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USA Football announces U.S. Under-16 National Team for International Bowl IX at AT&T Stadium

By Brent Glasgow | Posted 12/20/2017

Fifty high school student-athletes across 16 states have been selected for the 2018 U.S. Under-16 National Team, which will compete against Mexico’s U-16 Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon Team on Friday, Jan. 19 at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys and college football’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl. Kickoff is 1 p.m. Central Time (2 p.m. Eastern).

International Bowl IX features 24 high school and middle school-aged teams across eight nations on three continents. U.S. National Teams will compete against squads representing Canada, Japan, Mexico and the Nordic region, comprised of players and coaches from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

RELATED CONTENT: International Bowl to return to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas for 2018

The U.S. U-16 head coach is Bill Volk of Aloha (Beaverton, Oregon) High School, one of six schools that were part of USA Football's inaugural Power of Football campaign during the 2017 season.

After serving for 16 seasons in various coordinator roles with the program, including its Class 6A championship campaign in 2010, Volk was named head coach in 2013. As a running back for Western Oregon from 1992-95, he earned NAIA All-American honors and was inducted into the Wolves’ Hall of Fame in 2007. 

RELATED CONTENT: Aloha, Oregon coach Bill Volk to lead U.S. U-16 National Team during 2018 International Bowl series

U.S. National Team alumni include wide receivers Corey Coleman (Cleveland Browns) and Devin Funchess (Carolina Panthers), running backs Todd Gurley (Los Angeles Rams) and Samaje Perine (Washington Redskins), defensive back Tyrann Mathieu (Arizona Cardinals), offensive lineman Jack Mewhort (Indianapolis Colts), defensive end Stephon Tuitt (Pittsburgh Steelers) and quarterback Jameis Winston (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).

All International Bowl games will be played at AT&T Stadium. Game days are Friday, Jan. 12; Wednesday, Jan. 17; and Friday, Jan. 19, each consisting of four games.

Broadcast information for all 12 games will be announced in advance. International Bowl game tickets and additional details are available at internationalbowlix.org.

USA Football will announce the remaining National and Select teams in the coming days.

Here’s a look at this year’s U-16 roster and coaching staff, presented by SquadLocker:

Tunmise Adeleye

DL

6-3

240

Fulshear, Texas

Tompkins

William Angel

OL

6-0

243

Liberty, Mo.

Liberty North

Bobby Babcock

DB

6-0

195

Hobart, Ind.

Hobart

Keyon Baccus

OL

5-9

195

Minneapolis, Kan.

Minneapolis

Jackson Baldi

OL

6-3

230

Mountain House, Calif.

St. Mary’s

Kenneth Borders

LB

5-8

165

Richardson, Texas

Episcopal School of Dallas

Samuelle Bowen

LB

5-11

180

Woodbridge, Va.

Colgan

Billy Bowman Jr.

WR

5-10

160

Denton, Texas

Denton Ryan

Zachary Brooks

LB

5-11

192

Davis, Calif.

Davis

Eddie Cao

OL

6-4

275

Allen, Texas

Plano West

Luis Chavarria

OL

6-4

285

Richmond, Texas

Episcopal

Xavier Copening

QB

6-0

175

South Windsor, Conn.

Enfield

Austin Eldred

DB

5-10

145

Marietta, Ga.

Walton

Marlee Forsberg

TE

6-2

205

Tulsa, Okla.

Union

Ilaisa Gonebure

OL

6-4

305

Rocklin, Calif.

Capital Christian

Darious Goodloe

WR

6-2

167

Corinth, Texas

Lake Dallas

Byron Green II

DL

6-1

215

Atlanta, Ga.

McEarchern

Kealan Green

LB

6-1

190

Shrewsbury, Mass.

Shrewsbury

Jonathan Hernandez

RB

5-7

155

Laredo, Texas

Holy Cross of San Antonio

Jaxon Horne

DB

6-0

180

Nevada City, Calif.

Nevada Union

Mark Hutchinson Jr.

DL

6-2

230

Hayward, Calif.

DeAnza

Zaire Jackson

DB

5-9

160

Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Valor Christian

Vance Jefferson

WR

5-11

160

Poway, Calif.

Poway

Tyson Lee

DL

6-2

200

South Bend, Ind.

Riley

Connor Lytton

K/P

6-2

220

Christianburg, Va.

Radford

Jemar Mack

DL

6-2

235

Palmer, Mass.

Avon Old Farms

Ashton Martin

OL

6-3

255

Buford, Ga.

Buford

Weston Mounce

WR

6-1

178

Cypress, Texas

Cy-Fair

Joe Angel Nunez

OL

6-0

285

El Paso, Texas

Americas

Clayton Peters

DL

5-10

230

Avon, Ind.

Avon

Nicholas Pirinelli

LS

5-11

235

Woodstock, Ga.

Blessed Trinity Catholic

Caleb Rayner

WR

6-0

180

Rock Hill, S.C.

South Pointe

Michael Rollo

OL

5-8

205

Massapequa, N.Y.

Massapequa

Sheduer Sanders

QB

6-1

180

Cedar Hill, Texas

Trinity Christian

Oscar Servellon II

OL

6-2

260

North Chesterfield, Va.

Central Virginia Hurricanes (Club)

Laurence Seymore III

DL

6-2

280

Miami, Fla.

Central

Aidan Siano

LB

6-0

233

Celina, Texas

Prosper

Marshall Skoloff

QB

6-0

160

Greenville, S.C.

Greenville

J. Michael Sturdivant

WR

6-1

155

Overland Park, Kan.

Blue Valley Northwest

Tyson Thornton

LB

6-1

200

Springfield, Mass.

Springfield Central

William Towns

RB

5-11

150

Jackson, N.J.

Jackson Memorial

Emaud Triplett

RB

5-10

200

Owasso, Okla.

Owasso

Elijah Vaughn Jr.

DB

5-8

140

Miami, Fla.

Miami Central

Davien Vernon

RB

5-9

160

Florence, N.J.

Florence Memorial

Angelo Vokolos

LB

5-11

195

Sewell, N.J.

St. Joseph

Hunter Washington

DB

6-1

165

Katy, Texas

Katy

Jalon Williams

DB

5-9

165

Desoto, Texas

South Grand Prairie

Frederick Wolfgramm

LB

6-1

210

West Valley City, Utah

East

Brayden Wood

DL

6-3

230

Niwot, Colo.

Fairview

Benjamin Young

TE

6-5

260

Upland, Calif.

Upland
 

2018 U.S. Under-16 National Team coaching staff:

NAME

POSITION

SCHOOL

Bill Volk

Head Coach

Beaverton (Ore.) Aloha

Jordan McGowan

Defensive Coordinator

University of California, Davis

Luke Barker

Running Backs

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

A.J. Dalton

Offensive Line

Carrollton (Ohio)

Jeff Schmidt

Linebackers

University of Puget Sound (Wash.)

Tim Souza

Wide Receivers

Meridian (Idaho) Rocky Mountain

John Trisciani

Defensive Line

St. Anselm College (N.H.)
 
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