SUNY Brockport Athletics

Physical Therapist/Center Manager
Orthopedic Associates of Northern Ohio
Cleveland, OH

The College at Brockport ’99
            Major: Physical Education/Exercise Physiology
Old Dominion University ’01
            Master’s Degree: Physical Therapy

A standout performer on the football field and in the classroom as an undergraduate at Brockport; only player in school history named a National Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (following his senior season); earned an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship with the award (one of only two NCAA Division III players to receive it among 17 players across the country at all levels); was a two-time GTE College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American (as a junior and senior) with a grade point average above 3.8; as a junior, earned first-team All-American honors after finishing third in the nation with nine interceptions as the team’s free safety; also was named All-ECAC and All-East as both a junior and senior; earned the Burger King National Scholar Athlete of the Week award ($10,000 scholarship to the College’s general fund) as well. 

After playing, was honored as the College’s only SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence recipient in 1999, and was the SUNYAC Sam Molnar Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipient in 1998.

After Brockport, earned his master’s degree and is working as a physical therapist with Orthopedic Associates of Northern Ohio.