2016: Captain … D2CCA Second-Team All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... Don Hansen First Team All-Super Region 4 ... NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado ... First-Team All-RMAC ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Preseason All-RMAC ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic … Started all 13 games at left guard … Key component of one of the nation’s best offensive lines … Helped Mines produce NCAA D-II’s #1 total offense and #2 passing offense protecting Harlon Hill winner Justin Dvorak and 1,000-yard rusher Sam Seeton … Mines allowed only 18 sacks in 525 passing downs and was fourth in NCAA D-II in fewest tackles for loss allowed … Mines averaged 5.2 yards per rushing attempt and 207 yards per game, including two of the three highest-yardage games in program history (446 at Black Hills State and 405 at Southwest Baptist).
2015: CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America … CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District … D2CCA Second-Team All-Region … Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Second-Team All-Region … First-Team All-RMAC … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic … Preseason All-RMAC … Started all 11 games at left guard … Anchored an offensive line that produced the nation’s #1 passing offense allowing only 1.27 sacks per game … Blocked for a 1,000-yard rusher … Mines ranked fourth in the nation in fewest TFL allowed (3.73/gm).
2014: CoSIDA/Capital One First-Team Academic All-District … Second-Team All-NFFCC ... Second-Team All-RMAC … RMAC First-Team Football All-Academic … Started all 12 games at left guard.
2013: Named to the Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll… Appeared in two games with no starts on the offensive line… Helped Mines to a program-record 727 yards of offense on 108 plays in the squad’s 72-6 win over South Dakota Mines… Mines tied a 40-year-old NCAA Division II record with 42 first downs, set by Delaware in 1973 against SDSMT… Helped squad again set a school record for total offense with 749 yards in the squad’s 62-22 win over Black Hills State… The offense finished inside the top-25 of several NCAA statistical categories, including: first downs (7th, 319), passing offense (10th, 319.0), total offense (11th, 494.1), time of possession (13th, 32:52) and fourth down conversion percent (22nd, 0.596)… Mines led the RMAC in first downs (29.0) and 4th down conversions (59.6 percent), finished second in scoring offense (36.2), total offense (494.1), passing offense (319.0) and third-down conversions (44.0 percent), third in passing efficiency (130.3) and fourth in rushing offense (175.1)… The Mines offense posted more than 400 yards of total offense in eight contests, including three games with 600 or more yards.
2012: Named to the Academic All-RMAC Honor Roll... Did not appear in a game.
2011: A 2011 Mines Football redshirt… Named to the CSM Dean's List in the spring of 2012… Named a CSM Silver Scholar in the spring of 2012… Named to the CSM Honor Roll in the fall of 2011… Named a CSM Bronze Scholar in the fall of 2011.
High School: Earned three letters in football...Earned Second Team All-Conference recognition following his junior and senior seasons...Guided the Sabercats to back-to-back appearances in the State playoffs (JR & SR)...A two-time First Team Academic All-State performer in the classroom (2009 & 2010)...Earned one letter in basketball...An All-Conference pick in hoops his senior year...Helped lead the basketball team to three playoff appearances...Lettered on the track & field team (thrower) his junior season...A four-time Academic letterman.
