Oct. 30, 2004

Robby Schwab, the starting center for the University of Dayton, was named the winner of the 49th presentation of the Lt. Andy Zulli Memorial Trophy at halftime of Saturday's Dayton-Drake football game.

The award goes to the Flyer senior who best exemplifies the qualities of Zulli, a former UD football player who was killed in a military vehicle accident while serving in the Army in Germany. Zulli was not a star football player at Dayton, but his qualities of sportsmanship, scholarship and leadership were so exceptional that this award was created in his memory shortly after his death.

Schwab, a 6-4, 261 lb. senior majoring in Pre-Physical Therapy from Middletown, Ohio is a 2001 graduate of Fenwick High School. A three-year letterwinner, he has started every game at center this season.

He has been UD's Offensive Player of the Week once this year, and has been the centerpiece of a line that has paved the way for the UD ground attack to ranked fifth in NCAA Division I-AA, and lead the Pioneer Football League in scoring, rushing and total offense.

Schwab was team captain and first team all-league in football for Fenwick High School. He also was a captain on the basketball team.

The late Vic Cassano, Sr. began the award in 1956. His family has continued the support of the award, and also makes a $1,000 annual contribution to the Harry C. Baujan Scholarship Fund at UD in memory of Andy Zulli.