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Jake Pfau
Outstanding Athlete
Football 2001-2004
A dominating wide receiver who twice earned NAIA first team All-America honors, Jake Pfau is the University of Mary’s all-time career leader in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns and is second in receptions. The Beulah, ND, native was a two-time All-DAC 10 selection and the conference’s Most Valuable Player as a senior in 2004. His career efforts earned him a spot on an NAIA All-Decade Team for the 2000s.
Jake first earned All-American and All-DAC 10 recognition in 2003 after catching 59 passes for 1,038 yards and 16 touchdowns, leading the Marauders to the Elite Eight of the NAIA playoffs and a record of 10-2. He closed out his senior year with a DAC-10 title in 2004, claiming conference MVP honors after snaring 67 passes for 1,042 yards and 10 touchdowns. Jake was also named an NAIA All-American for the second straight year as U-Mary advanced to the NAIA playoffs.
Just the second U-Mary player to earn first team All-American accolades, Jake finished his career with 34 touchdown receptions, 208 points scored, 2,682 reception yards and 161 catches. The only U-Mary player to twice crack 1,000 yards receiving in a single season, Jake holds the record for receptions in a game when he caught 13 passes against the University of Sioux Falls in 2002.
The son of Robert Pfau and Mary and Rick Miller, Jake is a 2005 graduate of the University of Mary with
a degree in business administration. The father of Gabriella Duncan, Jake is a computer labs consultant at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he is pursuing a master’s degree in computer science.
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