Coach Bubba Schweigert has recently announced the captains for the 2016 UND Fighting Hawks football season.  Selected as captains are Luke Mathewson, Keaton Studsrud, Connor O’Brien, and Cole Reyes.

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From what we understand the captains were voted on by the members of the team, which is standard procedure and the right way to go about it.  Letting the team pick their own captains ensures that the true leaders on the team are selected.

Of note, three of the captains are juniors.  That is somewhat unusual but does show the level of respect these three command from their teammates.

Two of the captains are on offense (Studsrud & Mathewson) and two on defense (O’Brien and Reyes).

As Coach Schweigert mentioned in the article, having QB Keaton Studsrud selected by his teammates is a great sign, as well.  The QB is the leader of the team and having him be officially named a “leader” of the team is big.

TE Luke Mathewson (senior).

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QB Keaton Studsrud (junior).

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LB Connor O’Brien (junior).

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S Cole Reyes (junior).

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