'09 MN TE/DE Ra'Shede Hageman (Official Offer)

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7/14

From the OSU site...talks about his summer training and how it takes up most of this time. Says the OSU staff has made him aware of their scholarship situation but he wants to see how OSU does this fall. Talks about his recent trip to Florida and about his interest in the Gators. Also discusses his interest in Wisconsin and how they use their TEs, as well as the in-state Gophers.

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8/4

By BK...still down to Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Florida and is adamant all four are equal. Talks about how he will be watching what Minnesota does this year as well as watching how the Buckeyes use their TEs.

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08/29

By Bill Kurelic...Hageman has scheduled two officials so far. Wisconsin (vs. Ohio State) and Ohio State (vs. Purdue). Plans on making a decision after the football season.

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09/02

From GoldenSports.net...Hageman has a new top 3 of Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He wants to say in the Big 10.

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9/8

From BadgerBlitz....Down to Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State. Talks about his interest in each of the programs. Plans on taking an official to the Ohio State-Purdue game. Will make a decision after his season is over.

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Inside the Game: U wants big man on campus

9/14

Like every blue-chip high school athlete in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Ra'Shede Hageman knows what everyone within these borders wants him to do. C'mon Ra'Shede, they say, please please please sign with the Gophers football team. The Minneapolis Washburn star, who is ranked among the top 10 senior tight ends in the nation, hears that mantra in the hallways at school, at the mall, at the gas station. Even in the most unexpected places, such as the football field.
During the Millers' season opener at Minneapolis Edison, a guy wearing a striped shirt and a whistle had a quick little chat with the 6-6, 260-pound Hageman.
"The ref told me I should go to Minnesota," Hageman said with a shrug of his wide shoulders.
This revelation came during a conversation after Thursday's practice, as the Millers gathered for their weekly team dinner in the school cafeteria. Hageman, who says the best things about football are the contact and the collisions, was in full-scale assault of a paper plate weighed down with pasta.
The next day was game day, and one of the guests at school was Gophers coach Tim Brewster. He was back on campus that evening, watching the Millers' 64-25 loss to Edina. As if Brewster needed any further convincing, Hageman displayed Saturday skills on a first-quarter play.
On third-and-4 from the Edina 35, quarterback Brandon King threw a dart to Hageman on the right hash at the 25. After catching the ball between the pair of 8's on his jersey, Hageman turned, rammed a shoulder into a tackler and buried him. Another defender closed in near the right sideline, but this time Hageman leaped over him, performed a tippy-toe step to stay inbounds and charged into the end zone.
It was the kind of play that makes onlookers exclaim, "Oh, my God!" Which, according to Edina coach Kim Nelson, is precisely how the Hornets reacted while watching film of Washburn and Hageman earlier in the week.


"He's got scary ability," Nelson said. "He's obviously got a big body with long arms, speed, catches the ball well, he can block; he's just got all the tools to be a great football player."
Here are some of the colleges that have offered scholarships to Hageman: Minnesota, Iowa, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida and Illinois.
Here are the schools that remain on his whittled-down list: Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio State. He will take official visits to all three in the next month and will make a decision after the high school season ends.
This is rarefied air for any young athlete, of course, but it is especially remarkable, considering Hageman's early life. He and his brother Xavier, who is one year younger, were born in Lansing, Mich., to a troubled mother who was unable to provide consistent care. They lived in a dozen foster homes before being adopted by Eric Hageman and his wife, Jill Coyle, when the boys were 7 and 6.
Eric Hageman and Coyle, both lawyers, have since had three children of their own, all under the age of 7. Xavier, an aspiring hip-hop dancer, is a junior at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists.
"He and Ra'Shede couldn't be more different," said Eric Hageman, who played college football at Dartmouth. "We've got a dancer and a jock." Or, as Ra'Shede put it, "Xavier got the cuter side of the family."
As the cafeteria conversation returned to the brothers' upbringing, Ra'Shede said simply, "It was tough." He said most of the foster homes "were fine, but sometimes they didn't treat us right, so we'd go to a different foster home. ... Back then, nothing was permanent."
Now, however, Hageman's future is brighter than ever. And those wide shoulders are carrying the hopes of the rest of the Minneapolis City Conference. For decades, kids from the city were regulars on the Gophers' roster. But that hasn't been the case for more than 30 years.
That's one of the reasons so many people want Hageman to play for Minnesota.


"There are some fine athletes in the city, both in Minneapolis and St. Paul," said Washburn coach Peter Haugen, himself a Washburn grad. "Certainly the overall numbers and depth is not as strong as the suburbs, but in terms of some talented players, Minneapolis and St. Paul have some strong athletes."
Minneapolis Southwest coach Sean McMenomy, a former Gophers player, said, "You don't understand how much it means to kids to look at the hometowns on the Gophers roster and see 'Minneapolis, Minnesota.' "
If in a year or so that roster also includes the name of a certain wide-shouldered tight end from Washburn, well, that would make everyone in Minnesota happy. Including the referees.

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New Hageman article written by Gopher site on rivals. Talks about Ra'shede's excitement to start his official visits with Minnesota this week. Reiterates how he is impressed with the Gophers' play thus far and how he knows quite a few players.

Also states that he only plans on taking 3 official visits (MN, UW, tOSU) and that he will honor at least these 3 visits even if he is blown away by one school and commits.

http://wisconsin.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=851142

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ESPN - Midwest Recruiting Blog

Tight end Ra'Shede Hageman (Minneapolis/Washburn) is set to make his first official visit this weekend. He won't have far to go; he's visiting the Minnesota Gophers. He also has visits set to Wisconsin Oct. 4 when the Badgers play Ohio State, and Ohio State Oct. 11 when the Buckeyes play Purdue. Hageman has narrowed things down to those three schools.

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http://www.twincities.com/dailydose/ci_10519390

Ra'Shede Hageman, a 6-6, 260-pound Minneapolis Washburn tight end who is the Gophers' top-sought in-state football recruit, attended Saturday's game and said his final-four list consists of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Florida. He said the Gophers probably have a slight edge "because I'm from Minnesota, but it's pretty equal now."

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09/22

By Bill Kurelic...Hageman rescheduled his official visit to Minnesota this weekend (still went to the game). States Minnesota has the "slight" edge due to proximity.

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ESPN - Midwest Recruiting Blog

Minneapolis-Washburn tight end Ra'Shede Hageman had three official visits scheduled. He was going to Minnesota this past weekend when the Gophers hosted Florida Atlantic, then Wisconsin Oct. 4 when the Badgers play Ohio State, and Ohio State Oct. 11 when the Buckeyes play Purdue. However the first of those scheduled trips did not happen.

"The visit to Minnesota got rescheduled," Hageman said. "But I still went to the game. Coach (Derek) Lewis wanted to reschedule my (official) visit because he wants me to see all the recruits coming in from Texas and Florida. They couldn't make it because of the hurricane."

The 6-foot-6, 252-pound Hagemen watched as the Gophers remained undefeated with a 37-3 victory over Florida Atlantic.

"I saw the new Gophers," Hageman said. "They're 4-0. They blew them out. All the new recruits that have come in have been great. And the tight ends caught a couple balls."

Hageman would not say the Gophers are his clear leader, but they have the edge.

"I'm giving the Gophers a head start because I'm from here," Hageman said. "But I still want to take my visits. I still want to take a trip down to Florida too."

Hageman said his official visit to Minnesota will now be Nov. 8 when the Gophers play Michigan.

"I'll decide (on a college) in December after I take my visits," Hageman said.

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Bucknuts.com - OSU-Minnesota Game Sways Hageman

Hageman talks about how he was in attendance for the OSU-Minnesota game last weekend and gives his observations from that game. He was satisfied with the way the Gophers were competitive and employed their tight ends. Disappointed with how the Buckeyes used theirs.....perceived them as a running school. How a school uses their tight ends is a very important factor for him. He's sold on Wisconsin from this standpoint. He'll be in attendance at the Badger game this weekend.