Bio

Career: Huntingdon's career leader with 128 punts and ranks second with 4,427 punting yards ... has a career punting average of 34.6 ... holds Huntingdon records with 104 extra points made and attempted 115 extra points attempted ... ranks third in Huntingdon history with eight field goals and fourth in field goals attempted with 13 ... his 61.5 field goal percentage ranks second in Hawks' history

2013: Appeared in all 10 games as Huntingdon's punter and placekicker ... set the Huntingdon and USA South record for extra points made in a season with 56 ... set a school record for extra points attempted in a season with 61 ... had a season-high eight extra points against Ferrum and against North Carolina Wesleyan ... with eight extra points and a field goal, accounted for 11 points against N.C. Wesleyan ... accounted for 10 points against LaGrange ... scored eight points or more in four games ... punted 34 times for 1,205 yards (35.4 yards per punt) ... had nine punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... punted a season-high nine times for a 38.1 average against Louisiana College ... as a placekicker, converted 4-of-8 field goals, including two field goals at LaGrange

2012: Appeared in all nine games as the Hawks' punter and placekicker ... punted 41 times for 1,434 yards (35 yards per punt) ... had a long of 64 yards and eight punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... punted a season-high seven times at Hampden-Sydney for an average of 37 yards per punt ... averaged 39.2 yards on five punts against Ave Maria ... as a placekicker, converted 4-of-5 field goals, with a long of 38 yards ... was 39-of-44 on extra points ... the 39 extra points are the third most in a season by a Hawk and the 44 attempts are the second most

2011: Earned a position as the Hawks' starting punter and backup placekicker as a freshman ... punted a school-record 53 times for an average for 33.7 yards, a long of 57 yards and had 17 punts inside the 20-yard line ... his 1,788 yards for the season are the third most in school history ... turned in his best statistical performance in a loss to Wesley College, punting seven times for 285 yards (40.7 yards per punt) and a long of 57 ... as a place-kicker, converted 9-of-10 extra-point attempts, going 5-for-5 at Maryville and 4-for-5 against Hampden-Sydney

Prep: Lettered in football for one season and soccer for three seasons at Benjamin Russell High School

Personal: Full name is David Scott Ballard ... is the son of John and Julie Ballard ... has two sisters, Ruth Anne and Lydia Kate ... majoring in business