FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SNOW FOOTBALL SENDS SEVEN TO FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

C.J. Ah You Signs with Oklahoma  

EPHRAIM, Utah—January 26, 2005—Snow College today announced that seven players from the 2004 football team will sign letters of intent on Wednesday, February 2. Headlining the list is C.J. Ah You who will attend Oklahoma next season. Ah You is an All-Western States Football League first-team selection at defensive end this season. He transferred to Snow from Brigham Young University.

This marks the second season in a row that Snow has placed a player among the nation’s elite programs. Last year, Deuce Lutui, an All American offensive tackle at Snow, signed with the University of Southern California. Lutui started for the national champion Trojans this season. There were 34 former Badgers on four-year rosters in 2004.

            Other players heading for four-year institutions include Ty Sparrow (Weber HS) to Weber State, Kevin Tallman and Brett Johanson to Southern Utah, William Liebert to Idaho State, D.J. Wade (Weber HS) to Northern Arizona and Deondrick Nunez to Friends University. In addition, Derek Beardall (American Fork HS) and Curren Christensen (Manti HS) have announced that they’ll walk on at the University of Utah. Chase Boyer (Fremont HS), brother to current NFL player Brant Boyer, will walk on at Utah State.

            Here is the complete list of players including their position:

• C.J. Ah You – Defensive End, Oklahoma (D I)
• Brett Johanson – Tight End, Southern Utah (D IAA)
• William Liebert – Offensive Line, Idaho State (D IAA)
• Deondrick Nunez – Return Specialist and Defensive Back, Friends (NAIA)
• Ty Sparrow – Safety, Weber State (D IAA)
• Kevin Tallman – Wide Receiver, Southern Utah (D IAA)
• D. J. Wade – Linebacker, Northern Arizona (D IAA)

Walk ons

• Derek Beardall – Defensive Tackle, University of Utah (D I)
• Chase Boyer – Linebacker, Utah State (D I)
• Curren Christensen – Running Back, University of Utah (D I) 

Snow College finished the 2004 season 7-4 and fourteenth in the NJCAA Top 20 rankings. The season culminated with a 45-7 defeat of Rochester Community College, ranked eleventh at the time, in the first annual Zions Bank Top of the Mountains Bowl.

Snow College

Snow College, founded in 1888, serves approximately 3,000 students at its Ephraim campus. The college provides general education and applied technology programs leading to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied Science and Associate of Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of completion in a number of occupational areas.  Once owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Snow College became a state college in 1932.

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