Monday, October 24, 2005
IvyLeagueSports.com picks Fort Wayne Player as Rookie of the Week
IvyLeagueSports.com picked Columbia University freshman Jon Rocholl, an R. Nelson Snider High School graduate, as "Rookie of the Week." ROOKIE Columbia freshman kicker Jon Rocholl [Fort Wayne, Ind.] hit two field goals of 39 yards to account for all the Lions' scoring at Dartmouth. He improved to 10-for-12 for the season and is back on pace to break the school record for points in a season by a Columbia kicker (58 by Joe Aldrich '96). After having his school record-setting string of seven consecutive made field goals snapped at Princeton, he has hit his last three.Rocholl had been cited earlier in the season by The Sports Network as a national player of the week for special teams in football. The Sports Network is the leading news service for Division I-AA.
Photo from Columbia University Athletics website.
