2005 UMass Captains

The UMass team Tri-Captains have already been chosen.

One captain is Buchanan Award candidate Shannon James. Scroll down for an earlier blog on him.

A new Captain for 2005 is Colin Stoetzel who is a SR OT 6-6 290. Stoetzel has been a mainstay of the UMass offensive line since he was a redshirt freshman. His official UMass bio is here . Among his accomplishments are:

• Played in all 36 games of his career
• Started all games as a sophmore and junior
• Allowed only one sack in 2004
  
• Had team high 55 knockdowns

Repeating as UMass Captian is SR LB Serge Tikum 6-0 226. His official UMass bio is here . Tikum has had an excellent career at UMass.

• Started at LB in 2003 and 2004
• Team Captain in 2004 as a Junior
• Team high 82 tackles, 66 solo and 5 TFL in 2004
• Team leader on defense.

The two images below are UMass photos. I could not find a good color image of Tikum. The image shown is a scan from the 2003 UMass press guide. The image was unattributed.

Hopefully, James, Stoetzel and Tikum will lead UMass into the playoffs in '05!