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2011 Football Roster
Matthew O'Donnell
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Tipton, IA
- High School:
- Tipton
Junior: Had a break-out year, making 18 solotackles, eighth on the team, and six assisted… Also made twotackles for a loss of eight yards, and one quarterback sack for sixyards… Had a season high seven solo tackles against HolyCross… Registered four tackles against Columbia and threeagainst Princeton… Also had one interception againstColumbia with a 12 yard return, and broke up one pass against theLions… Had two kickoff returns for 19 yards…Sophomore: Earned a berth on the Bears’travel roster… Freshman: Gained valuableexperience playing for the Junior Varsity team…Secondary School Background: A graduate of TiptonHigh School where he lettered in football, wrestling, track, andbaseball… Two-time football team captain… Three-timeteam defensive MVP…Des Moines Register Second TeamAll-State… Iowa Newspaper Association Second TeamAll-State… Two-time First Team All-District…Three-time Academic All District… Tipton High School careerscoring leader and tackle leader with 231 points and 350tackles… Member of National Honor Society and studentcouncil… Senior Class Vice-President… Recipient ofthe National Council on Youth Leadership Scholarship… Nameda National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame StudentAthlete… Recipient of the Bernie Saggau, United States ArmyReserve National Scholar-Athlete, United States Marine CorpsDistinguished Athlete, and Quad City Times Excellence in Leadershipawards… Personal: Matthew MartinO’Donnell, born April 15, 1990… Son of Michael andSusan O’Donnell… Has a brother, Chad, and a sister,Elizabeth… Enjoys music, lifting, video games, andreading… Concentrating in Economics.
