Nick Rocco Class: Sophomore Hometown: Sammamish, WA High School: Skyline Height / Weight: 5-11 / 225 Position: DL Experience: 2V Age: 20

COLLEGE: Unanimous first-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star last season ... GNAC all-academic pick and WWU Defensive Lineman of the Year ... Three times named WWU Defensive Player of the Week ... Started all 11 games ... Credited with 42 tackles, including 25 solos ... Had team-leading 13.0 tackles for losses for minus-91 yards, including 6.5 quarterback sacks for minus-52 yards ... Had career-high 9 tackles at Western Oregon on 10/4/08 ... Played in eight games in 2007, starting two ... Missed last two contests with broken hand ... Credited with 15 tackles (7 solo), including 2.0 for losses of 6 yards ... Also had 1 pass breakup and returned 1 kickoff for 13 yards ... WWU Special Teams Player of the Week ... Two letters ... Redshirt in 2006.

HIGH SCHOOL: First-team Washington State Sportswriters Association Class 4A all-State choice and Kingco League Defensive MVP as senior at Skyline High School ...First-team Seattle Times and King County all-Area and all-Kingco League both ways ... Selected to play in East-West all-star game ... Helped Spartans to 14-0 record, league title and Class 4A state championship ... Team captain and defensive MVP ... Returned punt for touchdown and recovered fumble in end zone for touchdown ... Second-team all-league as junior ... Played on team that finished 12-2, tied for league title and reached state championship game ... Started two years and lettered three ... Also earned one letter in baseball.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in computer science or finance marketing.