Feb. 3, 2010

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Allendale, Mich. - Grand Valley State University head football coach Matt Mitchell announced the signing of 32 student-athletes to attend and play football for the Lakers in the fall of 2010.

"I thought our coaching staff did an outstanding job of first identifying talent and then second recruiting those kids to be a part of Grand Valley State University and our football program," said first-year head coach Matt Mitchell. "We always want to recruit the state of Michigan first and I am extremely pleased with the quality of student-athlete we were able to recruit to Grand Valley State."

Grand Valley State's 2010 class consists of 32 players from the state of Michigan and from Illinois.

"Our name recognition and the success of football program enables our coaching staff to get in on some players that are being recruited at the Division I level," Mitchell added. "It is important for us to continue to battle those Division I schools for those players if we want build on our past success."

GVSU returns 43 letterwinners in 2010, including nine players that have started games on offense and nine that have started on the defensive side of the ball. GVSU is 115-8 the last nine years with four NCAA DII National Championships (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and six title game appearances (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009). Grand Valley State will open the 2010 campaign Thursday, Sept. 2 at 7:00 p.m. versus West Texas A&M.

Incoming Freshmen
Name                 Pos.  Ht.    Wt.    Hometown/High School
Jordan Beachnau      QB    6-0    170    Lansing, Mich./Holt
Brandon Beitzel      QB    6-3    196    Geneva, Ill.
Dakota Bender        RB    5-11   183    Clarkston, Mich.
Justin Davis         WR    5-8    173    Lathrup Village, Mich./Southfield Lathrup
Isiah Dunning        DL    6-2    240    Ravenna, Mich.
Kyle Eilers          OL    6-5    232    Montague, Mich.
Cam Fields           WR    5-7    164    West Bloomfield, Mich.
Martel Goodson       LB    5-11   203    Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King
Randy Hogan          LB    6-0    207    Lowell, Mich.
Deonte Hurst         DB    5-11   170    Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood
Ben Hutchins         RB    5-8    171    Portage, Mich./Portage Northern
Antonio Hutchins     LB    5-11   195    Portage, Mich./Portage Northern
Devonte Jones        DB    5-9    150    St. Joseph, Mich.
Matt Judon           DL    6-3    227    West Bloomfield, Mich.
John Kamps           OL    6-5    233    Zeeland, Mich./Zeeland East
Adam Koning          LB    6-1    196    Hamilton, Mich.
Marco Iaderosa       PK    5-9    212    Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington
Daniel Lindsey       Ath.  5-11   181    Belleville, Mich./Inkster
Nathan Lindsey       Ath.  6-0    191    Belleville, Mich./Inkster
Payton McCallum      DL    6-2    242    Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East
Keontre Miskel       WR    6-1    179    Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores
Chris Picano         P     5-10   208    Brighton, Mich.
Chris Robinson       RB    6-0    209    Ovid, Mich./Ovid-Elsie
Jack Sauber          WR    5-10   173    Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower
Kirk Spencer         RB    5-10   182    East Grand Rapids, Mich.
Tyler Van Bergen     WR    6-0    166    Whitehall, Mich.
Sam Welch            QB    5-11   190    Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western
John Westfall        OL    6-3    253    Highland, Mich./Milford
Craig Wilson         DL    6-2    253    Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West
Justice Wright       RB    5-11   181    Macomb, Mich./Sterling Heights Stevenson
Bobby Wunderlich     DB    6-3    184    Troy, Mich.
Vorheese Zanders     WR    5-11   168    Detroit, Mich./Inkster
Transfers
Name                 Pos.  Ht.    Wt.    Hometown/Last School
Hunter Charneski     DL    6-2    245    Green Bay, Wis./St. Cloud State
Kyle McMahon         QB    6-3    218    Pontiac, Mich./Eastern Michigan
Norman Shuford       RB    5-9    196    Farmington Hills, Mich./Akron