2016 Football Roster

Olivia Mansoory, TIU Sports Info

1 Aaron Ordway

  • Position Punter/Kicker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 183
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Middleville, Mich.
  • Highschool Thornapple-Kellog HS
  • Prev School Thornapple-Kellog HS

Biography

• NCCAA All-American 1st Team (2016)
• All-MSFA Midwest League 2nd Team (2016)
• MSFA Midwest League Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2016)
 
Career Receiving Stats Career Punting Stats
Year GP-GS Rec. Yds. TD YPC Long Yds/Gm Punts Yds. Avg. Long TB FC In 20 50+
2013 10-0 1 11 0 11.0 11 1.1 38 1,421 37.4 75 4 5 8 1
2014 10-10 22 206 1 9.4 33 20.6 52 1,922 37.0 61 2 10 14 6
2015 6-0 3 -1 0 -0.3 5 -0.2 25 914 36.6 51 2 7 7 2
2016 11-0 0 0 0 0.0 -- 0.0 55 2,303 41.9 59 1 16 14 14
Career 37-10 26 216 1 8.3 33 8.3 170 6,560 38.6 75 9 38 43 23


2016 (Senior)

NAIA Rankings

• Punt Yards per Attempt - 6th (41.9)

MSFA Rankings

• Punting - 2nd (41.9 yards per punt)

Appeared in all 11 games as a senior, primarily handling kickoff and punting duties ... set career highs with 55 punts for 2,303 yards on the season ... ranked 6th in the nation at the NAIA level with a 41.9 yards-per-punt average ... placed three of four kickoffs in the end zone for touchbacks in the season opener with No. 4 St. Francis (Ind.) on Aug. 27 ... set a career high with ten kickoffs in the win over Wisconsin Lutheran on Sept. 3, with six going for touchbacks ... had two 50-plus punts and two punts inside the 20 at Valparaiso (Ind.) on Sept. 17 ... recorded a season-long 59-yard punt at Concordia (Mich.) on Sept. 24 ... averaged a season-best 47.3 yards over six punts at St. Ambrose on Oct. 1 ... tallied four punts with one inside the 20 at Olivet Nazarene on Oct. 8 ... placed two of six punts inside the 20 at Robert Morris on Oct. 15 ... averaged 43.0 yards on three punts against St. Xavier on Oct. 22 ... took three of six kickoffs for touchbacks in the win over St. Francis (Ill.) on Oct. 29 ... recorded a career-high ten punts in the win over Siena Heights (Mich.) on Nov. 5, averaging 43.4 yards per punt, with three punts of 50-plus yards ... was named the MSFA Midwest League Special Teams Player of the Week after the win at Taylor on Nov. 12, taking five punts for a 43.6 average, with two punts over 50 yards and two punts inside the 20.

2015 (Junior)

Appeared in six games as a junior, as a punter, kicker, and wide receiver ...  punted 25 times, while handing a career-high 24 kickoffs on the season as well, averaging 57.2 net yards per kick with six touchbacks ... recorded one rushing attempt on the season, for 12 yards in the win at Trinity Bible (N.D.) on Aug. 29 ... averaged 57.4 yards per kickoff over eight kicks at Trinity Bible ... had three of six punts placed inside the twenty, and two touchbacks on two kickoffs at No. 17 St. Francis (Ind.) on Sept. 19 ... averaged 40 net yards per punt and 64.2 net yards per kickoff against Concordia on Sept. 26 ... averaged 40 net yards on three punts, with a season-long 51 yard punt in the Homecoming game against No. 25 St. Ambrose on Oct. 3 ... made two receptions for one yard against Olivet Nazarene on Oct. 10.

2014 (Sophomore)

NAIA Rankings

• Punt Yards per Attempt - 47th (37.0)

MSFA Rankings

• Punting - 8th (37.0 yards per punt)

Started all ten games, as the Trojans' punter as well as wide receiver ... made 52 punts, for an average of 37.0 yards per attempt ... planted 14 punts inside the 20-yard line, with just two punts going down for a touchback ... six punts of 50 yards or more ... season long punt of 61 yards, coming against Wisconsin Lutheran on Sept. 12 ... made 13 kickoffs, for an average of 55.3 yards per kick ... as a wide receiver, made 22 catches for 206 yards and a touchdown ... averaged 9.4 yards per catch, and 20.6 receiving yards per game ...  had a season-high five receptions for 61 yards in the win over Wisconsin Lutheran ... recorded 188 yards of total offense on the year ... made his lone touchdown catch of the season against St. Francis on Nov. 8.

2013 (Freshman)
 

NAIA Rankings

• Punt Yards per Attempt - 49th (37.4)

MSFA Rankings

• Punting - 9th (37.4 yards per punt)

Appeared in all ten games as a freshman in 2013, as a punter and wide receiver ... attempted 38 punts on the year, totaling 1,421 yards ... averaged 37.39 yards per punt ... ranked 9th in the MSFA, and 49th in the NAIA, in punting average ... placed eight punts inside the 20-yard line, with just four punts going for a touchback ... season-long punt of 75 yards in the Trojans' homecoming win over Olivet Nazarene on Oct. 5 ... took over kickoff duties in the final three games of the season, taking 12 kicks for a total of 595 yards (49.58 yards per kick) ... offensively, Ordway collected 19 rushing yards on three attempts, and had one reception for 11 yards on the year ... made three total tackles throughout the season, including two solo tackles.

In High School: Helped Thornapple Kellogg HS to a OK-Gold Conference championship in 2010.

Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Why TIU?: “I chose to come to TIU because it is a Christian school with a major that interested me. I also felt like I was part of the TIU family when I came on my first visit to the school. I just felt like I fit in and that TIU was just a good match for me, as a Christian and as a student.”

Statistics

Season:
2016

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2013-14Freshman

    P/WR
    5'11" 177 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2014Sophomore

    Punter/Wide Receiver
    6'0" 179 lbs
    29
  • 29

    2015Junior

    Punter/Wide Receiver
    6'0" 179 lbs
    29
  • 1

    2016Senior

    Punter/Kicker
    6'0" 183 lbs
    1