USD Football 1995

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DOUG POPOVICH Senior Strong Safety 1994 1st Team All-PFL 1994 1st Team GTE/Academic All-America Enters fourth and final year with the Toreros ... is a Pre-Season All- PFL selection (Bob Griese's Col- legeFootball Yearbook;TheSports Network) ... last season started nine of ten games he appeared in

MATT YOUNG Senior Place Kicker 1994 2nd Team All-Pioneer Football League

Enters third and final year with the USD football team ... 1995 Pre-Season All-PFL selection at place kicker (The Sports Net- work; Bob Griese'sCollegeFootball Year- book) ... this season will see action in defensive secondary ... last season was named to the 2ndTeam All-Pioneer Foot-

Doug Popovich #99 SR DB

Matt Young #6 SR PK/DB

ball League after finishing with 49 points (6th in PFL) ... his 49 points placed him second in San Diego's scoring column ... in I994 he converted 27-of-29 PATs and 7-of-12 field goals ... three times last season he tallied 9 points for the Toreros, all San Diego wins ... he kicked field goals of27 and 33 yards to go with 3-for-3 PATs in USD' s 29-24 victory over California Lutheran; he converted field goals of32 and 36 yards to go with 3-for-3 PATs in USD's 33-27 win over Valparaiso; and he was a perfect 6-for-6 in PATs to go with his 23-yard field goal in the team's 45-35 victory at Wagner College ... in the team's 28-16 win over Evansville, Matt kicked 2 PATs and hauled in a two-point conversion pass from Tim Antongiovanni ... in 1993 Matt finished second on the team in scoringwith32 points(3-for- l O in field goals and 23-of-25 inPATs) ... he played his freshman year at Saint Mary's College inMoraga, California ... is a Business Administration majorat USD ... prepped at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California where he participated in football, track and soccer.

... 1994 First Team GTE/Academic All-America selection ... 1994 First Team All-Pioneer Football League performer ... 1994 USD Defensive Player of the Year ... PFL All- AcademicTeam selection (I993 & 1994) ... PFLDefensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1st) ... two-time James B. Orwig Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (1993 & 1994) ... led the PFL last year in tackles with 142 (58 solo, 84 assists) ... set new USD records in total tackles (142), unassisted tackles in a season (58) and unassisted tackles in a game (I 3 vs. Butler) ... twice recorded 23 tackles in a game (St. Mary's & Butler) and added 20 tackles against Dayton ... in addition, tallied 3 interceptions, 2 forced fumbles and 2 blocked kicks ... in 1993Doug totaled 43 tackles in 8 games ... an Ocean Studies major, Doug enters his senior year with a cumulative grade point average of 3.81 ... he prepped at Sabino High School in Tucson, Arizona.

EVAN HLAVACEK Junior Half Back/Receiver 1994 1st Team All-Pioneer Football League EntersthirdseasonwiththeToreros program ... 1995 Pre-Season Pio- neerFootball Leagueselection (The Sports Network; Bob Griese' s College Football Yearbook) .. one of the team's fastest and best all- around athletes ... last year earned

JEB DOUGHERTY Junior Defensive Back 1994 2nd Team All-Pioneer Football League

Enters third year with the Torero football program ... was selected 2nd Team All- PFL last year at defensive back and was named to the PFL All-Academic Squad ... he finished 8th in the PFL with 92 tackles and ranked 2nd in kickoff returns at 27.1 yards per return (13th overall in I-AA) ...

Evan Hlavacek #21 JR RB/WR

Jeb Dougherty #7 JR DB

First Team All-Pioneer Football honors at wide receiver after leading the Toreros with 25 receptions for 497 yards (19.9 yds per reception) and 5 TDs ... he also finished second in rushing (294 yards & 3 TDs), punt returns and kickoffreturns ... finished 4th overall in PFL in all-purpose running (109.1) ... opened last season against Menlo with two rushing TDs of 29 and 15 yards ... he hauled in 3 passes for 92 yards, including a 65-yard TD strike, against St. Mary's ... he tallied 4receptions and I TD in the team's win overCal Lutheran,in addition, he returned4 kickoffs for 105 yards ... totaled 5 receptions for 112 yards and 2 TDs in win overWagner College ... in victory against Evansville, Evan caught 4 passes for 119 yards, including a 44-yard TD ... in 1993 he hauled in 17 passes for 330 yards and 3 TDs with a long of 80 yards vs. Drake ... a Communications major, Evan also played on the varsity baseball team this past year ... prepped at Archbishop Mitty HS in San Jose, California.

in addition, he tallied 2 sacks, 5 quarterback hurries, I forced fumble, I fumble recovery, 2 interceptions and 9 pass deflections ... six times last year he ended in double digits for tackles ... in the team' s season-ending game against Dayton, Jeb returned two kickoffs for 120 yards, including a 92-yard TD-- he also added 21 tackles from his defensive back position ... against Butler he totaled 110 yards in kickoff return yardage on 5 returns and was named PFL Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 22) ... over the past two seasons, Jeb owns the PFL record for longest kickoff return, a 98-yarder against Azusa Pacific on Oct. 30, 1993 ... his 92-yard return last year against Dayton ranks third all-time ... in I993 he averaged 26.1 yards a kickoff return and finished with 19 tackles in 8 contests ... Jeb is also a two-sport letterman at USD, being a member of the varsity baseball team ... a Business major at USD, Jeb carries a cumulative 3.29 grade point average ... he prepped at Yucca Valley High School in Yucca Valley, California.