BU Inks Five Mass. Natives

Part of 11 Players Signed by Terriers

July 22, 2008

Ben Berube, Michael Bustamante, Terence Ciavarra, George Drouillard, Colin Henry, and Matt Pereira all hail from Massachusetts towns. They’ll be joined by Nicolas Ampuero, Steven Knox, Peter Mehlert, Trevor McManamon, Aaron Rosenberg to bolster a squad that earned the program’s 13th trip to the NCAA tournament last year.

Berube, a Fall River, Mass. native, was a three-year team captain and led Somerset High School to two state championships. He earned all-state honors three times and was named an All-American as a senior.

Bustamante was a four-year captain at Chelsea High School. A four-time Commonwealth League champion, the Colombia native was a three-time league all-star and MVP and was named a New England All-Scholastic and Boston Globe All-Scholastic as a senior. Ciavarra was a four-year starter for Worcester Academy. The product of Sutton, Mass. was named to the 2007 Class A All-New England Prep and NCSCAA adidas All-Region teams as a senior as well as earned all-state honors that season. Ciavarra won three state championships with Juventus USA.

Drouillard co-captained his team to the state title as a senior along with making the state semi-finals three times with his club team, the South Shore United Blazers, also headed by Roberts. Henry, out of Norwell, Mass., was a four-time league All-Star and a two-time league MVP, Eastern Mass. All-Star and all-state selection. As a senior, Pereira served as team captain at Woburn Memorial High School and earned Middlesex League MVP, Eastern Mass All-Star team, all-state, and all-New England honors.

As for the other six players, Ampuero hails from Bassano del Grappa, Italy and was part of a Bassano Virtus 55 team that won the regional championship as a sophomore. The rookie belonged to the U.S. Angarano Azzurra and Bassano Virtus 55 soccer teams and the city All-Star team as a freshman.

San Jose, Calif. native McManamon led Bellarmine to its third straight West Catholic Athletic League title and second CCS Division I championship as a senior captain. He was named All-CCS Second Team, and his team finished No. 3 in the nation with a record of 26-1-2.

Mehlert, a product of Chevy Chase, Md., was a two-time WCAC champion with Gonzaga College High School. Mehlert received Washington Post All-Met honorable mention and All-WCAC Second Team honors as a senior. He played club soccer for the Maryland state champion Potomac Cougars.

Knox comes to BU all the way from Trinidad, where he was the starting center forward for the Trinidad and Tobago U-17 National team during the FIFA U-17 World Cup and scored 21 goals for the team. He is a current member of the U-20 National team and captained his high school team to two league finals and one title.

Rosenberg was a three-year high school team captain and four-year member of the state Olympic Development Program. The West Bloomfield, Mich., native was part of the Regional Pool ODP three times, a five-time club state champion overall and named all-state as a senior.

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