THE CORNER WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO SAINT IGNATIUS' STANDOUT JUNIOR SOCCER PLAYER MATT FOLDESY, WHO HAS MADE AN ORAL COMMITMENT TO THE NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SOCCER PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON.

IN HELPING COACH MIKE MCLAUGHLIN'S WILDCATS TO A 23-0 RECORD, A DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE TOP RANKING IN THE NATION BY ESPN RISE AND THE NATIONAL SOCCER COACHES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, MATT SCORED A TEAM-LEADING 22 GOALS THIS PAST FALL AND TOTALED 13 ASSISTS.

THE SON OF FORMER ST. EDWARD AND CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY ALL-AMERICAN AND HALL OF FAME WRESTLER DAN FOLDESY, MATT BEGAN HIS VARSITY CAREER WITH THE WIDCATS BY SCORING FOUR GOALS IN THE 2010 SEASON OPENING 8-0 VICTORY OVER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL. IT WAS A GAME THIS CORNER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO COVER.

ALONG WITH HIS AREA HONORS, MATT WAS SELECTED BY ESPN RISE AS ONE OF ITS “PRIME-TIME PLAYERS” FOR 2010.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MATT, HIS FAMILY, COACH MCLAUGHLIN'S OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AND THE NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPION AKRON ZIPS.

- EDDIE DWYER.