USD Football 1998

USD AII-PFI.. Returners

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MIKE STADLER, who enters his third season with the USO footba ll program, is coming off one of the best years ever turned in by a Torero quarterback ... he was named to the PFL First Team on offense; also earned USO Offensive Player of the Year honors ... a Biology major with a 3.6 g.p.a., he also earned PFL recognition on the All -Academic Squad ... he tossed a school-best 30 touchdowns, breaki ng the old mark of 21 ( 1973) ... in fact, he needs just two more TD tosses in 1998 to set a new USO career mark -- the current record of 3 1 is held by Vince Moiso ( 1992-94) ... he blistered PFL oppo– nents in 1997 for 1,303 yards and 20 TDs over a 5-game span (averaging 260 yards and 4 TDs per league #18 contest, and connecting on 74.6 percent of his passes) ... he turned in 5 TD performances against Evansville, Valparaiso and Drake ... he

Mike Stadler

was named the PFL Offensive Player of the Week after his performances against Evansville (20-of-3 l for283 yards) and Valparaiso (20-of- 28 for 357 yards) .. . in the 39-30 come-from–

6-2, 200 lb. Junior Quarterback 1997 1st Team All-PFL

behind victory over Drake he threw four of his touchdowns in the final two periods, all completed to Dylan Ching ... his biggest nonconference outing came at Cal Lutheran where he finished I7- of-36 for 309 yards and 2 scores (at halftime he was 9-of-16 for 226 yards and 2 TDs) ... in the season finale against Wagner he completed l l-of-18 for 162 yards and 2 TDs ... in 1996 Stadler was the Toreros third-string QB and finished the year with just one completion on four attempts ... prior to USO he spent four years playing professional baseball as a catcher (two years in the San Diego Padres organization and two years with the Cleveland Indians) ... he was drafted by the Padres in the 34th round of the 1992 June draft ----------------~

Stadler Career Passing Stats: Year A.1t.. Comp. Int. ~ :Y.aw ID. 1997 262 152 10 .580 2287 30 1996 4 1 1 .250 6 0

.. . Mike prepped locally at El Cajon Valley High where he was Ist Team AII-Grossmont in football, basketbal Iand baseball ... this past summer worked at UCSD Hospital in the Radiology department.

LG 71 (TD vs. Valparaiso) 6 (vs. Saint Mary's) 71

Total 266

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Major: Biology

DYLAN CHING, who enters just his third year with the USO football team, has already made his mark in the Torero record books ... last season as a sophomore he led Torero receivers with 915 yards and 12 touchdowns, finishing second on the team with 48 catches ... he was the team's top receiver in 5 contests, and surpassed I00 yards receiving in five games .. . twice he hauled in 7 receptions ( 134 yds vs. Evansville; 148 yards vs. Butler) ... the team' s top deep threat, he caught 5 TDs of 36 yards or longer, with a best of 70 yards against Azusa ... he was named to the AII-PFL First Team for his efforts ... his 12 TD receptions and4 TD catches in a game (vs. Drake) are new Torero receiving records; the 4 TDs in a game and 24 points in #20 a game also tied Torero marks ... Ching was weakened by the flu as USO fell behind 2 1-7 at

Dylan Ching

intermission agai nst Drake on Oct. 25th; in 2nd half he caught four TDs from Stadler of 36, I, 27 and 33 yards ... hi s first TD catch in '98 will set a new Torero record ; he is currently ti ed

5-10, 200 lb. Junior Receiver 1997 1st Team A ll-PFL

with Torero assistant Mike Ri sh with 18 ... in 1996 as a freshman he was selected to the Second Team AII -PFL squad after leading the Toreros in receiving ... hauled in 24 receptions for 550 yards (22.9 yards per catch) and 6 touchdowns, fi ni shing third on the team in scoring with 38 points .. . majority of big games came in second half of season ... snared 3 balls for 140 yards with a 55-yard TD against Evansv ille ... hauled in 2 passes for 83 yards against Whittier, incl uding a 66-yard TD ... caught a 53-yard TD pass in first quarter at Azu sa Pacific ... in fina l

game of season against Dayton, caught 4 passes for 113 yards with 3 going forTDs, incl uding a 75- yard TD bomb ... heav ily rec ruited out of Kamehameha Hi gh School where he was 2nd Team All -State in football and baseball ... home– town is Lahaina, Maui (HI ). Maj or: Business.

Ching Career Receiving Stats: Ave.

:x.aw 915 550 1465

Rec. 48 24 72

Year 1997 1996 Total

TD 12 6 18

l&n& 70 (TD vs. Azusa) 75 (TD vs. Dayton) 75

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