AHEAD OF THE CURVE
"Whatever school you're at, those coaches can get up and leave at any time even if the team is having success," Voltz said. "It's important to commit to the school and know where you belong.''
Voltz, who's from Barrington, Ill., 32 miles out- side of Chicago. Nor for Jackson, who's from Kenosha, 32 miles outside of Milwaukee. But what about Etienne, who's miles and miles away from home? "It still doesn't completely feel like I'm com-
pletely gone (from Florida) — I haven't been homesick yet,'' he said. "My parents call me ev- ery day.''
His mom and dad — Rosemarthe and Evance — call every single day? "They want to make sure they talk to me when
I wake up in the morning,'' he said, "and at night before I go to sleep. I've got four brothers and I try talk to them every day also.'' Etienne noted that one of things that sold him
on Wisconsin was "knowing there are Florida guys'' on the roster. There were a number of oth- er things that factored into his decision, as well. "When I first got my offer, I did my research,'' he said.
That included looking into the engineering program on campus. "I just fell in love with the school,'' said Eti- enne, a 5-11, 175-pound cornerback. "The last few weeks (before enrolling), I still had schools recruiting me — trying to change my mind. "But I told them straight-up, 'I'm committed to Wisconsin.'"
Voltz told those who asked — recruiters — the
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very same thing. That was especially true in the wake of some coaching changes on the UW staff. "When I committed in March, I commit-
ted to the University of Wisconsin,'' Voltz said, "and not necessarily the coaching staff, so those changes didn't affect my decision. "That's something you have to realize at what-
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