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This week's recruiting updates: Brayden Duerksen, Hank Brown, Matthew Sorfonden, Corder Noun Harder, and Owen Elam.
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, it’s been my childhood dream. I don’t really have a dream college that I would want to go to but if a team seems like a great fit then I might just end up there.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A few colleges: Upper Iowa, Iowa Central, Pitt State, Graceland, Peru State, Grand View, North Dokata, Missouri S&T, Rose Hulman, and Cornell.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Iowa Central or North Dokata.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went to Missouri S&T last year but other than that I haven’t had any other game day visits.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have a few camps still planned for the summer. ISU, KC showcase and a few in late July.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I did a Prep RedZone showcase and won the WR MVP and then a week later went to a VTO showcase in Chicago and won the TE MVP.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I’ve always grown up around Iowa and K-State stuff but I would have to say K-State was always the team I watched the most.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I don’t know yet, none have reached out to me.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t know yet they haven’t reached out to me yet.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, not yet still waiting for them to reach out to me.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have plans for them for sure but I’m just staying patient for them to invite me to one.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes I have done two camps, LindenWood Mega Camp and the Iowa camp. I feel like I performed well in those but I can still improve to make it great.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Yes I have plans on going to Iowa State, Iowa again, UNI, and maybe Valpo or NIU.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite colleges growing up were Iowa and USC.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing college football has always been a dream of mine and I’m working very hard to make that come true.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Although I haven’t had any offers yet I will be going to lots of camps this summer to showcase my skills.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“N/A.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“N/A.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I am currently wanting to pursue sports in college. I am looking at football or possibly baseball.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have not received any official offers but have had some emails and DM’s from smaller D3/NAIA schools.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I do not have a particular school standing out as of now.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“No official college visits yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No official college visits yet.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes I have, I have attended Drake, University of Northern Iowa, and Iowa State prospect camps. I feel I really performed well and gained a lot from coach input.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan on attending the Iowa camp on the 16th. I also plan on doing a few out of state camps at the end of July.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always loved the University of Iowa.”
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Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing sports in college has always been a dream of mine and up until recently I wanted to play basketball but now football is definitely the main focus.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me are Northern Illinois, Pitt St., St. Thomas, Morningside, Northwestern, Upper Iowa, Peru State, and some others.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would have to say that Dordt is definitely the most persistent of all the schools that have reached out to me as their philosophy is all about building relationships and they are always texting and communicating with me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been on visits to NIU, SDSU, Augustana, St. Thomas, Morningside, Grandview, and Upper Iowa.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I currently do not have any other trips scheduled but I would definitely love to go on more.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have not gone to any camps as of now.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“There are some camps that I will be attending coming up. I will be going to Iowa, Iowa St., Pitt. St., NIU and Morningside.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college when growing up was Nebraska since my dad went there and kind of bred me to be a Husker fan.”
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This week's recruiting updates: Brayden Duerksen, Hank Brown, Matthew Sorfonden, Corder Noun Harder, and Owen Elam.
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Q&A with Prairie tight end Brayden Duerksen
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, it’s been my childhood dream. I don’t really have a dream college that I would want to go to but if a team seems like a great fit then I might just end up there.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“A few colleges: Upper Iowa, Iowa Central, Pitt State, Graceland, Peru State, Grand View, North Dokata, Missouri S&T, Rose Hulman, and Cornell.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Iowa Central or North Dokata.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I went to Missouri S&T last year but other than that I haven’t had any other game day visits.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have a few camps still planned for the summer. ISU, KC showcase and a few in late July.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I did a Prep RedZone showcase and won the WR MVP and then a week later went to a VTO showcase in Chicago and won the TE MVP.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I’ve always grown up around Iowa and K-State stuff but I would have to say K-State was always the team I watched the most.”
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Q&A with Dowling Catholic wide receiver Hank Brown
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I don’t know yet, none have reached out to me.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I don’t know yet they haven’t reached out to me yet.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, not yet still waiting for them to reach out to me.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have plans for them for sure but I’m just staying patient for them to invite me to one.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes I have done two camps, LindenWood Mega Camp and the Iowa camp. I feel like I performed well in those but I can still improve to make it great.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Yes I have plans on going to Iowa State, Iowa again, UNI, and maybe Valpo or NIU.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite colleges growing up were Iowa and USC.”
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Q&A with Harlan athlete Matthew Sorfonden
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing college football has always been a dream of mine and I’m working very hard to make that come true.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Although I haven’t had any offers yet I will be going to lots of camps this summer to showcase my skills.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“N/A.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“N/A.”
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Q&A with Lynnville-Sully running back Corder Noun Harder
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I am currently wanting to pursue sports in college. I am looking at football or possibly baseball.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have not received any official offers but have had some emails and DM’s from smaller D3/NAIA schools.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I do not have a particular school standing out as of now.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“No official college visits yet.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“No official college visits yet.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Yes I have, I have attended Drake, University of Northern Iowa, and Iowa State prospect camps. I feel I really performed well and gained a lot from coach input.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan on attending the Iowa camp on the 16th. I also plan on doing a few out of state camps at the end of July.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have always loved the University of Iowa.”
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Q&A with Des Moines Christian defensive end Owen Elam
Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Playing sports in college has always been a dream of mine and up until recently I wanted to play basketball but now football is definitely the main focus.”
What colleges have been recruiting you?
“The schools that have been recruiting me are Northern Illinois, Pitt St., St. Thomas, Morningside, Northwestern, Upper Iowa, Peru State, and some others.”
What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I would have to say that Dordt is definitely the most persistent of all the schools that have reached out to me as their philosophy is all about building relationships and they are always texting and communicating with me.”
Have you made any college trips yet?
“I've been on visits to NIU, SDSU, Augustana, St. Thomas, Morningside, Grandview, and Upper Iowa.”
Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I currently do not have any other trips scheduled but I would definitely love to go on more.”
Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have not gone to any camps as of now.”
Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“There are some camps that I will be attending coming up. I will be going to Iowa, Iowa St., Pitt. St., NIU and Morningside.”
Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college when growing up was Nebraska since my dad went there and kind of bred me to be a Husker fan.”
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