Player Bio: Adam DiMichele

Adam DiMichele

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
McKees Rocks, Pa.

High School:
Sto-Rox

Last College:
Okaloosa-Walton CC

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 202

Position:
QB

pronounced di-MIKE-uhl

Third-year senior in his final season of football eligibility ... returning starter under center ... one of the most accomplished HS athletes in the history of Pennsylvania, earning first-team All-State honors in three sports, while being cited as the state Player of the Year in both football and basketball ... selected in the 38th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays ... signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Penn State in February 2004.

Honors: Recipient of the Owl Award as the 2007 team MVP ... Captains' Award ... named the OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (Oct. 15, 2007), MAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 15, 2007), and the OwlSports.com Athlete of the Month (October 2007).

2007: Team captain ... started the first eight games at QB before suffering a season-ending injury ... finished first in team passing with 138-of-223 for 1,595 yards and 12 touchdowns (61.9 percent) ... finished first in total offense with 1,705 yards in 298 plays (213.1 yards per game) ... also finished fourth in team rushing with 110 yards on 75 carries .... threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns against Navy ... named the coaches' offensive player of the game versus the Midshipmen ... set career highs for completions (27), attempts (41), and TDs (4) at Bowling Green ... he also scored his first rushing TD against the Falcons ... passed for a season-high 314 yards at Army, marking his second 300-yard passing game of his career ... named the coaches' offensive player of the game versus the Black Knights ... threw three fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead TU to a come-from-behind win at Akron ... finished 23-of-34 for 242 yards and three TDds ... also rushed for a career-high 62 yards against the Zips ... helped TU to a win over Miami (Ohio), the Owls' third consecutive victory ... went four-for-four for 36 yards and a rushing touchdown before leaving the game in the second quarter with a broken leg ... lettered.

2006: Played in 11 games with nine starts as a first-year sophomore ... started versus Buffalo, Louisville, Minnesota, Kent State, NIU, BGSU, CMU, Penn State and Navy ... completed 135 of 220 passes for 1,518 yards and 10 TDs with a long pass of 67 yards and an 123.41 efficiency rating ... also caught a three-yard TD pass from RB Tim Brown against CMU ... led the team in total offense with 1,334 yards ... completed 20 of 29 passes for 322 yards and three TDs at Northern Illinois ... selected as the coaching staff's offensive player of the game against Buffalo, Bowling Green, and Central Michigan, also tossing three aerial scores against the Chippewas ... in six games against MAC opponents, completed 95 of 145 passes (65.5 pct.) for 1,053 yards and nine scores ... lettered.

Junior College: Attended Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville, Fla., for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years ... played two seasons of baseball as an outfielder and pitcher ... batted .364 with 43 hits and 22 RBIs as a sophomore ... was 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA and hit .305 as a freshman.

High School: A 2004 graduate of Sto-Rox HS in McKees Rocks, Pa. ... is the all-time WPIAL passing leader with 6,471 yards ... two-time consensus first-team All-State selection who named the Associated Press Class A Football Player of the Year as a senior ... four-year varsity starter in football, basketball and baseball ... named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Fabulous 22, Fabulous 5 in basketball and All-Area team in baseball to become the first athlete to ever be named to all three ... duplicated the unprecedented feat on the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's three All-Star teams ... twice named the Male Athlete of the Year by both the Post-Gazette and Tribune-Review ... passed for 2,706 yards and 36 TDs to lead Sto-Rox to the 2003 WPIAL Class A final as a senior ... averaged 13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 4.0 steals to lead team to a 27-3 record and the 2004 state basketball title ... AP Pennsylvania Class AA basketball Player of the Year in 2003-04 ... Sto-Rox went 105-15 in his four years on the hardwood and played in three WPIAL title games, winning two ... member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society who read to students at local elementary schools ... named a Tribune-Review YMCA Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born July 26, 1985 ... son of Dominic and Natalie DiMichele ... younger brother Alex is a junior LB at Robert Morris University ... brother Anthony is a sophomore DB for the Holy Cross football team ... sport and recreation management major.

DiMICHELE'S STATS

Date Opponent Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg Rush. Yds TD Lg 8/31 at Buffalo 19-24-1 103 0 11 2 -4 0 0 9/9 Louisville 9-17-1 165 0 67 7 -32 0 0 9/16 at Minnesota 4-7-1 26 0 13 9 32 0 19 9/23 at W. Mich. 8-18-2 94 0 28 9 -35 0 8 9/30 at Vanderbilt 11-16-2 148 1 54 6 -18 0 4 10/7 Kent State 14-26-0 144 1 33 6 -42 0 0 10/20 at No. Illinois 20-29-1 322 3 65 9 -23 0 8 10/28 BGSU 10-13-2 162 2 45 4 -36 0 0 11/4 CMU 24-35-0 228 3 25 7 -7 0 19 11/11 at Penn St. 7-17-1 52 0 20 7 -13 0 7 11/18 at Navy 9-18-1 74 0 17 7 -6 0 5 2006 Totals 135-220-12 1518 10 67 73 -184 0 19 8/31 NAVY 21-29-2 199 2 23 4 14 0 10 9/8 *BUFFALO 13-23-2 160 0 38 7 -54 0 7 9/15 at UConn 9-18-1 143 1 59 10 20 0 14 9/22 *at BGSU 27-41-0 299 4 21 12 14 1 17 9/29 at Army 23-42-2 314 2 52 11 13 0 18 10/6 *NIU 18-32-1 202 0 48 14 55 0 20 10/13 *at Akron 23-34-2 242 3 22 12 62 0 34 10/20 *MIAMI 4-4-0 36 0 16 5 -14 1 2 2007 Totals 138-223-10 1595 12 59 75 110 2 34 Career Totals 273-443-22 3113 22 67 148 -74 0 34

DiMICHELE'S TOTAL OFFENSE Season GP-S Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 2006 11-9 293 -184 1518 1334 121.3 2007 8-8 298 110 1595 1705 213.1 Career 19-17 591 -74 3223 3039 159.9

DiMichele's 300-Yard Passing Performances 10/20/06 at Northern Illinois 322 9/29/07 at Army 314

DiMichele's Career Highs Attempts 42 (at Army, 2007) Completions 27 (at Bowling Green, 2007) Passing Yards 322 (at NIU, 2006) TD 4 (at Bowling Green, 2007) Long Pass 67 (Louisville, 2006) Rushes 14 (NIU, 2007) Yards 62 (at Akron, 2007) Long 34 (at Akron, 2007) TD 1 (twice, last vs. Miami, 2007)