After being hired as head men's soccer coach in January, Lake Erie College's Davie Carmichael wasted no time hitting the recruiting trail and the payoff will be seen this Fall as the Storm welcomes 25 newcomers to their program.
"Last year we struggled early in the season after losing a few keys players to injury and that puts a lot of pressure on our developing players and small squad," said Carmichael, who served as the graduate assistant for the men's soccer team these past two seasons. "A larger roster will allow us to rotate players in and out and rest key players leading up-to important conference games. It will also create a competitive atmosphere at practice and allow us to open up our sessions and create game like conditions."
The squad, which graduated eight of its 18 members from a season ago, will be relying heavily on this recruiting class along with its returners.
"A lot of the incoming players are versatile which will provide us with different options, cover and depth in certain areas," explained Carmichael. "Pre-season will be a very important period for the returning and incoming players to gel"
The complete list of the 25 additions, which includes eight players born outside the United States, can be found below.
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Name |
High School/Previous School |
Hometown |
Connor Hosey |
Johnstown-Monroe High School |
Columbus, OH |
Cory Bucur |
St. Peter Chanel High School |
Bedford, OH |
Dakota Rock |
DeSalles High School |
Reynoldsburg, OH |
Danny Eborall |
Averett University |
Sheffield, England |
Drew Fitzgerald |
Keystone High School |
LaGrange, OH |
Gabe Chavis |
Northside High School |
Lafayette, LA |
Gus Hough |
Greater Latrobe Senior High School |
Latrobe, PA |
Jake Shelton |
Webber International University |
Newburg, MD |
James Grogan |
Averett University |
Leeds, England |
John Evans |
Findlay University |
Chesterland, OH |
Jordan Webb |
Conneaut High School |
Conneaut, OH |
Justin Helt |
Tecumseh High School |
New Carlisle, OH |
Koffi Gassou |
North Atlanta High School |
Grenoble, France |
Lucianno Ruscuitto |
Wickliffe High School |
Wickliffe, OH |
Michael Arcaro |
Perry High School |
Perry, OH |
Michael Jeschelnig |
Madison High School |
Madison, OH |
Myles Backus |
Oak Harbor High School |
Port Clinton, OH |
Nichola Cozad |
Brooke High School |
Colliers, WV |
Patrick Homerick |
Perry High School |
Perry, OH |
Patrick McGuiness |
Cathedral High School |
Noblesville, IN |
Randy Danso |
North County Community College |
Toronto Canada |
Sam Etherton |
Alliance High School |
Alliance, OH |
Stefan Martin |
Greenshaw High School |
Surrey, England |
Stewart Bath |
Averett University |
Billingham, England |
Willy Cognee |
École secondaire Armand-Corbeil |
Quebec, Canada / Beauvais, France |
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