Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his fourth season with the Pomona-Pitzer Football team, where he played right guard on the offensive line...Also played center during his career...Blocked for three record-breaking offensive players in his career, quarterback Jake Caron, wide receiver R.J. Maki, and running back Luke Sweeney...Helped Maki lead the nation in receptions in 2010, and Sweeney lead the nation in rushing in 2011...2011: Capital One/CoSIDA First-team Academic All-American...Second-team All-SCIAC selection...Earned SCIAC's John Zinda Award for athletics, academics, sportsmanship, integrity and leadership...Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team selection...Team captain...Named to National Football Foundation/Hall Of Fame Hampshire Honors Society...Started all nine games, helping Luke Sweeney rush for a school-record 1,419 yards...2010: Started all nine games and helped R.J. Maki lead the nation with over 10 receptions per game...Helped Jake Caron earn the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Year Award...High School: Attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington, where he was a member of the football and wrestling teams...An all-academic team selection all four years...Was honorable mention all-league in football as a senior, and was ranked second in the metro league in 160 pounds in wrestling...A National Merit Finalist...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in mathematical economics...Hobbies include weightlifting...Favorite athlete is Pat Tillman...Lists Shawshank Redemption as his favorite movie and Starship Troopers, 1984 and Ender's Game as his favorite books...Lists Securities Valuation and Portfolio Theory as the most interesting course he has taken while at Pomona...Lists Abraham Lincoln as the public figure he most admires...Plans to finish his Marine Corps officer duty after graduation, then get his MBA and go into consulting...Born November 29, 1988