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Tigers QB signs to College of Idaho
Ben Ceccarelli, 17, the Mountain Home High School Tiger quarterback this year, has signed a letter of intent to play football for the College of Idaho.
The son of Chuck and Laurie Ceccarelli, he is one of the first five recruits for the Coyote football team, which is being reconstituted this year after a 40-year absence on the playing field.
Ceccarelli played his entire senior season with a torn MCL and ACL.
The College of Idaho in Caldwell is known for its academic excellence and Ceccarelli, who will graduate from this May with a 3.5 grade point average, intends to pursue a business degree at the C of I with a minor in engineering.
Ceccarelli played three years on the Tiger varsity, at quarterback, outside linebacker, and fullback. He began his football career playing Optimist football beginning when he was eight years old.
He was named Mountain Home High School's Offensive Player of the Year in 2010 and awarded a scholarship to the Grid Iron Dreams Football Academy in 2011. He was invited to the Quarterback Elite Invitational in 2012.
He received the Distinguished Team Academic Scholarship Award twice, in 2010 and 2011. He was the Idaho Spring Football League MVP in 2011 and set the league's passing touchdown record, with 25.
In other activities, Ceccarelli is a member of the Idaho Capital City Kennel Club and has received invitations to the American Kennel Club Eukanuba Nationals and the Westminster Kennel Club World Dog show. He has placed in the top ten of the National Terrier Group, Junior Showmanship, American Kennel Club. He received academic scholarships from the Richland Kennel Club, Portland Kennel Club and the Idaho Capital City Kennel Club, as well as the Parson Russell Terrier Club of America.
In 4-H he was a teen leader, a grand champion showman and invited to the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., in 2011. He also is a member of the high school's American Youth Leadership Club.