It's now 22 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Thursday, September 3th, 2020 at 7 pm, against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, in Roy Kid Stadium, Richmond, KY.
To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, and knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff day.
Today, we'll high light a running back:
#22 Mikai Stanley
POSITION Running Back
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 235
CLASS Freshman
HOMETOWN Wilmington, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL New Hanover HS
Prior to Western Carolina: … Rushed for 1,340 yards and 18 touchdowns on just 139 carries (9.6 yds/carry) posting a total of 19 TDs as a senior … Collected first-team StarNews All-Area and was named the StarNews All-Area Offensive Player of the Year … Also dubbed first-team All-Mideastern Conference and the conference’s offensive player of the year … Earned WECT Athlete of the Week plaudits after rushing for 100 yards and a score in a win over Eastern Wayne High … Was the only back to eclipse the 100-yard rushing mark against West Brunswick High all season in 2019 … As a junior, was a first-team all-conference and first-team all-area selection … High school was Dillan Dimock … Also played high school basketball earning second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore and first-team plaudits as a junior.
Personal: Is the son of LaTonia and Andrew Stanley … Has a younger sibling, Brianna … His mother, LaTonia, played basketball at UNC Wilmington (1996-2000).
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