NEWCOMER BIOS
PUNTER/KICKER FR. | 6-0 | 185 KENNETT SQUARE, PA. UNIONVILLE Unionville High School: Member of football, basketball and baseball teams … First Team All-Chesmont League QB and K as a senior … also named league’s Most Outstanding Back … First Team All-Area kicker … First Team AllSoutheastern PA punter … All-Eastern PA Football First Team kicker … PA Football News Honorable Mention punter … team captain … Maxwell Football Club Mini Max award winner … as a junior, was named team’s Offensive and Special Teams MVP … also earned Special Teams MVP award as a sophomore … First Team All-Chesmont League quarterback … All-Area punter … named Unionville’s Pitcher of the Year as a junior … First Team All-Chesmont League outfielder and Honorable Mention All-League pitcher … member of Chester County All-Star baseball team … averaged 41.8 yards per punt as a senior … also connected on eight field goals and completed 72 of 138 passes for 1,425 yards … pitched in 2013 Senior League World Series and 2014 Big League World Series. Personal: Alexander Ross Pechin … born Nov. 18, 1996 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania … son of Michael and Jacquelyn … has two siblings, Bradford and Natalie … father played baseball at Drexel University … uncle, Daniel Pechin, played lacrosse at Drexel … uncle, Kevin Pechin, played baseball at West Chester University.
CORNERBACK FR. | 5-10 | 175 MONTCLAIR, N.J. MONTCLAIR Montclair High School: Member of football and track teams … football team captain … two-time All-Group 5 selection … second-team all-state … helped football team to two state titles while a member of starting lineup … team posted 23-1 record during that span and was ranked as the No. 1 public school in the state … four interceptions, six fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles as a senior. Personal: Chanse Riley … born Nov. 25, 1996 in Grand Rapids, Michigan … son of Chad and Alicia Riley.
LINEBACKER FR. | 6-0 | 220 OAKTON, VA. FLINT HILL Flint Hill High School: Earned three letters in football and two in baseball … two-time VISAA All-State selection in football … three-time first-team allconference … team captain and defensive MVP as a senior … helped team to Mid-Atlantic Conference championship in 2012 and 2013 … totaled 130 tackles in nine games as a senior. Personal: Matthew Grant Robinson … born Aug. 19, 1997 in Fairfax, Virginia … son of Jerry and Donna Robinson.
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DEFENSIVE END FR. | 6-2 | 230 TAMPA, FLA. BERKELEY PREP Berkeley Prep: Three-year football letterwinner … team captain … 2014 Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Tribune Hillsborough County Second Team Defense … also named All-Tampa Bay Honorable Mention by the Tampa Bay Times … named Tampa Bay Times Hillsborough County Honorable Mention as a junior in 2013 … helped team to district runner-up and playoff appearance as a senior … totaled 90 tackles (30 TFL) as a senior. Personal: Joseph Edward Schiano … born April 8, 1997 in Chicago, Illinois … son of Greg and Christy Schiano … father was longtime head football coach at Rutgers University and has coached in the NFL … has three siblings: John, Matt and Katie … grandfather, Bucknell Athletics Hall of Famer Tom Mitchell, played football at Bucknell and in the NFL with the Raiders, Colts and 49ers and holds many Bison receiving records … both parents graduated from Bucknell … father, Greg, graduated in 1988 … mother, Christy, graduated in 1990.
CORNERBACK FR. | 5-11 | 180 ROSEMONT, PA. RADNOR/MERCERSBURG ACADEMY Radnor High School/Mercersburg Academy: Graduated from Radnor High School in 2014 … spent post-grad year at Mercersburg Academy … member of football, basketball and track & field teams during high school … football and track & field team captain … once had three interceptions in a game. Personal: Brice Frederick Sydnor … born Sept. 15, 1995 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania … son of George and Katherine Sydnor … has three sisters: Shelby, Lydia, Lily … relative, Kiersten, is a member of Bucknell’s Class of 2016 and plays for the Bison field hockey team … father played football at Syracuse University and with the Pittsburgh Steelers … uncle, Chris Sydnor, played football at Penn State University and with the Oakland Raiders … uncle, Chad Sydnor, played football at University of Maryland and with the Chicago Bears … mother was a member of the track & field team at Villanova University.
DEFENSIVE END FR. | 6-5 | 245 SPRING CITY, PA. MALVERN PREP Malvern Prep: Member of football and basketball teams at Malvern Prep … All-Inter-ac, All-Main Line, all-city and all-league football selection … helped team to Inter-ac title in 2013 … led team in sacks and tackles for loss as a senior. Personal: Nicholas John Zarkoski … born Dec. 26, 1996 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania … has three older siblings, Chris, Laura and David … brother, David, is a member of Catholic University’s football team and will be a junior in 2015.
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Patriot League 65-68
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General Info 120-142