Running Back Pat Paschall Named NDAPSSA Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year
7/8/2010 5:44:00 PM | Football
BISMARCK, N.D.--North Dakota State University running back Pat Paschall was named the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year in June. Other finalists included Willison State basketball player Luke Martinez; University of Mary basketball player Anthony Moody and Dickinson State track & field athlete Allan Ayala.
Paschall, a 5-foot-11 1/2 senior from St.
Louis, Mo., became the first Bison player to earn first team Sports
Network, Associated Press and AFCA Coaches
Division I FCS All-America honors. He was second in
Missouri Valley Football Offensive Player of the Year balloting to
Southern Illinois running back Deji Karim. He was a first-team all-MFVC
selection. Paschall finished No. 1 in rushing in the
NCAA Division I FCS statistics, averaging 139.70 yards per game.
Paschall was also 5th in scoring (9.6 ppg) and 9th in all-purpose yards
(158.30) nationally. He participated in the National Football League
Scouting Combine and the East-West Shrine Bowl. Paschall rushed 27 times for 140 yards
and three touchdowns in North Dakota State's 39-35 loss to Youngstown
State on Nov. 21. He finished the season with 1,397 yards and 16 TDs on
207 rushes for an average of 6.75 yards per carry. It was the 10th
100-yard rushing effort for Paschall in 10 games this season and
the 14th 100-yard rushing performance in his Bison career.
Paschall
moved up three spots on the NDSU all-time charts into 8th position and
finished his career with 2,528 yards on 399 carries and 23 touchdowns in
29 career games. He passed Doug Lloyd (2,410 yards,
1985-88), Kevin Feeney (2,473 yards, 1995-98) and
former teammate Tyler Roehl (2,512 yards, 2004-08)
against Youngstown State.
