UMD Athletics

Football Halfback/Return Specialist
(1982-86)

Put the final touches on a rewarding collegiate football career in 1986 by being named to both the Associated Press Little All-American and Football News All-American second teams ... Exited the Bulldog football program owning no less than 15 school records, including five marks which still remain -- rushing attempts in a career and single season, 100-yard rushing games in a season, consecutive 100-yard rushing games and punt returns in one game ... Was selected the Northern Intercollegiate Conference’s Most Valuable Player as a senior after rolling up the nation’s second highest scoring average (11.1 points per game) and the sixth best rushing figure (125.2 yards per outing) ... Topped the NIC in punt return average and points that season as well ... Attained All-NIC first team honors in both 1986 and 1985 ... Served as an alternate team captain on a UMD club which went 8-1-2 overall and shared the No. 18 spot in the final 1986 NCAA Division II poll ... Ran for 1,377 yards during his senior year, the second highest single-season total in school history at the time and finished as the Bulldogs’ second all-time leading ground gainer with 2,768 yards ... Was bestowed with the 1986 Jim Overlie Award as UMD's Most Valuable Player ... Later coached basketball at Hermantown junior high school ... Died at the age of 26 in an automobile accident in September 1990 ... Is the namesake of Hermantown High School's football field.