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2018: Returns as Gannon’s starting punter.

2017: Saw action in all 11 games … named a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar Athlete ... received the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (ADA) Academic Achievement Award ...averaged 42.6 yards on 38 punts, breaking the school’s single-season record for punting average … named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging a school single-game record 58.3 yards on three punts against Slippery Rock … booted two of his three punts against the Rock over 50 yards and placed one inside the 20-yard line … had a 65-yard punt against Slippery Rock, representing the fifth-longest punt in school history … generated the third-best single-game average during a 47-25 victory against Edinboro, averaging 50 yards on four punts … rocketed a punt 69 yards against the Fighting Scots, equaling the second-longest punt in program history … recorded the eighth-highest single-game punting average during the second week against Shippensburg, averaging 46.2 yards on five punts … covered over 50 yards on three different punts and placed two inside the 20-yard line against the Raiders … named ECAC Special Teams Player of the Week three times … earned the award for the second time after averaging 39.5 yards per punt during a 76-31 win at Seton Hill … added a third ECAC weekly honor following a 37.6 average on five punts against California (Pa.) … averaged at least 35 yards per punt during all 11 games … placed a punt inside the 20-yard line during nine of 11 contests.

2016: Played in 10 games … named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... averaged 39.6 yards on 26 punts, representing the third-highest single-season punting average in program history … booted a season-best 64-yard punt during a 31-9 victory against Southern Connecticut State in the season opener, equaling the fourth-longest punt in program history … produced three single-game punting averages worthy of Gannon’s all-time top eight … averaged 48.3 yards on three punts against Southern Connecticut State, equaling the second-best single-game average in program history … recorded the program’s eighth-highest single-game average with a 44.3 mark on three punts during a 30-27 overtime victory against Bloomsburg … named ECAC Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 47 yards on three punts at Slippery Rock, producing the fourth-highest single-game average in program history … placed one punt inside the 20-yard line and booted another punt 52 yards against the Rock … produced punts that traveled over 50 yards during three of the first four games … placed punts inside the 20-yard line during each of the last four contests … averaged over 40 yards per punt in a game five times.

2015: Saw action in nine games as a true freshman … named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... produced the team’s best punting average among Golden Knights with more than two punts … placed five of 17 punts inside the 20-yard line … booted two punts over 50 yards … made his collegiate debut during a season-opening 26-22 victory at Southern Connecticut State, averaging a season-best 42.7 yards on three punts … placed one punt inside the 20-yard line and had another travel more than 50 yards against the Owls … pinned four of his first eight career punts inside the 20-yard line … averaged 38.5 yards on four punts at Indiana (Pa.), aided by a 58-yard punt … placed two of his three punts during a 44-6 win against Cheyney inside the 20-yard line.

High School: Played for head coach Chad Murphy at Hamilton (Ohio) High School … named to the all-district second team as a senior punter … earned a pair of all-conference honors as a punter, landing on the first team as a senior and second team as a junior … named to the Ohio All-Academic Team as a senior … averaged 37.1 yards on 39 punts as a senior … booted a season-long 66 yard punt, placed seven inside the 20-yard line and had two touchbacks during his final campaign … made 12-of-13 extra points and 4-of-6 field goals as a senior … converted a season-long 35-yard field goal during his final season … averaged 37.6 yards on 53 punts as a junior … booted a season-long 64-yard punt, placed 11 inside the 20-yard line and had zero touchbacks during his junior campaign … made 17-of-19 extra points and 2-of-4 field goals as a junior … drilled a season-long 42-yard field goal as a junior … was a two-sport athlete, being named to the all-conference second team in baseball as a pitcher … received Greater Miami Conference (GMC) All-Academic Awards as a sophomore, junior and senior … named to the honor roll every year.

Personal: Education major … is the son of Sherrie and Mark … has one brother … is a two-sport athlete at Gannon, competing with the football and baseball programs.

Career Highs
Punts: 5, three times, last at Millersville (11/11/17)
Punt Yards: 231 vs. Shippensburg (9/9/17)
Punting Average: 58.3 vs. Slippery Rock (9/23/17)
Long Punt: 69 vs. Edinboro (10/7/17)
50+ Punts: 3 vs. Shippensburg (9/9/17)
Punts Inside 20: 2, three times, last vs. Edinboro (10/7/17)
Rushes: 1 vs. Clarion (11/4/17)
Rushing Yards: 17 vs. Clarion (11/4/17)
All-Purpose Yards: 17 vs. Clarion (11/4/17)