University is led by 6-0, 175-pound senior quarterback Thomas Keeling.
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A LOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY TROJANS
Coach: Scott Meyer (first year)
Last year’s overall, league record: 6-4, 2-3.
CIF playoffs: Did not advance.
Home stadium: University
CIF playoff division: 11
Expectations for this year’s team: “We have to stay healthy, don’t turn the ball over and play as a team,” said first-year Coach Scott Meyer, who takes over for long-time Trojans coach Mark Cunningham.
Top offensive players: Thomas Keeling, Andre Le, Ethan Bell, Austin Lake, Lucas Branton, Justin Morgan, Julius Juang and Austin White.
Top defensive players: Ethan Bell, Logan Niemann, Justin Morgan, Austin Lake, Brian Choobin, Mike Bush, Salah Balkis and Aryan Nikroo,
UNIVERSITY ROSTER
NO. NAME                POS.  YR.   HT   WT.
1  Branton Lucas          RB-SS  Jr.    5-6  160
2 Justin Morgan          RB-DB  Jr.     5-6  138
3 Austin White           WR-DB Sr.    5-8   155
4 Austin Lake             RB-DB  Sr.    6-1   195
5 Ethan Bell               LB-G  Sr.    5-11  186
6 Thomas Keeling           QB  Sr.    6-0   175
7 Musab Elashegh         WR-FS Sr.    6-0   180
10 Jason Ibrahim            WR  So.    5-5   130
11 Jared Harlan            SB-DE  Sr.    5-8   168
12 Jaylon Mclilly            FB-LB Sr.    5-8   165
14 Daniel Fernandez        WR-CB Sr.    5-10   145
15 David Shtilikind          WR   So.    5-6   141
16 Brian Bush              QB-RB So.   5-6   160
17 Ali Fezian                 WR  Jr.    5-9   165
18 Alex Omiya             SS-FS  Jr.    5-7   132
19 Damarian Ward          TE-LB  So.   5-11   172
21 Mathew Naranjo            SS  Sr.    6-1   175
22 Skyler Pouper            WR-CB Jr.    5-10   170
23 Mike Bush               LB-FB Sr.    5-7    174
24 Julio Baron              WR-DB So.   5-7    150
25 Christian Rettberg        WR    So.    NA    NA
27 Sean Salah                LB   So.   5-10   180
28 Jet Jue                 SS-SB  Sr.    5-6   142
30 Eddie Castillo           FB-DE  Sr.    5-8    150
32 Busher Alshahror        DT-DE  Jr.    5-10   162
34 Julius Juang            RB-FS   So.   5-8    150
40 Jayden Bonnafoux       RB-LB   Sr.    5-9   160
47 Elishah Hill-Thomas     DE-TE   Jr.    6-2   185
48 Brian Choobin           QB    Jr.    6-1    183
52 Isaiah Flores             DE    Jr.    5-10    173
55 Richard L’maurion       TE-DE  Jr.    5-9    169
56 Max Gayle              OL    So.   5-11    190
59 Noah Nejad            G-DT   Jr.    6-0    255
60 Samiz Bayan             C    Sr.   5-8    244
61 Azelei Ayaso            C-DT  So.   5-7    171
62 Connor Doornbos       OL-DL  So.   5-11   183
63 Adam Taha               OL   So.   6-0   146
65 Andre Le               G-DE   Sr.   5-10   192
66 Salah Balkis             TE-DE  Jr.    6-0    173
67 Joshua Cunningham        OL   Sr.   5-10   210
69 Joshua Thai             OL-DL  Jr.    5-8    195
70 Grant Park              OL-DL  So.   5-9    186
72 Logan Niemann          T-DE   Sr.   6-1    208
77 Nathan Alson            T-NG  Sr.   6-1     231
78 Jacob Min                DT   So.  5-11    211
80 Christian Ortiz             DE   So.   5-10   148
81 Juan Rodriguez          WR-CB  Jr.   5-6     150
87 Monzer Alyaghan        TE-DB  Jr.   6-0     153
92 James Wang            DT-LS  Sr.   6-1     213
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