Career: Dascalo has now punted 78 times as an Eagle for a 40.7 career average which currently ranks fifth in school history. He is also 4-of-7 in his EWU career kicking field goals, and has averaged 59.7 yards (6,089 total yards) in 102 career kickoffs with 39 touchbacks. He’s had seven punts in his career of at least 56 yards, including a career-long of 67 to rank sixth in school history.
2017: Listed as a starter at punter on the preseason depth chart, and should again handle at least some of the team’s kickoff duties.
2016: He had a 40.7 average on 42 punts with a long of 58. Seven of his punts were of 50 yards or longer and 14 of them were downed inside the opponent 20-yard line. Dascalo had a 60.7 average with 24 touchbacks on 58 Eagle kickoffs. Dascalo, who punted as a freshman in 2014 for Washington State, earned Big Sky Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance against his former team in EWU’s opener on Sept. 3. He averaged 55.3 yards on three punts, including one downed inside the Cougar 20-yard line. He also kicked a 48-yard field goal on the final play of the first half that started a decisive 17-0 scoring run by the Eagles in the 45-42 win. He also had seven kickoffs for a 57.0 average against WSU with one touchback. His 48-yarder equaled the 23rd-longest in school history and was the best in nearly seven years by an Eagle since Mike Jarrett booted a 49-yarder versus Idaho State on 10/3/09.
2015: Joined the Eagles for practices in August and took over the starting position at punter. Dascalo punted 36 times for a 40.7 average to rank 39th in FCS and seventh in the Big Sky. Nine of his punts were downed inside the opponent 20-yard line, and he also averaged 58.4 yards on 44 kickoffs with 15 touchbacks. He made 3-of-4 field goals for the Eagles, and converted on 9-of-10 extra point attempts. Essentially EWU’s third-string kicker entering the season, he made a 44-yard field goal as time expired to give EWU a 43-41 victory over Northern Colorado (10/24/15) in Greeley, Colo. With starter Tyler McNannay missing his fourth-straight game with a hip flexor injury, kicking duties fell to Brandyn Bangsund (extra points) and Dascalo (kickoffs/field goals). However, after Bangsund had an extra point blocked and missed one versus UNC, Dascalo also took over that duty and made all four attempts before his winning field goal. He also punted four times for a 46.0 average and a long of 59, with two of his punts downed inside the UNC 20-yard line. He kicked off six times, and had a 55.8 average with two touchbacks. As a result of his performance against the Bears, he was the team’s co-special teams player of the week. Dascalo also made a 38-yard field goal against Idaho State (10/17/15) and a 34-yarder versus Montana (10/29/15), but missed a 32-yarder against Northern Arizona (11/7/15). He punted five times for a 48.2 average against Cal Poly (10/10/15), including a 62-yarder which ranks 19th in school history. His 67 yarder against Montana is the sixth longest.
Washington State: Earned a varsity letter at Washington State in 2014 after starting all 12 games at punter. He averaged 41.6 yards per punt, sixth-best in the Pac-12 Conference. Dascalo had a total of 49 punts for 2,039 yards with a long of 56. He had 13 punts of at least 50 yards, and had 13 punts downed inside the opponent 20-yard line. He punted eight times at No. 25 Stanford, notching four punts of 50-plus yards. He had three 50-plus punts and a season-best 50.8 average against No. 15 Arizona, including a 53-yarder. He punted seven times with three inside the 20 against USC.
HS: Graduated from Taft HS in 2013. Was selected to the 2012
Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Team. As a senior in 2012 he connected on 12 field goals, including a school record five in one game. He averaged 46 yards per punt, and had a 5.15 hang time on a 55-yard punt in September of his senior season. He spent the fall of 2013 at the Atlanta Sports Academy, a post-high school prep academy. As a member of the Chris Sailer kicking camps, he was honored as a member of the organization’s “TOP 12”; 2012 National Event Field Goal Finalist; 2012 National Spring Event Field Goal Finalist; 2012 National Spring Event Kickoff Champion (Class of 2013); 2012 National Spring Event Punting Finalist; 2013 CA Nike Spring Camp Champion; 2013 Vegas Spring Event Punt Finalist; and 2013 Vegas Spring Event FG Finalist.
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies major (liberal arts).
| Year |
GP |
P |
Yds |
Avg |
TB |
FC |
I20 |
Blkd |
| 2015 |
10 |
36 |
1464 |
40.7 |
4 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
| 2016 |
14 |
42 |
1709 |
40.7 |
1 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
| Totals |
24 |
78 |
3173 |
40.7 |
5 |
29 |
23 |
0 |
| Year |
GP |
FG |
Long |
17-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50+ |
XP |
| 2015 |
10 |
3-4 |
44 |
0-0 |
2-3 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
9-10 |
| 2016 |
14 |
1-3 |
48 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1-3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
24 |
4-7 |
48 |
0-0 |
2-3 |
2-4 |
0-0 |
9-10 |
| Year |
GP |
KO |
Yds |
Avg |
TB |
OB |
| 2015 |
10 |
44 |
2571 |
58.4 |
15 |
0 |
| 2016 |
14 |
58 |
3520 |
60.7 |
24 |
2 |
| Totals |
24 |
102 |
6091 |
59.7 |
39 |
2 |
