Gannon University
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Team Captains Announced
Sports
Information Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: August 31,
2007
GANNON NAMES LEE AND WARD
FOOTBALL TEAM CAPTAINS
ERIE, Pa. - Gannon
head football coach Jim Kiernan has announced senior Rich Lee (Slippery
Rock, Pa./Prospect) and redshirt junior Matt Ward (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)
as the program’s 2007 team captains.
Lee has been a mainstay on the Gannon defense, starting 21 games during the
last two seasons and at least three games every year. The senior linebacker
has 191 career tackles, needing 15 to break into Gannon’s all-time top 15
and 29 to enter the all-time top 10. He earned All-GLIAC honorable-mention
accolades last season after recording 76 tackles, 1.5 sacks, five tackles
for a loss, and two interceptions.
Ward has started 11 games during his first two seasons, receiving the starting
nod six times last season and five times as a freshman. The defensive lineman
was Gannon’s 12th-leading tackler last season with 33 stops. He ranked second
among GLIAC players and 42nd among all NCAA Division II players in forced
fumbles per game (0.27). The Brockport, N.Y., native added two tackles for
a loss, two sacks, and one fumble recovery.
Gannon opens the Jim Kiernan era Saturday, September 1 at Hillsdale. Game
time is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. The contest can be heard live on 1330 True
Oldies WFNN and via the Internet at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/werg/knightsound.ihtml.
Live gameday statistics will be available at http://www.hillsdalesites.org/chargers/livestats/fb/xlive.htm.
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updated 8/31/07 by: drt
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