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Guilford College Quakers

2015 Football

15 Matt Pawlowski

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Greensboro, N.C.
  • High School Northwest Guilford
  • Position QB
  • Major Sport Management

Biography

Career

  • finished second to former NCAA Division III passing yardage leader Josh Vogelbach ‘09 in most of Guilford’s career passing categories
  • four-year starter
  • completed 872-of-1,369 passes for a school-record 63.7 completion percentage, 11,625 yards and 116 scores with 16 interceptions
  • In his final two years, threw for 6,809 yards with 74 touchdowns and only five interceptions, which helped Guilford win 17 of 20 games
  • finished his career ranked ninth in Division III history with 116 career touchdown throws
  • stood 11th among the national career leaders in total offense (12,456) and passing yards (11,625), and 16th in total offensive yards per game (311.4) and completions
  • two-time D3football.com all-region pick

2015

  • one of four Gagliardi Trophy finalists, presented annually to Division III football’s top student-athlete
  • D3football.com Third Team All-American
  • earned Guilford’s first D3football.com South Region Offensive Player of the Year Award
  • won his second straight J. Stokely Fulton ODAC Offensive Football Player of the Year Award, becoming the first offensive player to win the league's top honor in successive seasons
  • led the Quakers to a record-setting, nine-win season
  • completed a school-record 39 touchdown passes, which ranked fourth in Division III and is the second-highest total in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) history
  • connected on 227-of-350 passes (64.9%) for 3,333 yards with just two interceptions
  • stood sixth in Division III in passing yards, fifth in passing yards per game (333.3), and sixth in total offense per game (344.1)
  • best performance came in a school- and league-record 611-yard, seven-touchdown passing effort October 31 at Catholic University of America, which earned his second of three 2015 player-of-the-week awards, plus D3football.com/Scoutware Team of the Week honors
  • his 648 total offensive yards and 611 passing yards in the game both stood second nationally among all NCAA quarterbacks in 2015
  • named one of 10 semifinalists for the Gagliardi Trophy for the second straight season
  • completed a school-record 39 touchdown passes, which ranks third in NCAA Division III through games of November 21 and is the second-highest total in ODAC history
  • named team's Offensive MVP

2014

  • started all 10 games for the Quakers as quarterback and a team captain
  • earned the ODAC Offensive Player of the Year Award
  • named one of 10 finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, presented annually to NCAA Division III football's top student-athlete
  • earned three ODAC Offensive Player of the Week honors
  • led the nation after the regular season with a school-record 38 touchdown passes
  • completed a Guilford-record 67.8% of his throws, Division III's seventh-best figure
  • connected on 250-of-369 passes for 3,476 yards with just three interceptions
  • ranked fifth in Division III in passing yards and second in passing yards per game (347.6)
  •  was third in points responsible for 23.6 per game and total offensive yards per game (372.1), also a school standard
  • his school-record pass efficiency rating (179.24) stood third nationally and his 25 completions per game were seventh 

2013

  • earned Second-Team ODAC recognition
  • passed for a league-high 24 touchdowns and just three interceptions in 10 starts
  • completed 61.7 percent (190-of-308) of his passes, the second-best figure in school history
  • his 2,373 passing yards stood as sixth all-time at Guilford, and third in the ODAC for the season
  • enjoyed a career-high 394-yard passing effort versus Randolph-Macon College with four touchdowns
  • completed a school-record 83.9% (26-of-31) of his passes for 360 yards and career-high six touchdowns against Shenandoah

2012

  • named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, the third in Quakers' history
  • won Guilford's Offensive MVP Award
  • ranked third in the conference with 2,443 passing yards, the fifth-best total in school history
  • ranked third in the ODAC with 267 total offensive yards per game
  • completed 202-of-345 passes with 15 touchdowns and eight interceptions
  • his 129.7 pass efficiency rating ranked fourth in the league
  • his .590 completion percentage stands third in school history
  • won a league-best three ODAC Offensive Player of the Week Awards
  • had two 300-yard passing games
  • threw for 354 yards and four touchdowns to rally visiting Guilford past league-rival Randolph-Macon College, 38-35, Oct. 20
  • was also the Quakers’ second-leading rusher (227 yards) and scored six touchdowns on the ground, matching the eighth-best total in school history
  • picked up a game- and career-high 136 rushing yards and a touchdown in the Quakers’ Nov. 3 ODAC win over the Catholic University of America

Personal

Matt Pawlowski
  • awarded 2016 Best Male Athlete at Guilford's annual athletics award program
  • seven-time member of Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll
  • dean's list student
  • named to the National Football Foundation's (NFF) 2016 Hampshire Honor Society
  • two-time member of the Academic All-ODAC Team
  • lettered four years under head coach Joe Woodruff
  • twice earned All-Piedmont Triad 4A Conference and all-area recognition
  • helped the Vikings to consecutive conference championships for the first time in school history
  • high school teammate of Guilford’s Tyler Campbell ‘16
  • also a four-year letter winner as point guard on the basketball team
  • helped 2011-12 team win the league championship
  • member of the National Honor Society
  • earned the school's Academic Achievement and Viking awards
  • older sister, Ashley, was a member of the track and field team at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
  • son of Mark and Kim Pawlowski
  • minor in business

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2012Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2013Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2014Junior

    QB
    6'2" 190 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2015Senior

    QB
    6'2" 205 lbs
    15