George Kruger

Earned First-Team All-SCIAC honors ... SCIAC All-Academic Team... Saw action in 10 games at linebacker for the Stags ... Finished the season with a team-best 112 tackles, the first Stag to reach 100 tackles in a season since the NCAA began keeping tackles as an official statistic for Division III in 2008 ... Recorded a season-high 20 tackles in the first meeting against La Verne ... Added 13 tackles in a loss at Chapman ... Had 12 tackles in a loss against Cal Lutheran ... Tallied 11 solo tackles against Pomona-Pitzer and had 10 tackles in a win over Lake Forest in the season opener ... His final tackle of the year was for a safety to help seal a 5-0 win in the rematch with La Verne ... Forced a fumble inside the 10-yard line with a minute to go to help set up the game-winning 96-yard touchdown pass in a comeback win over George Fox. SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Saw action in 10 games at linebacker for the Stags ... Had 42 tackles on the season, 22 of which were solo and one sack ... Had a season-high nine tackles in a win at Pomona-Pitzer ... Finished with six tackles against Cal Lutheran and Chapman ... Added four pass deflections on the year. Appeared in nine games as a linebacker and on special teams ... Recorded nine tackles ... Also broke up a pass and blocked a punt at Redlands ... Earned SCIAC Special Teams Player of the Week after his blocked punt against Redlands. Attended Bellevue High School in Clyde Hill, Washington ... Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2021, 2022) ... Helped lead his team to a state championship (2021) ... 1st team all state (2022) and 2nd team all state (2021). Attends Claremont McKenna where he is majoring in economics ... Also throws the javelin for the track and field team in the spring, winning two SCIAC titles in his first two seasons (before studying abroad his junior year), while ranking No. 2 in CMS history (209'2").