2010 Football Roster
Aaron Mershman
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bowling Green, Ohio
- High School:
- Bowling Green
Participated in Ball State's Spring Practice in 2012 before receiving a medical disqualification to end his career....spent the 2012 season as a student assistant coach....
* 2012 Ball State Ray Louthen Senior Participation Award *
2011 (So.): Started his first game of the season at Ohio . . . posted his second career touchdown reception and his first of the season on a two-yard catch in the third quarter vs. Central Michigan . . . tied his career high with three catches at Central Michigan . . . earned second letter.
2010 (Fr.): Played in 11 games to earn first letter . . . started six contests . . . moved to tight end prior the 2010 season . . . caught the first touchdown pass of his career with 9:54 left in the third quarter vs. Liberty on a 15-yard pass from Keith Wenning, marking the quarterback's first career TD pass . . . career high three catches vs. Eastern Michigan . . . career best 40 receiving yards vs. Liberty, including a career long 25 yard reception.
2009: Redshirted . . . graduated from high school in December 2008 and enrolled at Ball State in January 2009 and went through Ball State’s Spring Practice.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in football for Coach Jeff Cullen . . . also lettered two seasons in hockey and two years in track . . . Football: Helped team to a 5-5 overall record as a senior and a 16-14 record in his career . . . all-conference second team as a senior after receiving honorable mention as a junior . . . two-time all-district . . . finalist for the Joe Montana Award as a senior . . . completed 102-of-213 passes for 1,461 yards with 13 touchdowns as a junior . . . rushed for 320 yards with six touchdowns as a junior . . . Hockey: Played defender . . . Track: Competed in the 400-meter run and the discus throw . . . tallied a personal best time in the 400 of :50.1 and a discus throw of 145 feet, 6 inches . . . received honorable mention all-conference honors in the discus as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Larry and Diane Mershman . . . born Oct. 9, 1990, in Bowling Green, Ohio . . . one sister . . . owns a 3.283 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.250 GPA last fall. . . full name is Aaron Paul Mershman
RECEIVING g rec yards td long rec/g avg/c avg/g
2010
10
13
125
1
25
1.3
9.6
12.5
2011
9
5
28
1
14
0.6
5.6
3.1
TOTAL
19
18
153
2
25
0.9
8.5
8.1
SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2010
10
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
0.6
2011
9
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
0.7
TOTAL
19
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
12
0.6
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2010
10
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
2011
9
1
7
0
7
7.0
0.8
TOTAL
19
1
7
0
7
7.0
0.4
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2010
10
0
125
0
0
0
125
12.5
2011
9
0
28
0
7
0
35
3.9
TOTAL
19
0
153
0
7
0
160
8.4
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2010
10
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2011
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
TOTAL
19
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, CMU, 10/22/11 ; Central Michigan, 10/22/11 ; Liberty, 9/11/10
Touchdowns: 1, CMU, 10/22/11 ; Central Michigan, 10/22/11 ; Liberty, 9/11/10
Receptions: 3, Eastern Michigan, 10/16/10 ; CMU, 10/22/11 ; Central Michigan, 10/22/11
Receiving yards: 40, Liberty, 9/11/10 (2 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, CMU, 10/22/11 ; Central Michigan, 10/22/11 ; Liberty, 9/11/10
Long reception: 25, Liberty, 9/11/10
All-purpose yards: 40, Liberty, 9/11/10
Kick returns: 1, at Western Michigan, 10/29/11
Kick return yards: 7, at Western Michigan, 10/29/11 (1 returns)
Long kick return: 7, at Western Michigan, 10/29/11
Tackles: 1, at Kent State, 10/30/10 (1-0); at Purdue, 9/18/10 (1-0); at Purdue, Sep 18, 2010 (1-0)
