Varsity Football
Schedule
Current Record
Roster
# | NAME | POSITION | GRADE |
2 | George Arendt (Captain) | WR/DB | Junior |
3 | Joshua Cain | WR/DB | Sophomore |
4 | Timmy Ginter | TE/LB | Sophomore |
5 | Jake Bulicki | WR/DB | Sophomore |
6 | Sean McGettigan | QB/DB | Sophomore |
7 | Seamus Knox (Captain) | RB/LB | Senior |
9 | Anthony Lara (Captain) | WR/DB | Senior |
11 | AJ Towsen | WR/DB | Junior |
12 | Michael McKee | RB/DB | Sophomore |
13 | Ryan Strauss | WR/LB | Junior |
14 | Xavier Stearn | QB | Sophomore |
15 | Eddie McGettigan | TE/LB | Junior |
16 | Declan Dean | TE/LB | Sophomore |
17 | Max Langsfeld | WR/DB | Senior |
18 | Jake McVeigh | WR/DB | Sophomore |
19 | Bobby Lagler | WR/DB | Sophomore |
20 | Parker Westover | WR/DB | Freshman |
21 | Holden Jackson | K/P | Freshman |
22 | Cole Grim | K/P | Junior |
23 | John Brightcliffe | WR/DB | Freshman |
24 | Jet Dickerson | RB/DB | Sophomore |
25 | Justin Huang | WR/DB | Freshman |
26 | Jack Wescott | TE/LB | Junior |
27 | Ryder Orenstein | WR/DB | Sophomore |
28 | Jack Durkin | RB/LB | Sophomore |
29 | Chris Weber | RB/LB | Freshman |
32 | Jo Owens | WR/DB | Freshman |
33 | Jack Bucci | WR/DB | Freshman |
34 | Matt Hadlock | RB/LB | Freshman |
36 | Jared Smith | K/P | Senior |
37 | Shai Sabag | WR/DB | Freshman |
38 | Holt Record | WR/LB | Freshman |
44 | Ryan Wanner | TE/DE | Freshman |
50 | Max Levin | OL/LB | Freshman |
52 | Robbie Boudreau | OL/LB | Sophomore |
54 | Johnny DeMasi | OL/LB | Senior |
55 | Brandon Truszkowski | OL/DL | Sophomore |
56 | Zach Zighelboim | OL/DL | Sophomore |
58 | Kenny Lee | OL/LB | Junior |
59 | Jeremiah Justice | OL/LB | Junior |
63 | Jonah Hunt | OL/DL | Senior |
65 | CJ Mersky (Captain) | OL/DL | Senior |
66 | Aidan Lee | OL/DL | Freshman |
73 | Maloy Lafferty | OL/DL | Junior |
74 | David Mendte | OL/DL | Junior |
78 | Zach Kniese | OL/DL | Junior |
81 | Thatcher Brown | OL/DL | Freshman |
Coaches
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Kyle DonahueHead Coach
Kyle Donahue will begin his first season as Head Coach of the Patriots in the Fall of 2024. Donahue, who has spent the past five seasons working with the Patriots’ offense, becomes the youngest head football coach in the Inter-Ac League.
Under Donahue, the GA offense has soared to new heights. Since his return to Fort Washington in 2018, the school’s single season passing yardage record has been broken three times, most recently in 2023 by Xavier Stearn ’26. During the same season, AJ Towsen ’25 set records for catches, receiving yards, and touchdowns. In 2021, Donahue helped scheme the third-best single-season rushing performance in GA history, and the 2019 team set records for points scored in a single season with 338.
Donahue starred for Germantown Academy as a wide receiver from 2010-13. He was named Second Team All-Inter-Ac as a junior before earning First Team honors as a senior captain. Donahue graduated from Dickinson College, where he majored in Educational Studies and was a four-year varsity football letterwinner. He returned to GA as a member of the coaching staff in 2018 and took over as the offensive play caller and coordinator in 2019. He began teaching in the Physical Education department before moving to teach history. Donahue earned his Master’s in Education from Arcadia University in 2020.
(Updated: 2/27/24)
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Martin DeanAssistant Coach
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Rob CampbellAssistant Coach
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Al Picariello
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Joe TaylorWide Receivers Coach/JV Head Coach
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Matthew GormanDefensive Backs Coach
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Jake DiannoAssistant Coach
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Jerry GerthAssistant Coach
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Jibri McLeanAssistant Coach
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Brian HenselAssistant Coach
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Joe MigliareseStrength & Conditioning Coach
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Lance StewartEquipment Manager
Facility
Carey Stadium (300 Morris Road, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, 19034) is home to GA football. It was opened in 2010 as a multi-sport facility that includes a 200 x 380’ artificial turf field, a regulation track surface with six lanes, high jump area, long jump pit and easy on-and-off sideline access. The turf was replaced in the summer of 2022. Lines are drawn on the field for football, soccer and lacrosse. The bleacher seating can accommodate 850 spectators and are handicap accessible. Carey Stadium also houses a concession stand equipped with electrical, an ice machine and a reach-in cooler; restroom facilities, as well as two team gathering rooms, private referee room and a trainer’s room equipped with sink, ice machine and treatment bed. The scoreboard in the corner of the Stadium is a multi-sport unit that displays the game clock, home and away scores, time outs left, quarter and football-related information. There is a sound system that is operated from the top of the Stadium where there is a 10-seat granite-topped work area with several electrical outlets and jacks for the microphone and music; all protected by an awning. The Stadium speakers are located on top of the scoreboard. There are several handicap parking spaces adjacent to the entrance to the Stadium in addition to more than 200 spaces spread between two parking lots for the outdoor athletics complex. More parking is available on the GA campus by crossing the Wissahickon Creek by car and returning by foot on the brick pathway. Germantown Academy has hosted many lacrosse and soccer tournaments and was the home to the first coed Inter-Academic Athletic League Track and Field Championships in 2012.
Carey Stadium:
- 200 x 380’ artificial turf field
- Regulation track surface with 6 lanes, regulation size field events and easy on-and-off sideline access
- Field is lined for football, soccer and lacrosse
- Bleacher seating for 850 spectators
- Handicapped accessible
- Concession stand
- Restroom facilities
- Two team gathering rooms (prior approval required)
- Training room with sink, ice machine and treatment bed
- Electronic scoreboard with multi-sport capability
- Sound system
- 10 seat granite-topped work area with several electrical outlets and jacks for the microphone and music
- Parking for 200+ cars, with another 450+ parking spaces within walking distance
History of Captains
League Championship seasons are bolded.
- 1880's
- 1890's
- 1900's
- 1910's
- 1920's
- 1930's
- 1940's
- 1950's
- 1960's
- 1970's
- 1980's
- 1990's
- 2000's
- 2010's
- 2020's
1880's
1890's
1900's
1910's
1920's
1930's
1940's
1950's
1950 - John K. Binswanger
1951 - C. Bray Manchester & Willard H. Goeckler Jr.
1952 - Alan J. Dietrich
1953 - Richard H. Lassen & Robert W. Lassen
1954 - Theodore A. Sloan Jr.
1955 - James Fraser
1956 - Hugh Wyatt & Frederick Stabene
1957 - Frank T. Temme Jr. & Conrad J. DeSantis
1958 - Steven W. Austin & Walter F. Mayer Jr.
1959 - Robert E. Theis
1960's
1970's
1970 - Paul S. Hutter
1971 - Robert S. Strimel Jr.
1972 - J. Jeffrey little & Dan S. Roberts
1973 - Frank J. Marolla & James G. Watson III
1974 - Edward J. McKendry, James R. Morrison III, & Michael S. Barnes
1975 - Daniel R. Brooks Jr.
1976 - Eric F. Hiltebeitel & Gerald T. Rankin
1977 - Thomas C. Telford Jr. & Keith O. Wood
1978 - Joel D. Magerman
1979 - Christopher J. Bauers & James J. McAfee
1980's
1980 - John J. Turner Jr., Michael J. Salaman & Michael L. Magerman
1981 - Walter N. Norley IV, Vince N. Baker , & Gary Hufnagle
1982 - Thomas F. Brooks & Edward J. Zoller III
1983 - Neil Rankin & James G. Turner
1984 - David J. Keblish & William S. Luskin
1985 - L. Scott Webb
1986 - Joseph P. Trainer
1987 - David Ciambella
1988 - Francis Hendrie & Steven Bloom
1989 - Zachary Burwell, James McGeehan, & Jerald Swope
1990's
1990 - Michael Gerber, Frank Lynch & Garth Little
1991 - Michael Turner & Joseph Malone
1992 - James Yorke, Rob Holmes, & Mark Nori
1993 - Blair Hicks, Denis Kane, & Theodore Franchetti
1994 - Coley Murphy & Jason Novak
1995 - Daniel Kurtz
1996 - Andrew Mersky & Stephen Reed
1997 - Jay Jordan, Ted Holmes, & Kevin Czaban
1998 - Matthew Blewitt, Kevin Czaban, & Peter Franchetti
1999 - Gregory Davis, Jonathan Neve, Jarrod Niedosik, & Nathan Wachter
2000's
2000 - Steven Holmes, Joseph Fantini, James Slattery, & Thomas Wudarski
2001 - Steven Holmes, Stephen Sarnocinski, & Alex Smith
2002 - Sean Hopkins, Jonathan Hinkle, & Matthew Miller
2003 - Mike Techtmann & Justin Holiday
2004 - Sean Grieve, Tyler Yerk, David Zuk, & Justin Holiday
2005 - Mark Brown, Tom Matteo, Greg Sih, & Tyler Stampone
2006 - Mark Brown, Joe Trayner, Alexander Holcombe, Joseph Razzano, & Charles Taft
2007 - Joseph Conaway, Kevin Doty, Daniel Lipschutz, Edward Logan, & Reed Marko
2008 - Peter Haines, Ian Hillman, Timothy Vernon, & Peter Weindorfer
2009 - Jake Beil, John Citrone, Austin Kevitch, & Alec Lorraine
2010's
2010 - Keith Braccia, Keith Corliss, Ryan Crane, & Lamont Jackson
2011- Marcus Anthony, Chuck Boddy, Keith Corliss, & Aaron Depue
2012 - Patrick Cawley, Robert Gorman, Matthew Levy, & Robert Taylor
2013 - Patrick Cawley, Clifford David, Kyle Donahue, & Hayes Nolte
2014 - Ryan Calhoun, Kashta Davis, Maxwell Hanamirian, & Andrew Simon
2015 - Matthew Hermann, Jim McAfee II, Kwasi Ampomah, & Patrick McGettigan
2016 - Kyle McCloskey, Patrick McGettigan, Tanner Long, & Matthew Gorman
2017 - Elijah Wroten, Tanner Long, & Michael Riley
2018 - Elijah Wroten, Tim Ruth, Avery Samuels, Jack Sheridan
2019 - Shane Harkins, Hans Lillis, Tayshaun Mack, Luke Strauss & Trae Vance
2020's
Patriots in College
- Elijah Wroten '19 - Illinois State University
- Seamus Dean '20 - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Hans Lillis '20 - Boston College
- Tayshaun Mack '20 - California University of Pennsylvania
- Jerry Griffen-Batchler '21 - Bloomsburg University
- Jeff Decker '21 - Franklin & Marshall College
- Nick Niemynski '21 - Bucknell University
- Mike Rowan '21 - Wesleyan University
- Jack Brookman '22 - Bowdoin College
- Donald Lattanze '22 - Ursinus College
- Michael McGhee '22 - Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Sean Spinosa '22 - Ursinus College
- Aidan Donahue '23 - Ursinus College
- CJ Kearney '23 - Muhlenberg College
- Tristan Machado '23 - Ursinus College
- Matthew McGettigan '23 - United States Military Academy (Sprint Football)
- Evan Spivey '23 - James Madison University
Football News
Germantown Academy Director of Athletics Tim Ginter has named Kyle Donahue ’14 as the new Head Coach of Varsity Football. Donahue, who has spent the past five seasons working with the Patriots’ offense, becomes the youngest head football coach in the Inter-Ac League.
The GA Department of Athletics is pleased to present the fifth episode of The Patriot Playbook, and the final one of the fall sports season!
After a 12-year run that included eight winning seasons, Germantown Academy Head Football Coach Matt Dence is stepping down from his position. The Patriots finished the 2023 season with a 5-5 record that ended with a 35-14 loss to Penn Charter on Nov. 11. Dence finishes his tenure with the Patriots with a 67-46-1 overall record.
The Inter-Academic League released its All-League teams for the 2023 fall season. Germantown Academy was well-represented on the lists, with 22 student-athletes being recognizeD, one of whom was named the Most Valuable Player for their respective sport.
In a game-changing move over the summer, sophomore Jake Hsu reshaped the course of his athletic journey. His choice to switch sports constituted a career-defining decision, as he traded his wide receiver gloves for a pair of basketball sneakers.