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GERRY ROGERS
Senior ... Pottstown. PA Noseguard ... 6-2 ... 250 ... 1 L

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KEVIN SAMUEL
Junior Snapper Fayetteville, N 6-11 .. , 1

ECU: If there's a hard-luck case on the Pirate team, it has to be Gerry Rogers .. , listed as starting noseguard for the coming year, but what a route he's taken to get there, , , started his career at Maryland, transferred after two years to Villanova, , , never played with the Wildcats, as program was dropped during his year of sitting out, , , then transferred to ECU . , , the first season with the Pirates, 1981, fought a battle with mononucleosis which kept him out for the year, , , received a hardship forB'l ,,' in a freak accident in first days of fall drills for '82 season, Rogers broke both hands on one tackle, , . he missed first four games completely, then started slowly against Richmond and Florida State, , . cameto ECU as linebacker, but is listed as the starting noseguard for the '83 season. , . played noseguard in several games last year ... finished the partial year of play with 14 tackles and five assists, VILLANOVA UNIVERSI1Y: Philadelphia, PA, 1981 ,., never played football as program was dropped during his year to sit out after transferring from Maryland, ,. however, was the national colleqiate runner-up in boxing, MARYLAND: College Park, MD, 1980, ,. lettered two seasons with the Terps . , , played defensive tackle in 1978 and 1979 ' , , as freshman, played in 10 games of the Sun Bowltearn , .. played alill gamesas sophomore ... was moved in spring of 1980 from tackle to linebacker. , . transferred at the end of the year to Villanova ... in '78, had nine tackles in '79, had 26 tackles, one fumble recovery and two tackles for no gain coach was Jerry Claiborne. HIGH SCHOOL: St. Pius X High, Pottstown, PA. 1978 noseguard and offensive tackle, , , was named to Big 33 of Pennsylvania noted among the Elite 11 of the East ... was undefeated in amateur boxing as heavyweight . , , was sixth in the state throwing discus, .. football coach was Ron Reed. PERSONAL: Communications major .. , son of Stan and Irene Rogers. , . born 10-10-60 in Gettysburg, PA ... brother Stanley was all-ACC and honorable mention all-America in '74 at Maryland.,. brother Michael was captain of Cincinnati football team ... given name is Gerry Stanley Rogers.

ECU: Number two snappor otter IIllI'llIlI flllllllll111 11111111111111 " IHIII~IIP t starter Whitley Wilkerson and hns flOltlI11itllili IIINkll 11111 hllHIlIlU NI'III ,,11/1111 to East Carolina after one year at Cl1rllllOpIIl1I ,NIIWPIIII I 111111\111,11111 plllYfli!llo football there, HIGH SCHOOL: York High, Yorktcwn, VA, 111110 Willi 1111111111 1I1li! defensive back ... team was district chnrnpn ln ' Ill". WIIIIIIIII",IIIIi"," III track as pole vaulter, shot put and discus throwor". 11111111111111111111111 1111' region as senior in pole vault football coooh was noboll l'IUlllu. PERSONAL: Pre-med major son of John and Martha Somuol, , 11111'11 6-12-62 in Macon, GA ... hometown is Fayetteville, NC . , , very activo In th Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... was a huddle leader at national FCA conference this summer ... given name is Kevin DeVahl Samuel.

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CHRIS SANTA CRUZ

Junior ... Lillian. AL Linebacker ... 6-5 ... 224

ECU: Redshirt junior ... first season at East Carolina, 1982, was redshirted ... came to the Pirates from HindsJunior College in Mississippi ... listed as number two linebacker behind P.J. Jordan following spring practice. HINDS JUNIOR COLLEGE: Raymond, MS, 1981 , .. started at linebacker for two seasons ... was named honorable mention all-America and ail-state as senior ... received most improved award as junior, , . coach was Bill Buckner. HIGH SCHOOL: Foley High, Lillian, AL, 1980, . ,set school record for most tackles playing linebacker and starting junior and senior seasons, .. named all-county, all-region, all-district and honorable mention ell-state ... football coach was Lester Smith. PERSONAL: Industrial tech major. " son of John and Dorothy Santa Cruz ... born 8-8-61 in Mobile, AL ... hometown is Lillian, AL ... given name is Christopher Gerald Santa Cruz.

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1982

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BRUCE SHOMAKER
Freshman ... Banner Elk. NC Defensive Tackle ... 6-7 ... 228

ECU: Redshirt freshman ... first season was 1982 but redshirted the first year, .. listed as third-team defensive tackle after the spring, HIGH SCHOOL: Avery County High, Newland, NC, 1982 ... starting tight end as a junior and senior and starting defensive tackle as senior ... allconference senior year ... also a punter ... played basketball and made allconference three seasons and MVP junior year ... also lettered in track ... football coach was Elmer Aldridge . PERSONAL: Biology major son of Phillip and Cheryl Shomaker ... born 2-9-64 in Banner Elk, NC listed in Who's Who Among High School Students ... received national science merit award", given name is Edward Bruce Shomaker.

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