Matt Lopez

2007: Started at defensive tackle in 2007… Made 32 tackles for the season… Was third on the team in tackles for loss with 6.5… Second on the team in sacks with two… Season-high seven tackles against Hamilton and Bowdoin…. Ritter Football/Academic Award winner.

2006: Switched back to the offensive side of the ball in 2006, starting all eight games, seven of them at center.

2005: Totaled nine tackles on the season, including 1.0 sacks. … Had a collegiate career-high three tackles against Bowdoin on Nov. 5…. Registered 0.5 sacks against Wesleyan on Oct. 15 and vs. Colby on Oct. 29.

2004: Did not play.

Bates Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: A three-year letterwinner as a thrower on the indoor and outdoor track and field teams, Lopez won All-NESCAC honors in the hammer throw in 2007…. Ballroom Dance Club…. Bates College Investment Club.

High School: Three-year varsity athlete in football, indoor track, and outdoor track…. Football and track captain…. Named Middlesex League All-Star in football.