2006—One
of the top placekickers in the NCAA Division I ranks for the
past three seasons...Finished runnerup for the 2004 Lou Groza
Award as the top placekicker in the NCAA Division I ranks...Also
made the Lou Groza Watch list in his other two seasons...Selected
as an Associated Press third-team All-American after an outstanding
2004 season...Selected to the preseason All-Mid-American Conference
team by The Sporting News and also listed on that publication’s
All-American watch list...Has been EMU’s starting placekicker
in all 34 games over the past three years and was the starting
punter in the last two campaigns...Selected as a 2005 second-team
All-American preseason pick by The Sporting News...Set the EMU
career field-goal record during the 2005 season and now has
53 career three pointers...Also holds the No. 1 and No. 2 spots
in single-season field goals with 21 in 2004 and 18 in 2005...Has
two 52-yard field goals, against Idaho (Oct. 2, 2004) and at
Buffalo (Nov. 19, 2005), to tie for the longest field goal in
school history...Two-time Academic All-Mid-American Conference...
2005—Served
as the starting placekicker and punter in all 11 games...Named
first-team All-MAC after connecting on 18-of-25 field goals,
22-of-24 PAT’s and punting 57 times for a 38.3 yards average
with 21 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard-line...Finished
13th in the nation in field goals with a 1.64 -per-game average
and was 72nd in scoring with a 6.91 point-per-game average...Made
the watch list for the Lou Groza Award, as the nation’s
top placekicker, and the Ray Guy Award, which is awarded annually
to the nation’s top punter...Selected as the the MAC Special
Teams Player of the Week twice, for the Central Michigan game
(Sept. 26) and the Buffaloe matchup Nov. 19... At Central he
made a 36-yard field goal in overtime to give the Eagles a 23-20
win at Central Michigan (Sept. 24, 2005)...Also made a 19-yard
field goal in that CMU game to give Eastern a 20-all tie and
force the overtime session...In addition, he added a 25-yard
field goal in the CMU game...Tied his own school record with
a 52-yard field goal against Buffalo to earn his second Special
Teams Award of the year...Tied his single-game EMU record with
four field goals in the CMU and Ball State (Nov. 12, 2005) games...Ranked
second in the MAC in field goal (1.64), third in field-goal
percentage (.720), and fourth in scoring (6.9)...Named to the
Academic All-MAC squad...
2004—Named
third-team All-American placekicker by The Associated Press
and finished runner- up in the balloting for the Lou Groza Award
as the top placekicker in the NCAA Division I-A ranks...Made
21-of-23 field goal attempts and 32-
of-33 PAT’s...Kicked a 52-yard field goal against Idaho
(Oct. 2) to tie the EMU record for longest field goal...Tied
the EMU single-game record with four field goals, including
a 24-yard boot in the fourth overtime, to give EMU a 61-58 win
over Central Michigan (Nov.
6)...First-team All-Mid-American Conference selection...Named
Academic All-MAC with a 3.67 GPA as an engineering technology
major...Ranked third in Division I in field goals per game (1.91),
and 16th in scoring (8.64 per game)...Selected as the MAC’s
West Division Special Teams Player of the Week twice, for the
Buffalo (Sept. 2) and Central Michigan games...Also chosen as
the MAC Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the Western
Michigan (Oct. 16) game...Named EMU’s Special Teams Player
of the Week four times, against Buffalo, Toledo (Sept.
18), Bowling Green (Oct. 30) and Northern Illinois (Nov. 20)...Also
singled out by the coaching staff for Championship Special Teams
Performances against Florida (Sept. 11), and Western Michigan...
2003—One
of nine “true” freshmen to see action, starting
in all 12 games...Became one of the top placekickers in the
NCAA Division I-A ranks, connecting on 14-of-17 field goals
to rank 35th in field goals per game at 1.17...Tied for the
Mid-American Conference lead in field- goal percentage at 82.4
percent, and was fifth in field goals per game at 1.17...Named
one of the semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award given annually
to the top placekicker in the nation...Made all 23 PAT’s...Selected
as the team’s Special Teams MVP...Also named Special Teams
Player of the Week three times, for the Western Illinois (Sept.
4), Maryland (Sept. 27) and Toledo (Oct. 11) games...Tied an
EMU single-game record for field goals with four against Western
Illinois...Made his first eight consecutive field-goal attempts
before missing a hurried 54-yarder against Western Michigan
(Oct. 4)...Booted a 25-yard field goal in the 2004 Spring Intrasquad
Game...Selected as one of the 10 members of the Champions Club
by Head Coach Jeff Genyk as one of the outstanding team leaders...
High
School—Graduated from Green H.S. in Green, Ohio
where he played for Head Coach Elden McVicker...Earned two varsity
football letters and three varsity soccer letters...Four-year
member of the National Honor Society and received the Suburban
League Scholar Athlete Award four years...Senior
Year: Named first-team place kicker on The Associated Press
Division II All-Ohio Team and was also a first-team Northeast
Ohio Inland District Division II kicker by AP...First-team All-Suburban
League kicker and punter...Selected first-team All-Summit County
place-kicker by The Akron Beacon Journal...Nominated to the
Player Pool for Ohio’s North versus South All-Star Game...Selected
first-team placekicker on the 2002 Division II OhioPreps.com
All-Star team...Named to Ray Guy’s Prokicker.com as one
of the Top 100 Kicking Prospects in the National for 2003 college
recruiting...Connected on 12-of-18 field goals with the longest
a 48-yarder...Made all 28 PAT’s...Had a 38.7 punting average...Junior
Year: First-team place-kicker on The Associated Press Division
II All-Ohio Team...Named first-team Northeast Ohio Inland District
Division II kicker by AP...Named first-team All-Suburban League
punter...Selected second-team All-Summit and Portage County
placekicker by The Cleveland Plain Dealer....Made 11-of-16 field
goal attempts and 40-of-43 PAT’s.
Personal—
Full name:
Andrew Steve Wellock...Son of Brian and Kathy Wellock...Born
12-3-84...Management major...Has one brother, Austin, who is
a member of the Ashland University football team...Father, Brian,
is a graduate of the University of Akron and the University
of Arizona and mother, Kathy, is a University of Akron graduate...