team All Metro choice...earned First Team All District honors named one of the team captains as a senior...helped team finish as the state runner up as a junior...All- District Honorable Mention in 2016...played football for Mike Grant at Eden Prairie High School...majoring in business and sports management...son of Kraig and Kelsey Kluge...his father, Kraig, is a former football player at St. Cloud State Josh Krause, Defensive Back, 6-5, 195 lbs., Seymour, Wis., Seymour Community High School Earned High Honors in every high school semester...served as one of the 2017 team captains...earned the 2017 Coach’s Award...a 2017 First Team All Bay Conference selection as a wide receiver...a 2017 Second Team All Bay Conference selection as a corner- back...was a 2016 All Bay Honorable Mention selection as a cornerback...earned an Honorable Mention selection to 2017 All-USA Fox Valley Postseason Prep Team as a wide receiver...played football for Matt Molle at Seymour Community High School...majoring in electrical engineering...son of Rick and Linda Krause. • www.scsuhuskies.com • www.scsutickets.com • 2018 St. Cloud State Football Recruiting Class Jeremy Lange, Defensive Lineman, 6-3, 245 lbs., Seymour, Wis., Fox Valley Lutheran High School A 2017 Second Team All Conference selection...ended his career as school’s career solo tackle leader...earned high school’s 2017 Defensive Player of the Year...a 2016 Honorable Mention selection...played football for Adam Frey at Fox Valley Lutheran High School...majoring in sports management...son of Ken and Paula Lange Dylan Lauer, Offensive Lineman, 6-4, 260 lbs., Cloquet, Minn., Cloquet High School A 2016 All District Honorable Mention selection...served as a 2017 team captain...named 2017 All District...earned All-Section honors in 2017...was the 2017 District Lineman of the Year...earned selection to the 2017 Duluth News Tribune All Area Team...a participant in the 2017 Minnesota High School All Star Game...played football for Tom Lenarz at Cloquet High School...majoring in history education...son of James Lauer and Tari Lauer.