this page is to showcase the alumni of our program that have gone on to play at the next level.
Please email hilmarfootball@gmail.com or use Contact Us with players to add to this list. Looking for players that played at least one full year at a 2 or 4 year school. We would like to get a school and college picture for each player as well as college, major, years played, positions played, etc.
Frank Marques – RB/LB – Class of 1981
Rusty Stivers – RB/FS – Class of 1990
Rusty Stivers is a proud graduate of Hilmar High School (1990) where he was named as an All-State running back for Jerry Van Lengen and voted the Trans Valley League MVP on offense and defense. He continued his playing career at MJC and was named an All-State running back for Steve DaPrato in 1992. Stivers then transferred to University of California, Davis where he started as a running back in 1994 under Bob Biggs and completed his B.A. in Exercise Science. Rusty has a teaching credential from National University and a Masters of Sport Science from the United States Sports Academy. According to Stivers, “I am honored to accept what I consider to be my dream job as the head football coach at Modesto Junior College. Our vision is to be a premiere student-transfer program for our local community.
Butch Mccune – class of 2001
Nate Costa – QB/FS – Class of 2005
As a junior, he had 2,200 yards and 24 touchdowns through the air while rushing for 700 yards and six touchdowns.[1] In his senior year, Costa threw for 2,252 yards and 15 touchdowns, and rushed for 1,709 yards and 18 touchdowns, for a total of 33 touchdowns and 3,961 yards of total offense. He received all-state honors for three consecutive years, and as a senior was selected as the Central Valley player of the year.
Costa was rated by rivals.com as the No. 19 dual-threat quarterback in the country in the recruiting class of 2006. He received scholarship offers from the University of Oregon , University of Iowa , Colorado State University , University of Utah , and Boise State University. Costa committed to Oregon in August 2005, before the start of his senior season.
Coaching career
Oregon Ducks (2013-2015)
In February of 2013, he joined the Oregon Ducks football coaching staff as an Offensive Graduate Assistant coach. Costa primarily worked with the team’s Wide Receivers, but he also assisted with the coaching of the Quarterbacks.
IMG Academy (2017)
In January of 2017, he joined the IMG Academy Ascenders football team as the Offensive Coordinator & QBs Coach.
Oregon Ducks (2018 – current)
In May 2019 Costa returned to Oregon as an offensive analyst
hugh ewing – class of 2008
Bradley Avila – LB – Class of 2009
Carlos Dias – class of 2009
Daniel Mouro – k – Class of 2009
isaac dias – class of 2010
kurtis Bettencourt – class of 2011
Garrett Jericoff – Class of 2011
Tyler Juncker – Class of 2011
Johnaton o’brein – class of 2011
devon medeiros – k – Class of 2013
gaven azevedo – class of 2017
TRISTAN Crowley – class of 2017
