Notes: Elected 2012 team captain... 211 careertackles and three interceptions.
2012: Led team with 78 overall tackles... 43solos... Two sacks... Started every game...Academic All-Ivy... Recipient of Robert Gardner Anderson Award for"skill, spirit and pride in accomplishment."
2011: Second-team All-Ivy League pick... Secondon the team with 59 solo tackles and 79 overall... Career-best11-2-13 at Penn... Had seven or more tackles in eight of his 10starts... Made 4.5 TFL and one sack... Eighth among Ivy defensiveplayers with 7.9 tackles per game... One interception and twofumble recoveries... Earned Yale''s Hammer of the Year Award forteam''s top hits.
2010: Started every game at OLB... Second onElis with 55 (29-26) overall stops... Made four TFL and twosacks... Two interceptions... Best game was 6-2-8 vs. Albany.
2009: Earned first varsity letter... Played infour varsity games... Made three tackles... Had 1-2-3 atPrinceton.
At Greenwich High School: Three-yearvarsity letterman... Led team with 86 tackles as a junior...Second-team all-league and team defensive MVP junior year... 2006and 2007 league and state champions... Missed senior season withinjury... High honor roll all four years.
Personal: William McHale is the son of John andSally McHale... Third generation Division I football player...Family has worked in baseball for over a century... Grandfather,John McHale Sr., played football and baseball at Notre Dame, playedfor the Detroit Tigers and was general manager of the Tigers,Braves and Expos... Father, who is the Executive VP of Major LeagueBaseball, played linebacker (3 letters) at Notre Dame... Brother,Duncan ''12, rows on crew at Brown...Pierson Collegeresident...Political science major.
