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2016 Football

22 Alex Shain

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 230
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sanford, Maine
  • Highschool Sanford

Biography

2016: CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team... Named NE10 Academic All-Conference… Name to the Annual Steve "Merc" Morris All-Star Second Team… Second-Team All-Conference... Appeared in 11 games for the Hounds… Carried the ball 159 times for 660 yards and six touchdowns… Caught five receptions for 30 yards… Had his best game against Kutztown, where he carried the ball 23 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns.

2015: Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team... Named to the Northeast-10 Weekly Honor Roll three times… Was named the Northeast-10 Offensive Player of the Week on 10/19/15… Appeared in all 13 games for the Hounds… Had 197 carries for 1012 total rushing yards… Averaged 5.1 yards per rush… Was second in the Northeast-10 Conference with 13 touchdowns… Had 12 receptions on the year for a total of 77 receiving yards… Ran for a season-high 131 yards and two touchdowns on 9/5/15 at Kutztown… Threw a game winning one-yard touchdown pass in the NE-10 Championship game vs New Haven on 11/14/15.

2014: Named to the Fall 2014 Assumption College Student-Athlete Honor Roll. Earned the Spring 2015 Assumption College Student-Athlete Director’s Citation... Played in seven games on the year… Had 25 carries for 101 yards on the year… Finished with one rushing touchdown… Had three kick returns totaling 65 yards with a long return of 33 yards… Recorded three tackles on the season, two unassisted… Had a season-high 44 yard run vs. New Haven on 9/20/14.

2013: Earned the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Assumption College Student-Athlete Director's Citations... Appeared in all 11 games as a rookie... Had six rushes for 25 yards at Pace on 10/26/13... Added four kick returns for 82 yards... Posted one tackle at Bryant on 9/7/13... Finished with 107 all-purpose yards.

Prior to Assumption: Played football and basketball and ran track at Sanford High School... At the 2012 outdoor track state championship, he won the 100 meters and the triple jump and was part of the winning 4x100 team... Also placed fifth in the long jump... Two-time track All-State selection in 2012 and 2013... Football All-State running back in 2012... Two-time All-Conference running back in 2011 and 2012... As a senior, he had 1,426 yards on 201 carries with 27 touchdowns... Fitzpatrick finalist.

Personal: Son of Jeff and Susan... Born Nov. 11... His father, Jeff, threw the shot put for the track team and played football at the University of Maine... Has two brothers, Zachary and Ethan... Pursuing a concentration in business.

Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Anthony Goonan... Dream job: Financial Advisor ... If you could meet anyone: Marshawn Lynch... Celebrity he gets mistaken for: Ronnie Coleman... Favorite sports memory: Winning a championship with his fellow hounds.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

    RB
    6'2" 205 lbs
    30
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    2014Sophomore

    RB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2015Junior

    RB
    6'1" 225 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2016Senior

    RB
    6'1" 230 lbs
    22