Rice Owls Athlecics
Rice Owls Athlecics
Rice Owls Athlecics
Saturday, Sept 5
UAB
Birmingham, AL
3:00 PM
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  Luke Willson

Luke Willson

Player Profile

Class:
RS Freshman

Hometown:
LaSalle, Ontario, Canada

High School:
St. Thomas of Villanova

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 240

Position:
TE

Experience:
Sq.

Rice-- Tight end prospect who redshirted last fall after reporting late to camp because of his committment to the Canadian Junior National Baseball team.

2008--Redshirt

High School--Three-year all conference selection for coach Tim Maitre... Caught 29 passes for 638 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior on offense, while racking up 60 tackles, including five sacks, on defense... Named his school's Athlete of the Year as both a junior and a senior... Also played on a summer team, the Essex Ravens, and caught 18 passes for 473 yards and 10 touchdowns... played hockey, baseball and soccer in addition to competing in track in high school... Played with the Canadian Junior National baseball team this spring and summer... Team toured major league spring training sites to play against various Extended Spring Training teams as well as the Dominican Republic to play several MLB teams' Domincan Summer League entries... Will complete his summer with the Canadian Juniors at the World Championships in Calgary... Carries a 4.0 GPA.

Personal--Full Name: Luke Michael Willson.. Born: Jan. 15, 1990 at Windsor, Ontario... Parents: Mike and Wilma Willson, LaSalle, Ontario (two borthers, one sister)... Father played football at the University of Windsor and played on a senior baseball team that won eight Canadian Senior championships... twin older brothers (Eric and Greg) play football at the University of Western Ontario... Uncle (Rob Biasutto) played basketball at the Univesity of Detroit and the University of Windsor... Rice major: undeclared.

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