Valparaiso University head coach Stacy Adams has announced the addition of 38 individuals will join the Crusader football program in the fall as members of the 2006 recruiting class.

Four transfers join 34 incoming freshmen to make up Adams' first after taking over the Brown and Gold program just prior to the start of last season. Offensively Adams has brought in 19 new players with 17 players coming in on the defensive side of the ball. Two kickers round out the recruiting class.

?After a recruiting class of 65 last year we were able to go out and specialize on positions to fill our needs this year," Adams said. ?I feel we have obtained our goal to help our program succeed for the next few years."

The following individuals make up the 2006 recruiting class:

Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/High School (Previous School)
Ian Altieri TE 6'2 210 FR Highland, Ind./Highland
Matthew Angeloni WR 6'1 190 SO/FR Newark, Del./Lawrenceville (Tennessee-Chattanooga)
Joelaki Cartman FB 5'10 195 FR Hazel Crest, Ill./Hillcrest
Anthony Curry DB 5'11 180 FR Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville
John Doll DB 5'11 170 FR Turners Station, Ky./Henry County
Anthony Fazio DT 5'10 215 FR Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich
Edward Huth TE 6'2 205 FR Midlothian, Ill./Oak Forest
Darien Jeffers RB 5'8 174 SO/FR Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville (Indiana)
Brett Johnson RB 6'0 190 FR Valparaiso, Ind./Wheeler
Lucas Kanclerz LB 6'0 200 FR Holland Patent, N.Y./Holland Patent
Mike Krieg P/K 6'3 214 SO/FR Romeo, Mich./Romeo
Timothy Krieg OL 6'0 250 FR Hobart, Ind./Hobart
Trevor Lattire DE 6'1 215 FR Florence, Ind./South Dearborn
John Laurel DT 6'1 258 FR Carol Stream, Ill./Driscoll Catholic
Brandon Lowery DB 5'10 170 FR Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy
Joshua Lynn FB 6'1 225 FR Hammond, Ind./Morton
Jordan Martin LB 6'2 210 FR Chesterfield, Mo./MCIDS - St. Louis
Bryan McKnight DB 5'11 160 FR Palatine, Ill./Palatine
Mike Miller DB 5'9 180 FR Naperville, Ill./Central
Don Nies WR 5'10 160 FR Kewanna, Ind./Winamac
Matthew Noffke OL 6'0 250 FR Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central
Nicholas Nogueira LB 5'11 240 FR Somerset, Mass./Bishop Connolly
Patrick O'Malley OL 6'4 260 FR Chicago, Ill./De La Salle
Zack Pfeffer WR 6'0 175 FR Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee
Marco Porcelli LB 6'0 200 FR Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West
Rob Powell-Deppe OL 6'2 250 FR Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young
Tyler Radloff WR 6'1 195 FR Plymouth, Wis./Sheboygan Area Lutheran
Rayshon Richardson LB 5'10 185 FR Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville
Nathan Richter OL 6'0 250 FR St. Peters, Mo./Lutheran HS St. Charles
Tony Roby DB 5'9 175 FR Chicago, Ill./King College Prep
Adam Rundh DB 6'3 210 FR Aalborg, Denmark/Orjanskolan (Sweden)
Michael Schatz DB/SS 6'0 175 FR Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central
Randolph Schuster DB 6'1 170 FR Mishawaka, Ind./Mishawaka
Mitchell Secrest P/K 6'0 150 FR Elburn, Ill./Kaneland
Jon Surgeon WR 6'0 190 FR Mantua, Ohio/Crestwood
Ross Wiemer RB 6'0 200 FR Burlington, Wis./Burlington
David Wisniewski OL 6'4 260 FR Chicago, Ill./De La Salle
Max Zinnen QB 6'0 185 FR Burlington, Wis./Burlington