2009:
Team captain ... totaled 25 tackles in just three games ... was injured in the
opening kickoff at Lafayette.
2008:
Named first team All-Ivy League and Academic All-Ivy League ... led the Ivy
League in tackles with 101, an impressive 10.1 per game, ranking 20th in the
Football Championship Subdivision ... named as the Lions' Most Valuable
defensive player ... also named the Columbia Student-Athlete of the Month in
October ... earned a spot on the Ivy League's weekly honor roll after his
performance in the win over Cornell in which he posted a team-high 15 tackles,
an interception, a sack, and a pass breakup, helping limit the Big Red offense
to just seven points ... had a career-high 17 tackles vs. Penn ... made 13
tackles against Towson ... had 10 tackles against Lafayette ... led the team in
tackles in four of the final six games of the season, including nine at Dartmouth,
eight at Yale, nine at Harvard, and 15 at Cornell.
2007:
Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... awarded Ivy League Rookie of the Week on four
occasions, tying for second-most in Ivy League History ... winner of team's Ken
Germann Freshman Award ... played in all 10 games ... had team-high 80 tackles
for the season...recorded career-high 15 tackles vs. Brown ... had 13 tackles
vs. Princeton and 11 tackles vs. both Yale and Cornell ... totaled eight tackles
for loss for the season ... had sacks vs. both Princeton and Cornell for total
losses of 11 yards.
At
Fairmont High: Earned three letters in football and
two in track ... captained both teams as a senior, and was also football
captain as a junior ... had 1,174 yards rushing in 2006, and scored 14
touchdowns ... also made 83 tackles at safety as a senior ... two-time
All-Greater Western Ohio Conference team ... All-Southwest Ohio Region first
team in 2006 ... Dayton Daily News All-Area as a senior ... played in Miami
Valley North/South All-Star Game ... valedictorian ... Quill and Scroll Honor
Society for Journalists ... National Honor Society ... French Honor Society.
Personal: Sociology
major ... Alexander Daniel Gross, b. 3/23/89 in Dayton, Ohio.
