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Jersey Number 48
Aidan Laros
- Position:
- K/P
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Previous School:
- Charlotte
- Pronunciation:
- Luh-ROSS
Bio
Awards and Honors
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending two seasons at Charlotte, playing for head coach Will Healy...Handled all kickoff duties in 2022, tallying 51 kickoffs for 3,093 yards...Averaged 60.6 yards per kickoff attempt...Opponents returned just 13 kicks...Booted 28 touchbacks...Kicked a season-high 510 yards on eight attempts against Rice...Redshirted the 2021 season...Prepped at Northwood High School in Chapel Hill, NC for head coach Cullen Homolka where he helped team to 3A Big 8 Conference championship as a senior...Ranked as a three-year starter after being called up to varsity during the playoffs as a freshman...While also playing linebacker, he was named Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-league selection...Earned Region Player of the Week honors as a junior for both his work as a specialist and linebacker...Earned 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and to Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Chancellor's List in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 18, 2002...Son of Adrian and Ann Laros...Has two siblings, Adam and Alison...Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa...Moved to the United State as a freshman in high school...Father, Adrian, played 14 seasons of Division I rugby in South Africa and three seasons of professional rugby in France...Grandfather, Paul Ripchik, was a left-handed pitcher in the Canadian League in the late 1950s...Grew up playing rugby and was named an All-American.
- Yearly Honors
- FCS Punter of the Year Semifinalist (2023)
- Associated Press FCS All-American first team (2023)
- FCS Football Central All-American first team (2023)
- Phil Steele FCS All-American first team (2023)
- Big South-OVC Football Association Special Teams Player of the Year (2023)
- Phil Steele Big South-OVC Special Teams Player of the Year (2023)
- Big South-OVC Football Association first team (2023)
- Phil Steele All-Conference first team (2023) - punter
- Phil Steele All-Conference fourth team (2023) - kicker
- Weekly Honors
- Big South-OVC Specialist of the Week (10/2/23), 10/23/23)
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending two seasons at Charlotte, playing for head coach Will Healy...Handled all kickoff duties in 2022, tallying 51 kickoffs for 3,093 yards...Averaged 60.6 yards per kickoff attempt...Opponents returned just 13 kicks...Booted 28 touchbacks...Kicked a season-high 510 yards on eight attempts against Rice...Redshirted the 2021 season...Prepped at Northwood High School in Chapel Hill, NC for head coach Cullen Homolka where he helped team to 3A Big 8 Conference championship as a senior...Ranked as a three-year starter after being called up to varsity during the playoffs as a freshman...While also playing linebacker, he was named Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-league selection...Earned Region Player of the Week honors as a junior for both his work as a specialist and linebacker...Earned 2022 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal and to Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to Chancellor's List in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 18, 2002...Son of Adrian and Ann Laros...Has two siblings, Adam and Alison...Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa...Moved to the United State as a freshman in high school...Father, Adrian, played 14 seasons of Division I rugby in South Africa and three seasons of professional rugby in France...Grandfather, Paul Ripchik, was a left-handed pitcher in the Canadian League in the late 1950s...Grew up playing rugby and was named an All-American.
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