Hatboro-Horsham’s Andrew Weyershaeuser was honored at a special signing ceremony on Friday, April 30, 2010. The senior soccer player has signed a letter of intent to accept a soccer scholarship to LaSalle University.
Andrew Weyershaeuser – LaSalle University (Soccer)
Major: Nursing
Final list of colleges: LaSalle, University of Tampa, Holy Family, Stevenson University
Reasons for choosing LaSalle: “The Philadelphia style of play – just growing up and playing in that area and the chance to take it to the next level. It didn’t matter if it was Division One, Two or Three, but LaSalle’s academics were the best out of all the schools I was looking into, and that’s what I’m really looking forward to. Also, the coaching staff.
“LaSalle has a really good nursing program, and that’s another reason I picked it. They have a hospital right there.”
When did the idea of playing soccer at the collegiate level become a reality? “I started playing soccer when I was three, and I always wanted to play Division One, but in the end, it didn’t matter what I played. I just wanted to play.”
Coach Ben Winderman says: “He’s one of those kids – I bet he was good as a five-year-old. His grandfather played soccer, and his father is the director of the German Hungarian Soccer Club. Andrew is one of those kids that probably started playing soccer before he could speak.
“When you talk about Andrew, you talk about his family because they are the epitome of a soccer family, and it’s the way it’s supposed to be. This is a kid who played on one club team for years – he didn’t go bouncing from team to team and didn’t get caught up in always looking for something better because the reality is – there isn’t. There’s nothing better than a family who’s devoted to soccer and a team that you’re important on and a ball and field and friends to play with. These guys did it right.
“Andrew is one of the rare ones. He combines the stylish and graceful part of soccer and the artistic part that is so wonderful to observe with good, old-fashioned grit. He defends as well as he attacks, and he’s unselfish. He recognizes plays three steps ahead of other kids. There’s no limit to what he can do.
“He’s a real natural, a purist – you can just see the way he touches the ball, the way he strikes the ball. He’s one of those players you notice. He looks good, and he plays the game right.
“He’s pretty soft-spoken, doesn’t draw a lot of attention to himself, but he has a nice little swagger about him. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him coaching someday.”
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