Eastern Michigan Athletics
2008 Football Roster
Oct 11 (Sat)
TBA
Roster
Alex Beierwalter
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Chesterton, Ind.
- High School:
- Chesterton
PERSONAL: Full name: Alexander John Beierwalter...Son of Doug Beierwalter and Pam Schmidt...Born 4-4-90...Undecided major...Father, Doug, is an Indiana University graduate...Has one sister, Abby, and one brother, Conor...EMU: One of the 2008 recruits...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Ind. where he played football for head coach John Synder...Was a member of the Principal’s Academic Honor Roll from 2006-2008...Was a three-time All-Conference selection...Holds all nine school records for quarterbacks...Finished his prep career with 6,353 passing yards with 459 completions for a 58 percent completion rate to go along with 44 touchdowns...High school teammate of fellow recruit Mark VanDenburgh...Senior Year: Completed 120-of-220 passes for 1,670 yards with 12 touchdowns and eight interceptions and ran 134 times for 720 yards and nine touchdowns...Elected team MVP...Named first-team All-State...Selected one of the "Prime Time 25" (Top 25 seniors in Indiana) by Grid Indiana and Football Digest...Second-team All-State selection as well as being named to the All-Conference and All-Area teams...Chosen as the News Dispatch’s Offensive Player of the Year...Finished his football career as one of the top 30 all-time passing yards leaders in the state of Indiana...Also played on the basketball team where he helped lead his team to the Duneland Conference championship and was named Defensive Player of the Year...Also finished in the top 10 in field-goal percentage in basketball...Junior Year: Passed for 2,569 yards with 18 touchdowns and also rushed for eight scores...Named first-team All-Area and All-Conference and was a Special Mention All-Stater...Also played varsity basketball...Sophomore Year: Played on the varsity football squad and started in 10 of 11 games...Turned in 2,114 passing yards with 14 touchdowns...Earned first-team All-Conference honors and was an Honorable Mention All-Stater by Associated Press...Also played varsity basketball.
