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This week's recruiting updates: Caeden Da Silva, Ian Wiederin, Drew Benson, Cameron Figgs, and Izaiah Truitt.
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My goal is to play d-1 football then go to the NFL.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have an offer from Grandview and have been talking with South Dakota State. South Dakota has been recruiting me as well as Iowa State.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I'd say South Dakota state has been recruiting me the hardest.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I competed in one camp at Iowa State's and have another one coming up at Grandview. I feel like I performed okay. I was limited though because of an injury.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Oregon. I love watching Marcus Mariota and Anthony Thomas, who are some of my favorite players to watch.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play college sports. I would love to play baseball at the next level, that has been a dream of mine ever since I was a little kid.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have had some schools reach out to me in football like St Ambrose and have had a few talk to me personally in baseball, but right now I am mostly just focusing on finishing the season strong.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Loras, Wartburg on my own, as well as Southeastern Community College.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I plan on visiting a lot of schools this off-season and just seeing which ones fit me best.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I did not do any camps this off season as I was recovering from an ankle injury.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan on attending PBR showcases this off season.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was North Carolina. I was always a huge fan of them for all sports.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I am definitely looking to play sports in college, which sport I plan to play though is still up in the air. My current plan is to make a decision based on what school and program fits me best sometime before my senior baseball season.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A lot of my recruiting currently is from the football side. I have heard from a lot of NSIC schools, and some NAIA schools such as Morningside, Doane, Mount Marty, and a couple others. As for baseball, I have received a lot of local interest and a couple D2’s but hope to receive more once my junior season ends and I attend more showcases.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet, but I have some coming up soon.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I am currently setting up a lot of gameday visits to attend for the fall season, and also working to make more camps as baseball is beginning to come to an end.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have done a couple camps this offseason. I attended the Prep Baseball Report camp and the Podyum Preps Football Camp, both here in Sioux City. I believe I performed well and stood out in both. I also was invited to the Podyum Preps All-American Bowl down in Miami in December, so I plan to make that trip as well”.
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I have plans to attend some fall showcases and some college camps once baseball season is over. What showcases I will attend for baseball is still up in the air but as for football I hope to attend Minnesota State, Augustana, and UMary’s camps as long as dates don’t interfere.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has always been Nebraska. My dream has always been to play football or baseball for the Huskers. If an opportunity comes where that dream could become a reality, it would be very hard for me to pass on personally.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I definitely want to play sports in college. Right now, it is difficult for me to choose just one sport, I’m torn between football and basketball. The one I choose will really depend on the opportunity.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“So far I have not been recruited to any colleges.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“NA.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I went to the Lindenwood Mega Camp and did ok and then I went to Northern Illinois University and had an awesome performance, not allowing a single ball caught.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan to attend the College Coaches Showcase Camp in Altoona, Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa Prospect Camp. I am also considering attending a prospect camp at Western IL and possibly Eastern IL later in July.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was and is Ohio State University.”
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What camps did you attend this summer? How did the camps go overall?
“I haven't attended any camps yet but will in a few weeks.”
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football, that is the main goal.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some colleges that have been recruiting me have been the University of Mary which I am very interested in.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say University of Mary has been the most interested in recruiting.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any college trips yet but will in the future.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I did not really have a favorite college growing up.”
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This week's recruiting updates: Caeden Da Silva, Ian Wiederin, Drew Benson, Cameron Figgs, and Izaiah Truitt.
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Q&A with Nevada wide receiver Caeden Da Silva
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“My goal is to play d-1 football then go to the NFL.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have an offer from Grandview and have been talking with South Dakota State. South Dakota has been recruiting me as well as Iowa State.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I'd say South Dakota state has been recruiting me the hardest.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I competed in one camp at Iowa State's and have another one coming up at Grandview. I feel like I performed okay. I was limited though because of an injury.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Oregon. I love watching Marcus Mariota and Anthony Thomas, who are some of my favorite players to watch.”
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Q&A with Cedar Rapids Jefferson athlete Ian Wiederin
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I do want to play college sports. I would love to play baseball at the next level, that has been a dream of mine ever since I was a little kid.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have had some schools reach out to me in football like St Ambrose and have had a few talk to me personally in baseball, but right now I am mostly just focusing on finishing the season strong.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have visited Loras, Wartburg on my own, as well as Southeastern Community College.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I plan on visiting a lot of schools this off-season and just seeing which ones fit me best.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I did not do any camps this off season as I was recovering from an ankle injury.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan on attending PBR showcases this off season.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was North Carolina. I was always a huge fan of them for all sports.”
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Q&A with Sioux City West athlete Drew Benson
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I am definitely looking to play sports in college, which sport I plan to play though is still up in the air. My current plan is to make a decision based on what school and program fits me best sometime before my senior baseball season.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A lot of my recruiting currently is from the football side. I have heard from a lot of NSIC schools, and some NAIA schools such as Morningside, Doane, Mount Marty, and a couple others. As for baseball, I have received a lot of local interest and a couple D2’s but hope to receive more once my junior season ends and I attend more showcases.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet, but I have some coming up soon.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I am currently setting up a lot of gameday visits to attend for the fall season, and also working to make more camps as baseball is beginning to come to an end.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have done a couple camps this offseason. I attended the Prep Baseball Report camp and the Podyum Preps Football Camp, both here in Sioux City. I believe I performed well and stood out in both. I also was invited to the Podyum Preps All-American Bowl down in Miami in December, so I plan to make that trip as well”.
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I have plans to attend some fall showcases and some college camps once baseball season is over. What showcases I will attend for baseball is still up in the air but as for football I hope to attend Minnesota State, Augustana, and UMary’s camps as long as dates don’t interfere.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up has always been Nebraska. My dream has always been to play football or baseball for the Huskers. If an opportunity comes where that dream could become a reality, it would be very hard for me to pass on personally.”
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Q&A with Bettendorf safety Cameron Figgs
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I definitely want to play sports in college. Right now, it is difficult for me to choose just one sport, I’m torn between football and basketball. The one I choose will really depend on the opportunity.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“So far I have not been recruited to any colleges.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have not made any college trips yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“NA.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I went to the Lindenwood Mega Camp and did ok and then I went to Northern Illinois University and had an awesome performance, not allowing a single ball caught.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan to attend the College Coaches Showcase Camp in Altoona, Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa Prospect Camp. I am also considering attending a prospect camp at Western IL and possibly Eastern IL later in July.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was and is Ohio State University.”
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Q&A with Sioux City North defensive tackle Izaiah Truitt
What camps did you attend this summer? How did the camps go overall?
“I haven't attended any camps yet but will in a few weeks.”
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football, that is the main goal.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Some colleges that have been recruiting me have been the University of Mary which I am very interested in.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would say University of Mary has been the most interested in recruiting.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I haven't made any college trips yet but will in the future.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I did not really have a favorite college growing up.”
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