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2009-10 Men's Track and Field

Michael Galatas

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 170
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Lacombe, La.
  • Highschool Fontainebleau HS

Biography

2008: Named the SCAC SpecialTeams Player of the Year and First Team All-SCAC ... SCAC SpecialTeams Player of the Week in Weeks 9 and 10 ... played in 11 of 12games on the year, missing the NCAA Second Round playoff game vsW&J with a foot injury ... scored six TDs (four receiving, twoon special teams) ... led the team and was 3rd in the league inall-purpose yards with 1,153 (104.8 ypg) ... second on the team and5th in the SCAC with 33 receptions for 589 yards ... averaged ateam best 17.8 yards-per-catch ... 6th in the SCAC in receivingyards/game at 53.5 ypg ... had a career-best four catches for 128yards and two touchdowns at Belhaven College ... had a career-long71 yard reception at Birmingham-Southern ... posted three 100-yardreceiving games ... had 20 kick returns for 473 yards and six puntreturns for 91 yards ... averaged 23.6 yards-per-kick (3rd in theSCAC/17th in the nation) and 15.2 yards-per-punt return ... had a49-yard punt return for a touchdown against Colorado College and agame-winning, 71-yard kick return for a score atBirmingham-Southern. 

2007: Played in all 10 games as a true freshman,making an immediate impact with his speed ... ranked third on theteam in receiving yards (360) and yards-per-game (36.0) and fifthin receptions (24) ... second on the team in yards-per-catch with a36.0 average to go along with four TDs ... hauled in a season-long50-yard reception at Colorado College ... caught multiple balls in8 of 10 games, grabbing a season-high five in a win over AustinCollege ... had a season-high 113 yards receiving and one TD atColorado College … returned two kickoffs for 33 yards,including a season-long 25-yard return against Centre … alsoreturned five punts for 15 yards. 

High School: A four-year letterman in track at Fontainebleau High School where he holds school records in the300m hurdles, 110m hurdles and 4x100m relay ... named OutstandingTrack Performer and team MVP his junior year, while placing sixthin the 300m hurdles at state ... set a district record and placedthird in the 300m hurdles, placed fifth at state in the 4x200mrelay and placed seventh at state in the 4x100m relay his sophomoreyear ... also lettered three years in football at widereceiver/return specialist for head coach Larry Favre ... hauled in33 catches for 334 yards and six TDs his senior year ... teamcrowned Co-District Champs his sophomore (state semifinalists) andsenior seasons ... received the Coach’s Award as asenior.

Personal: Son of Euradel and Michael Galatas ...born in Slidell and raised in Lacombe, La ... has an older brother,Andy (23) ... majoring in business.