2003 Pride Newcomers Furhman…Was named to the Pennsylvania Football News 4A All-Star team as a senior…Picked to All-Pennsylvania team by Sports Kory Fever…Voted to all-county team as a senior…Nominated for the Pennsylvania Big 33 Game…Personal: Born April 11, 1985…Son of 40 Gene and Donna Meade…Has one brother and two sisters…Enjoys Parrish-Lobdell basketball and outdoor activities in his free time…Was recruited by Penn State, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Michigan State and Temple… Running Back Volunteers as a youth coach for football, basketball and little league 5-10, 180, Freshman baseball. Syracuse, NY/Nottingham H.S. Was a four year member of the football team and a five year member Benjamin of the track team at Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York…Played football under Fred Wheeler…Three-year captain… 87 Rushed for 2,921 yards in his scholastic career, including 765 yards on 83 carries as a senior…Named to All-Central New York and all- Nieves league teams as a senior…Received the Witowski Award from the New Wide Receiver York State High School Federation…Offensive Most Valuable Player as 5-8, 162, Freshman a senior…Named to All-Central New York Class AA first team as a junior after rushing for 1,036 yards on 112 carries…Also received All- Westbury, NY/W.T. Clarke H.S. CNY AA honors as a sophomore after rushing for 1,120 yards on 105 Was a four year member of the football team at W.T. Clarke in attempts…Received the NFF and the CHF Scholar-Athlete Awards… Westbury, New York...Played for Coach John Boyle...Was an all-con- Personal: Born July 7, 1984…Son of David Parrish and Lisa ference selection as a senior after recording 438 yards on 45 carries, Lobdell…Stepson of Marlon Lobdell…Has three brothers…Enjoys 10 catches for 200 yards and six touchdowns, and 45 tackles and two snowboarding, drawing and traveling in his free time…Was recruited interceptions...Posted 302 yards on 40 carries, 170 yards and seven by New Hampshire, Toledo, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. touchdowns on seven catches, and 42 tackles and three interceptions as a junior...Tallied 217 yards on 30 carries, and 150 yards and three touchdowns on six receptions as a sophomore...Was a four-time mem- Lucas ber of the Clarke Honor Roll...Personal: Born May 22, 1985...Son of Evelyn and Benjamin Nieves...Has one brother and one sister...Enjoys reading and playing other sports in his spare time...Plans to pursue a Petrone 90 career in business. Defensive End 6-4, 230, Freshman (RS) Alex Darien, CT/Darien H.S. Is a 2002 graduate of Darien High School in Darien, Connecticut... 4 Played four years of football and three years of lacrosse in high Otoo school...Played football for Coach Jeff Brumeir...Was an all-county Cornerback selection as a senior after recording 14 sacks...Posted 10 sacks as a 6-1, 194, Freshman junior...Was a member of the Blue Wave teams that were Connecticut finalists in 1998 and 1999...Personal: Born October 12, 1983...Son of Hyattsville, MD/Long Reach H.S./Milford Academy Elaine and Frederick Petrone...Has one brother and one sister...Enjoys Comes to Hofstra from Milford Academy in Milford, Connecticut, weight lifting in his free time...Marketing major. where he was an 11-time team Player of the Week in 2002…Coached by William Chaplick…Selected team Defensive Back of the Year… Posted a school record eight interceptions…High School: Was a 2000 Todd graduate and a member of the football and track teams at Long Reach High School in Columbia, Maryland…Played under Pete Hughes… Recorded four interceptions and 11 pass break-ups as a senior…Held Rodgers 69 school records in the 100 meter (10.4) and 200 meter (21.6) dashes…Personal: Born January 22, 1981…Son of Emanuel and Offensive Line Sylvia Otoo…His father is a professional soccer player…Has one sis- ter…Enjoys playing soccer and watching movies in his free 6-3, 300, Freshman time…Received recruiting interest from Delaware, Virginia Tech, South River, NJ/South River H.S./Iowa Central C.C. UCLA, LSU and Texas…Aspires to pursue a career in the television Comes to Hofstra from Iowa Central Community College in Fort industry. Dodge, Iowa, where he played two years of football under Kevin Twait…Was an all-conference honorable mention selection in 2002…High School: Was a four year member of the football team, a three year member of the track team and a basketball player for two years at South River High School in South River, New Jersey… Gridiron coach was Rich Marchesi…Was an All-New Jersey first team selection as a senior in 2000…Also named to all-league and all-county teams…Named to and played in the Governor’s Bowl 2003 FOOTBALL 51 2003 Pride Newcomers Game…Personal: Born February 9, 1982…Son of Todd Rodgers and Lydia Diaz…Has three brothers and three sisters…Enjoys martial arts, Michael electronic work and travel in his free time…Volunteers as a youth coach…Hopes to pursue a career in communications or electronics. Sparacino 59 Rudys Linebacker 5-10, 190, Freshman 82 Nutley, NJ/Nutley Santana Played four years of football and one year of lacrosse at Nutley (NJ) Wide Receiver High School...Played football for Coach Jim Kelly...Named to all-coun- 6-1, 175, Freshman try, all-league and all-area teams as a senior after recording 106 tack- les, four sacks, one interception and gaining 768 yards and nine Wallington, NJ/Wallington H.S. touchdowns on 110 carries...Was voted Nutley’s Most Valuable Player Played four years of football and baseball and three years of basketball as a senior...Posted 507 yards and six touchdowns on 63 carries and at Wallington (NJ) High School...Was a second team all-league selec- tallied 87 tackles as a junior...Named to all-area team as a tion as a split end and defensive back...Recorded 22 catches for 363 junior...Recorded 180 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries and yards and three touchdowns as a senior...Also returned seven kickoffs 56 tackles as a sophomore...Was a two-time team captain...Personal: for 195 yards and seven punts for 58 yards...Tallied 11 catches for 128 Born January 28, 1985...Son of Andrea and Richard Chinnici...Has yards and 11 kickoff returns for 161 yards as a junior...Tied the school one brother and one sister...Enjoys weight lifting in his free record for interceptions in a single game...Member of the National time...Aspires to a career in finance...Business major. Honor Society...Personal: Born June 30, 1985...Son of Maria Concepcion and Rudys Santana...Has two brothers...Enjoys music, cooking, basketball and reading. D.J. (Daniel) Chris Talvacchio 54 48 Linebacker Sebald 6-2, 220, Freshman Linebacker Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional H.S. 6-2, 210, Freshman Played four years of football at Delsea Regional High School in Franklinville, New Jersey, under Sal Marchease...Was a member of Tri- Stone Ridge, NY/Rondout Valley H.S. County championship teams in 2001 and 2002 and a Group III title Was a four year member of the football team, two year member of the team in 2000…Was a first team all-state, All-Group III, all-county and wrestling team and played one year of baseball at Rondout Valley High All-Tri-County pick as a senior...Selected All-Group III and All-Tri- School in Accord, New York…Football coaches were Jim Malek and County first team as a junior…Averaged 110 tackles per season during Gregg Jones…Played on the 11-2 New York State championship team his scholastic career…Personal: Born March 11, 1985…Son of Daniel in 2000…Was named to the All-American team by Prepstar and Joanne Talvacchio…Has one sister…Enjoys working on his car, Magazine…Selected to the New York State Golden 50 team…Was a drawing, and playing video games…Was recruited by Delaware, second team all-state selection as a senior after posting 102 tackles, 14 Villanova, Rutgers and New Hampshire…Served as a volunteer for the sacks and four interceptions, and 790 rushing yards and seven touch- elderly at his local church…Aspires to be a physical therapist. downs…Named to all-state third team in 2001 after notching 108 tackles, 12 sacks and two interceptions…Named first team all-area by the Times Herald-Record and the Kingston Freeman in 2001 and Matt 2002…Personal: Born June 5, 1985…Son of Johann and Ellen Sebald…Has four brothers…His brother Hans played at Hofstra from 1993-97, brother Tom played at Albany in 1995 and 1996 and broth- 85 er Brandon currently plays at Miami (FL)…Enjoys mountain biking, Thomson hiking and fishing in his free time…Was recruited by Buffalo, Wide Receiver Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rutgers…Aspires to pursue a 6-1, 180, Freshman career in business. Englewood, CO/Cherry Creek H.S. Enrolled at Hofstra for the Spring 2003 semester…Came to Hofstra from Milford Academy…High School: Played four years of football and lacrosse, and two years of basketball at Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado…Was coached by Rocky Martin…All- Colorado selection as a senior in 2001 after posting 28 catches for 480 yards and five touchdowns…Was also an all-state selection and team Most Valuable Player in lacrosse on Cherry Creek’s state championship team…Personal: Born June 13, 1984…Son of Robert Thomson and Anita Sanborn…Has one brother…Enjoys other sports and spending 52 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY 2003 Pride Newcomers time with his friends in his free time…Was recruited by Colorado County…Also received the Bill Piner Award as the top linebacker in State, Syracuse, Massachusetts and New Hampshire…Was a volunteer Nassau County…Named to the High School Heisman All-Star for Habitat for Humanity in Mexico last summer…Aspires to pursue a team…Voted to All-Long Island, all-county and all-league career as a sports agent or in business.