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  Josh Shimek

Josh Shimek

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Pasco, WA

High School:
Pasco

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 205

Position:
QB

Age:
23

COLLEGE: Team co-captain … Played in all 10 games last season, starting first six … Ranked No.17 nationally in passing (139.5) … Passed for 1,544 yards and 13 touchdowns, completing 129 of 209 attempts for school-record 61.7 percent with just 5 interceptions … Also ran 46 times for minus-35 yards and 1 touchdown … Threw for 325 yards (28-of-38) and 2 touchdowns against Central Oklahoma, and passed for 239 yards and 4 touchdowns versus Fort Lewis CO to earn GNAC Offensive Player of the Week honors … GNAC Academic all-star in 2001 … Played in four games, completing 4-of-5 passes for 43 yards with long of 23, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception … Played in two games in 2000 … Completed 4-of-4 passes for 45 yards with long of 36 … Redshirt in 1999 … Two letters.

HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team all-Big Nine Conference selection as senior at Pasco High School … Helped Bulldogs to 13-1 record, league title and Class 4A state championship … Passed for 2,035 yards, completing 126-of-251 passes (50.2 percent), 22 for touchdowns … Threw 5 touchdown passes in first-round playoff win against Wenatchee … Team co-captain … Backup quarterback as junior and sophomore on teams that reached first round of state playoffs … Lettered three years and started one … Also lettered three years in basketball and one in golf … Honorable mention all-league in basketball as senior.

PERSONAL: Major is secondary education/history.

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