Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2018: Defensive tackle ... Played all 12 games ... Five solo tackles and 28 assisted stops ... Two tackles for lost yards (9) ... Had 0.5 sacks (7 yards lost) ... Blocked one kick (potential game-winner at Utica) ... Multiple tackles in 11 games with season-high four in three games ... All-Liberty League Honorable Mention ... 

2017: Defensive tackle ... Played all 11 games ... Eight solo tackles and 10 assisted tackles ... Had 2.5 tackles for loss (7) and 0.5 sacks (1 yard lost) ... Multiple tackles in seven games, including three unassisted in Transit Trophy Game win at WPI ... ECAC Academic Honor Roll ...  

2016: Played eight games ... Had 13 tackles with three unassisted ... Had three tackles-for-loss of nine yards ... Had 1.5 sacks for seven yards lost ... One pass break-up ... Multiple tackles in four games, including one with four ... Team's George Bode Award ...

2015: Played six games ... Three tackles with one unassisted ... Had 0.5 tackles for lost yards in 42-7 win over MIT (9/19) ... 

High School: Three years of varsity football, two of basketball and four of lacrosse ... Captained football and lacrosse ... All-League ... Exceptional Senior ... Section 1 Coaches Award ... Golden Dozen Scholar Athlete Honorable Mention ... 2015 National Achievement Award ... National Honor Society Delta Phi Chapter ... 2015 Acorda Scientific Excellence Award ... WESEF Award ...

Personal: Mechanical Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List ... Olympia (Rensselaer Athletics Honor Society) ... Experience at NYU Mechatronics Lab ... Summer research with Assistive Living Robotic Technologies ... Worked in CATS Lab developing technologies to assist lives of paralyzed individuals ... RPI Engineering Ambassadors ... Son of Anilla Cherian and John Ashe.

On attending Rensselaer: "I was very keen on studying mechanical engineering given my earlier independent, high school science research projects at NYU on robotic devices to assist the paralyzed but I also was committed to pursue my dream of playing varsity football at the college level. RPI has provided me with a unique environment both academically and athletically to pursue both my passions. Additionally, I was grateful to be able to received an academic merit scholarship to attend RPI." - August 2017

Benefits of the undergraduate community at Rensselaer: "RPI has afforded me tremendous opportunities to become successful as an undergraduate mechanical engineering student researcher and as a varsity athlete. One of the main benefits of the undergraduate community is the accessibility of globally-recognized professors/mentors like Professor Wen to students like me who show an interest in pursuing independent research. I also believe that the RPI football team has served as a band of brothers for me." - August 2017