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FRED MITCHELL AWARD PROUDLY CELEBRATES PLACE-KICKERS FOR EXCELLENCE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE 2019 KICK-OFF WATCH LIST

Contact: Rob Perry – [email protected] Fred Mitchell – [email protected]

September 5, 2019 – The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes 31 place- kickers for their excellence on the football field for the 2019-2020 season and for continued community service during their off-season. As the list grows, so does our pride in these committed young men. Now our 11th year of presenting the Fred Mitchell Award, the quality of our watch-list members continues to impress. "We are once again pleased to recognize the many outstanding college kickers and community-minded individuals who have come to the attention of the Fred Mitchell Award selection committee. We will continue to monitor these kickers and others throughout the 2019 season and take note of their achievements," said Fred Mitchell.

The recipient of the Fred Mitchell Award will be announced in mid-December based on performance on the football field and in the community. Details are provided at www.fredmitchellaward.com. The season’s watch lists and updates may also be found on Facebook (http://facebook.com/132497086863493), and on Twitter at @kickeruww.

The breakdown of the 31 place-kickers is as follows:

• Collegiate Division – 10 FCS, 9 Division II, 9 Division III, 2 NAIA, and 1 NJCAA • State – the place-kickers are from 20 different states (CA (3), CO, FL, GA, ID, IL (2), IN, MA (3), MN, NB, NY, OH (2), SC, TX (2), WA, and WI) and three came from abroad (Saõ Paulo, Brazil, Missisauga, Ont., Canada, and Cabas, France). • Year – 13 Seniors, 13 Juniors, and 5 Sophomores

In alphabetical order, the Fred Mitchell Award Watch List nominations for 2019 are listed below.

2019 Fred Mitchell Award Season Opening Watch List

JON ALBERTS Central College (Ill.) – Division III (DIII)

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 8 9 90% 1-1 2-2 2-2 2-3 1-1 55 45 46 69

Senior from Huntley, Ill., D3football.com All-West region selection in 2018…First team all- American Rivers Conference kicker in 2017 and 2018…D3football.com preseason All-American for 2019…Five-time American Rivers Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 10, 2017; Sept. 17, 2017; Oct. 15, 2017, Oct. 25, 2018, Nov. 12, 2018)…He was named the A-R-C Special Teams Player of the Week on October 15, 2018 after going 3-for-3 on kick attempts in a 17-16 win against Simpson...He was named A-R-C Special Teams Player of the Week on November 12, 2018 after going 3-3 on field goals including the game-winning 18-yarder with 2 seconds left to help beat Loras on November 10. He also went 4-for-4 on PATs…After the Loras game, he was also named the D3football.com Kicker of the Week…Made school record 55-yard field at Wartburg on October 20, 2018…The 55-yard is the longest in Division III in 2018 and tied for the sixth longest in all of NCAA football…Named D3football.com Kicker of the Week on October 14, 2017 after going 3-for-3 on field goals and 3-for-3 in 30-19 win over Coe…2018 CoSIDA Academic All-American, also an Academic All-District pick in 2017 and 2018…Earned Academic all-American Rivers Conference honors in 2018 and 2017… School record 4-for-4 on field goals against Augustana College (Ill.) on September 9, 2017…His 14 field goals made and 87.5% on field goal attempts in 2017 also set school -season records…Made 8 PAT conversions against Buena Vista University on September 29, 2018…Made 7 PAT conversions in a single game twice in 2017 in wins over Loras College and Nebraska Wesleyan University… In June of 2018, Alberts was named a preseason All-American by Street & Smith magazine…On 64 kickoffs in 2018, Alberts totaled 3,433 yards for a 53.6 average. He has recorded 12 touchbacks...

GRAYSON ATKINS Furman University (Ala.) – Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 20 26 77% 9-10 2-2 2-3 5-8 4-5 53 84 88 144

A junior from Inman, S.C., Grayson is positioning himself to become one of the greatest kickers in Furman history. He enters the season with an active streak of 11 consecutive made field goals, one shy of Furman record currently held by Danny Marshall (2001). His 144 career points, amassed over two seasons, rank 10th in program history. He was named to both the 2019 STATS FCS and Street and Smith’s Preseason All-America teams, as well as Coaches’ Preseason All-Southern Conference. As a sophomore in 2018 missed his first two field goal attempts (from 48 and 50 yards) before reeling off 11 consecutive makes, among which were four from 50+ yards that established him as the first kicker in Furman history to drill four field goals from at least 50 yards in a season. He converted 29-of-33 extra point attempts and led the team in scoring with 62 points. Grayson was named SoCon Special Teams Player of the week three consecutive weeks (Oct. 20-Nov. 4) — a first in Furman history — for his performances against Samford, The Citadel (28-17 win), and Chattanooga (16-10 win) and was named STATS National Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking four field goals, including efforts from 27, 50, 51, and 53 yards, versus Samford — the three makes from 50+ yards representing the first by a Division I player in a game since 2006 (Sam Swank of Wake Forest) and first by an FCS player since Jesse Garcia from Louisiana-Monroe vs. McNeese in 1983. His 53-yarder was the third longest in Furman history. He was by-far the SoCon’s top multi-purpose specialist in 2019, also averaging 42.7 yards on 47 punts (81-yarder versus The Citadel) and 60.6 yards on 55 kickoffs (none of which went out of bounds), leading the league with 29 touchbacks (second place kicker in touchbacks had15). His stellar work as a , , and on kickoffs played a key role in Furman claiming a share of the 2019 Southern Conference Championship and netted him SoCon All-Freshman Team and Associated Press Second Team All-America honors. Grayson’s 2018 season followed a stellar 2017 campaign that saw him handle all PATs (55x55) and field goals (9x13), his 82 points pacing the SoCon and ranking as the sixth highest tally in program history. Among his nine made field goals were two 46-yard efforts and a 34-yard connection versus N.C. State. His impressive work as a freshman helped key Furman to an 8-5 season that netted an FCS playoff berth (the program’s first since 2013) and No. 19 ranking in the STATS FCS Final Pol. Grayson is a communications major and two-time SoCcon Academic Honor Roll selection who has been active in community service projects in his two years on campus, including volunteering at the Harvest Hope Food Bank and serving as a student leader at KidFuge, a weeklong VBS at church, the past six years. He has also mentored students at Southside Christian School and mentored and trained several high school kickers

DREW BEVELHIMER Butler (Ind.) – FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 8 9 88.9% 0-0 3-3 2-3 3-3 0-0 44 25 29 49

Senior from Indianapolis, Ind. … 2019 Preseason All-PFL Team… 2018 All-PFL Second Team selection… 2018 Academic All-PFL First Team … 2018 Preseason All-PFL selection… Named to the 2018 AFCA Good Works Team … Named to the 2018 Mitchell Award Watch List… Hit a 44- yard FG with four seconds left to give Butler a 23-21 victory at No. 24 Youngstown State … Named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (9/3) … Named to the 2017 PFL Academic Honor Roll ... 2017 First Team All-Pioneer Football League … 2017 finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award … Has 36 career field goal makes, a Butler school record … Set the single-season school record in 2017 with 16 made field goals ... 8-9 on field goals this year … Worked with Team Impact to work with 8-year old Robert Shaffer, a football fan with a rare kidney condition for which there is no cure … Works football clinics for children with special needs … Traveled to Czech Republic, Austria and Poland to teach the basics of football and to spread the name of Jesus … Worked with local missionaries to work with schools, community centers and football clubs.

JOEY BIEL Monmouth College (Ill.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 6 11 55% 1-1 1-1 2-5 2-4 0-0 40 43 46 61

Senior from Spokane, Wash … 25 kickoffs were touchbacks, numerous more were returned from the zone … involved with campus outreach at Monmouth College … volunteers at former elementary school … volunteers at local YMCA football camp … also punted 50 times for 2028 yards (40.6 ypp) with a long of 77 yards. Biel boomed nine 50 yards or more, landed 15 inside the 20-yard line with 6 touchbacks.

CASEY BOURQUE Dakota State University (S.D.) – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 2 2 100% 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 30 3 4 9

Senior from Coeur D’Alene, Idaho went 2-for-2 field goals, including the game-winner 21-yard field goal in Dakota State (S.D.) 33-30 home double overtime thriller over rival Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)…he converted 31-yard field goal….he also added 3 PAT extra-point kicks…Bourque is 9-of-15 field goals (60 percent)…he recorded six kick-offs in the game for 285 yards (47.5 yards average per kick-off)…in his career, he registered 86 kick-offs for a total of 4,423 yards (51.4 yards average per kick-off).

GRIFFIN BOWES Wheaton College (Ill.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 6 7 85.7% 0-0 1-1 5-6 0-0 0-0 33 53 57 71

A Junior from Grand Rapids, Mich., Griffin was Special Teams Player of the Week on Nov. 5 ... started all ten games, converting six-of-seven field goal attempts with a long of 33 yards ... was successful on 53-of-57 extra point attempts...averaged 56.2 yards per kickoff with 19 touchbacks ... tied a program record with 10 extra-points against Elmhurst on Nov. 10. In his sophomore year, Griffin made eight appearances, averaging 57.6 yards per kickoff and recording 12 touchbacks ... made one special teams tackle … As a Freshman, he appeared in eight games in his debut season with the Thunder, connecting on 19-of-21 PAT attempts and 3-of-6 field goal attempts with a season-long of 24 yards...recorded six touchbacks on kickoffs

DANTE BROWN Fort Hays State University (Kan.) – Division II (DII)

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 22 27 81.5% 0-0 8-8 6-6 8-11 0-3 49 27 28 93

Junior from Missisauga, Ont., Led NCAA Division II in field goals made (22), field goals attempted (27), and field goals made per game (2.44) … Has eight more field goals made than any other kicker in Division II … Ranks 9th in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage (.815) … Four-time MIAA Special Teams Player of the Week (Weeks 1, 4, 5, and 8) this season … Leads all Division II kickers in scoring, averaging 10.3 points per game with a total of 93 points for the season … Ranks 9th nationally in points scored overall … Set the single-game record at FHSU for field goals in a game twice this season, making five against Central Oklahoma in a 15-0 win to account for all the team’s points and matching that with five again in a 29-26 double overtime win over Nebraska-Kearney, hitting a pair of field goals in overtime to lift FHSU to victory … Made at least one field goal in all nine games for FHSU so far this season … Finalist for the Fred Mitchell Award in 2018.

GRANT BUCHANAN Bentley University (Mass.) – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 8 12 67% 2-2 4-4 1-4 1-2 0-0 46 22 23 46

Junior from Holliston, Mass. … Bentley’s placekicker the last three seasons … enters this season with 22-of-38 FG and 88-of-92 PAT for 154 points in 30 career games ... his 22 FG at the start of the season ranked third in program history ... 2018: Led Bentley in scoring with 46 points ... converted eight of 12 field goals and was on target for 22 of 23 extra points ... was sixth in the Northeast-10 in points by kicking ... was also third in extra point percentage ... scored eight points in back-to-back games against Stonehill Oct. 20 and Saint Anselm Oct. 27 ... made two field goals in the season-opener against West Chester, including a career-best 46- yarder ... that effort earned him Northeast-10 Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... 2017: Was second on the team in scoring with 58 points … second consecutive year he finished with at least 50 points … ranked fourth among Northeast-10 kickers in scoring … also fourth in PAT percentage after making 37 of 39 … made seven of 12 field goal attempts with his two longest (39, 30) coming in a 27-24 overtime win over New Haven Nov. 4 … the season-long 39-yarder was the game-winner … named to the Nov. 6 NE10 Weekly Honor Roll … also kicked two field goals Sept. 8 against Saint Anselm … handled the Falcons’ kickoffs for the second straight season ... 2016: Led the Falcons in scoring with 50 points … converted seven of 14 field goals and made 29 of 30 extra points … two field goals against both Merrimack Sept. 16 and Southern Connecticut State Oct. 29 … in both those games, made a 22-yarder and a season- best 37 yarder … led NE10 in extra point accuracy (97%, min. 10 XP made), was fourth in extra- point kicks made, and fifth in points by kicking … also handled the Falcons’ kickoffs for most of the year … Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week Sept. 19 ... Other info: Organized a squares fundraiser the past two years and donated the money to Chromosome 18 Research Society ... volunteered at a local warehouse assembling care packages of clothes for children.

MITCHELL CARTER Colorado State University-Pueblo – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 19 28 70 0-0 8-8 9-13 1-6 1-1 50 57 58 114

Junior from Colorado Springs, Colo. ... Two-time All-RMAC Second Team … Named RMAC Special Teams Player of the Week twice in 2018 … Led team with 114 points … Owned 19 field goals to lead the RMAC … His 1.55 FG per game during the regular season ranked No. 2 nationally … Went 52-for-52 on extra points through the regular season and was 57-for-58 for the season … He was 8-for-8 from 29 yards and in and 17-for-20 from 39 yards and closer … Connected on a career-long 50-yard field goal at Colorado Mesa, which ranked as the 2nd longest in the RMAC last season and T-15th in NCAA Division II in 2018 ... With 103 points at the end of the regular season, Carter was 1st among RMAC kickers and 5th overall in the conference (21st nationally) in scoring … On 90 kickoffs totaled 4,986 yards to average 55.4 yards per kick … Finished with 23 touchbacks and had just two of 90 kickoffs go out of bounds … Volunteers at The Griffith Center for Children Chins Up … Volunteers at the YMCA … Volunteer with the team for the ThunderPup Clinic and CSU-Pueblo track events … A member of the Advertising Club and with the campus radio station, REV 89.5 … Involved in Intramural Sports … Also gives free haircuts to players and coaches on the CSU-Pueblo football team.

BRYCE COONEY Doane University (Neb.) – NAIA

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 12 20 60% 1-1 5-6 4-8 1-2 1-3 51 28 31 64

Senior from Omaha, Neb.; a two-time all-conference selection (2017, 2018), Cooney is Doane's nomination for the National Football Foundation's Campbell Trophy for 2019 which combines athletic, academic, and community leadership in their nomination process. He has been selected to participate in the inaugural NAIA Football Senior Classic in December 2019. He was named by the Omaha World Herald to the All-Nebraska NCAA D3/NAIA team as placekicker in 2018. Cooney was named the GPAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Nov 5, 2018, following a 3-field goal game against Dakota Wesleyan. Member of the 2016 NAIA Playoff team and nationally ranked teams in 2016, 2017, 2018... He averaged 57.4 yards per kickoff in 2018 with 17 touchbacks. He is a three-time letter winner. In 2018, he made 12 field goals which ranked 8th in the NAIA. He was 22nd in the NAIA with 6.4 points per game in 2018... Off the field, Cooney is active in the community through the football program and his fraternity. Doane ranked 3rd in the NAIA in community service and the football team played a big role in that. Cooney and his teammates are active with the Crete Community Garden and community clean-up efforts throughout the year and hold an annual Youth Day which invites elementary students to campus to participate in football drills and teach skills. Through his fraternity, he is active in Relay for Life, Girls on the Run, and highway clean-up ventures. Additionally, he volunteers at Doane's annual Tri-math-lon for high school students as a scorer and as a college tutor in math. He also helps high school kickers during the summer on technique.

JOHN CYBAK Westminster College (Pa.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 3 6 50% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 38 26 28 35

Sophomore from Massillon, Ohio: A key component to the Westminster Titans, proving his worth his freshman season, where he made five field goals, including a long of 47 yards. Cybak earned All-PAC Honorable Mention honors last season and earned All-PAC Academic Honor Roll. This season, Cybak’s efforts have met with some challenge as two of his six attempts were blocked … Cybak has been consistent with extra points, knocking down 26 of 28. Earlier this season against Bethany, Cybak made two field goals with a long of 38 yards. Cybak currently has 35 points on the season.

SKYLER DAVIS Elon University (N.C.) - FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 17 22 77.0% 2-2 4-5 8-8 3-7 0-0 46 31 31 82

Sophomore from Acworth, Ga., Won the starting kicking job as a first-year athlete in 2018 ... Was named a HERO Sports FCS Freshman and Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-American after the 2018 season ... Appeared in all 11 games...Connected on 17-of-22 field goals and was a perfect 31-of-31 on PATs ... Finished with a team-best 82 points ... Went 14-for-15 on field goals inside 40 yards ... Finished third in the CAA for the season in scoring (7.5 points per game), field goals (17) and field goal percentage (77.3) while finishing fourth overall in points with his 82 ... Connected on a career-high four field goals at No. 16 Maine, hitting a career-long 46-yard kick ... Was also 3-for-3 against New Hampshire and Delaware ... Connected on his lone attempt against No. 21 Furman from 46 yards out ... Recovered an onside kick at No. 2 James Madison.

SATCHEL DENTON Ashland University (Ohio) – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 13 15 86.6% 2-2 6-7 4-4 1-2 0-0 43 30 30 69

Junior from Centerburg, Ohio … Ranked second in NCAA Division II in 2018 with a field-goal percentage of 86.6…His 13 field goals are fifth-most in Ashland history in a single season…Was only full-time kicker in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to make all extra-point tries…Postseason honors included third-team Don Hansen All-Super Region Three and second-team All-GLIAC…Garnered 2018 Week 3 GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors following a 3-for-3 effort on field goals and a 3-for-3 showing on extra points in Ashland’s 30-21 win at Wayne State…Also made season-high three field goals on Nov. 3 at Grand Valley State…Hit season-high five extra points twice – Sept. 22 at home vs. Northwood and Nov. 10 at home vs. Northern Michigan…Season-long 43-yard field goal also came at the Lakers...As Ashland’s primary , had eight touchbacks…Made his debut in the program in 2018 after beginning his collegiate career in 2017 as a punter at NCAA Division I Rhode Island…Community service efforts include assisting in setting up for a public event, helping run a kicking camp for middle school and high school kids, helping run an event at local fair for people who are developmentally disabled, and doing 1-on-1 kicking lessons with the kicker at his alma mater.

JACKSON DIETERLE Ferris State University (Mich.) – Division II

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 9 20 45% 0-1 4-5 2-5 2-7 1-2 52 74 75 101

Senior from Jenison, Mich … Helped lead Bulldogs to a fifth-straight NCAA Playoff appearance last year and the school’s first NCAA National Championship Game appearance … Ranks as team’s second-leading scorer with 101 points last year … Team is ranked second in the country and won the GLIAC Championship last season while matching an all-time NCAA record with 15 wins … Was nearly perfect in PAT attempts (74-75) last season … Among school’s all-time career kicking leaders … This will be his second year as team’s primary place kicker … Three- year letter-winner … Has handled all kickoff chores the last three years … Made nine field goals last season … Set an NCAA record with a 52-yard made field goal in the NCAA Championship game … Six of his misses last year were from 40 yards or more… Also punted 37 times for an average of 38.1 yards per with eight placed inside the 20-yard line last season … Active in various team community service projects … Part of program’s reading to children effort … Joined football team in helping freshmen students move into residence halls … Has helped team welcome kids with needs to the squad thru Team Impact program.

MITCHELL FINERAN Samford University (Ala.) - FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 13 17 76% 1-1 5-6 5-6 2-4 0-0 46 50 50 116

Sophomore from Fort Valley, Ga. he was also ranked among the top 30 high school kickers in the nation, and he was rated as a five-star kicker by Kohls Kicking for the class of 2018 . . . he was selected to play in the Rising Seniors All-Star game on ESPN . . . as a senior, Fineran made 13-of-19 field goal attempts and 80-of-81 PAT attempts . . . he made five career field goals of 50 yards or more . . . he ranked second in the country in kickoffs for touchbacks . . . he made 32-of-51 career field goals and 193-of-205 PATs.

WOJCIECH GASIENICA University of Wisconsin-Whitewater – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 16 22 72.7% 1-1 10-13 4-6 1-2 0-0 40 68 72 116

Junior from Norridge, Ill.; In 2018, Gasienica was one of 10 finalists for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award, which is presented to the nation’s top place kicker among Football Championship Subdivision, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and NJCAA institutions. He received honorable mention All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors and appeared on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … By the end of his 2018 season, Gasienica ranked second on the team in scoring with 116 points from converting 16-of-22 field goals (72.7 percent) and 68-of-72 extra points. He is ranked fourth in program history for PATs attempted in one season, tied for fourth in PATs made, tied for sixth in field goals attempted and tied for seventh in field goals made. Kicked off 21 times for 1,109 yards (52.8 avg.), including one touchback. Gasienica is ranked ninth in NCAA Division III in field goals per game, 26th in field goal percentage and 26th in total points scored. He finished first in the WIAC in field goals, scoring by kick and field goal percentage, second in scoring and fourth in PAT kicking percentage. He also made the ninth-most extra points, tied for the 11th-most field goal makes and tied for the 14th-most field goal attempts in one season in conference … In 2017, Gasienica tied for first in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and ranked 28th in NCAA Division III with 1.00 field goals per game. He was ranked fourth in the conference in scoring by kick (5.6 ppg) and PAT kicking percentage (26-of-28, 92.9). He finished the season 10-of-14 on field goals and 26-of-28 on PATs … He finished the 2017 season with 46 kickoffs for 2,677 yards (58.2 yards per kick) and recorded eight touchbacks … Off the field, Gasienica volunteers with the team through Fairhaven Senior Services, Special Olympics and the annual food drive to benefit Whitewater Food Pantry. He also serves as a volunteer coach during summers at his alma mater, Ridgewood High School, where he was also actively engaged as a volunteer before coming to UW-Whitewater.

KYLE HACKETT Hobart College (N.Y.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 10 10 100% 0-0 4-4 5-5 1-1 0-0 40 43 45 73

Junior from Charlton, Mass. … 2019: D3football.com preseason All-America second team ... Lindy's Sports pre-season All-America second team. 2018: AFCA All-America second team ... D3football.com All-East second team ... Co-Special Teams Player of the Year ... All-Liberty League first team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Liberty League All- Academic ... Dean's List ... Robert L. Cullen '37 Memorial Football Award ... Named the Liberty League Special Teams Performer of the Week three times ... Played in all nine games ... Led the nation in field goal percentage (1.000, 9-for-9) and ranked 17th in field goals made per game (1.0) ... Led Liberty League kickers in points per game (7.1) ... Made all 37 of his PATs ... Broke the Hobart game record for points by kicking with 13 in the win over Morrisville State ... Tied the Hobart record for most extra points by kicking in a game with eight in the win at Shenandoah ... Tied the Hobart game record for field goals made with three, including a season-long 41-yarder, in the win over Union ... Booted seven PATs against Morrisville State and Rochester ... Posted a season-high six touchbacks on kickoffs in the win at St. Lawrence. 2017: D3football.com All-East third team ... Liberty League Co-Special Teams Player of the Year ... All-Liberty League first team ... Robert L. Cullen '37 Memorial Football Award ... Dean's List ... Named Liberty League Special Teams Performer of the Week four times ... Played in all 10 games ... Led the nation in field goal percentage (1.000, 10-for-10) and was the only kicker in NCAA football last season to average one field goal made per game and not miss ... Converted 43 of 45 PATs ... Led the Liberty League in points (73) and points per game (7.3) ... Averaged 52.9 yards per kickoff with seven touchbacks ... Tied the Hobart game record by converting all eight of his PATs in the win over Shenandoah ... Booted a season-long 40 yard field goal in the win over Endicott ... Scored a season-high 12 points in the win over Rensselaer, kicking three field goals and three PATs ... Scored 10 points in the win over St. Lawrence (2 FGs, 4 PATs). Community Service: Day of Service with team (cleaned an entire church) … Volunteer for St. Stephen’s Walkathon (an event that promotes children's health) … Helped pack meals for homeless.

MATT HAITE Stonehill College (Mass.) – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 9 14 64% 0-0 4-5 2-4 3-5 0-0 49 24 27 51

Senior from Pembroke, Mass., has been named to the Fred Mitchell Award Watch list each of his three previous seasons, returning for his senior year on the verge of setting every placekicking record at the College… 2018 All-NE10 third team… 2018 NE10 Academic All- Conference… NE10 Academic Honor Roll last four semesters, earning Academic Distinction status for having semester GPA between 3.50-3.99 in spring 2019… Athletic Director’s Honor Roll three semesters… 2x NE10 Special Teams Player of the Week over his career… 2016 NE10 All-Rookie Team… Finished 2018 ranked second among NE10 kicking leaders for FGs and fifth in kicker scoring… Enters senior year ranked second in program history with 29 career field goals, just four shy of program record, and third all-time with 88 career PATs and 169 points; 10 FGs in 2016 & 2017 fell one shy of program single-season record; 34 PATs in 2017 rank second in program history and three shy of single-season record… Volunteer Assistant at Boston Higasi School School for Autism; Kingston Police Department “Night Out” program volunteer; NFL Flag Football volunteer in hometown, serving as coach; Coached at Silver Lake Youth Association; Cooked & Served food at Major John Branford Homestead for the Jones River Historical Society; Volunteered at Angelo Elementary School in Brockton; Stonehill Farm volunteer; Kingston Recreational Summer Camp Head Counselor & Program Coordinator.

TYLER KNUTSON St. Thomas University (Minn.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 4 5 80% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 45 43 48 55

Senior from Maple Grove, Minn., Political Science major... 2018: Made 43-of-48 PAT kicks and 4-of-5 FGs (long 45); also had 42-yard punt… 2017: Had one punt for 48 yards... 2016 graduate of Maple Grove High, where in football he was three-year starter, all-conference, moved into top five in state history for made PAT; scored the most points by a kicker in Maple Grove history (147 on 105 PATs and 14 field goals).

SANJAY KRISHNAN Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 12 17 70.6% 0-0 10-11 2-4 0-2 0-0 35 37 41 73

Junior from Rockville, Md.; 2018: Played all 12 games ... Made 12 of 17 field goals and 37 of 41 point after attempts ... Twelve field goals is third in school history in single season … Team- high 73 points ... Took 63 kickoffs for total of 3288 yards (52.2 yards per) ... Thirteen touchbacks ... Multiple field goals in three games (Allegheny, Utica, St. Lawrence) ... Season- long of 35 yards (OT at Utica) ... Multiple point after TDs in nine games ... Three field goals (2 in overtime: 21 & 35) and four PATs in overtime win at Utica ... Team's Special Teams Player of the Week twice (Utica & St. Lawrence) ... Liberty League Special Teams Performer of the Week three times ... All-Liberty League Second Team ... Liberty League All-Academic ... Team was 10-2 … Liberty League Champions … NCAA Tournament Quarterfinalists … Volunteered at Indian Students Association (ISA) Book Drive (Sept. 2018) … Volunteered to help set up the RPI Spring Career Fair (Feb. 2019) … Volunteered to help RPI Football with Be The Match Bone Marrow Drive (Mar. 2019) … Participated in RPI Take Back the Night (April 2019) … Supported at RPI Special Olympics (April 2019) … Eagle Scout Project: Built obstacle course for the Montgomery County Police K9 Department (May 2017) … Billy Goat Trail Work with Rockville REI employees (July 2018) … Manna Scouting for Food, Boy Scouts of America (1st grade- Present).

DANNY LAUDET Concordia – St. Paul (Minn.) – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 4 5 80% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 45 43 48 55

Senior from Cabas, France, Played in five games, working as the primary punter in each of the last four contests ... averaged 39.0 yards on 19 punts with a long of 60 ... pinned six inside the 20, had a pair of 50-plus yard punts, forced five fair catches and just one touchback ... punted a season-high seven times for a 40.1 average with four fair catches, two inside the 20 and a long of 49 against Augustana (10/27) ... had a season-high 51.3 average on two punts with a long of 60 yards, one inside the 20 and one fair catch in season finale at Winona State (11/10) ... also hit a 54 yard punt with two inside the 20 in four punts in a win over Minnesota Crookston (10/20).

COREY McCULLOUGH Alcorn State University (Miss.) - FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 17 25 68% 0-0 9-11 5-7 3-7 0-0 46 45 51 96

Senior from Louisville, Miss., In 2018, kicker/punter Corey McCullough tied the school’s all-time record for field goals made with 34. He has one season remaining to pull ahead of Wilfredo Rosales who made 34 field goals from 1977-80. Additionally, McCullough tied his own single- season school record of 17 made field goals this year. McCullough punted 67 times for 2,704 yards with a long of 60 yards. He blasted 11 punts for over 50 yards, and 25 punts landed inside the 20 … In 2017, McCullough broke the school’s single-season field goal record with 17 made. His 1.42 field goals made per game was fourth in the FCS. McCullough was also top-25 in the country in points per game (7.8), and top-20 in punting average (42.5 yards). He went on to earn All-Conference Second-Team accolades. McCullough also punted 54 times for 2,294 yards which was an average of 42.5 yards per boot. He cranked 16 punts for over 50 yards with a long of 58. McCullough’s field goal long is 49 yards which is one-yard shy of the school record.

JAKE McINTYRE Harvard University (Mass.) – FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 30 36 83.3% 1-1 16-17 12-14 1-4 0-0 42 77 81 167

Senior from Orlando, Fla.; Comes into the 2019 season on the verge of setting the Harvard career record for most fields goal. He has 30 career field goals and his next will set the new mark … He is also fourth in program history with 77 career extra points and 167 career points … Enters his senior campaign as a Phil Steele preseason all-Ivy League first-team selection … Played in all 10 games as a junior and was an All-Ivy League second-team selection, New England Football Writers’ Association All-New England Team honoree, Academic All-Ivy League choice and CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team pick ... Tied the Harvard single- season record with 13 field goals in 2018 ... Hit all 31 extra points on the season and was 13-of- 15 on field-goal attempts as a junior ... Had 70 points on the year... Was seventh in the nation and first in the Ivy League in field-goal percentage (.867)... Was second in the Ivy League with 1.3 field goals per game ... Earned the New England Football Writers' Association Division I Gold Helmet Award Oct. 17 ... Hit a 22-yard field goal and three extra points against San Diego ... Hit a 23-yard field goal and 4 extra points in win over Brown ... Went 3-for-3 in field goals against No. 20/22 Rhode Island ... Hit a career-long 42-yard field goal at Cornell ... Hit the game-winning field goal with two seconds left on the clock in win over Holy Cross ... Named the Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 15)...Went 3-for-3 on extra points against No. 18/23 Princeton ... Hit a 28-yard field goal and two extra points against No. 20/RV Dartmouth ... Nailed a field goal and two extra points at Penn ... Converted a 36-yard field goal and was 6-of-6 on extra points against Yale… Began the 2018 season on the Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League third team and Fred Mitchell Award Watch list ... Played in all 10 games as a sophomore in 2017, making nine field goals and 11 extra points ... Hit a 38-yard field goal and an extra point at Rhode Island ... Was a perfect 6-for-6 on extra points and hit a 28-yard field goal in win over Brown ... Hit two field goals, including a career-long of 39 yards, to support five made extra points, at Georgetown ... Converted two extra points at Cornell ... Drilled a 37-yard field goal and made five extra points in win over Lafayette ... Hit a 21-yard field goal and two extra points against Princeton ... Hit a pair of fields goals against Penn ... Made a 29-yard field goal at Yale … Earned All-Ivy League second-team honors as a freshman in 2016, while playing in all 10 games ... Made 8-of-10 field goals and 23-of-25 extra points on the year ... Ranked 17th in the country in field-goal percentage (.800) ... Hit a 21-yard field goal and all three extra point attempts at Brown ... Kicked an 18-yard field goal and four extra points vs. Georgetown ... Made a 31-yard field goal and two extra points vs. Cornell ... Connected on a 37-yard field goal and two extra points at Holy Cross ... Had a 26-yard field goal and two extra points at Princeton ... Nailed a 26-yard field goal and had two PATs at Dartmouth ... Nailed two field goals (20, 25 yards) at Penn … Has been involved with YouthGlobe, which is a non-profit organization providing secondary school scholarships and co-curricular entrepreneurship training to Burundian youth … Has volunteered at the annual Ben Abercrombie Day in Harvard Square.

JONNY MESSINA Stetson University (Fla.) - FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 10 11 91% 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 36 40 UNK 70

Junior from Orlando, Fla., First team Academic All-PFL selection … Started all 10 games as the Hatters PAT/field goal specialist … Was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in the win over Jacksonville, which included kicking the winning field goal on the final play of the game … Was selected as team special teams player of the week for his performances against Marist and Jacksonville … Connected on 40-of-42 PAT kicks on the year … Was also good on 10-of-11 field goal tries, with his only miss against Morehead State on a long try against Morehead State … Had one kickoff, good for 58 yards, against Point … Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll … Redshirt Freshman (2017): Saw action in all 11 games as the placekicker ... Connected on nine-of-15 field goal attempts ... Had 39 kickoffs for 2,187 yards, a 56.1 yards per kickoff average ... Had four touchbacks ... Punted 10 times for 421 yards (42.1 yards per punt average) ... Had three punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... Connected on a season-high three field goals, including a season-long 42 yards at Valparaiso (9/30) ... Made two field goals at Morehead State (10/21) ... Made one field goal each at Sacred Heart (9/2), at Marist (9/9), vs. Brown (10/7) and at Jacksonville (11/11) ... Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll … Freshman (2016): Redshirted, did not see playing time ... Was named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll ... Finished his freshman year with a 3.87 GPA.

NICK MONGELLI SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) – DIII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 8 9 88.9% 0-0 2-3 4-4 2-2 0-0 41 47 50 71

Senior from Marlboro, N.Y. ...2018 Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year and first team all-conference...Accounted for a team-high 71 points...Made 8-of-9 field goals and 47-of-50 extra points...Handled kick-off duties, earning touchbacks five times...Connected on 2-of-2 field goals, including one of 40 yards, and averaged 31.3 yards per punt at Alfred...Made 8-of-8 extra points in a win at Hartwick...Booted two field goals with a season-long of 41 yards and averaged 35.3 yards on six punts with two inside the 20-yard line in a home win versus St. John Fisher...Hit a 26-yard field goal at Brockport...Made 7-of-7 extra points in a home win versus Framingham St...Made 6-of-6 extra points and a 39-yard field goal in a victory at Utica...Converted 6-of-6 extra points and a 39-yard field goal in a home win versus Morrisville State...2017 Honorable Mention All-Empire 8, primarily as a punter (was 1-of-3 on field goals and handled kickoff duties)....Made 3-of-4 PATs in two games in 2016.

MAX O’ROURKE University of California at Davis – FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 21 28 75.0 1-1 10-11 4-6 2-2 5-8 45 102 104 165

Senior from Rocklin, Calif., and Rocklin High School who transferred from nearby American River College… Made Fred Mitchell Award watch list in each of 2017 and 2018 seasons… Enters his senior season with a career 98.1 percent success rate in PATs, well on pace to surpass the previous UC Davis record of 96.8 percent (set by Brady Stuart from 2012-15)… Ranked 5th in the Big Sky Conference at 7.2 ppg in 2018… Ranked 28th nationally in FG percentage (.765), 38th in scoring, 90th in points responsible for (95)… Hit 3 FGs and 5 PATs for 14 total points vs. Idaho, a program best for the Division I era… Earned Big Sky Conference All-Academic in 2017… Participated in visits to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital and serves as a member of the department’s Student-Athlete Mentor program… Devoted more than 200 hours of community service at Rocklin HS.

ALEX QUEVEDO University of Central Oklahoma – DII

FGM FGA <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Long PATM PATA Pts. 11 16 2-2 5-7 3-5 1-2 0-0 45 46 47 78

Junior from Azle, … Two-time All-MIAA honorable mention … Burget Scholarship recipient for leadership and service on and off the field … Volunteer at Special Olympics and Feed the Homeless … Played in 22 of 24 games in two seasons at UCO … Owns Central Oklahoma school record for most consecutive PATs made (56) and most PATs made in single game (nine) … Boasts a brilliant 86-for-89 career mark in PATs … Has also hit 20 of 28 field goals with a career long of 46 yards … Has over 7,900 career kickoff yards and is a marksman from that position … Played in all 12 games during sophomore season, handling kickoff, field goal, and PAT duties for the second year in the Bronze & Blue ... Hit 11 of 16 field goals and was 46 of 47 kicking extra points ... Season long was 45 yards, one shy of his career mark, in Week 4 win over Northwest Missouri ... Brought a streak of 21 consecutive PATs made into the season and made his first 35 attempts, setting a new school record with 56 consecutive PATs made ... Made final 11 attempts after missing only kick of the season ... Booted 69 kickoffs for a total of 4,153 yards, an average of 60.2 yards per kick and had 25 touchbacks … Played in 10 of 12 games as a true freshman, handling kickoff, field goal, and PAT duties for the Bronchos ... Went 5-for-5 on PATs in his first career game and went on to go 40-for-42 for the rest of season ... Tied a school record, going 9-for-9 on PATs against Missouri Southern ... Made his first 12 attempts and finished the year with a stretch of 21-straight extra-point makes ... Also made his first career field goal attempt, a 46-yarder against Fort Hays State in Week 3 ... Went 9-for-12 on the season with a long of 46 ... As the kickoff specialist, he booted 62 balls as a freshman for the Bronchos, tallying a total of 3,818 yards, an average of 61.6 yards per kick, with 20 touchbacks.

JOSH SMITH East Mississippi Community College – National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 1 1 100% 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 27 1 2 4

Sophomore from Tupelo, Miss., is in his second year of kicking for the Lions. Had a formative summer attending kicking camp in Atlanta this summer in preparation for the pre-season top- ranked Lions. Josh is looking forward to helping his team reach their championship goal this fall.

ADAM STAGE St. Cloud State (Minn.) – DII

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 16 21 76.2% 0-0 8-8 4-6 4-6 0-1 47 27 29 75

Junior from Appleton, Wisc., A two-time All-NSIC honoree, Stage followed up his impressive rookie season by earning All-Conference Honorable Mention and Academic All-Conference nods as a sophomore in 2018. Stage led the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) in several statistical, including field goals per game (1.5), field goals made (16), field goal attempts (21) and field goal percentage (76.2) among kickers with a minimum of 10 attempts during the season. He scored a team-leading 75 points throughout the season and ranked ninth in the NSIC in that category as well. His 47-yard field goal against Minnesota-Crookston was the fifth-longest completed field goal in the NSIC this season, and he was named both the conference and national Special Teams Player of the Week on September 10 for his performance against the Golden Eagles. Stage was also a September, October and November finalist for the Fred Mitchel Award, which is given to the top place-kicker at the Division III, II and FCS level … Stage had a breakout season as a freshman in 2017, as he earned First Team All-NSIC honors for his outstanding performance as the Huskies place kicker. In his first season, he led the NSIC in multiple statistical categories after converting 11 of 15 field goal attempts, three of which were 40+ yards. As a freshman, Stage broke the school record for longest made field goal, as he successful made a 55-yarder against Mary. Additionally, Stage averaged 5.2 yards per kickoffs during the year in 2017 … Stage is a junior marketing major at St. Cloud State and has earned multiple accolades for his performance in the classroom. As a sophomore he earned Academic All-Conference honors from the NSIC after maintaining a cumulative GPA over 3.20 during the football season. He is also activity involved in community outreach, both on the campus and in the greater St. Cloud area. Stage actively participates in Husky Haulers and helped with fundraising for the local children’s hospital in his hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin.

TREY TUTTLE Weber State University – FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 12 19 60% 1-1 3-4 5-5 2-7 1-2 52 23 23 59

Junior from Arlington, Texas ... Is a two-time All-Big Sky selection and earned All-America honors as a freshman in 2017 ... Enters the season having played in 27 career games in two seasons at Weber State and has helped lead the team to back-to-back Big Sky titles ... Is serving as a team captain in 2019 ... Has 38 career field goals in two seasons, tied for the fourth most in WSU history ... Played in 13 games in 2018 and earned second-team All-Big Sky honors ... Led the Big Sky and was ninth in the nation in field goals at 1.46 per game ... Tied the school record for the second-straight year with 19 made field goals...Was 19 of 29 on field goals for the year, 10th best percentage in the conference ... Was fourth in the Big Sky among kickers in scoring with 94 points on the season ... Made a career-long field goal of 52 yards at Northern Arizona, tied for the fifth longest field goal in WSU history ... Knocked down four of five field goals in a win over nationally-ranked .

VICTOR ULMO University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – FCS

FGM FGA FG% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG PATM PATA PTS 13 19 68.4% 1-1 5-5 6-8 1-5 0-0 42 25 26 64

Junior from Sao Paolo, Brazil, but prepped at Chattanooga’s Baylor School ... 22-31 (71.0%) for his career ... fifth all-time at UTC for percentage ... SoCon All-Freshman team in 2017 ... 2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: 13-19 (68.4%) on FGs for the year ... third in the SoCon in the FCS in FGs per game (1.18) ... 1-3 at South Carolina ... career-high three FGs against Mercer (38, 28, 19) ... made from 23 yards at Furman ... missed from 47 yards vs. VMI ... 39-yarder at Western Carolina ... 42-yarder against Wofford ... missed from 42 yards at ETSU ... 2-2 on FGs (23 & 30) against Samford ... 2-2 on FGs (31 & 25) at UT Martin ... tied a career-high 10 points ... missed from 41 and 34 yards at The Citadel ... 2-2 on FGs against Tennessee Tech ... made from 37 and 20 yards ... career-high 10 points.