GEORGETOWN PLAYERS PLAYERS RICHARD HUSSEY Captain Senior / Offensive Line / 6-4 / 280 North Arlington, N.J. / St. Peter’s Major: Government 2008 - Appeared in four games … Missed the remainder of the season with an injury … A Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection. 94 2007 - Appeared in seven games … A Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection. 2006 - Did not see any game action. High School - Earned three letters at St. Peter’s … Played defensive end and offensive tackle … Named first team all-county as a junior and senior … Earned first team all-state honors as a senior … Ranked among New Jersey’s Top 100 players … Named the Hudson Reporter Defensive Player of the Year … Helped lead team to state title as a senior as St. Peter’s was the No. 1-ranked team in the tri-state area by Madison Square Garden Net- work ... Team won Hudson County Championship four-straight years and were undefeated in 2005. Personal - Born on March 9, 1988 in Bayonne, New Jersey … The son of Mark and Mary Hussey … Has two sisters, Elizabeth, who attends Rutgers, and Kathryn, and one brother, Joseph. RICHARD HUSSEY Dan MATHENY Captain Senior / Offensive Line / 6-2 / 285 Fairfax, Va. / Paul VI Major: Marketing/Management 2008 - A starter in all 10 games as a junior … Selected as a co-captain of the team and anchored a young offense … A Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection. 2007 - A starter at center in eight of 11 games … Missed three games with a knee injury … Helped the 62 offensive line protect quarterback Matt Bassuener, who led the Patriot League in completion percent- age (66.8%) and threw for 1,874 yards, the seventh-best single season mark in school history. 2006 - A starter in all 11 games last season ... One of the league’s only freshman to start every game on the offensive line ... A major factor in Charlie Houghton earning Patriot League Rookie of the Year honors. High School - A three-sport standout in football, wrestling and track & field … Four-year varsity letterwinner in football … Played center, de- fensive line and linebacker … Named the team’s most valuable player in 2005 … Named First Team All-WCAC, First Team All-Northern Virginia and honorable mention All-Met in 2005 … Named the Paul VI Male Athlete of the Year … Crowned the WCAC Heavyweight Cham- pion in wrestling in 2006, when he was selected all-state … Also earned All-WCAC honors in 2004-05 … Track & field team MVP in 2005-06 … Second Team All-State in the shot put and discus in 2006 … Second Team All-State in the shot put and third team in the discus in 2005. Personal - Born on January 12, 1988 in Fairfax, Virginia … The son of Patrick and Laura Matheny … Has one sister, Natalie … A 12-time scholar- athlete honoree … Graduated with Highest Honors … Officer of Student Leadership Youth Corps and President of Student Ambassadors. DAN MATHENY 24 2009 GEORGETOWN FOOTBALL PLAYERS CHUDI OBIANWU Captain Senior / Defensive Tackle / 6-3 / 270 Southampton, N.J. / Bishop Eustace Major: Physics 2008 - Finished 10th on the team with 30 tackles … Tied for third on the team in tackles-for-loss with five … A starter on the defensive line in all nine games … Had a season-high five tackles three times, against Lafayette, Penn and Bucknell … Had four tackles against Lehigh … Registered four tackles, 66 two for losses, had one sack and recovered a fumble against Fordham. 2007 - Saw action in all 11 games last season … Finished the season with 25 tackles, 2.0 tackles-for- loss, a half sack, two breakups, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble … Closed out the season in spectacular fashion, with a career-high six tackles against Colgate, including 1.5 tackles-for-loss, a Obianwu’s Career Defensive Statistics half sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Had four tackles in two games (at Stony Brook and Year UT AT TT TFL/-Yd Sacks Int PD Bk FF FR at Bucknell) and registered three at Marist. 2006 4 3 7 1.0/-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2006 - A reserve defensive lineman who saw action in all 11 games as a freshman … 2007 6 19 25 2.0/-4 0.5 0 2 0 0 1 Finished the season with seven tackles, including one for loss … Had a career-high 2008 10 20 30 5.0/-12 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 two stops on two occasions, at Colgate and against Bucknell. Totals 20 42 62 8.0/-18 2.5 0 2 0 1 2 High School - Played three years of varsity football ... Captained the team as a senior, when Bishop Eustace lost in the state semifinals .... Played defensive end and tight end ... First team all-conference, all-parochial and All-South Jersey as a senior ... Led the team in sacks ... Also played basketball ... Played baseball his freshman year and ran track as a senior ... Participated in the 100m, long jump, high jump and the shot put. Personal - Born on September 8, 1988 in Buffalo, New York ... The son of Chike and Azuka Obianwu ... Has two sisters, Ifeoma and Uju, and one brother, Nnamdi ... Cousin of fellow Hoya sophomore Ike Acholonu ... National Honor Society ... Second honors all through high school (3.2 grade-point average or higher) ... Hopes to pursue a career in medicine. NICK PARRISH Junior / Linebacker / 6-1 / 210 Irving, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Major: McDonough School of Business 2008 - A starter at linebacker in all 10 games last season … Led the team, and finished fourth in the Patriot League, with 73 tackles … Had 19 solo stops and 54 assists … Ranked 33 10th in the Patriot League with nine tack- les-for-loss … Had at least six tackles in nine games … Set a career-high with 12 tackles, including two quarterback Parrish’s Career Defensive Statistics sacks and one forced fumble, against Year UT AT TT TFL/-Yd Sacks Int PD BK FF FR Lafayette ... Had 11 tackles against NICK PARRISH 2007 21 53 74 3.0/-16 1 0 0 0 0 0 Holy Cross … In the game against Holy 2008 19 54 73 9.0/-25 2 2 2 0 1 0 Cross, he returned two interceptions for touchdowns, one of 95 yards and one of 31 yards … He was Totals 40 107 147 12.0/-41 3 2 2 0 1 0 named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week and became only the 23rd player at the FCS level, and the second ever in the Patriot League, to return two interceptions for touchdowns in one game … Also had nine tackles, including four for losses, at Yale … Had eight tackles apiece against Penn and Lehigh … Closed out the season by tying his career high with 12 tackles against Fordham. 2007 - Enjoyed a solid freshman season … Appeared in all 11 games, starting the final eight … Finished second on the team in tackles with 74 total … Finished the season 11th in the Patriot League in tackles, the most of any freshman in the conference … Had three tackles-for-loss and one sack … Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Oct. 1 after registering a career-high 12 stops against Cornell … Tallied 11 stops against Fordham … Had at least four tackles in eight games … Finished with eight against Holy Cross … Registered seven tackles apiece against in each of the final three games (at Lehigh, at Marist and Colgate). High School - A two-year letter winner in football and a three-year letterwinner in track … Captain of the football team senior year … Earned Defensive MVP and First Team All-District honors … Coached by Bob Wunderlick in football and Bob Molyet in track. Personal - Born on July 27, 1989 in Irving, Texas … The son of Robert and Valerie Parish … An honor roll student and a member of the African American Student Union … plans to study international busi- ness. CHUDI OBIANWU 2009 GEORGETOWN FOOTBALL 25 PLAYERS CHRIS RAU Captain Senior / Safety / 6-0 / 205 Avon Lake, Ohio / Avon Lake Major: Economics/Environmental Studies 2008 - A starter in nine of 10 games last season … Missed one game while recovering from a con- cussion … Finished third on the team, and eighth in the Patriot League, with 68 tackles … Had four tackles-for-loss, one forced fumble, one interception and broke up three passes … Had at least four 41 tackles in eight games … Registered a career-high 14 tackles, including two for loss, against Bucknell … Had his second game with at least 10 tackles with 12 against Lehigh, also picking off one pass … Had nine tackles against Howard, Penn and at Fordham. 2007 - A starter in all 11 games last season … Led the team, and ranked eighth in the Patriot League, Rau’s Career Defensive Statistics with 76 tackles (37 solo) … Had two tackles-for-loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one forced Year UT AT TT TFL/-Yd Sacks Int PD Bk FF FR fumble … Registered two games with at least 10 tackles, including a season-high 15 against Fordham 2006 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 … Had 10 tackles against Yale … Recorded nine tackles apiece against Cornell, at Bucknell and at 2007 37 39 76 2.0/-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 Marist … Had at least five tackles in three other games (at Stony Brook, at Penn and at Lehigh). 2008 42 26 68 4.0/-4 0 1 0 3 1 0 2006 - Appeared in five games … Finished the season with five tackles, four solo … Registered a Totals 83 66 149 6.0/-6 1 1 1 3 2 0 career-high two stops in the final two games of the season, at Lafayette and at Fordham … A Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection.