2011 WEBER STATE FOOTBALL - Weber State University Athletics

Robbie Diamond2011WILDCATSand attended school in the fall and participated with the Wildcats inthe 2011 spring practices.Cornerback • 6-0 • 175SophomoreOklahoma City, OK1Robbie returns as a sophomore cornerback for the ‘Cats and islisted as one of WSU’s top cornerbacks entering the season.2010 (Freshman)Appeared in all 11 games as a red-shirt freshman and started onegame for the ‘Cats...Recorded six total tackles during the seasonwith three assisted and three unassisted...Had a season-high twotackles in a win at Northern Arizona...Also had one fumble recovery,coming in WSU’s first game of the season Sept. 4 at BostonCollege.2009Sat out the 2009 season as a red-shirt after signing with the Wildcatsin February 2009.Putnam High SchoolStarred at Putnam High School in Oklahoma City under CoachMark Little and John Wofford...Was a high school rival of currentWSU teammate, Josh Booker, who attended Putnam North...Wasthe Putnam team captain and MVP in 2008...Had 96 tackles andtwo interceptions as a defensive back and 13 catches for 187 yardsand two touchdowns as a receiver...Earned an invitation to play inthe Jim Thorpe All-Star game.PersonalFull name is Robbie LaVell Diamond...Was born October 27, 1990...Is majoring in Business Administration/Marketing at Weber State...Is one of 13 players on this year’s roster from Oklahoma...Says hesmiles about almost everything and anything!Ryan EastmanDefensive Tackle • 6-0 • 285JuniorHonolulu, HI952009 (Sophomore)Was named to the Big Sky Preseason All-Conference team as asophomore...Played in just seven games during the season dueto injury but started all seven of those contests...Earned Big SkyAll-Conference Honorable Mention honors for the second straightseason...In seven games he recorded 26 total tackles with nine unassistedand 17 assisted...Had a career-high of six total tackles intwo games, at Eastern Washington and at Northern Colorado. Alsorecorded five tackles for loss...Totaled four sacks on the seasonwith three of them coming at Eastern Washington in WSU’s win onOctober 10...For his performance in that game he was honored asthe Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week...Also had one fumblerecovery on the season.2008 (Freshman)Signed with the Wildcats as a highly prized recruit...Played in all 14games as a true freshman and started two games during the season...EarnedBig Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention honorsas a true freshman...Was part of the Wildcat squad that capturedthe Big Sky title and advanced to the Second Round of the FCSPlayoffs...Recorded 22 total tackles as a defensive tackle...Had 13unassisted and nine assisted tackles...Had a season-high five totaltackles in his second game playing in his home state of Hawaii...Recorded four tackles for loss...Also had two sacks and one forcedfumble during the season.Saint Louis High SchoolPlayed for Coach Delbert Tengan at Saint Louis High School, aperennial prep power in the Aloha State...Comes from the sameprogram which produced current WSU players Zach Higgins, AdamSagapolutele-White, Tytan Timoteo and former Wildcat standoutquarterback Cameron Higgins...Team won two ILH championshipsduring his career...All-State defensive lineman named by the HonoluluAdvertiser and Honolulu Star Bulletin...Was rated the 110thbest defensive lineman in the country by ESPN...Ranked the ninthbest player in the state of Hawaii in 2007 by Rivals.com...Named tothe Goodwill HUB East/West All-Star Game.PersonalFull name is Ryan George Kapono Eastman...Parents are Cindy,and Bulla and Lynette Eastman...Is majoring in General Studies atWeber State...At the age of 15 he was the Hawaii state racquetballchampion in the Novice Division.Ryan returns to the Weber State this fall and will be a junior thisseason. He played two seasons for the Wildcats in 2008 and 2009.He has appeared in 21 career games with the Wildcats and has 48career tackles. He has nine career tackles for loss and six sacks.Eastman transferred home to play for the University of Hawaii forthe 2011 2010 season WEBER where STATE he was a FOOTBALLwalk-on but did not play. After reviewingthe situation at Hawaii, he transferred back to Weber State34WEBERSTATESPORTS.COM