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2013 high school boys' soccer NCAA Division I verbal commitments
Updated: May 24, 2012, 11:00 AM ET
By Sheldon Shealer
Verbal commitments are updated as ESPNHS receives them
We have confirmed the Class of 2013 verbal commitments listed below, and we are seeking your help. Athletes, parents, coaches -- if you know of a boys' soccer verbal commitment from the Class of 2013 that is not listed below, e-mail Sheldon.Shealer@espn.com. We will update as frequently as we receive commitments.
* - indicates university has confirmed the signing.
Class of 2013 NCAA Division I Verbal Commitments
| AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Trey Gill | D | Nashville, Tenn. | Montgomery Bell | FC Alliance |
| ARMY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Tanner Vosvick | D | Baltimore, Md. | Gilman | USSDA Baltimore Bays Chelsea |
| BINGHAMTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Lee Manchio | F | Commack, N.Y. | Commack | Hicksville Xtreme |
| BROWN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Jason Pesek | D | St. Louis, Mo. | Chaminade | USSDA Scott Gallagher-Mo. |
| Nate Pomeroy | MF/F | Groton, Mass. | Groton-Dunstable | USSDA FC Greater Boston |
| BUCKNELL | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Crispin Muessle | F | Potomac, Md. | Churchill | AC Bethesda |
| CALIFORNIA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Jose Garcia | MF | Calif. | USSDA Arsenal FC | |
| Trevor Long | D | Livermore, Calif. | Granada | USSDA San Jose Earthquakes |
| Christian Thierjung | MF/F | Dove Canyon, Calif. | Santa Margarita | USSDA Strikers FC |
| CAL POLY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kaba Alkebulan | F/MF | Sacramento, Calif. | Jesuit | Sacramento United |
| Joe Bolous | F | Calif. | Sacred Heart Prep | USSDA De Anza Force |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Parker Dixon | GK | Jacksonville, Fla. | Fletcher | Jacksonville United FC |
| COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Ike Crook | F/MF | Wash. | Todd Beamer | USSDA Seattle Sounders |
| Christian Jablonski | D | Mount Pleasant, S.C. | Wando | USSDA South Carolina United |
| COLGATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Ngeindaloh Smith | F | Blacksburg, Va. | Blacksburg | AC Bethesda |
| Zachary Tamen | MF | D.C. | Maret | AC Bethesda |
| CONNECTICUT | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Scott Levene | GK | New Canaan, Conn. | New Canaan | USSDA FC Westchester |
| CORNELL | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Sebastian Scales | F | Bainbridge Island, Wash. | Bainbridge Island | Eastside FC 94 Red |
| CREIGHTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Brock Fitzgerald | MF | Lincoln, Neb. | Pius X | Omaha FC |
| Michael Kluver | GK | Omaha, Neb. | Skutt Catholic | Omaha FC |
| DARTMOUTH | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| James Hickok | GK | Westport, Conn. | Staples | USSDA South Central Premier |
| DAYTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Tommy Harr | MF | Ohio | Pickerington North | USSDA Columbus Crew |
| DENVER | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kyle Morlack | MF | Goodyear, Ariz. | Millennium | SC Del Sol |
| DETROIT-MERCY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Zack Atwood | F | Livonia, Mich. | Livonia Stevenson | USSDA CSA Wolves |
| Adam Clauss | MF | Spring Lake, Mich. | Spring Lake | Grand Rapids Crew Juniors |
| Tyler Moorman | D | Caledonia, Mich. | East Kentwood | Grand Rapids Crew Juniors |
| ELON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Devin Pope | D | Atlanta, Ga. | Chamblee | USSDA Concorde Fire |
| Rett Webb | MF | Atlanta, Ga. | Forsyth Central | USSDA Concorde Fire |
| FURMAN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Trevor Haberkorn | D | Roanoke, Texas | Keller | USSDA Solar Chelsea |
| Wellford Moore | D | Birmingham, Ala. | Westminster-Oak Mountain | Vestavia Hills SC |
| GEORGETOWN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Brett Campbell | F | Wallingford, Pa. | Haverford School | USSDA FC Delco |
| Alex Muyl | F | New York, N.Y. | Bard | USSDA New York Red Bulls |
| Jared Odenbeck | D | Charlotte, N.C. | Charlotte Christian | USSDA Charlotte SA |
| ILLINOIS-CHICAGO | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kyle Hamann | D | Lemont, Ill. | Lemont Township | Raiders FC |
| INDIANA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Billy McConnell | N.J. | USSDA PDA | ||
| Tanner Thompson | MF | Granite Bay, Calif. | Granite Bay | Blues |
| Tommy Thompson | MF | Granite Bay, Calif. | Granite Bay | Blues |
| Colin Webb | GK | San Diego, Calif. | Rancho Bernardo | Albion SC |
| INDIANA UNIV./PURDUE UNIV. AT INDIANAPOLIS (IUPUI) | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Cameron Knox | D | Indianapolis, Ind. | North Central | USSDA Indiana United |
| Benjamin Ogedegbe | D | Leesburg, Va. | Tuscarora | USSDA McLean Youth Soccer |
| Evan Smith | MF | Greencastle, Ind. | Greencastle | South Central SA |
| KENTUCKY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kaelon Fox | D/MF | Ky. | St. Xavier | Lexington FC |
| Sam Miller | F | Ky. | East Jessamine | Lexington FC |
| LAFAYETTE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Chuka Anyafo | F | Charlotte, N.C. | Charlotte Latin | USSDA North Meck SC |
| Ryan Egan | MF | Northport, N.Y. | Northport | Northport Cow Harbor Sound |
| Andrew Gonzalez | MF/F | Pa. | Conestoga | USSDA FC DELCO |
| Campbell Weyland | D/MF | Ky. | St. Xavier | United 1996 FC |
| LIBERTY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Wesley Schrock | D | Paducah, Ky. | Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) | USSDA Shattuck-St. Mary's |
| LOUISVILLE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Andrew Brody | MF | Orlando, Fla. | USSDA Real Salt Lake-AZ | |
| Jeremy DeGraffenreidt | MF | Baltimore, Md. | Loyola | USSDA Baltimore Bays |
| Michael DeGraffenreidt | D | Baltimore, Md. | Loyola | USSDA Baltimore Bays |
| Romilio Hernandez | MF | Lanham, Md. | Edmund Burke | USSDA Baltimore Bays |
| MARQUETTE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Louis Bennett | MF | Shorewood, Wis. | Lake Forest Academy (Ill.) | USSDA Chicago Fire |
| Alex McBride | MF | Milwaukee, Wis. | Marquette | USSDA FC Milwaukee |
| Jake Taylor | D | Whitefish Bay, Wis. | Whitefish Bay | Milwaukee Bavarians |
| MARYLAND | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kellyn Acosta | D/MF | Plano, Texas | USSDA FC Dallas | |
| Alex Crognale | D | Gahanna, Ohio | Lincoln | USSDA Crew Soccer |
| Suliaman Dainkeh | D | Reston, Va. | South Lakes | USSDA DC United |
| Chris Odoi-Atsem | D/MF | Mitchellville, Md. | DeMatha | Bethesda SC |
| Nigel Robinson | F | Woodbridge, Va. | Forest Park | USSDA DC United |
| Zackary Steffen | GK | Downingtown, Pa. | Malvern Prep | USSDA FC Delco |
| MASSACHUSETTS | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Carlo deMarco | MF/F | Malvern, Pa. | Haverford School | USSDA FC Delco |
| MICHIGAN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Rylee Woods | D | Ohio | Greeneview | USSDA Columbus Crew |
| MICHIGAN STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Ali Cheaib | F | Dearborn, Mich. | Crestwood | USSDA CSA Wolves |
| Andrew Lewis | MF | Rockford, Mich. | Rockford | Grand Rapids Crew |
| Ryan Scott | D | Mich. | Forest Hills Eastern | Grand Rapids Crew |
| Brian Winterfield | MF | Grand Blanc, Mich. | Grand Blanc | USSDA Vardar SC |
| MONMOUTH | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Wilson Bonilla | D | Long Branch, N.J. | Long Branch | USSDA NJSA 04 |
| Dylan Castanheira | GK | N.J. | Roxbury | Jersey United |
| NAVY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Sam Bascom | MF | Cincinnati, Ohio | Madeira | CUP Crew Juniors Gold |
| NEW MEXICO | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Josh Goss | MF | Albuquerque, N.M. | USSDA Real Salt Lake-AZ | |
| Nicholas Thiros | MF | Layton, Utah | Layton | La Roca FC |
| NORTH CAROLINA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Ethan Decker | MF | Manahawkin, N.J. | Pennington School | USSDA NY Red Bulls |
| Warren Marshall | MF | Clemmons, N.C. | West Forsyth | USSDA North Carolina Fusion |
| Roland Minogue IV | MF | Huntersville, N.C. | Charlotte Catholic | USSDA Charlotte SA |
| Eric O'Brien | F | Wilson, N.C. | Hunt | USSDA CASL Chelsea |
| Colton Storm | MF | Mechanicsburg, Pa. | Cumberland Valley | HMMS Eagles |
| Marco Sunol | F/MF | Greensboro, N.C. | Greensboro Day | USSDA North Carolina Fusion |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Michael Bajza | MF | Tampa, Fla. | Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) | USSDA Shattuck-St. Mary's |
| Jonathan Davis | GK | Gastonia, N.C. | Forestview | USSDA North Meck SC |
| Travis Wannemuehler | MF | Evansville, Ind. | Mater Dei | USSDA Indiana United |
| NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Hans Honer | F | Charlotte, N.C. | Vance | USSDA Charlotte SA |
| NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kellen Foster | MF | N.C. | Green Hope | USSDA CASL Chelsea |
| NORTH FLORIDA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Demetri Zervos | F | Tarpon Springs, Fla. | Tarpon Springs | Tampa Bay United |
| NORTHEASTERN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Harrison Balder | D | Needham, Mass. | Thayer Academy | USSDA FC Greater Boston |
| Matthew Callahan | MF | Newton, Mass. | Newton North | USSDA FC Greater Boston |
| NORTHWESTERN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Jeffrey Hopson | MF | Chesterfield, Mo. | Priory | USSDA Scott Gallagher-Mo. |
| Brandon Medina | MF | Chicago, Ill. | St. Ignatius College Prep | Raiders FC |
| NOTRE DAME | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Brandon Aubrey | MF/D | Plano, Texas | Plano | USSDA Dallas Texans |
| Matt Habrowski | D | Mich. | Brother Rice | USSDA CSA Wolves |
| OAKLAND UNIVERSITY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Amara Soumah | F | Denver, Colo. | transfer | Illinois Central CC |
| Matt Wilson | MF | Novi, Mich. | Novi | WAZA West 95 Black |
| OHIO STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Danny Jensen | MF | Weston, Fla. | Cypress Bay | USSDA Weston FC |
| OREGON STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Michael Steele | F | Wash. | Insight School | USSDA Seattle Sounders |
| PENN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Alec Neumann | F | New Hope, Pa. | Council Rock North | USSDA PDA |
| Travis Pillon | D | Calif. | Head-Royce | USSDA San Jose Earthquakes |
| PENN STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Colton Amidon | MF | Nazareth, Pa. | Nazareth | USSDA FC Delco |
| Connor Maloney | F | Harrisburg, Pa. | Bishop McDevitt | USSDA PA Classics |
| PRINCETON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Vikram Pothuri | MF | Rockville, Md. | Thomas Wootton | AC Bethesda |
| RADFORD | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Zachary Turk | Radford, Va. | Radford | Roanoke Star Elite | |
| RUTGERS | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Zachary Bialik | D | Woodbridge, N.J. | Wardlaw-Hartridge | USSDA Match Fit Chelsea |
| Spencer Hambleton | D | Newark, N.J. | St. Benedict's | USSDA PDA |
| SANTA CLARA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Steven Eneme | F | York, Pa. | Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) | USSDA Shattuck-St. Mary's |
| Haru Kent | Japan | American School of Japan | ||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Ive Burnett | D | Brandon, Miss. | USSDA Real Salt Lake-AZ | |
| Hamilton Carlin | F | Mount Pleasant, S.C. | Wando | USSDA South Carolina United |
| Andrew Davis | D | Mount Pleasant, S.C. | Wando | USSDA South Carolina United |
| Eli Dent | F | Charleston, S.C. | CCSA | USSDA South Carolina United |
| Koty Millard | MF | Hopkins, S.C. | Cardinal Newman | USSDA South Carolina United |
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Kyle Dal Santo | GK | Ill. | Benet Academy | USSDA Chicago Fire |
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Marco Carrizales | MF | Frisco, Texas | Frisco Liberty | USSDA FC Dallas |
| Brody Hickey | MF | Plano, Texas | McMillen | USSDA Dallas Texans |
| Eric Klenofsky | GK | West Milford, N.J. | DePaul Catholic | TSF Academy |
| Abdul Yassine | MF/F | Garland, Texas | Bright Horizons | USSDA FC Dallas |
| STANFORD | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Marshall Glover | D | Albany, Ga. | Westminster-Atlanta | USSDA Georgia United |
| Michael Griswold | D | Calif. | Mount Carmel | USSDA San Diego Surf |
| Trevor Hyman | MF | Calif. | Vista Grande | USSDA Real Salt Lake-AZ |
| Jordan Morris | MF | Mercer Island, Wash. | Mercer Island | Eastside FC |
| SYRACUSE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Michael Koegel | MF | Chittenango, N.Y. | Chittenango | USSDA Empire United |
| UC SANTA BARBARA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Josh McNeely | GK | Hidden Hills, Calif. | Laurel Springs | USSDA LA Galaxy |
| Drew Murphy | MF | Torrance, Calif. | West Torrance | USSDA LA Galaxy |
| John Rehl | D | Colo. | Rock Canyon | USSDA Real Colorado |
| Ben Spencer | Calif. | USSDA Chivas USA | ||
| UCLA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Michael Amick | D | Calif. | Harker | USSDA De Anza Force |
| Paul Arriola | F | Chula Vista, Calif. | USSDA Arsenal FC | |
| Willie Raygoza | F | Calif. | USSDA LA Galaxy | |
| Nathan Smith | D | Clovis, Calif. | Buchanan | USSDA Cal Odyssey |
| VILLANOVA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Will Steiner | GK | Conn. | Fairfield Prep | USSDA South Central |
| VIRGINIA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Jordan Allen | MF | Rochester, N.Y. | Aquinas | USSDA Real Salt Lake-AZ |
| Nicko Corriveau | MF | Potomac, Md. | Gonzaga (D.C.) | AC Bethesda |
| Patrick Foss | MF | South Riding, Va. | US Soccer Residency | USSDA DC United |
| Riggs Lennon | F/D | Phoenix, Ariz. | Brophy Prep | Sereno SC |
| Wesley Suggs | D | Md. | DeMatha | AC Bethesda |
| WAKE FOREST | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Hunter Bandy | MF | Boca Raton, Fla. | Boca Raton | Team Boca |
| Rafael Fagundo | D | Fairfax, Va. | Paul VI | USSDA DC United |
| Ian Harkes | MF | Va. | Gonzaga (D.C.) | USSDA DC United |
| Jacori Hayes | MF/D | Bowie, Md. | DeMatha | USSDA Baltimore Bays |
| Hayden Partain | MF | Frisco, Texas | Wakeland | USSDA Solar Chelsea |
| WASHINGTON | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Mason Robertson | D/MF | Phoenix, Ariz. | Pinnacle | Sereno SC |
| WEST VIRGINIA | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Brent Arnold | GK | Pa. | Hempfield | USSDA PA Classics |
| Kyle Richards | MF | Loganville, Ga. | Loganville | USSDA Concorde Fire |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Steven Stryker | F | Kalamazoo, Mich. | Portage Northern | Kalamazoo Kingdom |
| WISCONSIN | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Nick Jones | F | Mo. | Parkway South | USSDA Scott Gallagher-Mo. |
| WRIGHT STATE | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Sam DeRoy | MF | Powell, Ohio | Olentangy Liberty | Classics Eagles FC |
| Jake Stovall | D | Ohio | Centerville | CUP Crew Juniors Gold |
| XAVIER | ||||
| Name | Pos. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Walker Andriot | MF | Shelbyville, Ky. | Martha Layne Collins | United FC |
| Ryan Vilella | MF | Cranberry Township, Pa. | Seneca Valley | Beadling FC |
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| 1 | Mills E. Godwin Richmond, VA | 15-0-1 |
| 2 | Norman North Norman, OK | 17-0 |
| 3 | Thomas Dale Chester, VA | 15-0-1 |
| 4 | Lambert Suwanee, GA | 23-0 |
| 5 | Deep Run Glen Allen, VA | 14-1-1 |
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