To help pass those long summer days until football season officially starts, and to hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, we'll continue the 100 day football countdown each day until kickoff day arrives.
Utilizing the 2015 Preseason Football Roster, #74 is Hunter Kirby
#74 Hunter Kirby
Class: Senior
Hometown: Inman, S.C.
High School: Boiling Springs HS
Height / Weight: 6-2 / 290
Position: OL
2014 (Junior): Played in all 12 games along the offensive line making 10 starts including five-straight to both start and to end the season at left tackle … Was credited with one tackle in the home win over The Citadel (Oct. 25).
2013 (Sophomore): Played in 11 of the team's 12 games including six starts, each coming among the first seven games of the regular season ... Missed the second game of the year at Virginia Tech ... Also saw time on special teams.
2012 (Freshman): Saw action in 10 of the team's 11 games along the offensive line and special teams unit ... Played in every game except at Marshall.
Prior to Western Carolina: Helped Boiling Springs High to 32 wins over a four-year career along the offensive line ... Was an all-conference, all-county and all-region selection as a senior, grading out at 92.1-percent with 69 pancake blocks - he was the only player in the Upstate of South Carolina to grade out over 90-percent ... Selected as the Most Valuable Offensive Player as a senior ... Only gave up four sacks in his entire prep career ... Named to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal All-Academic team.
Personal: Full name is Hunter Tredway Kirby ... Is the son of Trey and Denise Kirby ... Has three brothers ... His father played collegiate football at Newberry College in South Carolina.
Courtesy WCU Media Relations
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