San Diego Athletics

USD: Second-year Torero will compete on offense at tight end... Appeared in five games for the Toreros in 2011...

High School: Attended Xavier College Preparatory High School where he was a four-year varsity letterman in football, three-year varsity letterman in basketball, one-year varsity letterman in both baseball and track...Played football under Head Coach Darrell Lewis...Senior year broke the Desert Valley League record for most receiving yards after tallying 22 catches and 88 defensive tackles...Also name Desert Valley League Player of the Week...Junior year named Desert Valley[apos]s Top Receiver with 17 catches and 65 tackles...Sophomore year recorded 55 tackles...Also earned ESPN[apos]s Cal-Hi Athlete of the Week.

Personal: Born on June 15, 1993, in Indio, CA...Parents are Rod and Shawna Vandenburg...Chose to attend USD for beautiful location, excellent academics and football program...Also recruited by UC Davis, USC, Northern Arizona University and Hillsdale College...Father played professional tennis and mother played college basketball...In free time, enjoys going to the beach and doing activities outdoors...After USD career, plans on continuing education to pursue MBA to eventually run his own company.

Major: Business Administration

Minor: Real Estate