Shippensburg University Athletics

Returns to anchor the offensive line and shifts to left tackle this season… a fourth-year player who has started all 33 of the team’s games on the offensive line over the past three seasons … started at right guard in his first two seasons and made the transition to right tackle last year…leads all offensive linemen with a 410-pound bench, a 575-pound squat and a 290-pound power clean during spring lifting.

2007 (red-shirt junior): Shifted to right tackle and started all 11 games for the Red Raiders… ranked fourth among the offensive line in total plays with 798… graded out at 67.6 percent on the season which was the best among all starting linemen… played in a season-high 86 snaps at Kutztown on September 15 and graded out at 71 percent… posted a season-best grade out of 83 percent at Millersville on October 13… graded out at 77 percent against Lock Haven on October 27… performed above 60 percent or better in nine of the team’s 11 games and at 70 percent or better in four games.

2006 (Red-shirt sophomore):  Started all 11 games at right guard for the second-straight season … second among the offensive line in total plays with 667 … graded out 64 percent for the season which was the third-best total among all linemen … played in a season-high 78 snaps at Lock Haven on October 14…his best performance of the season came at Mansfield on September 9 when he graded out at 75 percent … graded out at 63 percent or better in all 11 games … performed at 70 percent or better in four games.

2005 (Red-shirt freshman):  Started all 11 games at right guard…played a team-high 726 snaps … graded out at 61 percent for the season … had six games in which he graded out at 61 percent or better … graded out at a season-best 70 percent against Millersville at home on September 17 … played a team-high 82 snaps in the season-opener at Kutztown … graded out at 69 percent at Lock Haven on October 8 … played in 161 plays in his first two career games at Kutztown and at Shepherd.

2004 (Freshman):  Red-shirt season.

Perkiomen High School:  Three-year letterman … played for head coach Scott Fuhrman … named to the North squad of the 2004 Montgomery County All-Star Game … earned All-Pac 10 honors as both an offensive and defensive linemen as a senior … selected All-Area by both the Pottstown Mercury and Times Herald … first defensive lineman in school history to intercept a pass and return it for a touchdown…return was good for 65 yards … recipient of the 2003 Perkiomen Valley Optimist Scholar-Athlete Award … also lettered three-years in wrestling … totaled a record of 22-10 at heavyweight as a senior en route to all-area honors.

Personal:  Full name is Matthew Anthony Olecki … is the son of Tony and Patti Olecki ... born on Aug. 23, 1986 … is majoring in finance.