By Teresa Martinez - Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Photographer: COURTESY PHOTO
Fifteen Belen Jesuit student athletes sign their national letters of intent to play sports at the collegiate level during an assembly at the school. Speaking at right is the school's president, Jesuit Father Guillermo García-Tuñón, and Carlos Barquin, athletic director.
MIAMI | Fifteen Belen Jesuit student athletes have signed national letters of intent to play sports at the collegiate level.
“We are very proud of these young men. This signing day is a result of many years of hard work on the playing fields, training room, and in the classroom,” said Carlos Barquin, athletic director. “All of them are outstanding young men, and they will be excellent Belen ambassadors at their respective universities.”
CREW
- Christian Norniella-Burke: St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- David Gonzalez: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
SOCCER
- Francisco De la Camara: Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
- Diego Puig-Corve: Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts
BASEBALL
- Ernesto Ruiz-Sierra: Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
FOOTBALL
- Ariel Jimenez: John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
- Fernando Pujals: University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
- Andres Cesin: Central College, Pella, Iowa
- Andres Guisasola: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
- Edel Abad: Anna Maria College, Paxton, Massachusetts
LACROSSE
- Ted Huertas: Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
- Luis Corps: Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Mathew Salas: Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Oscar Ortega: Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
- Gabriel Garcia: Dowling College, Oakdale, New York
“It is a great honor for the Belen community to have these athletes recognized for their stellar abilities,” said Jesuit Father Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, president of the school. “They are not only great athletes, but fine students and a wonderful representation of Belen Jesuit.”
