Giorgio Tavecchio Hometown: Moraga, CA High School: Campolindo HS Height / Weight: 5-10 / 178 Position: PK Birthdate: 07/16/1990 Experience: 2008-11

PRONUNCIATION: (tuh-VECK-ee-oh)

CAL CAREER (Career Stats): Has played in 42 career games and is Cal's active career scoring leader with 252 points ... fifth on the school's all-time scoring list and has a reasonable chance to finish his career third with Jim Breech (260, 1974-77) and Tom Schneider (257, 2004-06) both in sight ... has made 47-of-63 (74.6%) field goal attempts and 111-of-119 (93.3%) extra-point tries ... has scored at least one point in 24 consecutive games, each of Cal's contests in 2010 and '11 ... has kicked off 242 times for 14,585 yards and an average of 60.3 yards per kickoff with 14 touchbacks, leading all active Cal players in each category ... made the first 65 extra-point tries of his career before the streak was snapped on his second PAT attempt in the seventh game of his junior year against Arizona State when his try was blocked ... has eight tackles ... became Cal's starting kicker for field goals, PAT's and kickoffs in 2010 for the first time and has continued that role in '11 after sharing kickoff and placekicking duties during each of his first two seasons in `08 and '09 ... earned second-team Pac-10/12 All-Academic honors each of his final three seasons (2009-11), as well as an honorable mention All-Pac-12 as a 2011 senior ... twice named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week, once in both 2009 and '11 ... has added honorable mention College Football Performance Awards Placekicker Performer of the Week honors four times, twice in both 2010 and `11.

2011 (Game-By-Game Stats): A semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy, often referred to as the "Academic Heisman," and a candidate for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Awards but did not become a finalist or pick up the NFF's Scholar-Athlete Award when both were named on Oct. 26 ... also a candidate the Burlsworth Trophy given annually to the nation's most outstanding player who began his collegiate career as a walk-on and the Wuerffel Trophy ... earned honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors with a huge senior season, playing in all 12 regular-season games and pacing the Pac-12 in both field goals made per game (1.58) and field goal percentage (86.4%), making 19-of-22 attempts, with his field goals made per game also 10th nationally ... in addition ranks among Pac-12 leaders in scoring among kickers (third) and overall scoring (eighth) with his scoring average of 7.67 points per game that is also tied for 52nd nationally ... made each of his last eight field goal attempts over his final four regular-season games, including a career-high-tying four in the first 4-for-4 performance of his career in the regular-season finale at Arizona State, with the four field goals made and 100.0% both tying Pac-12 season bests ... scored a career-high 17 points that also equaled the most by a Pac-12 player in 2011 against the Sun Devils with his four field goals from 48, 27, 19 and 30 yards, and by adding a 5-for-5 showing on extra points as well as a tackle to Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors and honorable mention Placekicker Perfomer of the Week recognition from the College Football Performance Awards ... has made at least one field goal in 10 of 12 games, including a 3-for-3 contest at Washington in which he was good from 29, 36 and 25 yards out while adding a pair of extra points for 11 points and a career-high-tying two tackles to earn his first of three honorable mention Placekicker Performer of the Week honors from the CFPA ... scored 10 points vs. Utah, making two-of-three field goals, hitting from 35 and 27 yards before a 29-yarder was blocked, and all four of his extra points ... hit on three of four field goals at Oregon (all in the first half) for nine points, going through the uprights from 27, 38 and a career-long 54 yards before having a 40-yarder blocked on the final play of the first half ... picked up his second CFPA honorable mention Placekicker Performer of the Week honors in 2011 for his performance against the Ducks ... made his lone field goal attempts vs. Fresno State (season-long 40-yarder), at Colorado (39) and vs. USC (27) ... was 9-for-9 on extra points vs. Presbyterian, equaling the most extra points both made and attempted by a Pac-12 player in 2011 as well as the highest percentage for extra point attempts ... 35-of-41 (85.4%) on extra points for the season ... posted a career-high four touchbacks and a career-high-tying 70.0 yards per kickoff average at Colorado with six kickoffs for 420 yards ... has kicked off 73 times for 4,447 yards and an average of 60.9 yards per kickoff, with seven touchbacks ... twice kicked off a career-high-tying 10 times vs. Presbyterian (527 yards) and Arizona State (career-high 609 yards) ... has made four tackles, adding one vs. Presbyterian and at Washington to the two he recorded at Washington ... a fourth-team All-Pac-10 preseason choice of Phil Steele.

2010 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in all 12 games during his first season as Cal's full-time starting placekicker, making 11-of-16 field goal attempts and 37-of-39 extra-point tries to rank second on the team in scoring with 70 points ... among the Pac-10's per-game leaders in scoring among kickers (5.8 ppg, No. 5), PAT percentage (94.9%, No. 5), field goal percentage (68.8%, No. 6), field goals (0.92 fgpg, No. 6, No. 74-T NCAA) and scoring (5.8 ppg, No. 9) ... both of his failed extra point attempts were blocked (not missed), with one each vs. Arizona State and at Washington State, while all five of his unsuccessful field goal attempts were missed (not blocked) ... scored in each of the team's 12 games, including a season-high 14 points when he made all three of his field goal attempts and five-of-six extra-point tries against Arizona State to earn honorable mention Placekicker Performer of the Week honors from the College Football Performance Awards ... also had double-digit scoring outputs with 10 points in each of the season's first two games against UC Davis and Colorado, converting all seven of his extra-point attempts and his lone field goal try in each contest ... made his first 23 kicks of the season (18-18 extra points, 5-5 FG) before missing a 33-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter at Arizona and then a critical 40-yarder with 2:37 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Bears clinging to a 9-3 lead on his three earlier field goals before Cal eventually lost, 10-9 ... knocked all four of his kickoffs at Arizona a career-high-tying 70 yards for a career-high average of 70.0 yards per kickoff ... totaled a season-high 587 kickoff yards on a career-high-tying nine kickoffs in the season opener vs. UC Davis ... missed the only two field goal attempts he had during a four-game stretch that included contests at Oregon State, at Washington State, vs. Oregon and vs. Stanford ... made a season-long 53-yard field goal that was Cal's longest since Tom Schneider's 55-yarder at the 2006 Big Game and added another from 47 yards in the season finale against Washington to be named a CFPA Placekicker Performer of the Week ... averaged 64.8 yards on kickoffs to improve his average dramatically by 6.7 yards over his 2009 mark, with his 2010 average better than his top game in 2009 ... totaled 3,822 yards on 59 kickoffs as he handled all but one of the team's kickoffs ... had four touchbacks ... also made two tackles, picking up one each vs. Colorado and Oregon.

2009 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in 11 games and scored 38 points, hitting 8-of-12 field goals and all 14 of his extra-point attempts but did have one blocked that was credited to the team ... ranked eighth in the Pac-10 with his 0.73 field goals made per game average as well as ninth in scoring among conference kickers with an average of 3.5 points per contest ... led the squad with 58 kickoffs for 3,372 yards (58.1 avg), kicking off at least twice in each of the 11 games he played in ... did not play in back-to-back losses at Oregon and vs. USC ... had a couple of huge games in wins over the Arizona schools, attempting a career-high-tying five field goals in each contest ... hit a game-winning 24-yarder for the deciding points with 0:21 seconds left in a 23-21 win at Arizona State, after booting a season-long 51-yarder in the third quarter ... made 4-of-5 field goals vs. Arizona, equaling a career high for field goals made and a season-high for points (12), with one of the makes covering 46 yards and another 22 to give Cal an 18-16 lead with 4:46 to go, while also recording a career-high two tackles in the 24-16 victory ... named the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week for the first time in his career for becoming the first Cal player to make four field goals in game since Tom Schneider accomplished the feat in the 2006 Big Game against Stanford when he did it against Arizona ... made a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter at UCLA ...all 14 of his extra points came in four consecutive games at UCLA (3-3), vs. Washington State (7-7), at Arizona State (2-2) and vs. Oregon State (2-2), with Vincenzo D'Amato handling those duties for the team's other nine contests ... posted season highs of nine kickoffs and 552 kickoff yards vs. Eastern Washington, while his 64.6 yard per kick average at UCLA was a season-best that also included one of his two touchbacks, with the other coming at Arizona State ... his season bests of four field goals made, five field goals attempted, seven PAT's made, seven PAT's attempted and a 100.0 PAT percentage on 7-of-7 kicking were all one shy of season bests in the Pac-10 ... selected second-team Pac-10 All-Academic.

2008 (Game-By-Game Stats): Joined the team three days before the Michigan State season opener and became an impact player for the Bears when he handled kickoff duties against the Spartans in his first collegiate game ... assumed full-time placekicker responsibilities for an injured David Seawright prior to the Arizona contest on October 18 and stayed in the role for the remainder of the season ... second on the team in scoring with 52 points, finishing the campaign 9-of-13 on field goal attempts and a perfect 25-of-25 on extra-point tries ... ranked sixth in the Pac-10 in field goals made per game (0.90 fgpg), as well as 15th in the conference in scoring per contest (5.2 ppg) ... made 2-of-3 field goal tries in his debut as the team's placekicker vs. Arizona, including a season-long-tying 42-yarder ... also made a 42-yard field goal the following game vs. UCLA and converted both of his PAT's ... made his only field goal attempts at USC (35 yards) and vs. Stanford (28 yards), as well as one-of-two tries vs. Oregon (33 yards), vs. Washington (23 yards) and in the Emerald Bowl vs. Miami, Fla. (23 yards) ... converted a season-high five PAT's vs. UCLA in addition to his season-high-tying two field goals for a season-high 11 points ... handled the majority of the squad's kickoffs with a team-high 52 tries for 2,944 yards (56.6 avg) and one touchback in the regular-season finale against Washington ... kicked off eight times for 504 yards and a 63.0 average vs. UCLA, all season highs.

HIGH SCHOOL: A dual-sport athlete who spent three years playing both football and soccer ... scored 50 points as a senior on the gridiron, connecting on six field goals and 32 extra points ... earned first-team All-Diablo Foothill Athletic League honors on the pitch as a midfielder his senior season and helped guide his squad to the NCA 2A soccer crown ... a two-time honor roll student ... also a member of Diablo Futbol Club ... led his squad to the State Cup semifinals for three years in a row as well as the California State Cup championship game in May of 2008 ... had originally planned to play Division I soccer at UC Davis.

PERSONAL: Full name is Giorgio Tavecchio ... born July 16, 1990 in Milan, Italy ... parents are Renato and Gabriella Tavecchio ... active in the community with a long list of community service to his credit ... has lived in Milan, Rome; Shelton, Conn. and Falls Church, Va. ... major is political economy.

CAREER STATISTICS

TAVECCHIO'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Field Goals Made: 4 (twice, last at Arizona State, 2011)
Field Goals Attempted: 5 (three times, last at Arizona, 2010)
Field Goal Percentage (with most field goals made if tie): 100.0, 4-4 (at Arizona State, 2011)
Long Field Goal: 54 (at Oregon, 2011)
PAT's Made: 9 (vs. Presbyterian, 2011)
PAT's Attempted: 9 (vs. Presbyterian, 2011)
PAT Percentage (with most PAT's made if tie): 100.0, 9-9 (vs. Presbyterian, 2011)
Kickoffs: 10 (twice, last at Arizona State, 2011)
Kickoff Yards: 609 (at Arizona State, 2011)
Kickoff Average: 70.0, (twice, last at Colorado, 2011)
Long Kickoff: 70 (24 times, last at Arizona State, 2011)
Touchbacks: 4 (at Colorado, 2011)
Tackles: 2 (twice, last at Washington, 2011)
Points: 17 (at Arizona State, 2011)

LAST UPDATED: November 29, 2011