Ethan Wilt
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- Height:
- 6-3
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- Weight:
- 230
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- Hometown:
- Altoona, Pa.
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- Position:
- LB
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- State:
- PA
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- High School:
- Altoona Area
Bio
2014 (Senior): Started all 10 games ... USA College Football Honorable Mention All-American ... Centennial Conference Honorable Mention ... totaled 95 tackles with 74 of them solo that ranked second in the conference ... ranked ninth in the NCAA in solo tackles per game with 7.4 ... also had two sacks and three pass breakups ... career-high 18 tackles against Gettysburg (9/20).
2013 (Junior): Started 11 games… Finished the season with 79 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, and 1 forced fumble… Had 8 tackles and an interception in a win over Ursinus (10/19)… Forced a fumble and had 9 tackles (3 assists, 1.5 TFL) against Moravian (11/9)… Had a sack against Albright in the ECAC Southwest Bowl (11/23).
2012 (Sophomore): Started in all 10 games ... third on the team for with 63 total tackles ... earned 39 solo tackles and 24 assisted in 2012 ... averaged 6.3 tackles per game ... started the season with a bang; producing 10 solo tackles and two assisted, earning a career-best 12 total tackles Sept. 1 vs. Thiel College ... made his first sack of the season Sept. 22 vs. Gettysburg College ... third on the team for assisted and solo tackles.
2011 (Freshman): Played in all 10 games as a freshman, cracking the starting lineup for the Johns Hopkins game on Oct. 30 and finishing with six starts ... his 48 total tackles were third-most on the team ... recorded a season-high eight total tackles on three occasions – vs. Johns Hopkins, Oct. 16 vs. Susquehanna , and Oct. 23 against Moravian ... logged seven solo tackles in the win over Susquehanna, including two tackles for loss ... also recorded a tackle for loss against Muhlenberg on Oct. 9, and a half tackle for loss in the Johns Hopkins game ... credited with a pass breakup on Sept. 18 against Ursinus.
High School: A two-year starter for coach Tom Palfey at quarterback, running back, and linebacker ... recipient of the 84th annual Joe F. Cohen Blanket Award ... named most valuable player of the 2011 season ... Second-Team All-Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League ... led the Altoona Mountain Lions as a captain in his senior season ... also participated in track and field.
Personal: Son of Eric and Julia Wilt ... POE is politics with a secondary emphasis in history.
News mentions
IRVING, TX- Three members of the Juniata football team recently earned membership to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society. The organization recognizes football student-athletes from every division who have maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA while being a starter in their last year of eligibility.
HUNTINGDON, PA- Senior linebacker Ethan Wilt (Altoona, PA/Altoona Area) was recently honored at the 18th annual National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Central Pennsylvania Chapter scholar-athlete awards banquet. The event was held on March 22 at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center.
HUNTINGDON, PA- USA College Football has announced its All-American Teams. Senior quarterback Ward Udinski (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks West) was named to the Third Team. Senior linebacker Ethan Wilt (Altoona, PA/Altoona Area HS) received an Honorable Mention.