Soccer Sees 5 Earn Locations on the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Team

FRISCO, TX – Tulane’s soccer staff noticed 5 members of the staff earn a spot on the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Team.

The 5 chosen from Tulane have been offensive deal with Derrick Graham, middle Jack Hollifield, inside defensive lineman Santana Hopper, guard Shadre Hurst and defensive lineman Mo Westmoreland.

Every 12 months, roughly 1000 all-star recreation eligible gamers are drafted, signed after the draft or attend rookie mini-camp. The Shrine Bowl 1000’s objective is to function a glance into the scouting course of, in addition to start to preview school gamers who’re presently all-star recreation eligible for the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl and the 2026 NFL Draft.

Graham, a redshirt senior, performed and began all 14 video games final season at left deal with the place he helped the offense rank among the many high 5 within the league in seven classes together with third down conversions (1st – 50.3), completion share (third – 62.9), scoring offense (2nd – 35.1), interceptions thrown (4th – 9), passing effectivity (1st – 157.6),  dashing (third – 195.6), time of possession (third – 32:13), first downs (third – 291) and passing yards per completions (4th – 14.16).The offense scored 20+ factors in 11 of the staff’s 14 video games. He was a 2024 First Team All-AAC choice.

Hollifield, a redshirt senior, is in his first 12 months at Tulane after transferring from Appalachian State. Last season, as a member of the Mountaineers, he began 11 video games at middle whereas defending the Sun Belt’s passing chief and aiding this system complete 5 straight 100-yard dashing performances. He spent the primary two years of his school profession at Virginia Tech.

Hopper, a redshirt junior, is in his first 12 months at Tulane after transferring from Appalachian State. Last season, as a member of the Mountaineers, he totaled 36 tackles, 8.5 stops for loss and 5 sacks.

Hurst, a redshirt junior, performed in all 14 video games with 13 begins final season the place he helped the offense rank among the many high 5 within the league in seven classes together with third down conversions (1st – 50.3), completion share (third – 62.9), scoring offense (2nd – 35.1), interceptions thrown (4th – 9), passing effectivity (1st – 157.6),  dashing (third – 195.6), time of possession (third – 32:13), first downs (third – 291) and passing yards per completions (4th – 14.16).The offense scored 20+ factors in 11 of the staff’s 14 video games. He was a 2024 First Team All-AAC choice by the league’s coaches.

Westmoreland, a redshirt senior, is in his first 12 months at Tulane after transferring from UTEP. Last season, as a member of the Miners, he ranked twenty third within the nation with eight sacks plus totaled 46 tackles and 9.5 stops for loss.

The East-West Shrine Bowl will happen at The Star in Frisco, Texas on January 26, 2026. The gamers can be coached by NFL coaches, in an NFL facility, and can have entry to NFL-level assets, services, player-friendly schedules, and the alternatives on the highest stage.

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The Tulane soccer staff (9-5) ended the 2024 season enjoying in this system’s third consecutive bowl recreation. It was additionally the sixth time within the final seven years that Tulane had been chosen to play in a bowl recreation (2018 – Cure Bowl, 2019 – Armed Forces Bowl, 2020 – Famous Idaho Bowl, 2022 – Cotton Bowl, 2023 – Military Bowl and 2024 – Gasparilla Bowl). Overall, it was Tulane’s seventeenth bowl look (1932 – Rose Bowl, 1935 – Sugar Bowl, 1939 – Sugar Bowl, 1970 – Liberty Bowl, 1973 – Astro Bluebonnet Bowl, 1979 – Liberty Bowl, 1980 – Hall of Fame Bowl, 1987 – Independence Bowl, 1998 – Liberty Bowl, 2002 – Hawaii Bowl, 2013 – New Orleans, 2018 – Cure Bowl, 2019 – Armed Forces Bowl, 2020 -Famous Idaho Bowl, 2022 – Cotton Bowl, 2023 – Military Bowl and 2024 – Gasparilla Bowl) with this system sporting an all-time file of 7-10 in bowl video games.

Tulane additionally made the staff’s third straight AAC Championship Game look. The program sports activities a 32-10 file over the past three seasons. The staff’s 32 wins is the fourth-most nationally. The staff positioned first or second within the AAC in 10 totally different classes together with main the league in third down conversions (52.5), defensive touchdowns (6), completion share (65.6), scoring offense (37.2) and passing effectivity protection (111.65). The staff was the nationwide chief in defensive touchdowns with six.

The staff had a league-high 18 gamers chosen All-AAC final season together with 2025 returners Derrick Graham (First Team – offensive deal with), Shadre Hurst (First Team – offensive guard), Sam Howard (Second Team – linebacker), Bailey Despanie (Second Team – defensive again) and Kameron Hamilton (Third Team – defensive position).

The faculty introduced the hiring of Jon Sumrall because the forty second head coach of the staff on December 8, 2023. The Huntsville, Alabama native has been one of the vital profitable head coaches within the nation the final three seasons with a file of 32-9, two Sun Belt Conference championships and a pair of double-digit successful streaks. He was named Sun Belt Conference Coach of Year and was twice named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year honor. Sumrall returned to Tulane after serving because the Green Wave’s Co-Defensive Coordinator for 3 years (2012-14). In 2013, he was an important a part of Tulane’s run to the New Orleans Bowl, this system’s first postseason look since 2002 and third since 1988. Sumrall additionally was named a finalist for FootballScoop Defensive Line Coach of the Year.

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