Matt Bauman Season 2009

Personal

• Son of Tom and Mary Ann Bauman
• One of five children
• Brother, Michael, played rugby at BYU
• Eagle Scout
• Ranked No. 1 in his graduating class with a 4.0 GPA
• Served a church mission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Married to Lindsay Watts
• National Football Foundation scholar-athlete

Before BYU

• Three-year letterwinner at Skyline HS
• Helped lead Skyline HS to the state championship final with an 11-3 record as a senior
• Academic all-state selection
• Earned all-state honors as a defensive lineman as a senior
• Also played running back
• Earned letters in basketball and a letter in soccer
• Earned all-region, second-team and academic all-state honors in soccer as a senior.

Summary

A two-time ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American, MWC Scholar-Athlete and four-time Academic All-MWC honoree, Bauman was a recipient of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship based on his academic and athletic accomplishments at BYU. He was one of 16 student athletes named a 2009 National Scholar Athlete by the National Football Foundation and was a finalist for the Campbell Trophy (Academic Heisman). A team captain as a senior, the four-year letterman started 29 games and totaled 234 tackles during his BYU career. Playing in his final game as a Cougar, Bauman recovered a fumble against Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl and returning it for a 34-yard touchdown to change the game and become the first Cougar to return a fumble for a score in BYU bowl history.

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