May 9, 2007

ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis head men's soccer coach Dan Donigan announced that Beau Bellomy and Charles Bryce have agreed to attend the University and play soccer for the Billikens. The duo were teammates at the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. Both will have four years of eligibility beginning with the 2007-08 academic year.

Bellomy, a forward, earned District 7-5A Offensive MVP honors after leading the team with 15 goals. Also a first-team All-District selection in 2006, Bellomy helped the Rangers to the State semifinals after burying a team-leading 17 goals. During his sophomore season, he scored six times in leading Jesuit to the regional finals. In addition to his prep career, Bellomy is a two-year captain of the Texas Longhorns Soccer Club, where he accumulated 30 points (11G, 8A) during the 2006-07 season.

"Beau is a talented attacking player with great size and the ability to run at defenders with speed and intelligence," Donigan said. "I anticipate that Beau will add depth to our attack and develop into a great college player. We expect some positive things from Beau over the next four years."

Bryce, also a forward, joined Bellomy on the All-District first team after tallying 14 goals and eight assists in helping the Rangers to a 20-1-1 record and the second round of the playoffs in 2007. He notched seven goals his junior year en route to earning All-District honors and was also a starter during his sophomore campaign. Bryce was a member of the Dallas Texans Red North Club for two years. During the 2007 Dallas Cup, he scored three goals in three games. Additionally, he helped his team to a third place Classic League finish in 2006.

"Charles is big and strong and possesses great speed," Donigan said. "These are qualities that you can't teach, so I am looking forward to the opportunity to fine tune his soccer sense and overall efficiency as a player within our system.I believe that Charles has the potential to contribute at this level and, with the proper training environment that we have here at Saint Louis, he should benefit from the players around him."

The pair joins an incoming class that includes transfer Brandon Barklage (St. Louis, Mo./CBC/New Mexico), Josh Boemecke (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon), Casey Herd (Arlington, Texas/Martin), David Kekec (St. Louis, Mo./Ladue) and Jordan Osborn (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell North).

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