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Akin Akinniyi - Linebacker
6-1, 215, Freshman
Carrollton, Texas (Creekview HS)
Prep Coach: Gary Monty
Considered one of the top linebackers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (Carrollton is 10 miles northwest of the Dallas city center), Akinniyi is a Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report All-Southwest selection, listed the 102nd overall prospect in the region... Hard-hitting reputation, and caused seven fumbles in 2001... Finished with 82 tackles, six for loss including three sacks, three quarterback hurries and one pass deflection... Had big game vs. Louisville HS with 18 tackles, two TFL and one forced fumble... Rivals100.com No. 39 on its Top 100 outside linebacker list, with 3-star rating... ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten schools also recruited him... Dallas Morning News No. 68 prospect... PrepStar All-region player with reported 4.56 speed... Unanimous All-District choice... Had 18 tackles, including four for losses, against arch-rival Lewisville High last year... Probable first look at UA: whip linebacker...

Danny Baugher - Punter
5-11, 190, Freshman
Phoenix (Mountain Pointe HS)
Prep Coach: Karl Kiefer
Baugher is a USA Today All-USA Football selection who averaged 44.9 yards per punt with a long kick of 68 yards on 28 punts... Also kicked 23 PATs and five field goals, and led his team as a running back with 591 yards and six TDs (plus one defensive score as an OLB)... PrepStar All-America selection as the No. 1 All-West punter/kicker... SuperPrep All-Farwest as the No. 19 prospect in Arizona... Best punter award at '99 Ben Agajanian kicking camp... Two-star pick by Rivals100.com... Set school record with 96-yard touchdown run... Had 102 tackles, three interceptions and 4.5 sacks over three years to score most defensive points on team... Had a 96-yard run from scrimmage, plus earned all-region linebacker honors... Reported 4-second hang time, plus directional and pooch skills... All-city and region honors as punter, linebacker and RB... Scholar-Athlete Award for a 4.0 grade point average... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Tanner Bell - Offensive Line
6-7, 291, Freshman
Castroville, Calif. (N. Monterey County HS)
Prep Coach: Bob Cobarruvias
UA's first big-body OL commitment of the 2002 group, Bell is an All-West Region pick by PrepStar despite missing most of the 2001 season with a knee medial collateral ligament injury... SuperPrep All-Farwest region selection as the No. 89 prospect in three-state area... Strong academics, with scholarship offer from Cornell... Prep Football Report All-West honors as No. 69 prospect... Considered to have outstanding balance and growth potential... Rivals100.com Top 100 offensive tackle... Was hosted at UA by Nic Costa on his recruiting trip... Starting center for North Monterey County's basketball team... National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete... Recruited by Pac-10, Mountain West schools, among others.

Marlon Brisco - Defensive End
6-4, 225, Freshman
Inglewood, Calif. (Morningside HS)
Prep Coach: Ron Tatum
A three-year starter at defensive end and tight end for Morningside, Brisco is a PrepStar All-American as the No. 15 defensive end prospect on its All-West team... Superlative quickness and drive saw him notch 80 tackles, including 30 for loss and 20 sacks as a senior... Around-the-ball defender who forced six fumbles and recovered four, plus knocked down four passes... As a tight end he had six catches for 130 yards and a touchdown... Three-time All-Ocean League defender and two-time all-league tight end ... All-CIF Southern Section senior year... Team Most Outstanding Player his senior year as well as Morningside's Best Defensive Lineman and Most Dedicated Award winner... Recruited by some noted West defenses... Earned Rivals100.com four-star notice as a defensive end, listed No. 13 at the position... SuperPrep All-Farwest as the region's No. 70 prospect... Prep Football Report All-West selection as a top 75 region prospect at tight end... Attracted by Arizona's immediate need on the defensive edge... Has a frame which coaches feel can handle the 250-260 range...

Beau Carr - Halfback
5-10, 204, Freshman
Spring, Texas (Westfield)
Prep Coach: Ron Lynch
UA continued its foray into Texas for RBs with Carr and several others this year... A physical halfback prospect, he rushed for 1,865 yards and 12 touchdowns last fall... Had 12 receptions for 240 yards and two scores... Rushed for 1,148 yards as a junior... SuperPrep All-Southwest as the No. 84 prospect in Texas... Max EmfingerRecruiting.com national Top 25 power-I tailback and Emfinger Texas Super Team All-State... Rivals100.com three-star pick... PrepStar all-region selection... Dallas Morning News No. 65 state prospect with a three-star rating... Offensive MVP of District 15-5A... Team Leadership Award and team captain... Houston Chronicle Top 100... Dave Campbells' Texas Top 300 No. 8 rating...

Biren Ealy - Wide Receiver
6-4, 190, Freshman
Houston (Cypress Falls HS)
Prep Coach: Wayne Hooks
Arizona's bid to go 'big' in the receiving corps realized a boost with the signing of Ealy, a PrepStar All-American selection as the No. 8 receiving prospect in the Midlands region... 30 receptions for 550 yards and two touchdowns as a senior... Prep Football Report All-America honors as the No. 116th national prospect and Top 25 receiver... SuperPrep All-Southwest as the No. 75 Texas prospect... Max Emfinger national Top 200 and flanker top 42, with a 5 rating... Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston on defense... Ealy had 29 tackles, six interceptions (tied for district lead), 4 knockdowns and two fumble recoveries as a free safety... Returned 11 kickoffs for a 26.6 average, including a 106-yard TD return vs. Hastings High... Had a timed 200-meter run of 22.2, and a long jump of more than 22 feet... Rivals100.com four-star rating and No. 18 nationally... Dallas Morning News No. 28 on its Texas 100... First-team All-Greater Houston... 2nd-team AP All-State...

Nicholas Folk - Kicker
6-2, 190, Freshman
Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame)
Prep Coach: Kevin Rooney
Folk had the distinction of being selected to the All-California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section 2nd-team offense as a placekicker, and the All-CIF Southern Section Division III 1st-team as a punter for his two-way work at Notre Dame High... Hit 39 of 45 kickoffs into the endzone and was 5-for-9 on field goal attempts... Long field goal of 52 yards and also had 36-yard game-winner at the 11-second mark... Recruited widely by Pac-10 schools.. All-Mission League honors as a junior and senior, All-San Fernando Valley as a senior... As a soccer player he earned All-CIF Division honors, all-league and all-Valley honors, plus was team captain... Honor roll student and member of National Honor Society, plus All Mission League Academic Team honors in both soccer and football... Two-star selection by Rivals100.com... Will get a look at all three kicking jobs in Arizona's fall camp, but considered a top threat at placekicker...

Gilbert Harris - Fullback
6-2, 205, Freshman
San Antonio (Churchill HS)
Prep Coach: Carl Gustafson
Harris is considered a fullback prospect for Arizona but is on Max Emfinger's Power-I Tailback top 25 list with a 4-rating... A Rivals100.com Top 100 running back (No. 57) and 2-star prospect, he pledged to Arizona in August during training camp, well before his official visit, attracted by what he termed a positive and early recruiting pitch from Arizona coaches... UA saw appeal in his 900 yards and 10 TDs rushing as a junior... A three-year starting tailback at Churchill, he has a reported 4.4 40-yard dash time... Career statistical totals of 526 carries for 2,289 yards, an average of 4.4 per carry, with 22 touchdowns, plus 30 receptions for 322 yards... All-around athletic talent as a two-year track letterman and a three-year basketball letterman...

Keith Jackson - Offensive Line
6-6, 305, Freshman
Inglewood, Calif. (Inglewood HS)
Prep Coach: Bob Sharp
Jackson is one of the Cats' big line recruits and earned PrepStar All-America honors as the All-West No. 5 offensive line prospect... Widely recruited in the West and by one Big Ten team... A two-way player who was recruited both ways, but projects as an offensive tackle for UA... Honorable mention in the Long Beach Press-Telegram's Best in the West poll, with five votes... A Rivals100.com four-star selection as a top 30 OT prospect and a Max Emfinger national top 38 OT prospect... SuperPrep All-Farwest as the No. 60 prospect in the three-state region... Second-team Las Vegas Sun Super 11 honors... Wanted to leave L.A. area "to grow up," as he put it... Sizeable and athletic and just what Mackovic wants in a lineman... Made 65 tackles and 14 sacks as a defensive tackle... Los Angeles Times all-area honors... Daily Breeze all-state selection... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Mike Jefferson - Wide Receiver
6-2, 200, Freshman
El Paso, Texas (Parkland HS)
Prep Coach: Jerry Walker
Clearly the type of receiver UA looked for in recruiting efforts, Jefferson brings the physical tools necessary to be a major force on the perimeter -- size and speed. Like Ealy, he was a Dallas Morning News Texas Top 100 pick, at No. 55, and considered the top El Paso prospect... Caught 29 passes for 954 yards and 11 TDs... Also returned two punts for scores, and had 60 tackles and two interceptions as a defensive back... Rushed 10 times for 216 yards and two touchdowns... More than 2,000 receiving yards and 1,200 return yards during his career... Reported 4.39 speed... PrepStar All-America honors as the No. 10 receiving prospect in the Midlands region... Prep Football Report's No. 65 prospect as an All-Southwest pick... Texas Football Lone Star All-Star 1st-team... All-city and all-district honors his senior year... Texas North-South All-Star game... A listee in Who's Who among national high school seniors... Basketball (19.4 ppg, 11.2 rpg) and track standout with a reported 11.1 time in the 100 meters... Rivals100.com rates him a Top 50 receiving prospect while Max Emfinger lists him a top 10 national flanker and four stars... Dave Campbell's Texas Top 300 No. 6 WR rating... Team Texas 4A by Texashsfootball.com... Recruited widely by Big 12 and Big 10 schools... Who's Who Among High School Students selection...

Matt Lamatsch - Offensive Line
6-7, 310, Junior*
Clafkin, Kan. (Clafkin HS/Butler County CC)
JC Coach: Troy Morrell
Lamatsch is prized for his pass blocking skill ... Played left tackle in highly competitive Kansas Jayhawk CC Conference against numerous eventual Division I-A players... Earned second-team all-conference honors... A five-star tackle prospect by Max Emfinger as a Juco 100 selection... His brother, John, played juco ball with 2001 senior offensive guard Kevin Barry at Hutchinson CC... Mid-year Class of '02 enrollee who could be slowed initially in spring because of a stress fracture in his foot... Four-star TheInsiders.com juco prospect... Butler sent 16 players to Division I-A in 2000...

Spencer Larsen - Linebacker
6-2, 225, Freshman
Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland High School)
Prep Coach: Mike Reardon
Larsen is one of two Arizona players signed by the Cats and one of three linebacker prospects inked... Played linebacker and quarterback at Highland High... Credited with 124 tackles, 14 tackles for losses, two sacks and two forced fumbles... Set single-season team record for tackles... Played quarterback on offense... . SuperPrep All-Farwest selection as the No. 11 prospect in Arizona... Phoenix Metro Football Friday Night Heroes listee... PrepStar All-West honors as one of the publication's top 17 linebackers in the region... Earned Arizona Republic 1st-team All-State honors... All-Region co-Defensive Player of the Year... All-Southeast Valley honors... Honorable mention All-America honors from the Dairy Council of Arizona... Coaches like his instinctual skills for getting to the ball... Rivals100.com two-star rating...

Kili Lefotu - Offensive Line
6-4, 285, Freshman
Riverside, Calif. (Arlington HS)
Prep Coach: Pat McCartney
Lefotu brings the same characteristic as all UA line recruits -- size... A preseason SuperPrep All-Farwest selection, he played only two years of high school ball before Division I-A coaches took notice... Strong player who benches 315... Earned Tom Lemming Prep Football Report All-West honors as the No. 61 prospect in the region... Considered to have good footwork and told SuperPrep (All-Farwest honors), "I'm tough and play straight-up, hard-nosed football... Graded 87 percent during 2001... Twice named team Player of the Week.... Played tackle at Arlington High and earned All-California Interscholastic Federation Division V honors and second-team All-CIF Southern Section honors... Arlington Lineman of the Year... All-Ivy League first-team honors... All-Riverside County 1st team... Team co-captain.. PrepStar honorable mention All-West... Has the frame for a 300-pound future...

John McKinney - Linebacker
6-0, 205, Freshman
Copperas Cove, Texas (CCHS)
Prep Coach: Jack Welch
McKinney emerged after strong junior and senior seasons at Copperas Cove High to become one of Texas' solid linebacker prospects... No wonder -- 105 tackles, five sacks, four forced fumbles and two recoveries... Won Player of Game honors 11 of 12 weeks... CCHS defense only allowed 182 yards per game and 95 rushing yards per game, plus limited opponents to 7.9 points per game with five shutouts... Had 126 tackles, 16 TFL, seven sacks and two blocked kicks as a junior to earn 2nd-team AP All-State... Noted for such determined play, but his speed attracted UA coaches, with a reported 4.6 40-yard dash.. A SuperPrep All-Southwest selection as Texas' No. 79 prospect... Picked No. 99 on Prep Football Report's All-Southwest three-state area... PrepStar All-Midlands region pick... All-league and all-city honors... Nominated for Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game... First-team All-State by Associated Press his senior year... First-team Centralplex Team... All-State 5A 1st team honors from Texas Sports Writers Association... Also runs the 110 and 300 hurdles as a two-year varsity track star, finishing fifth in the district in both races... Probable initial look at inside linebacker for the Wildcats... Texashsfootball.com first-team Team Texas 5A...

Jason Martin - Cornerback
5-10, 170, Freshman
Pasadena, Calif. (Muir HS)
Prep Coach: Ron Mims
Martin and teammate Ryan O'Hara were among UA's initial commitments last fall... A standout two-way player as a wide receiver and cornerback, he earned PrepStar All-America honors as the No. 12 prospect on its All-West team... Though he's penciled as a corner for UA, he caught 37 passes for 783 yards and four touchdowns last year... Five career interceptions including three as a junior... Made 60 tackles and had two interceptions in coverage... SuperPrep All-West honors as No. 112 in the three-state All-Farwest region... Prep Football Report All-West 100... Kick returning potential and a leaper... Max Emfinger 3-star rating, and two-star rank by Rivals100.com as No. 69 cornerback... Ran a 10.9 100-meter and a 49.7 400m as a sophomore at Monrovia High School where he attended his first three years as a prep... Second-team All-Rio Hondo League as a soph sprinter... Had some noted marks in the 40 (4.42) and 20-yard shuttle (3.92) at the Nike Camp this year... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Javier Martinez - Tight End
6-4, 250, Junior*
Pico Rivera, Calif. (St. Paul HS /Cerritos CC)
JC Coach: Frank Mazzotta
One of the top tight ends in the California junior college ranks, Martinez is a mid-year enrollee who can jump into the mix quickly at a position where UA has some depth... No. 35 rating on the Rivals100.com tight end chart, as a four-star player... Also four-star rating by Max Emfinger's Blue Chip Recruiting, and was listed as the No. 8 tight end by TheInsiders.com recruiting site... UA likes his athleticism... His coach has said he's capable of becoming an impact player... Recruited by several Big Ten and Big 12 schools... Committed before an official visit to campus...

Lamon Means - Safety
6-3, 190, Freshman
Galena Park, Texas (Galena Park HS)
Prep Coach: Mike Coker
Arizona continued its reach into the Texas prep ranks in 2002 and along with others came back with Means, a standout safety from Galena Park in the greater Houston area... UA's lone signee at his position, Means received a three-star rating and a top 50 safety mark from Rivals100.com... Recruited by several Big East and Big Ten schools... Listed No. 76 on the TheInsiders.com recruiting network Texas 100... Earned a spot on the Dallas Morning News Texas 100 list at No. 99 with a three-star rating... 98 tackles, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and 10 passes broken up as a defensive back... Had 44 rushes for 249 yards and a touchdown his senior year as a running back... Also had 17 receptions for 191 yards and two scores... Houston Touchdown Club finalist for Defensive Player of the Year... Player of Year honor for District 23-4A... Unanimous first-team all-District two consecutive years... Galena Park team Defensive MVP... Houston Chronicle Top 100...

Ra'Shawn Mosley - Halfback
5-11, 175, Freshman
San Antonio (Southwest HS)
Prep Coach: Manuel Valles
An exciting player with a wealth of confidence, Mosley was the sixth back named on the Dallas Morning News Texas 100 list, at No. 58 with a three-star rating... Averaged more than eight yards per carry in his career... Rushed for 389 yards and six TDs in one game against Brackenridge to set a San Antonio record... Finished with 1,523 yards on 224 carries (6.8 ypc) and 18 touchdowns as a senior... 18 receptions for 242 yards... Had 2,330 rushing yards and 27 scores as a junior, to earn All-State honors... Career rushing total of 4.567 yards on 631 carries -- a whopping 22 yards per tote... Scored 312 career points crossing the goal line... 4.5 speed... Prep Football Report All-Southwest as the No. 72 prospect in the region...Said to have great vision and his vision, according to one report: "I'm going to be the starter when Clarence Farmer leaves"... Houston Chronicle Top 100 list... PrepStar All-Midlands team... Dave Campbell's Texas Top 300 No. 4 RB ranking... Rivals100.com national top 25 as an all-purpose back... Max Emfinger three-star rating in national Top 200... Two-time unanimous All-District running back honors... Two-time first-team All Greater San Antonio... U.S. Army All-American Bowl and earned U.S. Army All-American honors... Gillette Red Zone Player of the Year in Texas...

Luis Nunez - Cornerback
5-11, 185, Junior*
Chula Vista, Calif. (Hilltop /Southwestern)
JC Coach: Walt Justice
Arizona looked hard for some cover corners and pulled in a mid-year enrollee from the junior college ranks in Nunez... Assigned by his coaches to cover the other team's best receiver, he came up with five interceptions, broke up 10 passes, and finished with 25 tackles and a fumble recovery as a sophomore... Ten interceptions in his career... Seven punt returns for 49 yards... Three years to play two, but gets the early look in spring ball and could factor into the rotation with UA losing a starter to graduation... Earned first-team All-Foothill Conference honors... Three-star rating by Rivals100.com, among its top 60 as his position... One-star TheInsiders.com juco rating... Named Southwestern College's Defensive Player of the Year...

Ryan O'Hara - Quarterback
6-6, 200, Freshman
Pasadena, Calif. (Muir)
Prep Coach: Ron Mims
One of the background keys to Arizona's 2002 recruiting efforts was the early June commitment made by quarterback O'Hara, who formed the cornerstone of John Mackovic's first full-fledged class at Arizona... A Nike and Student Sports Elite Quarterback summer camps participant, among others... He opened the year in the USA Today National Top 125 picked by Max Emfinger, and finished in the same vein, as a top-grade QB among Emfinger's drop-back top 10... He completed 110 passes in 189 attempts (.582) for 1,560 yards and 16 touchdowns, with five interceptions, plus had three rushing touchdowns...Also passed or ran for seven 2-point PATs... Earned PrepStar All-America honors as the No. 7 prospect on its All-West team... SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as the No. 88 prospect in the three-state region... Received three votes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West list of senior prep players from Pac-10 states... Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report No. 41prospect in the six-state All-West region... All-conference and all-area honors each of the last two seasons... Solid academics and a standout guard on Muir's basketball team... Rivals100.com three-star rating as a dual-threat quarterback, with 4.65 speed... Career marks of 3,950 passing yards and 43 touchdowns (231-428, 54%), plus a QB-of-record mark of 23-9-3... Student Sports Elite 25 quarterback rating... Athlon pre-season top 20 quarterback prospect... Fab50recruiting.com Top 50, one of only four QBs... Team captain junior and senior seasons... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Matt Padron - Tight End
6-5, 255, Freshman
San Antonio (Clark HS)
Prep Coach: Mike Robbins
UA signed two tight ends and Padron is the big-body freshman of the two, plus one of UA's Texas prep stars... Was a three-year starter for Clark High... Caught 20 passes for 260 yards and five touchdowns in 2002... Was familiar with John Mackovic since the coach's tenure at the University of Texas, where he participated in several summer camps, plus saw appeal in UA's program via televised 2001 games... Recruited by several service academies as well as schools in the Southwest... TheBearsDen.com Texas Top 250 honoree... Dave Campbell's Texas Football Lone Star All-Star Team 2001 finalist as outstanding senior tight end... Texas Sports Writers Association 3rd-team All-State 5A honors... First-team All-District 27 5-A honors... First-team All-San Antonio... Dave Campbell's Texas Top 300 No. 10 TE rating... Second-team Team Texas 5A honors from Texashsfootball.com...

John Parada - Offensive Line
6-8, 305, Freshman
Alta Loma, Calif. (Alta Loma HS)
Prep Coach: Tom Mitchell
Typical of the focus by UA recruiters, Parada brings size to the Wildcats' front line... A two-way starter at defensive end and offensive tackle, he projects as the latter for Arizona... Received nine of 10 possible votes in the Long Beach Press-Telegram's first-team Best in the West recruiters' poll... SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as the No. 82 prospect in the region... Considered by his high school coaches to be one of the most talented big men in the area... Benches 385... RIvals100.com No. 26 prospect at tackle... 1st-team CalHiSports all-state offense honors... Had 70 pancake blocks as a junior, 80 as a senior... Three-year starter and '01 team captain... Had 70 tackles and seven sacks as a DT and helped lead team to state semifinals... Alta Loma Offensive Lineman of the Year... First-team all-league and All-Orange County... Los Angeles Times All-Inland Valley... Student-Athlete of the Month honors... Two-time All-California Interscholastic Federation selection... Prep Football Report All-West honors as No. 56 prospect... Las Vegas Sun Super 11 second-team honors... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Paul Philipp - Defensive End
6-3, 265, Freshman
San Bernardino, Calif. (SBHS)
Prep Coach: Sam Stahlheber
A widely recruited lineman with offers from half a dozen schools in the West, Philipp is a key defensive signee for UA... PrepStar All-America honors as the No. 12 All-West prospect... Missed some games in 2001 with leg injuries but still had nine sacks and more than 12 tackles per game... SuperPrep All-Farwest selection as the No. 40 prospect in the three-state region... Prep Football Report All-West No. 98 prospect... All-San Andreas League honors at end and offensive tackle... Aggressive style on the edge appealed to UA... Rivals100.com three-star selection as a Top 50 prospect at his position... Three-star Max Emfinger defensive end prospect... "No one can block me," he says... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100...

Gary Shephard - Cornerback
5-10, 188, Freshman
Spring, Texas (Westfield HS)
Prep Coach: Ron Lynch
Shephard and fellow newcomer Jason Martin will give Arizona some needed balance in the defensive secondary as freshman corners... An aggressive cover corner who had two picks, made 74 tackles and forced 12 fumbles for Westfield, where he was a teammate of recruit Beau Carr... Blocked two kicks on special teams... Reportedly allowed only two touchdown passes all year... A sprinter on the WHS track team, Shephard has a 4.5 40-yard dash time... Arizona's two-year cornerback starter, junior Michael Jolivette, played host to Shephard on his official visit to the campus... Played a role in Westfield High's improvement from an 0-10 record to 12-2 in just three seasons... Recruited by Big East and Big 12 schools... Second-team All-District honors...

Marcus Smith - Defensive End
6-5, 220, Freshman
San Diego, Calif. (Mission Bay HS)
Prep Coach: Dennis Pugh
Another of the Cats' efforts to strengthen its line, Smith's progress during his senior year caught the eye of recruiters and he was rated a Top 50 weak-side DE and three-star prospect by Rivals100.com... Had 90 tackles, 10 sacks and two interceptions last year, plus caused five fumbles... 96-yard fumble recovery for TD, CIF-San Diego record... San Diego Union Tribune Al-County honors... Prep Football Report All-West as the No. 90 prospect in the region... SuperPrep All-Farwest No. 107... Max Emfinger national DE list... All-San Diego area at linebacker... His fast and active style appealed to a number of top defensive schools in the West... Basketball player with 17 points and 16 rebounds per game... Las Vegas Sun Super 11 honorable mention... JV football MVP in 1998, he progressed to all-league the following year on the varsity... Senior MVP 2001... Most Inspirational Player Award in 2000... Team captain senior year... Basketball team MVP in 1999 and Las Vegas Classic All-Star team member... National Honor Society Certificate Award 1997... Mission Bay Honor Roll throughout junior high and his first two years of high school... Computer technology award from MBHS... Urban League Golden Pyramid Scholar... Extensive public service work and scholastic honors...

Andre Torrey - Defensive End
6-4, 250, Junior*
Alameda, Calif. (Alameda /Laney CC)
JC Coach: - Stan Peters
UA sought immediate help at some positions and were able to attract Torrey from the junior college ranks as a mid-year signee who will participate in spring ball... Led Laney in sacks with 12, plus had 60 tackles... Earned team Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman award for Laney, the Merced Elks Bowl Champions... A SuperPrep Juco 100 All-America pick, he gives UA an experienced player to build immediate depth on the defensive line... Earned first-team All-Mid Empire Conference honors at Laney, situated in Oakland... Arizona coaches especially like the prospect of his height on the edge...

Carl Tuitavuki - Defensive Tackle
6-4, 320, Junior
Alameda, Calif. (San Leandro/Ricks CC)
JC Coach: Ron Haun
Arizona looks forward to a quick look at Tuitavuki in fall ball, eager to see if his compelling junior college statistics translate to Pac-10 football... It's likely, as he was recruited by Pac-10, Big 12 and SEC schools as a top prospect... NCJAA second-team All-America honors in 2001... JCGridwire honorable mention All-America... No. 59 national junior college prospect by JCFootball.com... Rated a four-star junior college prospect by TheInsiders.com service... Earned first-team All-WSFL Conference honors... ...Was third on Ricks with 70 tackles including 17 for losses and six sacks, plus broke up three passes, forced a fumble and recovered one in 2001... Ricks finished ranked No. 5 nationally in the NJCAA final poll with a 10-1 record... Tuitavuki earned first-team All Region 18 honors... Native of American Samoa who only played one year of high school football....

Juan Valentine - Wide Receiver
6-1, 190, Junior*
Houston, Texas (Clear Lake/Tyler JC)
JC Coach: Dale Carr
A PrepStar All-Region selection out of Houston Clear Lake in 2000, Valentine was one of the Cats' offensive perimeter signees two years ago, but attended junior college at Tyler, Texas, JC, and the Wildcat staff kept up correspondence at contact in hopes he'd return... He was a prep star with Dallas Morning News State 100 honors and a Houston Chronicle Super Texas selection... Prep track runner... Rivals100.com Texas all-star... One-star TheInsiders.com juco rating... Starter for 8-4 Tyler club that finished second in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference... Earned first-team All-Southwest JC Conference Offense honors along with four teammates... Team leader with 34 receptions for 649 yards -- an average of 19.1 per catch, with six touchdowns... Tyler led the league in total offense with 424 yards per game...

Tim Volk - Defensive End
6-2, 250, Freshman
Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Notre Dame HS)
Prep Coach: Kevin Rooney
Volk is one of the Cats' key defensive recruits for 2002 and brings outstanding credentials to the edge- rush mix... He's one of UA's earliest commitments, in August 2001... Earned Long Beach Press-Telegram First-team Best in the West honors with eight votes... Tacoma News Tribune Western 100 selection... Called a high-octane player with a relentless motor... Recorded 135 total tackles and 17 sacks in leading Notre Dame to a 21-2-1 record over the last two years... Strong player with a 345 bench press... PrepStar All-America honors as the No. 13 prospect on its All-West selections... No. 31 on Rivals100.com weakside DE list... League MVP Lineman honors with 70 hits, 8.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one recovery and one interception as a senior... SuperPrep All-Farwest honors as the No. 96 prospect in three-state region... Rivals100.com three-star player on national Top 40 linebacker list and four-star pick by Max Emfinger among top 50 national defensive ends... The Sporting News ranked him among the top 130 players nationally... Las Vegas Sun Super 11 honorable mention... Earned first-team CalHiSports state honors... All-CIF Southern Section first-team defense two years and All-CIF Southern Section Division III defensive line honors... Los Angeles Times first-team all-region... Scored twice on the fumblerooski play as a junior... Nose guard his sophomore year, defensive end and offensive guard or tackle his junior and senior years... Team MVP on freshman club, Most Valuable Sophomore on varsity the following year, and selected the league's Most Valuable Lineman his junior and senior seasons...

Arizona's Chief Recruiters
Head Coach John Mackovic
Recruiting Coordinator Rob Ianello (WR)
Offensive Coordinator Rick Dykes (QB)
Defensive Coordinator Larry Mac Duff (WLB/DE)
Steve Bernstein (DB Coach)
Jay Boulware (TE Coach)
Charlie Dickey (OL Coach)
Bobby Kennedy (RB Coach)
Marty Long (DL Coach)
Scott Pelluer (LB Coach, Special Teams)
Jeff Rodgers (Defensive graduate assistant)
Terry Samuel (Offensive graduate assistant)
Heather Matjasic (Recruiting Intern)
Dan Berezowitz (Operations Director)
Brad Arnett (Strength Coach)
Football Office Staff: Ana Verdin, Donna Dykes, Andi May
Student office assistants Ryan Clavett, Andrew Rueidinger