2009 NCAA Division II Softball Tournament

 

 

 
 
#21 Rob Carey
Senior 5'10" 175 lbs.
Cornerback/Return Specialist
North Braddock, Pa. (Woodland Hills H.S.)
 

At Lock Haven: Impact player with good cover skills and quickness that will again earn him a role at cornerback and as a kick and punt returner… Football Gazette Preseason All-America at return specialist… 2002: D2Football.com Honorable Mention All-America at defensive back and a Football Gazette All-America Second Team as a return specialist… First Team All-PSAC West pick at both return specialist and defensive back… ECAC All-Star as a return specialist… Earned Division II Tri-National Defensive Player of the Week honors from Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette on Oct. 20 after generating 11 solo tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and 99-yard fumble recovery for touchdown to secure the Bald Eagles’ win over Shippensburg… LHU leader with 10 pass breakups… Third-leading tackler with 73 stops including six for loss… Also had three interceptions and two forced fumbles… Ninth in PSAC in all-purpose yardage (92.2 ypg/1,014 yards)… Second-leading punt returner in the conference and 11th in NCAA Division II after averaging 15.8 yards per return with two run back for touchdowns… Sixth in the PSAC with an average run-back of 22.6 yards on kickoff returns… Caught four passes for two touchdowns, scoring versus Kutztown and Bloomsburg… LHU Football Special Teams MVP… Homecoming 2002 Jaycees Co-Defensive Player of the Game… 2001: First Team All-PSAC West selection as a return specialist and second team all-conference as a cornerback… ECAC Division II South All-Star as a defensive back… Led the PSAC and was 21st in the nation in punt returns averaging 11.8 yards per return… Third in the conference and 21st in the nation in kickoff returns (26.3 ypr)… Team-leader with five interceptions and seven pass defenses… Third on team with 89 total tackles… Scored twice versus Mansfield, once on an 82 yard interception return and again off an 80-yard kickoff return… Also led LHU with nine tackles and two interceptions in that game… 2000: First Team All-PSAC selection… Led the Bald Eagles with seven pass breakups… Also among squad leaders with two interceptions and 55 tackles...  Second in all-purpose yardage (672 yds.), and also managed the bulk of LHU’s return game, averaging 18.7 yards per kick return and 12.6 yards per punt return… 1999: Red-shirted… Tallied 4 tackles in Crimson and White scrimmage… In High School: Merited First Team WPIAL Quad A East honors as a defensive back… Charted eight interceptions in senior season to lead the Woodland Hills Wolverines… Also lettered in basketball and baseball… Personal: Guardian is Tonja Warren… Born February 27, 1981… A Sport Administration major.

 

Carey Career Defensive Statistics

  G TT Solo INT PBU Other
2002 11 73 58 3 10 6 TFL, 2 FF, FR, Blkd. Kick
2001 11 89 60 5 12 6 TFL, FR, FF
2000 11 55 40 2 5 4 TFL, FR, Blkd Kick
1999 Red-shirted
Career 33 217 158 10 27

16 TFL, 3FR, 3 FF, 2 Blkd. Kick

 

Carey Punt Return Statistics

Carey Kickoff Return Statistics
  G Ret. Yds. Avg. TD Lng.   G Ret. Yds. Avg. TD Lng.
2002 11 19 300 15.8 2 80 2002 11 25 565 22.6 0 71
2001 11 18 213 11.8 0 50 2001 11 22 578 26.3 2 83
2000 11 13 164 12.6 0 37 2000 11 25 467 18.7 0 36
1999 Red-shirted   Red-shirted
Career 33 50 677 13.5 2 80   33 72 1610 22.4 2 83

 

 

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