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WHS grad Andrew Haldeman ending 4-year football career at WMU

WMU Bronoco ClipAndrew HaldemanWayland High School graduate Andrew Haldeman will play his final regular season collegiate football game this Saturday when Western Michigan University travels to Toledo University.

Haldeman, place kicker for WMUS, which is 6-5 for the season this fall, has been kicking field goals and extra points for the Broncos for the past four years. He leads the team in scoring this year with 86 points, with 14 field goals in 18 attempts and 44 of 47 extra points.

Haldeman scored a career-high 93 points for WMU as a junior in 2014 and he tallied six points on three extra points and a field goal in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Air Force.

As a sophomore in 2013, Haldeman made the second most field goals in a game (six) in school history Nov. 9 against Eastern Michigan.

His longest field goal, 52 yards against Bowling Green, was the fourth longest in school history and at one time he had a streak of making 47 consecutive PATs.

The son of Bonnie and Derek Haldeman, he was born in Ferndale and now regards that city as his home town, though he played for football for Wayland High School for four seasons, 2007 through 2010. He is a mechanical engineering major at WMU.

Because WMU has six victories this season, it is bowl eligible for a post-season contest.

PHOTO: Andrew Haldeman

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