AWARDS
- 2015 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
- 2013 ECFC All-Academic Team
- 2012 ECFC All-Academic Team
Junior Season (2013): Played in 10 games and started eight leading the team with 94 total tackels...member of Gallaudet's first men's team sport to make a NCAA tournament appearance...helped the Bison win their first Eastern Collegiate Football Conference championship...team tied a school record nine wins in a season...team set a school record with an 11-game winning streak dating back to the 2012 season.
Sophomore Season (2012): Appeared in eight games for the Bison…started five games…recorded 14 total tackles (12 solo)…had a career best five tackles against the Apprentice School on Sept. 22.
Freshman Season (2011): Saw action in eight games for the Bison...tallied 12 tackles (eight solo)...had 1.5 tackles for a loss of 18 yards...he had one tackle against Husson on Oct. 8 for a loss of 17 yards...had a career best three tackles against Husson.
Before Gallaudet: Attended Maryland School for the Deaf...two-time MVP in wrestling...captain of wrestling, football, and baseball teams...most improved male athlete of the year during sophomore year...two-time football defensive player of the year...best male actor for his role as Count Dracula during his junior year...Homecoming Prince as a junior, and King as a senior...student leader...Iron Orioles for participating in sports during four years of high school.
Personal: Son of Gallaudet alum Brenda Kruse...has one younger sister, Sierra and one younger brother, Jiang...favorite food is cookies...enjoys watching MTV...favorite movie is The Three Idiots...role model is Zach Thomas...favorite sports are football and wrestling...fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Why Gallaudet? “Gallaudet provides outstanding opportunities for me to grow in life.”
