Lackawanna’s National Signing Day Commitments

The Lackawanna College Athletic Department is honored to announce that three members of its football team signed a National Letter of Intent committing them the NCAA institution at which they will continue their academic and athletic careers. Those players making this commitment were Mark Glowinski, Bernardo Nunez and Lorenzo Taliaferro.

Glowinski, a graduate of GAR Memorial High School, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, will be attending West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. While at Lackawanna, Glowinski played offensive tackles and was praised by head coach, Mark Duda, on numerous occasions as one of the best offensive lineman to play at the school. In this past season, he was named to the Northeast Football Conference First Team and the NJCAA All American Second Team. At Morgantown, Glowinski will be joining former teammate Josh Francis, who transferred to West Virginia after he finished his playing days at Lackawanna.

Nunez, a graduate of Hoboken High School, Hoboken, New Jersey, originally attended the University of Pittsburgh before transferring to Lackawanna College for the 2011 football season. At Lackawanna, Nunez was a defensive end who made forty-three (43) tackles; seventeen (17) of which were for losses. Nine (9) of those seventeen tackles for losses were sacks. Coach Duda felt that because of Nunez's speed and agility, he was unstoppable when rushing the passer. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Nunez was named to the Northeast Football Conference First Team. He was also named the NFC's "Defensive Player the Year" and "The Player of the Year". In addition to his conference honors, Nunez was named by the NJCAA to its All American Team as a First Team Defensive Lineman. Nunez has elected to attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Taliaferro is a graduate of Bruton High School, Williamsburg, Virginia. At Lackawanna, Taliaferro played both fullback and tailback. He was also used to return kicks. Last season, Taliaferro rushed sixty-six (66) times for three hundred and seventy-nine yards (379) and three (3) touchdowns; he caught eleven (11) passes for one hundred and fifty-six (156) yards and four (4) TDs. As a special team player, he returned seventeen (17) kickoffs and 0ne (1) punt for five hundred and ten (510) yards, Taliaferro ended the season with one thousand forty-five (1045) all-purpose yards. His performance earned him a position on All Northeast Football Conference Second Team. Taliaferro decided to attend Costal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina.