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2019: PHIL STEELE’S FCS ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM... ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE, both by the coaches and by Phil Steele... UC Davis’ representative for BIG SKY SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR... FCS ADA ACADEMIC ALL-STAR, CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT... Pulled down 36 catches for 434 yards and 6 TDs... Matched career high of 3 touchdowns at North Dakota (10/5)... Also scored TDs against Lehigh (9/14), North Dakota State (9/21) and Southern Utah (10/19)... Totaled career-high 118 rec yards at San Diego (9/7), highlighted by gains of 33 and 37 yards... Became third Aggie tight end to break century mark in career receptions, finishing with 109... Also earned Big Sky All-Academic and made NFF Hampshire Honor Society.
2018: GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM selection… FCS ATHLETICS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STAR TEAM… ALL-BIG SKY SECOND TEAM selection… PHIL STEELE SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE selection… MIKE SHAW SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD recipient… BIG SKY PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM… STATS FCS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN…PHIL STEELE FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN and PRESEASON ALL-BIG SKY selection… COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN… Ranked No. 26 in receiving TDs (9) and No. 86 in total touchdowns among all FCS players… Scored a career-high 18 points, on three touchdowns, for the second time in his career when he accomplished this feat at Northern Colorado (10/5)… Longest career reception, of 56 yards, took place at Montana (10/27)… Started all 13 games played… Ended his junior season with 337 receiving yards on 29 catches (11.6 yards per reception)… Nine of his 29 catches were touchdowns.
2017: ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM OFFENSE... BIG SKY CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM... T. PALMER MOODY AWARD (outstanding sophomore) recipient... Named a starter in all 11 games... Led the team with nine touchdowns and finished second in scoring (54 points)... Finished fifth among all Big Sky players in scoring (touchdowns)... Ended the season with 36 receptions for 568 yards... Set a career high with his 44-yard catch at Portland State (9/16)... Scored three touchdowns on eight receptions for 97 yards vs. North Dakota (9/30)... That night, he set new career single-game highs in points scored (18), touchdowns (3), receptions (8) receiving yards (97), receiving touchdowns (3) and all-purpose yards (97)... His second multi-TD game took place against Cal Poly (10/28) when he finished with 96 receiving yards on five catches and two touchdowns... Also recorded a solo tackle at Weber State (9/23).
2016: BIG SKY CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM... Competed in all 11 games, and named a starter against Wyoming (9/17), Weber State (9/24), Eastern Washington (10/1) and Southern Utah (10/8)... Finished the season with eight receptions for 59 yards... Recorded a season-high 28 yards in the team's season opener at Oregon (9/3)... Caught a season-long 21-yard pass at Cal Poly (10/22)... Averaged 7.4 yards per catch.
ROCKLIN HS '16: Finished his three-year varsity career with 67 receptions for 1,007 yards and 16 TDs as a tight end... Senior year stats included 49 catches for 733 yards and 10 touchdowns... Opened that year with 145 yards on five catches against Del Campo HS, and followed that game with 109 yards on eight grabs against Whitney HS... Caught 5 TDs throughout that two-week timespan... Posted four games with at least two scores... Received first team honors from the
Sacramento Bee (when the outlet announced its All-Metro teams), All-Sierra Foothill League and All-Sac-Joaquin Section... Selected to All-NorCal second team shortly after he received team Offensive Player of the Year honors... Earned all-league second team accolades as a junior after ended the season with 18 catches for 274 yards and six TDs... School bestowed its Most Passionate Player Award to Preece when he was a junior... Earned additional letters as a member of the school's basketball team.
PERSONAL: Born in San Jose, Calif... Parents are Todd and Kelly Preece... Played eight years of AAU basketball... Served as an assistant coach with Rocklin Jr. Thunder... Spent four years as a Little Thunder basketball coach.
