Michigan Tech

College: 2009: Earned GLIAC All-Academic Team laurels … Started the first three games of the year before suffering a season-ending knee injury vs. Northern Michigan (9/19) … Received a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA … Accounted for 679 yards of total offense in three games … Went 26-of-46 passing for 305 yards and a touchdown at Ashland (9/12) … 2008: Named All-GLIAC Honorable Mention … Selected as the Alan Bovard Award winner as the team’s most valuable player … Earned a spot on the GLIAC All-Academic Team … Ranked third in the GLIAC in pass efficiency at 146.2 … Set school records for pass completion percentage in a season (.643) and a game (.857 vs. Winona State) … Totaled 2,192 yards passing to come within three yards of breaking his own school record … Accumulated the third-most yards of total offense in school history with 2,452 … Had a season-high 333 passing yards and a touchdown at Saginaw Valley State (10/25) … Tossed three touchdowns vs. Winona State (8/30) … Accounted for at least one touchdown in every game … Led Tech’s offense to rank in the top three of the GLIAC in red zone offense (first), third-down conversions (second), fourth-down conversions (second) and scoring offense (third) … 2007: Earned the Alan Bovard Award as the team’s MVP … Selected to GLIAC All-Academic Team … Named team’s offensive back of the year … Set a school record for passing yards in a season with 2,194 … Tallied 2,586 yards of total offense—the most by a Tech player since Dave Walter’s 2,703 in 1986 … Accounted for 25 of the team’s 47 touchdowns on the season with 18 passing and seven rushing … Set single-game school records for passing yards (431), total offense (504) and passing touchdowns (6) in the season opener at Winona State (8/25) … Completed 13 of 21 passes for 208 yards and four touchdowns vs. Gannon (10/27) … Rushed for a season-high four touchdowns vs. Indianapolis (9/8) … Had three of his six completions vs. Ferris State (10/6) go for touchdowns … 2006: Earned Michigan Tech’s Terry Wilson Award as the school’s top male freshman student-athlete … Named team’s freshman of the year and offensive back of the year … Selected to GLIAC All-Academic Team … Played in nine games, taking over as the starter in week five … Led Huskies to a 6-0 record as a starter … Tallied a team-high 1,361 yards of total offense including 956 passing and 205 rushing … Guided offense to third-most yards in GLIAC (357.4 per game) … Completed 72 of 125 passes with six touchdowns … Went 15 of 22 for 197 yards and two scores at Ferris State (10.7) … Helped Huskies lead the league in third-down conversions at 51 percent … 2005: Redshirted … High School: Graduated in 2005 from Kingsford (Mich.) High School … Coached by Chris Hofer … Played both quarterback and free safety … Named to the Upper Peninsula Dream Team each of his final two seasons … Earned All-Great Northern Conference honors on both offense and defense as a junior and senior … Was the GNC Player of the Year in 2004 … Also participated in basketball and track for four years each … Was the Upper Peninsula Basketball Player of the Year in 2004-05 and three times selected All-UP in basketball … Earned all-state honors in hurdles and long jump … Personal: Son of Dan and Mary Kay Short of Iron Mountain, Mich. … Born Sept. 3, 1986, in Kingsford, Mich. … Has one younger sister … Enjoys music and playing sports … Owns a 3.20 grade point average in biological sciences.