Saturday, July 26, 2008

Time is nearing! 2008 Season on horizon

UNM Athletic Department has release the official 2008 Roster (below). 

Right off the bat we need to say goodbye to a few more fellows since March:

#14 Bryan Sajjadi - 5-6/155 - Midfield - Arlington, Texas
#15 Joel Theissen - 5-7/175 - Midfield - Windsor, New South Wales
#21 Gardner Morrow - 5-10 / 165 - Forward - Shelburne, VT
#24 Charles Conway - 6-1/190 - Defender/Midfield - Albuquerque, NM

Also, according to the official roster we don't get to see Mark Geria (M/D Canberra, Australia) and Anders Selander (D Ulrichehamn, Sweden) that were announced by the University as incoming in the spring. Not sure what happened.

In their roster spots we get Euan Holden (M 6-0 170 Jr-TR from UCONN) and Gal Yaar (D 5-10 165 Freshman) from Aviv, Israel. 

So here's the roster as posted on the official UNM website The principal returnees are in bold. The players that are expected to step into major roles and make immediate impact are in italics. 

No. Name Pos. Ht Wt Yr-Exp. Hometown/Last School

00 Justin Holmes G 6-2 190 Fr-HS Elkhart, Ind.
0 Victor Rodriguez G 6-1 170 Fr-HS Las Cruces, N.M.
1 Eric Staver G 6-1 185 So-1L Portage, Mich.  
2 Mike Porter D/M 6-1 165 Sr-3L Las Cruces, N.M.  
3 Simon Ejdemyr D 6-3 190 Jr-2L Boras, Sweden  
4 Euan Holden M 6-0 170 Jr-TR Sugar Land, Texas (UCONN)
5
David Murphy D 5-11 170 So-TR Grapevine, Texas (Wake Forest)
6 Zach Tierney D/M 6-1 175 Jr-2L Wildwood, Mo.  
7
Justin Davis D/M 6-0 170 Jr-2L Avondale, Ariz.  
9
Stephen Brown D/M 6-0 165 Jr-2L Arlington, Texas  
10
Michael Reed M 6-0 175 So-1L Albuquerque, N.M.  
11
PJ Wilson F 5-11 175 Jr-2L Fort Wayne, Ind.  
12
Chris Wright F 6-5 200 Sr-3L Sacramento, Calif.  
13 Seth Neben M 6-1 155 Fr-HS Lincoln, Neb.  
14 Masashi Shibuya M/F 5-10 160 Fr-HS Scottsdale, Ariz.  
15 Michael Green M 5-10 175 Fr-HS Strongsville, Ohio  
16 Jack Smithson M/F 5-9 145 Sr-3L Chicago, Ill.  
17 Lance Rozeboom M/F 6-1 165 Fr-HS Walker, Iowa  
18 James Urbany D/M 5-9 150 So-1L South Bend, Ind.  
19
Andrew Parsons D/M 6-2 170 So-1L Springfield, Mo.  
20 Gal Yaar D 5-10 165 Fr-HS Tel Aviv, Israel
21 Ryan Farquharson D/M 6-1 180 So-1L Phoenix, Ariz.  
22 Gary Weisbaum M/F 5-10 160 Fr-HS Baltimore, Md.  
23 Dominique Romero M 5-10 155 So-1L Albuquerque, N.M.  
24 Travis Campbell D 5-9 165 Fr-HS Phoenix, Ariz.  
44 Justin Fite G 6-2 175 So-1L Spring, Texas 



Here's my 2007 Re-Cap from earlier in the year.