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2012 Football

23 Scott Lopano

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Southlake Carroll

Biography

Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Finished as Penn's all-time leader in career punt yards (7,683) and career punts (198) ... Averaged 38.8 yards per punt and pinned 65 inside the 20 ... Career-long 73-yard punt ... Played in all 40 games of his career ... Ranks second all-time at Penn for punt yards in a game (409) ... 2012 first-team All-Ivy ... 2010 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Two-time Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... 2012 Academic All-Ivy ... 2011 Capital One Academic All-District ... Two-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week ... College Sports Journal National Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2012) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 19, 2009). 

2012: First-team All-Ivy ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... Academic All-Ivy ... College Sports Journal National Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 13) ... Two-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 15, Nov. 12) ... Set school record for career punts and career punt yards ... His 409 punt yards in win over Columbia (Oct. 13) are second-most all-time at Penn ... Finished season with 2,463 yards on 60 punts ... Finished third in the Ivy League at 41.0 yards per punt ... Pinned a career-high 23 punts inside the 20 and forced 23 fair catches ... Eight punts of 50 or more yards, including a 67-yarder against Villanova (Sept. 22) ... Pinned six of eight punts inside the 20 in Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard (Nov. 10) ... Also led team with 60.6 yards per kickoff ... Nine kickoffs went for 545 yards and a team-high three touchbacks.  

2011: Capital One Academic All-District ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... Fourth in the Ivy League in punting average (37.5) ... Finished season with 53 punts for 1,989 yards ... Pinned 15 punts inside the 20 and had just four touchbacks ... Career-high nine punts at Harvard (Nov. 12) ... Season-long punt of 52 yards on two occasions ... Had four punts of 50 or more yards ... Also had 12 kickoffs for 675 yards and a touchback.

2010: All-Ivy Honorable Mention ... Punted 35 times for 1,356 yards ... Placed 11 punts inside the 20, compared to just one touchback ... Fourth in the Ivy League in punting average (38.7) ... Kicked off 50 times for 2,907 yards for an average of 58.1 yards and four touchbacks ... Had two touchbacks in win at Bucknell (Oct. 9) ... Season-long punt of 57 yards at No. 1 Villanova (Sept. 25) ... Also had a 54-yard punt in win over Dartmouth (Oct. 2).

2009: Penn's primary punter throughout his freshman season and handled the majority of the kickoff duties ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 19) ... Punted 50 times and pinned 16 inside the 20-yard line ... Had a punt of 73 yards at Columbia (Oct. 17) ... Kicked off 35 times for 2,041 yards, an average of 58.3 yards per kick and recorded two touchbacks on the year ... Finished fourth in the Ivy League in punting average (37.5) ... Recorded a tackle at Harvard (Nov. 21).

Southlake Central HS: Five-time letterwinner (three in football, two in soccer) ... Was part of Carroll’s 2006 state and national championship football team ... 2008 academic all-state first-team ... 2008 National Field Goal Champion (Iplayers.com) ... 2008 honorable mention all-district punter ... 2008 academic all-district in soccer ... Member of National Honor Society, School Ambassadors and Math Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Janet and Joseph Lopano ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Career Stats:

PUNTINGgno.yardslongavg
2009105018757337.5
2010103513565738.7
2011105319895237.5
2012106024636741.0
TOTAL4019876837338.8
 
TACKLESguaatotaltflpdfffrblk
2009101010.00000
2010102020.00000
2011100110.00000
2012100110.00000
TOTAL403250.00000
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Rush attempts: 1, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 ; Yale, Oct 22, 2011 
Rush yards: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (1 carries)
Long rush: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 
Total offense attempts: 1, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (1 rush,0 pass); Yale, Oct 22, 2011 (1 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (3 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 3, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 
Punt attempts: 9, Columbia, Oct 13, 2012 ; at Harvard, Nov 12, 2011 
Punt yards: 409, Columbia, Oct 13, 2012 (9 punts)
Longest punt: 73, at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Tackles: 1, 5 times

Statistics

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2012

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Historical Player Information

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    2009Freshman

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    2010Sophomore

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    2011Junior

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    6'2" 185 lbs
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    2012Senior

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    6'2" 195 lbs
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