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Football Players Return
Football Players Return
This week the football players returned to Fork Union Military Academy ready to tackle another season. On Sunday, over 90 players returned to the campus of Fork Union and within two days were out on the field practicing. This year the prep team looks very promising and many of the players are excited about their return.
FUMA has three football teams: Junior Prep (9th and 10th grade); Prep (11th and 12th grade); and Varsity (Postgraduate).
Prep Team
One of FUMA's attention getters is Brandon Caleb, a cadet since the 8th grade. He is a top-ranked recruiting prospect in the Class of 2006. Ranked in the Top Ten wide receiver prospects nationally, Caleb also excels in track and basketball, and set the state record in the triple jump while leading the FUMA track team to their 18th state championship in a row.
Other key returning players for 2005-06 include Donovan Astwood, senior; Josh Avery, senior; Sylvester Bryce, senior; Paul Dandan, senior; Carl Daniel, senior; Jonathan Foote, junior; Philip Hylton, junior; Tienne Jefferson, junior; Pierce Mackey, senior; Donny Outlaw, senior; Zack Rector, junior; Jamal Schulters, senior; and Steve Palmer, junior.
Tripp Jones, a senior playing defensive end and center, said he is glad to return to the Academy, but he definitely needed to get used to the heat again. Robert Hembrick, a junior returning for his second year at FUMA, is also excited about being back at school and agrees practice is off to a good start.
"The guys are looking good," said Receivers Coach Mike Hooper. "They are quickly getting back into the routine and are pumped for another season."
The football teams practice in the morning from 8:30 - 10:30 on the field, and then work out in the weight room in the afternoon. They return to the field in the evening after dinner until 8:00 or 8:30 p.m.
PG Football
Coach John Shuman is confident this year's team will be another outstanding one. Over 60 players arrived Wednesday and were out on the field on Thursday morning sweating through a grueling practice.
Paul Young, from Woodbridge, VA, is working as a kicker this year. "It is my first year at Fork Union and I am looking forward to it. The team definitely looks better than my high school last year." Paul said he came to FUMA because his father's friend had told them about the success of FUMA's postgraduate program. "I am looking at colleges like UVA, Bowling Green and JMU," said Young.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Friday, August 19, 2005 12:02 PM
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