Zach Hobby Class: RS Junior Hometown: Oldsmar, FL High School: Countryside Height / Weight: 5-11 / 209 Position: K

2008

· Handled all of FSU's field goals the first two games of the season before Lou Groza Award winner Graham Gano returned from meniscus surgery.

· Converted on nine of ten PAT's in his first game at FSU versus Western Carolina.

· Hit four of five point after attempts the next week versus Chattanooga.

· Made a 43-yard field goal in FSU's win over the Mocs.

2006: Played in all 11 games as Delaware's primary kicker...team went 5-6 under head coach K.C. Keeler...converted 35 of 37 extra points and 8 of 14 field goals and led team in scoring with 59 points (5.4 per game)...tied a school record with three field goals (29, 41, 45) in season-opening win over West Chester...12 points in game was 10th best mark in UD history)...45-yard field goal was a season and career high and 15th longest in UD history...also booted field goals of 19 yards vs. Albany, 36 yards vs. Rhode Island, 34 yards vs. Northeastern, 22 yards vs. Hofstra and 36 yards vs. James Madison...missed on five of his last six attempts...extended his streak of consecutive extra points to 39 before missing

vs. New Hamsphire.

2005: One of eight true freshmen to see action for the Blue Hens...earned starting job immediately, taking over for record-setting All-Atlantic 10 kicker Brad Shushman...saw action in 10 games, sitting out the win over James Madison due to a team rule violation... ranked No. 2 on the team in scoring behind Omar Cuff with 50 points...went 29 of 30 on extra points...after missing the first extra point attempt of his career vs. Lehigh, went on to hit his final 29 attempts...connected on 7 of 8 field goals, hitting the first four attempts of his career and the final three of the season...seven field goals tied a UD freshman record...87.5 percent success rate was the second best single season mark in UD history...was a perfect 6 for 6 on field goals from 20 to 29 yards...longest field goal was 34 yards vs. Villanova...only miss was his longest attempt of the season, a 35-yarder vs. Richmond...kicked two field goals each vs. Hofstra and Maine...team went 6-5 for head coach K.C. Keeler.

High School: Played at Countryside High School for coach Bobby Johns....father served as school's special teams coach...Delaware's first scholarship kicker to sign out of high school since Ryan Bleiler in 1998...connected on 77-of-80 extra points and 19-of-22 field goals over the last two seasons of his career...team went 19-6...captained the team as a senior...kicked eight field goals of 43 yards or longer with a career-long 49-yarder in the district championship game...named to coaches all-state team in 2004 and earned all-conference, all-county and all-district honors in both 2003 and 2004...also earned all-county and all-district honors as a midfielder in soccer in 2003 and 2004...team won district titles in both 2003 and 2004 and advanced to the regional final in 2003...team posted three-year record of 54-16...won the National Kicking Combine competition in both kickoffs (71-yard average) and field goal kicking (50 and 55 yard kicks) at a camp in Westminster, MD in summer, 2004...honor roll student...received Florida Bright Future Scholarship in 2005.

Personal: Zachary Powers Hobby...born June 4, 1986...son of Phil and Jacqui Hobby...older brother, Chase, attended the U.S. Naval Academy...father, Phil, played professional soccer for Washington Diplomats in North American Soccer League in 1980-81...major is human science.

FG G Att Made Lg Pct

2008 2 4 1 43 25.0

FSU Career-Highs

FG Attempt 3, Chattanooga, 2008

FG Made 1, Chattanooga, 2008

Longest FG 43, Chattanooga, 2008

PAT's 9, Western Carolina, 2008