Ryan Stanchek

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Ryan Stanchek
College	West Virginia University
Conference	Big East Conference
Sport	Football
Position	Offensive Line
Class	Junior
Career	2004 – present
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	300 lb (136 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) (age 22) Cincinnati, Ohio
High school	LaSalle High
Awards
2005 first-team freshman All-American 2007 Walter Camp second-team All-American 2007 Associated Press third-team All-American 2007 Big East Academic All-American 2008 John Russell Memorial Award

Ryan Stanchek (born June 26, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American football offensive lineman for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Collegiate career 2.1 Freshman season 2.2 Sophomore season 2.3 Junior season 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Ryan Stanchek, the son of John and Debra Stanchek, was a first team all-state, all-GCL, and all-southwest football player at LaSalle High. Along with being the team captain, Stanchek was the conference and Anthony Munoz Foundation Lineman of the Year. He was also selected as the Big 33 Football Classic as a senior. As a junior, he was an all-league selection and won his team's Iron Man award. He was also a basketball and discus letterman. ^[1]

[edit] Collegiate career

[edit] Freshman season

Stanchek arrived at West Virginia in 2004, but did not see varsity action and was redshirted by head coach Rich Rodriguez. Although not seeing action, he won the Danny Van Etten Award from his coaches as the scout team player of the year. ^[2]

Stanchek finally saw action in 2005, and earned the starting role four games into the season as an offensive guard. His first start of the season was at the left guard position against Virginia Tech, where he accumulated nine knockdowns. Against Cincinnati, he had eight knockdowns. In the overtime-thriller against Louisville, Stanchek had a reception for five yards along with his nine knockdowns. Stanchek finished the season by being named to the first team freshman All-American team, along with quarterback Patrick White and running back Steve Slaton. ^[3]

[edit] Sophomore season

In 2006, as a sophomore, Stanchek headed the offensive line at tackle that blocked for two Heisman candidates, White at quarterback and Slaton at running back. Along with Stanchek on the offensive line there was Dan Mozes, the consensus All-American center who won the Rimington Trophy for the nation's best center. Stanchek and the offensive line helped the West Virginia team rise to the nation's second best rushing totals and an 11-2 record. ^[4]

[edit] Junior season

As a junior, in 2007, Stanchek returned as the most experienced member of the West Virginia offensive line that lost Mozes at center. The offensive line also lost offensive line guru Rick Trickett to Florida State. Stanchek started every game on the season at tackle, but was also backup guard.^[5] Stanchek led the offensive line that guided the Mountaineers to 38.9 points per game and 450.5 yards per game. Stanchek was passed up on the all-Big East teams however, but was named a 2007 Walter Camp second-team All-American, Associated Press All-American third-teamer, was named to four other All-American teams, and was awarded the team's John Russell Memorial Award by the coaching staff. Pat White and Steve Slaton both rushed for 1,000 yards for the consecutive season behind Stanchek's 95 knockdown blocks. The offensive line only gave up 13 sacks as a unit and Stanchek was in the top ten nationally in sacks allowed. In the offensive line's finest game, the 2008 Fiesta Bowl victory over the Oklahoma Sooners, West Virginia rushed for 349 yards which was the most ever given up by an Oklahoma team in a bowl game.^[6] Stanchek was also named to the 2007 Big East Academic All-American team.^[7]

Stanchek finished his junior season by playing in over 800 plays, recording 103 knockdowns over the year.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile on MSNSportsNet.com