Collegiate Football- The Freshman Experience- Ruan Albuquerque

Get To Know Our Freshman Collegiate Specialists
 
Over the next few weeks, we will be doing a little segment of interviews with some of the athletes we have helped along the way that are freshmen this year and playing college football this fall season. 

 In our first installment, we interviewed Ruan Albuquerque, who is currently at Rochester Community and Technical College, for the year with hopes of being able to transfer to a larger school.  Ruan is currently having a fantastic season and is leading his conference in scoring.  He is 13 for 19 on Field Goals and is 38 for 42 on PATs.

A short and sweet interview:
1. Name of your School:  Rochester Community and Technical College

2. What high school did you attend?  Wayzata High School (Plymouth, MN)

3. The very first collegiate football practice, I felt… On my first practice I felt a bit nervous I had very good competition and I was trying to show my coaches what I was capable off

4. Athletic Status (True Freshman or Redshirt): True Freshman

5. If not Red Shirted, have you had a chance to play in a game yet?  Yes

6. Biggest memory/moment so far your freshman year?  Tying the school record for most field goals made in the game previously set by an NFL kicker Rhys Lloyd

7. The 2 biggest differences between high school and college football:  Smaller uprights and way more pressure coming at you. 

8. What did you work on most prior to the start of your college year?  adding more distance on my kickoffs

9. Best advice you received to prepare you for collegiate football:  To be legendary and to create a legacy

10. Most memorable moment as a high school athlete.   Winning the state tournament my Senior year

11. 2 Biggest Role Models:  My dad and my mom

12. Three songs you need to listen to before each game:  1- Homecoming by K. West  2- Lose my mind by Y. Jeezy  3-My name is HOV by Jay Z

13. Do you have a hidden talent, if so, what is it?  I'm a Jiu Jitsu fighter

 

Wishing you continued success the rest of the season.

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
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Week 7- Special Teams Players of the Week

In week 7 of the High School Football Season, we have a new kicker that has emerged with the top performance in Minnesota. Jacob Newman of White Bear Lake stayed busy making 6 of 6 PATs and kicking 1 Field Goal of 30 yards. We've also now seen a few repeat top performances from our "Out of State" specialists and Collegiate kickers.  Miguel Recinos of Mason City High School (IA) went 4 for 4 on Field goals and tied a state record for Field Goals in a game.  Ruan Albuquerque also made both of his 2 field goals which has now brought his season totals to 12 made Field Goals of 15.

Jacob Newman

Top Minnesota High School Specialists Top Kicker

• Jacob Newman- White Bear Lake- 6 for 6 on PATs and 1 Field Goal of 30 yards- 9 points

Honorable Mention

• Charles Styrbicki- Stillwater- 1 for 1 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 35 & 21 yards- 7 points
• Oliver Cornelius-Knudsen- Blake- 4 for 4 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 30 yards- 7 points
• Jonah Harrington- Hastings- 4 for 4 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 24 yards- 7 points
• Tyler Knutson- Maple Grove- 7 for 7 PATs- 7 points
• Brendan Boche- Lakeville South- 7 for 7 PATs- 7 points 
• Cody Goetz- Eden Prairie- 7 for 7 PATs- 7 points
• Patrick LeCorre- Edina- 2 for 2 on Field Goals of 42 & 42 yards and 6 touch backs on 7 kickoffs.- 6 points

Brett Swenhaugen

Top Punter

• Brett Swenhaugen- Tracy-Milroy-Balaton- 2 punts for 119 yards and 59.5 yard average.

Honorable Mention

• Tenzin Kalsang- Columbia Heights- 2 punts for 108 yards and 54 yard average.
• Jordan Vogel- Springfield- 3 punts for 103 yards and 43.8 yard average.
• Zach Mader- Chaska- 3 punts for 103 yards and 43.8 yard average.
• Chandler Perry- Orono- 5 punts for 214 yards and 42.8 yard average.
• Khayvon Hawkins- Cooper- 5 punts for 203 yards and 40.6 yard average.

Coach Husby also has helped train a number of specialists that live outside of MN.  We'd like to recognize those student's top performances.
This week we had a number of outstanding performances that we had to recognize.
  

Miguel Recinos

Top Out-Of-State Specialist of the Week

• Miguel Recinos- Mason City High School (IA)- Had the game of his life going 4 for 4 on Field goals (58, 48, 28, and 22), kicking 2 punts for a 46 yard average, and kicking 9 of his 10 kickoffs for touchbacks (71 yard ave). That performance broke a school record, with the 58 yard field goal, but also, he also tied the state record with 4 field goals in the game! Among the other players that share this 4 Field Goals in a game record are Nate Kaeding and Mike Myers, former and present U of Iowa kickers, respectively, so Miguel is in pretty select company.  To see his highlight film click here.
  

Honorable Mention

• Cameron Hausman- New Richmond (WI)-5 for 5 PAT and 2 punts for 87 yards and a 43.5 yard average (Long 50).- 5 points
  

Ruan Albuquerque

Top Collegiate Specialist

• Ruan Albuquerque- Rochester Community and Technical College- 2 field goals.  Currently is 12 for 15 on field goals this season and is also amongst the nation in top kickers.
  

Congratulations to everyone!

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
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Week 5- Special Teams Player of the Week

At the midway point in the high school football season, we are starting to see a few kicker's names surface with repeat big kicking performances.  This week Grant Boege of Blaine had a big game kicking with 5 PATs and 2 field goals of 30 and 22 yards.  There were a number of big performances a number of kickers and punters.  Congratulations to everyone.

Top Minnesota High School Specialists Top Kicker

• Grant Boege- Blaine- Went 5 for 5 on PATs and kicked 2 field goals (30 & 22 yards)- 11 points

Grant's photo not available at time of posting

Honorable Mention

• Tyler Hanson- Prior Lake- 2 for 2 on PATs  and 3 field goals (37 & 41 yards)- 8 points
• Perry Smith- Minnetonka- 2 for 2 on PATs and 2 field goals (27 & 19 yards)- 8 points
• Liam Easter- Minneapolis Washburn- 8 for 9 PATs- 8 points
• Louis Hartzog- Chaska- 8 for 8 PATs- 8 points
• Jannik Frederiksen- Wayzata- 7 Kickoffs- 6 Touchbacks averaging 67 yards a KO + 1 pooch kickoff.

Top Punter  

• Brandon Rogers- Forest Lake- 3 punts for 136 yards and a 45.3 yard average.

Brandon's photo not available at time of posting

Honorable Mention

• Zach Mader- Chaska- 3 punts for 135 yards and a 45.0 yard average.
• Connor Bolduc- Mahtomedi- 2 punts for 90 yards and a 45.0 yard average.
• Nick Hoffmann- St Paul Academy- 3 punts for 133 yards and a 44.3 yard average.
• Reid Taubenheim- Farmington- 9 punts for 369 yards and a 41.0 yard average.

Coach Husby also has helped train a number of specialists that live outside of MN.  We'd like to recognize those student's top performances.
This week we had a number of outstanding performances that we had to recognize.
 
Top Out-Of-State Specialist of the Week

• Josh Weiler- Fargo South (Fargo, IA)- 5 for 5 PATs and 2 field goals (25 &41 yards)- 11 points

Josh Weiler

Honorable Mention

• Nathan Mesher- Sir John McDonald High School (Waterloo,Canada)- 3 for 3 PATs & 2 field goals- 9 points
• Trevor Smith- Cambridge Christian (Tampa, FL)- 8 for 8 PATs and 6 touchbacks (3 out of endzone)- 8 points

Top Collegiate Specialist

• Ruan Albuquerque- Rochester Community & Technical College- 4 for 4 PATs & 1 field goal- 7 points  Ruan leads the JUCO league as well as a few NCAA Divisions in field goals made so far in a season with 10!  Keep it up.

Ruan Albuquerque

Congratulations to everyone!

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
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Week 3- Special Teams Player of the Week

In Week 2 of High School Football, we saw another batch of great performances by a number of  specialists.  Our week 2 Minnesota Prep Athlete Special Teams Player of the Week hails from Lakeville South, Brendan Boche.   He had a big day for his team kicking 2 for 2 on PATS and also going 2 for 2 on Field Goals (42 & 49 yards) and scoring 8 points for his team.  Brendan has really developed over the last 2 years to become a clutch kicker.  Brendan has converted 4 Field Goals all over 40 yards each.  He gets great height on his Kickoffs which often prevents his opponent from making a big return. Congratulations!

Top Minnesota High School Specialists
Top Kicker

• Brendan Boche- Lakeville South- 2 for 2 PAT- 2 Field Goals- 42 & 49 yards- 8 points
  

Brendan Boche

Honorable Mention

• Perry Smith- Minnetonka- 5 for 5 PATs & 1 Field Goal (22 yards)- 8 points
  
• Clay Elmore- Wayzata- 8 for 8 PATs- 8 points
• Easton Pompa- Dawson-Boyd- 8 for 8 PATs- 8 points 

Game Winners

• Carter McCauley- Owatonna- 3 for 3 PATs- 1 Field Goal- 38 yard game winning field goal from the right hash as time expired to lift #1 (Class 5A) ranked Owatonna to a 24-21 win over #2 ranked Mankato West
• Ethan Anderson- Minnewaska- 3 for 3 PATs- 1 Field Goal Game Winner over the #3 ranked team (24-22).

Top Punter

• Charles Stejskal- Maple Lake- In his first ever real game punting. 3 punts for a total of 133 yards (51, 36, 46) with no return yards (all fair catches)- 44.33 yard ave.  He also had a great game kicking going 4 for 4 on PATS and kicked 1 Field Goal (35 yards) for 7 points
  

Honorable Mention 

• Hunter Ehlers- Randolph- 2 punts- 98 yards- 49 yard ave.   
• Connor Bolduc- Mahtomedi- 2 punts 90 yards- 45 yard ave. 
• Tenzin Kalsang- Columbia Heights- 2 punts- 89 yards- 44.5 yard ave.
• Matthew Juneau- Champlin Park- 4 punts- 177 yards- 44.2 yard ave. 

Top Snapper

• Brandon Low- Wayzata- Had a busy night with 12 great snaps (8 PAT & 4 Punts). Also performed well on other special teams units.

Coach Husby also has helped train a number of specialists that live outside of MN.  We'd like to recognize those student's top performances.

Top Out-Of-State Specialist of the Week

• Drew Cornwell- Iowa City High School- 4 PATs & 2 Field Goals (21 & 40 yards)- 10 points

Drew Cornwell

Honorable Mention

• Nathan Mesher- Sir John McDonald High School (Waterloo,Canada)- 5 punts of 57, 49, 41, 30, 25 (tipped) yards- 40.4 yard ave

Top Collegiate Specialist

• Ruan Albuquerque- Rochester Community & Technical College (RCTC)- 2 for 2 PATs & 4 of 6 Field Goals. This Field Goal kicking performance set a School Record.  Missed 57 yard Field Goal by 1 foot and had 1 kick blocked- 14 points
  

 

Ruan Albuquerque

Congratulations to everyone!

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner 
Special Teams Football Academy

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