Boston College Athletics
Seniors Accept Invitations To 2003 East-West Shrine Game
August 02, 2002 | Football
Aug. 2, 2002
Boston College senior quarterback Brian St. Pierre (Danvers, Mass.) and senior center Dan Koppen (Whitehall, Pa.) are among the early commitments to play in the 78th annual East-West Shrine Game. The event, which brings together some of the nation's top college players and benefits the 22 Shriners hospitals located across the country, will kick off Saturday, January 11, 2003 at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco.
Both St. Pierre and Koppen enter the 2002 football season as BIG EAST Conference and national all-star candidates. As BC's starting quarterback in all 11 games plus the Music City Bowl win vs. Georgia last season, St. Pierre completed 149 passes for 2,016 yards in his junior year. His 25 passing touchdowns tied as the second-highest total in school history. Koppen also was a 12-game starter last year and was named second team All-BIG EAST. He helped the Eagles become the second-leading offense in the BIG EAST in terms of total offense, first in rushing yards and third in scoring.
Notre Dame head coach Tyrone Willingham will guide the East squad while Mike Price of Washington State will coach the West team.
East team early commitments include Josh Brindel, defensive line, Navy; Chris Crocker, safety, Marshall; Clarence Holmes, defensive line, Army; Dan Klecko, defensive line, Temple; Dan Koppen, center, Boston College; Byron Leftwich, quarterback, Marshall; Billy McMullen, receiver, Virginia; Carl Morris, receiver, Harvard; Steve Sciullo, offensive line, Marshall; Brian St. Pierre, quarterback, Boston College, and Walter Young, receiver, Illinois. West team early commitments include Nick Barnett, linebacker, Oregon State; Bernard Berrian, receiver, Fresno State; Lance Briggs, linebacker, Arizona; Nick Burley, defensive line, Fresno State; Kerry Carter, running back, Stanford; Wes Crawley, cornerback, Air Force; Kevin Curtis, receiver, Utah State; Jason Gesser, quarterback, Washington State; Dwone Hicks, running back, Middle Tennessee State; Keenan Howry, receiver, Oregon; Casey Moore, fullback, Stanford; David Moretti, linebacker, Oregon; Spencer Nead, tight end, Brigham Young; Carson Palmer, quarterback, USC; Troy Polamalu, safety, USC; Tim Provost, offensive tackle, San Jose State; Derrick Roche, offensive guard, Washington State; Chad Setterstrom, offensive line, Northern Iowa; Marcus Trufant, cornerback, Washington State, and Seneca Wallace, quarterback, Iowa State.
