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2022 Football

28 Matt Ulishney

28 Matt Ulishney

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Greensburg, Pa.
  • High School:
    Serra District Catholic
  • Position:
    DB
  • Major:
    Mathematics

Summary

Biography

2022: First-team College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-American® … Named to College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District® Team … Third-team All-NCAC selection … Led the NCAC with 103 tackles … Ranked 22nd nationally with 10.3 tackles per game and eighth nationally with 6.7 solo tackles per game … First Scot since 2014 to log over 100 tackles in a season … Credited with 67 solo tackles, 36 assisted tackles, three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two interceptions, and fumble recovery on the year … Logged six games with at least a dozen tackles, including against Wittenberg (Oct. 29), where Wooster rallied back from 33-7 third-quarter deficit to win 44-43 for first win over Tigers since 2008 … Opened year with four straight games with at least 12 tackles … Logged 15 tackles, 13 of which were solo stops versus Wabash (Sept. 17) and had 13 tackles a week later at NCAC champion DePauw (Sept. 24) … Made 14 tackles, 11 of which were solo, in win over Kenyon (Oct. 15) … Forced fumbles came in wins over Geneva (Sept. 3) and Hilbert (Oct. 22) … Logged second interception of year in season finale at Oberlin (Nov. 12) … Also had three kickoff returns for 51 yards and four punt returns for 17 yards on the year … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for the third time.

2021: Averaged 24.1 yards over 17 kickoff returns … Ran back seven punts for 99 yards … Defensively, started all 10 games … Had a 62-yard kickoff return versus DePauw (Sept. 25) and a 45-yarder at Wittenberg (Nov. 13) … Longest punt return of 34 yards came against Hiram (Oct. 30) … Defensively made nine tackles against DePauw and had eight against Wittenberg … Logged an interception versus Allegheny (Nov. 6) … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for the second time.

2020-21: Continued to hold down a starting spot in the secondary and was one of the team’s primary return specialists … Made six tackles, four of which came in exhibition against Ohio Wesleyan (April 2) … Averaged 19.6 yards over five kickoff returns, with a long of 24 coming against the Battling Bishops … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2019: One of the team’s top newcomers … Appeared in all 10 games, nine of which were starts … Also exploded onto the scene as a key return specialist … Defensively, helped the Scots finish the year third in red zone defense and 24th in scoring defense … Part of a defensive unit that allowed 162 points and 3,433 yards, the program’s best statistical numbers since 2008 and 2011, respectively … Recorded 42 tackles, seven pass breakups, and an interception … Ranked 15th nationally with 698 kickoff return yards and 27th nationally at 25.9 yards per return … Signature outing came against Ohio Wesleyan (Nov. 2) … Logged a diving interception at Wooster’s 5-yard line against Ohio Wesleyan … Later, put Wooster on the scoreboard with a 90-yard kickoff return in the second quarter … Nearly broke a second kickoff return for a touchdown at the start of the third quarter, but ultimately had to settle for a 59-yard run back … Logged a season-high 11 tackles at Allegheny (Nov. 9) and had seven at DePauw (Oct. 5).

Prior to Wooster: Earned all-conference honors as a wide receiver and cornerback as a senior while prepping for Jose Regus at Serra Catholic High School … Had a pair of pick sixes as a senior.

Personal: Born Dec. 5, 2000 … Parents are Mark and Joan Ulishney … Eagle Scout … Mathematics major and statistical and data sciences minor.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2019First-Year

    DB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2020Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2021Junior

    DB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2022Senior

    DB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    28