Career statsThe Fleming File
Two-time All-Division and All-State selection at defensive back … Holds Champlain Valley Union High School record for most career interceptions with 23 … Member of 2010 Division 2 State runner-up team … Member of National Honor Society
As a Scot
Recipient of 2012-2013 Sophomore Male Athlete of the Year and 2013-2014 Junior Male Athlete of the Year awards … Dean’s List recipient … Sings in Scotch Tape A Cappella group … Member of Macalester College Student Government … Serves as a Resident Assistant ... Member of Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
2014: Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference selection in the javelin … Qualified for NCAA Outdoor National Championships in the javelin
2013: Indoor Track and Field MIAC Champion in the 200m … Outdoor Track and Field All-Conference selection in the javelin … Converted to cornerback to open his junior season, where he started nine of ten games at the position . . . Produced 41 tackles (29 solos, 12 assists), which ranked him fourth on the team . . . Collected a career-high eight tackles in the last game of the season vs. Hamline . . . Recorded his first career sack and forced fumble on the same play at Concordia . . . Returned one punt for 7 yards at Maranatha Baptist . . . Served as one of the team’s primary kickoff returners, where he averaged a team-leading 25.4 yards per return . . . Returned a 76 yard kickoff for a score at Trinity Bible . . . His 463 all-purpose yards ranked fourth on the team . . . Recorded two interceptions, which ranked third among the Scots
2012: Competed in nine games, which included two starts at safety during his sophomore campaign . . . Tallied 25 tackles (11 solos, 14 assists) on the season, which included a season-high six at Lewis & Clark . . . Was also awarded Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts at Lewis & Clark . . . Recorded his first career interception in the finale at Hamline
2011: Participated in seven games as a freshman for the Scots, where he totaled 12 tackles as a safety . . . Collected a season-high 5 tackles versus Lewis & Clark
Why did you choose to attend Macalester?
I chose Macalester because I knew that I would be able to get a world class education while still being able to play football at a competitive collegiate level.
How has your experience as a student-athlete at Macalester prepared you for life after graduation?
My experience as a student-athlete at Macalester has prepared me for life after graduation by teaching me a number of key transferable skills: perseverance, collaboration, compromise, passion, and dedication, and others. Being on the football team, thereby learning to work with a team, and being a member of the track and field team, competing more individually, I have learned how to motivate and apply myself in both settings, a skill that will undoubtedly serve me for the rest of my life. Most importantly, I have learned the importance of responding to adversity when it arises. All in all, I am confident that my time as a student-athlete at Macalester has prepared me for anything that life will throw at me.
