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2016 (Sophomore): Preseason All-Patriot League selection ... team’s starting punter ... appeared in just two games before suffering a season-ending injury ... averaged 39.3 yards on 14 punts ... kicked off nine times for a 61.9 average ... went 3-for-5 on extra points and 2-for-4 on field goals, including a 46-yarder in the opener against Marist ... recorded three tackles (two solo) ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
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2015 (Freshman): All-Patriot League First Team honoree ... team’s starting punter ... punted 64 times for an average of 42.1 yards ... was then the highest single-season punting average in program history, breaking Phil Azarik’s eight-year-old record by one full yard ... became just the third different Bison punter to average more than 40 yards in a season ... ranked first in the Patriot League, and 17th in the FCS, in punting average ... had a season-best 60-yard punt at Cornell ... also handled kickoff duties ... averaged 58.9 yards on 36 kickoffs ... took over placekicking duties late in season ... made all eight extra points, including a 5-for-5 performance at Lafayette ... went 2-for-4 on field goals with a long of 37 yards at Fordham ... fifth on the team with 14 points ... named the Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week (11/21) following the season finale at Colgate ... posted one solo tackle at Fordham ... earned Bucknell’s Stuart M. Smith Memorial Award as the outstanding newcomer ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Unionville High School: Member of football, basketball and baseball teams … First Team All-Chesmont League quarterback and kicker as a senior … also named league’s Most Outstanding Back … First Team All-Area kicker … First Team All-Southeastern 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 the 2013 Senior League World Series and 2014 Big League World Series. Personal: Alexander Ross Pechin … born November 18, 1996 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania … son of Michael and Jacquelyn … has two siblings: Brad and Natalie … father played baseball at Drexel University … uncle, Daniel Pechin, played lacrosse at Drexel … uncle, Kevin Pechin, played baseball at West Chester University … currently in a five-year dual degree program at Bucknell ... majors are biomedical engineering and management for engineers. CAREER HIGHS Punt Average: 51.0 at Villanova (9/22/18) Long Punt: 71 at Villanova (9/22/18) Punt Attempts: 10 at Fordham (11/18/17) Punts of 50+ Yards: 7 vs. Colgate (10/6/18) Punts Inside the 20: 6 at Fordham (11/18/17) PATs: 5 at Lafayette (10/31/15) Field Goals: 2 at Marist (9/3/16) Long Field Goal: 46 at Marist (9/3/16) Points: 8 at Marist (9/3/16) Kickoff Attempts: 6 at Marist (9/3/16), at Lafayette (10/31/15) Kickoff Average: 65.0 at Holy Cross (9/29/18), vs. Holy Cross (9/9/17) CAREER STATISTICS PUNTING Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 Totals
GP No. Yds. Avg. Lg. TB FC 50+ I20 11 64 2695 42.1 60 3 8 10 17 2 14 550 39.3 60 0 2 1 8 11 72 3247 45.1 67 5 22 26 34 11 81 3606 44.5 71 7 20 29 28 35 231 10098 43.7 71 15 52 66 87
KICKING Year GP PAT-Att. FG-FGA Lg. Pts. 2015 11 8-8 2-4 37 14 2016 2 3-5 2-4 46 9 2017 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 2018 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 Totals 35 11-13 4-8 46 23
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BEING A CAPTAIN MEANS ALWAYS HAVING MY TEAMMATES’ BACKS. IT MEANS BEING WILLING TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR MY TEAM’S SUCCESS. I HOPE TO ESTABLISH A CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS THAT THEY CAN SUCCEED ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
Sam ChiTTY
BEING A CAPTAIN IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. ALL OF MY TEAMMATES MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO ME, AND I HOPE THAT I CAN HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD. IF WE ALL DO THAT, WE WILL BE CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE AS A TEAM.
Alex Pechin
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inside the 20 (6) against the Rams ... averaged 48.4 yards on nine punts against Sacred Heart on Sept. 9, placing five inside the 20 and having four sail for at least 50 yards ... shared Bucknell’s Special Teams Award with John Burdick ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.