General: Transfer from Florida who handled place-kicking duties in 2001 and 2002 ... During his Northwestern career, converted 17-of-31 FG attempts and 63-of-68 PAT attempts ... Hit a 47-yard field goal as time expired against Michigan State in 2001 to give NU a 27-26 'ESPN Instant Classic' victory.
2002: Handled all place-kicking duties ... Was 10-for-18 in field goal attempts (three of his misses were from 50, 51 and 53 yards) ... Made eight-of-first-nine attempts and then missed seven in a row before hitting a 26-yarder at Iowa ... Season's first miss was a 50-yarder-at Michigan State ... Drilled three field goals (26, 27 and 37) in the first half vs. Ohio State, which equaled a career best, before missing 18- and 39-yard attempts in the second half ... 26-of-28 on PAT attempts ... Nailed a career-long 51-yard field goal at Air Force ... Hit a 22-yard field goal vs. TCU ... Drilled field goals of 47 and 20 yards vs. Duke ... Hit a 32-yard FG at Michigan State ... Team's second-leading scorer with 56 points ... Sixth in Big Ten in field goals made per game (0.83).
2001: Handled all place-kicking duties for the Wildcats ... Converted 7 of 13 field goals, including all five attempts from 40 to 49 yards ... Biggest kick came on final play of Michigan State game when he drilled a 47-yarder to win it and give NU an 'ESPN Instant Classic' 27-26 victory ... Ranked 86th nationally in field goals made ... Went three-for-three on field goal attempts at Duke ... Converted 37 of 40 PAT kicks ... Scored on a fake two-point conversion at Illinois ... Attempted just four field goals and made one (40 yarder vs. Minnesota) in final eight games.
2000: Transferred from Florida in the summer of 2000 ... Sat out 2000 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
University of Florida: Saw action in 13 regular-season games, including the 1999 Orange Bowl ... 54 career punts for 2,167 yards, a 40.1 average ... Career long was a 53-yarder vs. Auburn in 1998 ... Earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors following the 1998 season ... Ranked fifth in the SEC in punting his freshman year ... All-Academic SEC.
High School: Named one of the top three kicking specialist prospects in the country by BlueChips Recruiting ... BlueChips All-American ... PrepStar All-American ... PrepStar ranked him one of the top two kicking specialists in the Southeast ... Selected to the prestigious Florida Super Seniors Team as a place-kicker ... USA Today honorable mention All-America honors ... First-team all-state ... Ranked among the top three kickers in the Southeast by the National Recruiting Advisor ... Connected on 7-of-9 field goals as a senior (only misses came from 55 and 62 yards) with a long of 53, and averaged 44 yards per punt ... Honor roll all four years ... National Hispanic Honor Society ... High school coach was Dominick Ciao.
Personal: Born David James Wasielewski on 11/14/79 ... Son of Thomas and Karen Wasielewski ... Economics major.
Wasielewski's Career Statistics
Field Goals
Year GP ATT MADE PCT LNG
2001 11 13 7 53.8 47
2002 12 18 10 55.6 51
TOTALS 23 31 17 54.8 51
Scoring
Year GP TD RUSH PASS PAT 2PAT FG TOTAL
2001 11 0 0 0 37 1 7 60
2002 12 0 0 0 26 0 10 56
TOTALS 23 0 0 0 63 1 17 116
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