Musing on Mike: Strong middle-linbacker returns to shore up the defense ... 2004: Hubert Jack Award winner for most improved player ... Played in eight games with eight starts ... Made 47 tackles with 23 solo stops ... Had 3.5 tackles for loss for minus 19 yards, good for second on the team ... Had one sack and two forced fumbles ... Posted a career-high nine tackles in the loss to Kutztown University Sept. 11 ... PSAC Scholar-Athlete ...
2003: Harry S. Bradley Award Winner for Most Improved Defensive Player after 2004 spring drills… Played in 10 games, collecting 12 total tackles… Posted a high of four tackles against Shippensburg University…
2002: Red-shirt season… PSAC Scholar-Athlete…
In High School: Cochranton High School’s Most Valuable Player... Team captain... All-conference tailback and linebacker following senior season...  Also named all-conference as a linebacker after junior year... Lettered in baseball for four seasons, earning two all-conference awards as an outfielder...
Personal: Son of Gregory and Pamela Slatcoff... Born August 25, 1983... Majoring in Criminal Justice.