2006: Walked on in the fall of 2006 ... earned starting job prior to opener at Michigan State ... was WAC Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking field goals of 42 and 19 yards, and successfully converting all five PATs in Idaho’s victory over Utah State ... tied for the league lead in field goals per game and was tied for 52nd nationally ... connected on 12-of-17 field goal attempts and was perfect on 23 PATs ... assumed punting chores for one game and averaged 39.5 yards on four kicks ... had a career long field goal of 49 yards in the Vandals’ season opener at Michigan State ... made two Idaho all-time single-season lists ? is tied for fifth on the field goal percentage list at .706; one of seven kickers with a perfect PAT mark.
Junior college: Was the kicker for Chaffey Junior College for one season.
High school: Graduated from Kaiser High School in 2004 ... all-league, all-county, all-California Interscholastic Federation and all-state honoree ... holds all Kaiser HS kicking records ... as a junior connected on six-of-10 field goal attempts ... as a senior, was good on 13 of 20 field goal attempts and 58 of 60 PATs ... Scholar Athlete of the Year ... also played baseball and basketball.
Personal: son of Anna and Tino Amancio ... born Nov. 17, 1986 ... majoring in Business
Single-game highs
Field goals attempted ? 3 (vs. Boise State, Oct. 21, 2006); Field goals made ? 2, four times (vs. Idaho State, Sept. 16, 2006; at Utah State, Sept. 30, 2006; vs. Boise State, Oct. 21, 2006, and vs. San Jose State, Nov. 25, 2006); Long field goal ? 49 (at Michigan State, Sept. 2, 2006); PATs attempted ? 5 (at Utah State, Sept. 30, 2006); PATs made ? 5 (at Utah State, Sept. 30, 2006).
