JACKSON TWP— Seneca Valley's football program has been struggling to win on the field, but it has found some success off of it.

Three Raiders — offensive tackle Don Barclay, defensive end Stewart Myers and wide receiver Kevin Mayberry — signed national letters of intent Wednesday morning to play college football.

The 6-foot-4, 290-pound Barclay is headed to West Virginia University and Myers is going to Division IIMercyhurst College, both on full scholarships.

Mayberry accepted an offer to attend Edinboro University and to earn scholarship money later.

"This is one of the rewards for all the hard work you put in as coaches and players,"Seneca Valley football coach Ron Butschle said. "The opportunity to go to college, play football and come out on the other end not having a lot of debt is a good feeling.

"The work ethic of these three guys and all our seniors laid the foundation for (football) success at Seneca Valley down the line."

Barclay spurned offers from Pitt, Cincinnati, North Carolina State, Toledo, Akron and Temple to sign with WVU.

The Mountaineers are coming off consecutive 11-win seasons for the first time in school history and have played in three consecutive New Year's Day bowl games.

"I don't know if I'll be redshirted or not. That decision will come during the season,"Barclay said. "I just can't wait until my first game at Mountaineer Field. I attended all of their home games last year.

"I've been committed to WVU since May. They like their linemen to be quick and agile, so I'm sure I won't get too much bigger."

Butschle said WVU's coaching staff was attracted by Barclay's mobility.

"He runs so well and he can get down the field,"Butschle said. "West Virginia likes that type of lineman. Don run blocks and pass blocks equally well.

"You can't coach size and you can't coach drive. This kid has plenty of both. The competition he'll face in Morgantown will make him that much better."

Barclay will major in business management. He admitted his ultimate goal is to play in the NFL.

Myers is joining a Mercyhurst program that hasn't had a winning season since 1997. The Lakers play in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Coach Marty Schaetzle is 16-37 in five years at Mercyhurst, including 3-7 last year.

Myers plans to major in business and hopes to get on the field as a freshman.

"They have a need at my position," he said. "My goal is to go up there and help win as many games as I can."

Myers also considered Lafayette, Washington &Jefferson and Allegheny before settling on Mercyhurst.

Mayberry caught 27 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns for the Raiders last season. He's joining an Edinboro program that won or shared three consecutive PSACWest titles before finishing 6-5 last year under first-year coach Scott Browning.

The Fighting Scots are graduating their leading receiver in Ryan Valasek (64 catches-1,032 yards), but they return sophomore receivers Rich Cerro and Ryan Rybicki, who combined for 51 catches and 737 yards in 2006.

"I played with a great quarterback here in Kevan Smith (now at Pitt), and that will help acclimate me to playing with a good college quarterback,"Mayberry said. "Eventually, I want to catch a lot of balls and be one of the leading receivers up there."

Trevor Harris threw for 2,547 yards, 20 touchdowns and only seven interceptions as a redshirt freshman at Edinboro last year.

West Virginia Wesleyan, Westminster and Clarion were other schools Mayberry considered before choosing Edinboro. He plans to major in education.

"They have what I want academically and that's why I'm going there,"he said.

"All three of these guys carry grade point averages above 3.0,"Butschle said. "The first thing recruiters want to know about a kid is his GPAand SATscores. That comes before they even look at football ability. A lot of kids don't realize that."