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The 2007 Men's All Freshman Team contains 4 Dallas area players, none of whom are at SMU. Andre Akpan (Harvard) and Stephen McCarthy(Santa Clara) made the first team while Omar Gonzales (Marlyland) and Jonathan Villanueva (Virginia) are on the second team. While SMU in my opiniion had a great freshman class these were probably the most highly rated recruits from the Dallas area last year. Last year as well as this year we have struck out on the very top area recruits. However, I can understand guys wanting to get away from home and all of them are at top programs.

I can't really blame a kid for going to Harvard. Or UVa for that matter. Maryland - other than the fact that they won the National title two years ago and are in a tough conference what do they have to offer? Santa Clara (is that where Sampson is coaching?) Also, they may have seen the competition to play at SMU as too tough, or they were sick of Dallas and wanted to go elsewhere for college. I grew up in Virginia and didn't want to go to UVa or U Md, but SMU. Who knows?