Neil Baumgartner
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| Neil Baumgartner |
Neil Baumgartner returns for his second season on the SVSU coaching staff, this seaon as the defensive line coach after a year of coaching the outside linebackers as a graduate assistant. Baumgartner had a very successful playing career at SVSU from 2000-04. He served as team captain during his senior year with duties including implementing team building activities, mediator between coaches and players and organization and recruitment for community service activities in the area.
Baumgartner was named First Team Academic All-American twice, becoming the first Cardinal to achieve such a honor. He also received the Jack H. McAvoy Award from the GLIAC which is awarded annually to one senior who best exemplifies the combination of athletic and academic achievement with leadership, strong character and a commitment to community service.
Baumgartner currently ranks third all-time at SVSU with 21 career sacks and ranks 15th all-time with 258 tackles. He won the team's Most Inspirational Player Award as a senior and also won the Mo Clevering Award for the top grade point average on the football team four times. Baumgartner graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Saginaw Valley State with a Bachelor's Degree in History.
Baumgartner continued his academic path at Portland State University, having received the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and has just finished up working on his Master's Degree in Administrative Science at SVSU in December of 2007.
Baumgartner is a native of Iron River, Michigan and currently resides in Midland with his wife, Mindy.
