39 Days to FCS Kickoff
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:58 am
Today we'll highlight a kicker
#39 Julian Pletz
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Liberty Township, OH
High School: Edgewood HS
Height / Weight: 5-10 / 180
Position: Kicker
2018 (Freshman): Played in three games on the year on special teams … Finished the year with a pair of successful PATs (2-for-2) with one missed field goal (0-for-1) … Scored his first career point on a PAT at Gardner-Webb (Sept. 14) while also having a field goal attempt partially blocked … Also scored a PAT at Furman (Sept. 29) ... Named to the 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Is a left-footed placekicker ... As a senior was a first-team all-league and All-Journal player and a second-team All-Southwest Ohio selection ... Was a part of back-to-back conference championship teams at Edgewood HS ... Through his first three years of high school, scored 129 points including 63 points as a junior to earn special mention on the All-Southwest Ohio team ... Connected on 111-of-116 on PATs and 6-of-9 on field goals ... High school football coach was Scott Clemmons ... Also played soccer as a prep.
Personal: Full name is Julian Bryce Pletz.
Courtesy WCU Athletics Media Relations
