USD Football 1999

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All-PFL Returners

Kaeo Gouveia returns for his fourth and final season with the Toreros where he will start at cornerback ... he earned Ist Team AII-PFL honors in 1998 after finishing with 42 tackles (32 unassisted), 3 fumble recoveries, 4 intercep– tions and 7 pass break-ups ... the 1998 USO Defensive Player of the Year, Gouveia owns IO career interceptions and needs two for new Torero mark ... in 1997 he finished 5th in tackles (66) and first in interceptions (5) ... he earned PFL Defensive Player of the Week honors in the Toreros last two games against Whittier (2 interceptions including 46 yard return for TD) and Wagner ( 11 tackles; 2 interceptions for 30 yards) ... he also tallied 10 stops against Evansville and Valparaiso ... he was named a San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for November ... he played a decent amount his

Kaeo Gouveia #27 SR CB

freshman year ( 1996) at cornerback and was a key contributor ... finished 14th on the team in tackles with 16 (5 solo) .. . he played in 9 games with 3 starts .. . he tallied4 tackles (1 solo) at Butler ... he chipped in 3 tackles in win at Azusa Pacific ... had a big interception against Valparaiso in the first quarter that ended their drive, and ultimately was a key play in team ' s 10-7 PFL victory ... from Kailua, Hawaii, prepped at Kamehameha High School where he lettered in both football and baseball ... in football was 2nd Team All-State and 2nd Team All-Interscholastic League of Honolulu ... twin brother (Kelii ) plays footba ll at La Verne. Major: Business Administration.

Kyle Slusser returns for his third year with the Toreros and hi s second as a starter in the Toreros secondary at safety ... last year he earned 2nd Team All-Pioneer Football League honors after leading USO in tackles (85; 53 unassisted) and interceptions (6) ... he twice earned PFL Defensive Player of the Week honors -- on Sept. 26th against Cal Lu he tallied 9 tackles, 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble; on Oct. 3rd vs. Central Connecticut he recorded IO tackles (9 unassisted), l fumble recovery, l interception and 1pass break-up ... he also posted 14 tackles (Fairfield) and 13 tackles (Dayton) ... in I997 he appeared in 8 contests finishing with 13 tackles and l interception ... also recruited by UC Davis, Western Michigan, Cornell and Brown ... prepped at Alta Loma High

Kyle Slusser #9 JR Safety

School where he was a four-sport lettermen in football, soccer, baseball and track ... in football senior year earned L.A. Times All-Inland Empire; AII-CIF, All-Inland Valley and All-Mt. Baldy League honors ... Major: Liberal Arts; Minor: Mathematics.

Aaron Garrison returns for hi s senior year after sitting outlast year's campaign recovering from a torn ACL knee injury ... in 1997 he earned 2nd Team All-Pioneer Football League honors after anchoring the Torero offensive line that helped USD's offense to 3,848 yards of total offense (1,363 rushing; 2,485 passing) ... during '97 season, played in first four games before injurying knee; he mi ssed the Evansville and Butler games, then returned to play the rest of the season ... prior to USO he played the 1996 season at Grossmont JC where he was a First Team All-Conference selection ; and played his first collegiate year at West Hills JC in 1995 where he started every game at defensive end ... a native ofOceanside, California, Aaron prepped at Oceanside Hi gh School where he lettered in varsity football for three years ... he was All-League his senior year and was selected to play in the Annual Hi gh School All-Star game the summer after hi s graduation ... Major: Sociology.

Aaron Garrison #66 SR OG