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
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Week 8- Special Teams Players of the Week

As the regular football season comes to a close we see a number of familiar names leading their team in the special teams game.  One of the familiar faces is Connor Bolduc, Punter for Mahtomedi.  He punted for a 41.5 yard average in his last regular season game of season and finished the regular season averaging 40.4 yards a punt on 16 punts with a long of 55 yards.  These numbers may put him in the realm of being the top overall punter in Minnesota in terms of punting average.  The top kicker this week goes to Gary Althoff of Hawley High School.  He converted all 7 of his PATs and converted 1 Field Goal for 10 points. Congratulations to everyone who earned specialists of the week honors!  Good luck to you all in the playoffs.

Gary Althoff's photo wasn't available at the time of being posted.

Top Minnesota High School Specialists Top Kicker

• Gary Althoff- Hawley- 7 for 7 PATs and 1 FG- 10 points

Honorable Mention

• Jose Cabrera- Brooklyn Center- 3 for 3 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 27 and 26 yards- 9 points
• Jacob Newman- White Bear Lake- 3 for 3 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 25 and; 21 yards- 9 points
• Jacob Wiedrich- Moorhead- 2 for 2 PATs and 2 Field Goald of 33 and 28 yards- 8 points
• Isaac Aanerud- Rogers- 5 for 5 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 41 yards- 8 points
• Alex Probert- Andover- 5 for 7 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 45 yards- 8 points
• Andrew Ajaluwa- DeLaSalle- 8 for 9 PATs- 8 points

 Notable Performances

• 3 kickers tied at 7 points- Matt Arneson (Benilde St Margarets- 4 PATs/1FG), Taylor Modaff (Monticello- 7 PATs) and Dominic Bondhus (Glencoe Silver Lake- 7 PATs)

Connor Bolduc

Top Punter

• Connor Bolduc- Mahtomedi- 3 punts for 125 yards and a 41.6 yard average.

Honorable Mention

• Jebah Doe- Maple Grove- 2 punts for 82 yards and a 41 yard average.
• Thomas McDonald- Northfield- 5 punts for 196 yards and 39.2 yard average.
• Mac Schmidt- St Thomas Academy- 2 punts for 77 yards and a 38.5 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.
  

Owen Schommer

Top Out-Of-State Specialist of the Week

• Owen Schommer- Prescott High School (Prescott, WI)- 2 for 2 PATs and 2 Field Goals- 8 points
  

Honorable Mention

• Drew Cornwell- Iowa City High School (Iowa City, IA)- 6 for 6 PATs.  Drew now is ranked 2nd in the state of Iowa in Career Kicking Points!- 6 points
• Colt Andolsek- Herriman High School (Herriman, UT)- 6 for 6 PATs. Colt has now made 100% of his PATs in his last 2 years.- 6 points

Ryan Weese

Top Collegiate Specialist

• Ryan Weese- Hutchinson Community College- 9 for 9 PATs & a 65 yard Kickoff Average.- 9 points

Congratulations to everyone!

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
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Kicking Coaches Are Teachers All Over The World

It's "Teachers Day" in Brazil and one of my kickers down in Brazil sent me a nice message, and I'm truly grateful. I guess kicking coaches are a lot like teachers, I try to give my kickers the tools they need to succeed and all they need to do is apply it. 

Guilherme Otaviano Soares Kicking Off

 "Christopher Husby you are a teacher, a friend, and a fellow special teamer, thanks for all the help that you gave me. You believed in my talents even being a thousand miles away. It's Teachers day in Brazil and I'm here to thank you for all the coaching that you gave me." -Guilherme Otaviano Soares (Brazil)

Guilherme being interviewed after a big game.

I truly love what I do as a kicking coach and seeing the positive results in all the kickers, punters and snappers I get to help train in Minnesota, The Midwest and around the World.  I feel truly blessed to be able to make any impact on peoples lives in any way I can.

Guilherme kicking a field goal with his former team.

Chris Husby
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