Tuesday, August 5, 2025

25 Days Until Catamount Football Kickoff - Best & Ashenafi

 

It's now 25 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday,  August 30, 2025 against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs in E.J. Whitmire Stadium, Cullowhee, NC. 

To help pass those long summer days and get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season and more knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff day. 

Today we will highlight two players that wear #2, one on offense and one of defense: 

#25 Noah Best








Position Running Back
Height 5-11
Weight 175
Class Freshman
Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
High School Corvian Community HS













Prior to Western Carolina: Joined the Catamount football team as a preferred walk-on … Saw action as a running back and a defensive back … Named third-team All-State as a two-way player by the HighSchoolOT.com … Offensive MVP of the state championship game, catching 10 passes for 114 yards and adding 11 carries for 67 yards and a score … Added 140 return yards … Also ran track as a prep.


#25 Nas Ashenafi




Position Nickelback
Height 5-9
Weight 170
Class Freshman
Hometown Washington, D.C.
High School Mallard Creek (N.C.) HS












Prior to Western Carolina
: Spent two years at Mallard Creek High in Charlotte, moving to North Carolina from Washington, D.C., in 2023 … Recorded an interception in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game … Played at Archbishop Carroll High as a two-way player at running back and defensive back … Also ran track as a prep.








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