Wellock Joins Elite Company
October 6, 2002

Ashland University kicker Austin Wellock is a redshirt freshman, but his name is making the rounds in NCAA Division II football.

Saturday (Oct. 5) at Wayne State University, Wellock kicked six field goals in six tries and added an extra point as Ashland won for the first time this season, stopping the Warriors, 25-20. Wellock had field goals from 28, 35, 32, 37, 31 and 23 yards. His day places him in some very special company.

• Wellock now shares the NCAA Division II record for field goals in a game with Steve Huff of Central Missouri. Huff was 6-for-6 against Southern Missouri State in 1985. Huff had field goals of 37, 45, 37, 24, 32 and 27 yards.
• Wellock is this week’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference special teams player of the week. He now holds the GLIAC record for field goals in a game. The old record of five field goals was held by four players, including former AU kicker Matt Pifer. Pifer’s five-field goal day at Mercyhurst in 2000 was the Ashland school record before Wellock’s six-field afternoon at Wayne State.

Wellock is 9-for-9 on field goal tries this season. He’s 9-for-10 on extra points.