Springfield, Ohio — Wittenberg University Men’s Soccer Head Coach Steve Dawson has announced that 17 student-athletes will join the Tiger program in August 2014. 

The new recruits join a team that 6-11-1 overall and 2-7-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) a year ago. The Tigers finished seventh in the league’s 2013 regular season standings. 

Wittenberg is expected to return 17 letterwinners to the roster in 2014, including a pair of All-NCAC performers in sophomore defender Tucker Stas (Bexley, Ohio/Bexley) and sophomore forward Josh Marks (Bushey, England). The Tigers are scheduled to open the 2014 campaign with a game Aug. 29 at Washington & Jefferson. 

The new recruits are: 

• Teddy Price (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral)
• Alberto Gonzalez (New Carlisle, Ohio/Tecumseh)
• Matthew Bayler (Brownsburg, Ind./Cardinal Ritter)
• Cameron Ferguson (Westerville, Ohio/South)
• Alexandre Veuthey (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Josh McErlean (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South)
• Andrew Yokum (Waterville, Ohio/Anthony Wayne)
• Daniel Roberts (Findlay, Ohio/Van Buren)
• Reed Gibson (DeGraff, Ohio/St. Paris Graham)
• Alex Benoit (Centerville, Mass./Tabor Academy)
• Jacob Haas (Trenton, Ohio/Edgewood)
• David Jackson (College Park, Ga./Westwood)
• Nick Foley (Fishers, Ind./Cathedral)
• Robby Frye (Loveland, Ohio/Kings)
• Ty Beatty (Pickerington, Ohio/Community School)
• Jerrson Pachar (Elk Grove Village, Ill./Elk Grove)
• Jonathan Robinson (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) 

“I am looking forward to welcoming this outstanding group of young men to the Wittenberg University community,” Dawson said. “I look forward to working with them to succeed both academically and athletically.”

Written By: Ryan Maurer