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30  Alex Trlica
Alex Trlica

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Friendswood, Texas

High School:
Friendswood

Height / Weight:
5-11 / 176

Position:
Kicker

Birthdate:
08/11/1984

Experience:
3L

Major:
Finance


RECORDS HELD
NCAA - Extra Points, No Misses (Career):  166
Texas Tech Points - Kicker (Season):  99 (2005) - 13 FG, 60 PAT
Texas Tech Conversions Made (Career):  166 (2004-06)
Texas Tech Conversions Attempted (Career):  166 (2004-06)
Most PAT Kicks, No Misses (Season):  60 (2005)
Consecutive Conversions Made (Career):  166 (2004-06)
2006 - All-Big 12 Conference selection ... Academic All-Big 12 ... second-leading scorer in the Big 12 (8.0 ppg) ... Mr. Clutch ... won UTEP game earlier in season and stretched Insight Bowl to overtime with career-long kicks ... making a case as the best kicker in school history ... school's top scoring kicker ... 15 field goals tied in sixth place on the Tech single-season list ... also is tied fifth with 35 career field goals ... first kicker to lead the team in scoring since Robert Treece in 2002 ... biggest kick of career came during the closing seconds of regulation at the Insight Bowl ... nailed career long 52-yard field goal to cap 31 unanswered points for the Red Raiders and send the game to overtime ... made five extra points in the game and finished with eight total points ... matched his season and career-high for field goals against Oklahoma State, converting trifectas from 28, 19 and 23 yards ... passed Ricky Williams for third place all-time on the career scoring list ... also succeeded on all three of his extra point attempts ... succeeded on one of his three field goal tries and made each of his three point after attempts at Oklahoma ... connected on two 37-yard field goal attempts and made each of his seven extra points in the win over Baylor ... succeeded on his only field goal attempt, a 20-yarder in the second quarter against Texas ... also 4-of-4 on extra points ... opened the game's scoring with a 33-yard field goal at Texas A&M; ... was a perfect two-for-two on field goals against SLU, converting from 32 and 39 yards ... also made all eight of his extra points ... accounted for Tech's only points of the contest at TCU, converting his lone attempt, a 27-yard field goal that tied the score at 3-3 late in the first quarter ... earned the Big 12 Special Teams Player of The Week award after hitting a then-career long 49-yard field goal in overtime to give Tech a 38-35 victory over UTEP ... also converted field goals from 25 and 26 yards, matching his single-game career-high of three successes with the overtime make ... five-for-five on extra points in Tech's 35-3 win over SMU.

2005 - Second on the team and third in the Big 12 in scoring with 9.6 points per game ... has made 10 field goals in the last eight games ... has scored in double digits four times this season ... has not missed an extra point during his career and has made a school career-record 114 ... connected on a 33-yard field goal against Oklahoma ... also hit two extra points ... was 1-for-2 on field goals and made two extra points at Oklahoma State ... made a 29-yard field goal ... connected on eight extra point attempts against Texas A&M; ... good from 32 yards on first kick at Baylor and connected on career long of 47 on second kick ... also put two extra points through the uprights ... connected on 32-yard attempt at Texas ... also had two extra points ... contributed 11 points in Kansas State win on a field goal and eight extra points ... connected on 2-of-3 field goals in win at Nebraska ... also booted four extra points ... kicked career longs of 41 then 46 against Kansas ... finished the game with three field goals, the most in a single game since the Nebraska game in 2001 ... had nine extra points in win over Indiana State ... booted a school-record 11 extra points against Sam Houston State ... also had a field goal in that game ... opened the season with eight extra points against Florida International.

2004 - First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... finished third on the team with 76 points ... is the fifth player in school history with a perfect PAT season ... started the season as a backup, but quickly moved into the starting position following an injury to Keith Toogood early in the opener against SMU ... connected on six extra points and a field goal in the bowl win over California ... connected on four extra point attempts and a 22-yard field goal against Oklahoma State ...field goal in fourth quarter gave the Red Raiders the lead for good ... hit a 33-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 18-18 at Texas A&M; ... also had two successful extra point attempts ... connected on all six extra point attempts against Baylor ... successful on all five extra point attempts at Kansas State ... connected on all three extra point attempts against Texas ... tied school record with 10 extra points in the win over Nebraska ... connected on two field goals of 32 and 20 yards at Oklahoma ... first multi-FG game of career and first for Tech since last two games of 2003 season ... at Kansas, booted second field goal of the season on a 34-yard effort ... also was successful on two PAT attempts ... set school record with 10 extra points against TCU ... perfect on all 10 attempts ... connected on first field goal of the season, a 21-yarder in the third quarter against New Mexico ... also hit all three extra point attempts ... took over placekicking duties after nailing all three extra point attempts at SMU ... also handles kickoff duties.

2003 - Scout team member.

High School - First-team all-district selection junior and senior years ... first-team all-county ... team advanced to state quarterfinals junior season and finished 12-1 ... High School Coach: Steve Vanmeter.

Personal - Alex Trlica ... born August 11, 1984, in Friendswood, Texas ... son of Kelly and Gerald Trlica ... has an older sibling, Gera, and younger sibling, Meredith ... enjoys golf and Nintendo ... majoring in pre-nursing.

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