April 30, 2012
For Immediate Release

Hastings College Bronco Football Team adds nine to signed recruits list

Note to Media:  For additional information, contact Dave Kimura, Sports Information Director, at dkimura@hastings.edu; or Tony Harper, Head Football Coach, at tharper@hastings.edu.

(Hastings, Neb.) – Hastings College Bronco Football Head Coach Tony Harper has signed an additional  nine players to his recruiting class.

“The 2012 Bronco Football Team is really coming together well,” said Harper, who is in his second year at the team’s helm.   
“That these young men subscribe to our four fundamentals -- faith, family, education and football – bodes well for Hastings College.”
 
The additional recruits who have signed with the HC Bronco Football team as of today are as follows:

NEBRASKA

Jack Raffety – LB
5-11, 175, Minden, Neb. (Minden High School)
2011 Kearney Hub Territory Defensive Player of the Year
1st Team All State
1st Team All District
Associated Press All State
35-0 regular season in wrestling

Lane Baker – WR
6-3, 180, Deshler, Neb. (Deshler High School)
Honorable Mention Hastings Tribune All Area

Austin Herringer – FB
6-0, 210, Hastings, Neb. (Hastings High School)
All District Honorable Mention 2010
All District 2011
All Conference 2011

Cody Frazier – TE
6-0, 205, Hastings, Neb. (Hastings High School)
Two Year Letterman

Austen Sis – TE
6-3, 190, McCook, Neb. (McCook High School)
All District 2011
All Conference 2011
Honorable Mention All State 2011
3 year Letterman

KANSAS

Jerrad McDermott – LB
6-0, 200, Gardner, Kans. (Gardner-Edgerton High School)
Honorable Mention All EKL
State Runners-Up 2009
Sub State Runners-Up 2010, 2011
Career record of 41-7

COLORADO

Sam Kellertwigg – WR
6-5, 205, Estes Park, Colo. (Estes Park High School/Colorado School of Mines)

Riley McGiboney – ATH
5-9, 185, Denver, Colo. (Denver Academy)
2nd Team All Conference

Phillip Woodrick – WR
5-10, 180, Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County High School)
2011 Letterman


Hastings College, founded in 1882, is a private, four-year liberal arts institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). A total of 64 majors in 32 areas of study and 12 pre-professional programs are offered to more than 1,150 students. Hastings College was named among “America’s Best National Liberal Arts Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report, a “Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review, and a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s. Visit www.hastings.edu for more information.