2013 Top Tier All American Team

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2013 Top Tier All American Teams

The Top Tier All American Camps have released their second annual High School All American Kickers and Punters list for the 2013 Football Season.  The Top Tier All American selections for the 2013 season have been determined based on the candidate’s game performance during the 2013 football season.  Eligible candidates were determined by attending the Top Tier Tryouts and Camps during the summer of 2013, resulting in a “Top Tier Watch List” of the strongest performing special teams specialists.  The evaluation involved the National Camp Series charting format (and KIX Rating System) as well as a number of other skill specific tests to show an athlete’s well rounded abilities.  

The Top Tier All American List is an exclusive list of specialists that have proven themselves to be a well rounded athlete through the Top Tier All American Camp Evaluation Standards as well as In Season Performance. 
The selections are separated by the year of graduation.

All American: Class of 2014
Player	School	State	Qualified
Garrett Thomason	St. Petersburg HS	FL	LS
Nathan Mesher	Sir John A. Macdonald	Ontario, Canada	K & P
Rhett Waldron	Jesuit HS	FL	K
Sean Young	Admiral Farragut Academy	FL	K & P
Honorable Mention: Class of 2014
Player	School	State	Qualified
Alex MacGregor	Zimmerman HS	MN	K
Brandon Stage	Riverview HS	FL	K
Jannik Frederiksen	Wayzata HS	MN	K
Lucas Jose	Bloomingdale HS	FL	K
All American: Class of 2015
Player	School	State	Qualified
Daniel LaCamera	East Lake HS	FL	K & P
Sterling Hofrichter	Armwood HS	FL	K & P
Honorable Mention: Class of 2015
Player	School	State	Qualified
Zach Gleaton	Zephyrhills HS	FL	K
All American: Class of 2016
Player	School	State	Qualified
Stephen Yaffe	Carrollwood Day School	FL	K & P
Honorable Mention: Class of 2016
Player	School	State	Qualified
Mac Brown	St Thomas Academy	MN	K & P

The Top Tier All American Program is run by Tom Feely, Owner of Feely Athletics, and Chris Husby, owner of Special Teams Football Academy.   More information can be found at www.TopTierAllAmerican.com or view our Camp video.

Thank you

-Coach Tom Feely & Coach Chris Husby 

 

Canadian Kicker shines at Top Tier All American Minnesota Kicking Camp

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Canadian Kicker shines at the 2nd Annual Top Tier All American Minnesota Kicking Camp & Tryout

No one saw him coming down from the Canadian border.  A highly ranked Canadian soccer player named Nathan Mesher snuck up on the American counterparts for the 2nd annual Top Tier All American Minnesota Tryout and Kicking Camp at the University of Minnesota on June 1-2, 2013. Nathan, a neophyte to American Football kicking and punting, shined during the two day competitions that involved testing every type of kick and punt used in football situations.

Nathan Mesher, a Canadian American (originally from Wisconsin), has lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for 15 years and has played soccer for the national powerhouse Toronto Lynx Soccer club, the last 4 years. Nathan won awards for the “Best Place Kicker for rising 12th graders” as well as “Best Punter for Rising 12th graders.”  Nathan went 9 for 10 on Field Goals and averaged a camp best 41.1 yard punt average with a 3.75 hang time average, earning him the nod as the Best All Around Specialist at the camp.

Another surprising stellar performance came from a rising 10th grader from St. Thomas Academy named Mac Brown who swept the underclassmen awards with “Best Placekicker, Best Punter and Best Kickoff Kicker” for rising 10th graders and he was the Best Overall Kicker for all grades in the specialty kicks tests.

Three other rising 12th graders that performed well overall were Alex MacGregor of Zimmerman HS who ranked as the 2nd overall top specialists (behind Nathan Mesher) and George Hottinger, punter from Cretin Derham Hall HS, who displayed a very strong punting leg which hang time averages above 3.75 seconds.  The top snapper at the camp was Alex Dequaine, from St Francis HS, who displayed many accurate short and long snaps.

Two kickers from the Class of 2015, Stuart Hamann (Lakeville North HS) and Charles Stejskal (Annandale HS), showed strong kicking abilities that competed closely with the upperclassmen.

Top Tier All American Tryouts and Camps put on camps for kickers, punters and long snappers in which they are evaluated using the KIX system designed by the National Camp Series where they get national ranking on the National Camp Series web site. They are also given a second day of testing other specialty kicks not tested by anyone else including onside kicking, pressure place kicking, and a variety of specialized punts often done in game situations. The final product of the two days of testing results in a “Top Tier Watch List” of the top specialists for potential selection to the “Top Tier All American Winners” list. The Top All American finalists are determined solely by their performance during the 2013 football season.

The Top Tier All American Camps have 2 more remaining camps:

Camp 1: June 1st and 2nd, 2013 at the University of St Thomas in St Paul, MN.

Camp 2: June 22nd and 23rd, 2013 at the Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, CO.

Camp 3: July 27th and 28th, 2012 at the Carrollwood Day School  in Tampa, FL

For more information or to sign up for the upcoming camps, visit: www.TopTierAllAmerican.com or contact: Tom Feely (Tom@FeelyAthletics) and Chris Husby (CoachHusby@gmail.com)