Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
• Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team, 2022
Team Awards
• Special Forces - Johns Hopkins, 2018
Career Statistics
Year |
GP |
|
Punts |
Yds |
Avg |
Long |
In20 |
2018 |
11 |
|
30 |
1205 |
40.2 |
72 |
11 |
2019 |
14 |
|
52 |
1906 |
36.7 |
55 |
24 |
2021 |
13 |
|
49 |
1791 |
36.6 |
56 |
12 |
2022 |
11 |
|
33 |
1373 |
41.6 |
64 |
7 |
Totals |
49 |
|
164 |
6275 |
38.3 |
72 |
54 |
Career Highs
punts – 8 vs. Delaware Valley, 2021
punting average – 54.7 vs. Ursinus, 2022
Career Highlights
2022
• Had an outstanding senior season
• Ranked first in the Centennial Conference in punting average
• Average of 41.61 narrowly missed school record for punting average in a season (41.64)
• Finished career second in program history with career average of 38.3
• Registered 9 punts inside the 20 while only recording two touchbacks
• Helped Mules lead the CC and rank 19th in Division III in net punting
• Against Ursinus, became first Muhlenberg punter ever to record two punt of 60 yards or more in a CC game
• Booted 59-yard punt vs. Susquehanna
• Threw first career touchdown pass from 49 yards out in Centennial-MAC Bowl Series victory against Lebanon Valley
2021
• Was the Mules’ starting punter all season
• Ranked fourth in the Centennial Conference in punting average
• Downed 12 of his punts inside the 20 with only one touchback
• None of his punts were returned for positive yardage in the regular season
• Averaged 40.0 yards on six boots in NCAA Tournament game vs. Mount Union
• Completed both of his pass attempts in win vs. Moravian
2019
• Was the Mules’ punter for the entire season
• Led the Centennial Conference by a wide margin with 24 punts inside the 20
• Fourth in the CC in punting average
• Had at least one punt of 40 yards in each of the Mules’ final eight games
• In the postseason, downed 10 of his 23 punts inside the 20
• Long punt of 55 yards came against Johns Hopkins
• Dropped all four of his punts vs. TCNJ inside the 20
• Saw action at quarterback in two games, completing one of five passes and rushing three times for nine yards
2018
• Split punting duties for the majority of the season
• First Mule in 33 years to average more than 40 yards per punt for a season
• Had 8 punts of 50 yards or longer
• Boomed a 72-yard punt – 4 short of the school record – vs. Moravian
• Averaged 41.8 yards on 6 boots vs. Susquehanna in first career game
• Dropped 6 of his 11 punts in three NCAA Tournament games inside the 20
Personal
• Earned a total of nine letters in football, basketball and lacrosse at Somers High School
• Captained football and lacrosse teams
• Named to all-section team as a quarterback
• Received all-league laurels in lacrosse
• Parents are Jay and Colleen Olifiers
• Father played football at Pace University
• Born Nov. 11, 1999
• A double major in finance and economics