Tartan Football Announces 2013 Incoming Class

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Carnegie Mellon University Head Football Coach Rich Lackner has announced the Tartans 2013 recruiting class.  The Tartans will welcome 47 newcomers that hail from 22 different states.

"The coaching staff is very excited with the incoming class both athletically and academically," said Lackner.

The Tartans finished the 2012 campaign with a mark of 6-5 and an appearance in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southwest Bowl marking their first postseason berth since 2007.

2013 Recruits:

Samer Abdelmoty (McLean, Va./McLean)
Travis Andring (Spring Church, Pa./Kiski Prep)          
Eddie Auslander (Cary, N.C./Green Hope)
Jacob Bartel (North Newton, Kan./Newton)
Frank Bello (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton)      
Austin Berg (New Albany, Ohio/New Albany)
Samuel Bohrer (Brookfield, Wis./Catholic Memorial)
Connor Bohs (West Chester, Pa./Malvern Preparatory School
Donald "Donnie" Boyer (Dover Foxcroft, Maine/Foxcroft Academy)
Andy Chan (Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch)        
Nicholas Chmielewski (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights)     
Kyle Christiansen (Bloomfield, N.J./Bloomfield)
Zachary Cree (Vanderbilt, Pa./Connellsville Area)
Alex Diblasi (Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep)
Alexander Duncan (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough (NJ))
Jonathan "JD" Dyer (Bowie, Md./Bullis School)
Erbey "Gage" Erdman (Fort Mitchell, Ky./Beechwood)          
John "Jack" Fagan (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley)
Gary Falanga (North Branford, Conn./North Branford)
Matthew Forjan (Fredericksburg, Va./James Monroe)
Nathan Grathwohl (Troy, Mich./Detroit Country Day School)    
Nickolas Halbedl (Oakdale, Pa./West Allegheny)  
Alexander Kearns (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)
Brian Khoury (Davenport, Iowa/Bettendorf)
Nicholas Lee (Natick, Mass./Natick)
Gregory Lippert (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)    
August "Augie" Luptak (Sewickley, Pa./Kiski Prep)
John Mascaro (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park)     
Luke McDonald (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic)
Max McHugh (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula)  
Michael Minjock (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township)    
Steven Montuoro (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn)     
Thomas "TJ" Murray (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights)
Luke Nealley (Frederick, Md./Frederick)
Addison Nitto (Rumson, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional)
Blake Olsen (Menlo Park, Calif./Menlo Atherton)
Jelani Parrish (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton)
William "Tyler" Reid (Lees Summit, Mo./Lees Summit West)
Gabriel Renna (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon)
Daylin Russo (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin)
Samuel Rylowicz (Winfield, Ill./West Chicago Community)
Garrett Strobel (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley)
Chad Tomassetti (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Farmingdale)
Aaryn Watson (Centennial, Colo./Grandview)
Benjamin Winebrake (Oreland, Pa./Upper Dublin)       
Evan Wood (Douglasville, Ga./Alexander)
Alex Wood (Dover, Fla./Durant)