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Dennis Ludwig

One of the top soccer players in South Jersey scholastic history, Dennis Ludwig has been a member of the Rutgers-Camden coaching staff since the 2004 season.

Ludwig led Lenape High School to the Group 4 state title as a junior in 1996, when he was named First Team All-South Jersey by both the Courier-Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers.

As a senior, Ludwig earned South Jersey Player of the Year honors from both papers, and also was named First Team All-State, the Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America Secondary Boys All-American.

Ludwig compiled 39 goals, 11 assists and 89 points during his four-year career at Rutgers-New Brunswick (1998-2001). He won the Art Brinkmann Award as the team's top goal-scorer in 1999 (8 goals) and 2001 (17), when his sensational senior season earned him honors as the Big East Offensive Player of the Year, First Team NSCAA All-Region, First Team All-Big East and a College Soccer News All-American.

He also earned Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in 1999 and Second Team Big East honors in 2000.

A three-time Big East All-Academic player as well, Ludwig was a Verizon Academic All-American during his senior season.

Ludwig played one year with DC United of the MLS before returning to Rutgers-New Brunswick to finish his degree in Global Business and Organization Management in 2003.

Tim Filewicz

Former Deptford High School and Elizabethtown College star Tim Filewicz joins the Rutgers University-Camden coaching staff, where he will team with long-time friend and coaching colleague Tim Oswald. Oswald was named as the Scarlet Raptors' head coach in December, 2005.

Filewicz was a standout scholastic player at Deptford High School, earning First Team Tri-County Conference Royal Division honors during both his junior and senior seasons. As a junior, he added All-Group 3 Honorable Mention from the Courier-Post newspaper, and was named Second Team All-Group 3 as a senior, when he also earned First Team Gloucester County and Third Team All-State. He was named the Gloucester County Gatorade Player of the Year, was second in the county in goals (23) and was the runnerup for the Gloucester County Times' CLAY (County Local Athletes of the Year) Awards.

Filewicz went on to have a fine three-year career at Elizabethtown College before transferring to Arcadia University and graduating in 2004 with his B.A. in Elementary Education.

During his Elizabethtown career as a forward and outside midfielder, Filewicz appeared in 50 games in three seasons, helping the Blue Jays to a combined 43-13-5 record over that span. He had two goals and two assists (six points) as a freshman in 2001, tied for the team lead with five assists as a sophomore and notched one goal and four assists during his junior season in 2003. In his 50 games he produced three goals and 11 assists for 17 points.

Filewicz also earned First Team All-Conference Academic honors during each of his three years with the Blue Jays.

Filewicz, who has coached summer camps with the Philadelphia KiXX and SportsFit America, also assists Oswald as a coach with FC Philadelphia United.

A Deptford resident, Filewicz is a fifth-grade teacher at Deptford's Shady Lane Elementary School.

Jim Connor

A former Vineland High School and Richard Stockton College standout, Jim Connor joins the Rutgers-Camden coaching staff for the 2006 season.

Connor was an all-conference, all-South Jersey and all-state player at Vineland High School before attending Illinois State University, where he played two seasons with the Redbirds. After transferring to Richard Stockton College, he earned First Team All-NJAC honors in both 1996 and 1997, while also being named First Team All-Region in 1996.

Despite playing only two years with the Ospreys, Connor stands among the program's career leaders with 40 goals (fourth) and 98 points (fourth). He also set single-season marks in 1997 with 25 goals and 60 points.

Connor has played professional soccer with the South Jersey Barons (1997-98), the Philadelphia KiXX (1997-2001), the Delaware Wizards (1999-2001), the Harrisburg Heat (2001-03) and the Reading Rage (2001-04).

Returning to Richard Stockton, Connor served five years as an assistant coach, beginning with the Ospreys' national championship season in 2001

Connor received his B.A. in Sociology from Stockton in December, 2003.

Connor, who lives in Washington Township with his wife, is a Special Education teacher at Bridgeton High School.