*** 2018 Honors Candidate ***

*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: His 33 career starts in 34 total games played are the most on the defense and overall entering the 2017 season. He enters his senior season with 231 tackles, five interceptions and 12 passes broken up. He has played in 34 of a possible 36 games in his career.

2018: Listed as a starter at safety on the preseason depth chart. He is a candidate for Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year accolades in 2018. Is one of four Eagle seniors serving as co-captain for the 2018 season, linebacker Ketner Kupp, center Spencer Blackburn and quarterback Gage Gubrud (two-time captain).

2017: Earned third team All-Big Sky honors (as selected by the league’s head coaches). Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Fettig was also selected as EWU’s Defensive Player of the Year. Started all 11 games as a safety. Fettig averaged 8.4 tackles per game (total of 92) to rank 61st nationally and ninth in the Big Sky. Fettig had a career-high 14 tackles against Montana (9/23/17) in EWU’s 48-41 victory. He also had 11 tackles against North Dakota State (9/9/17) and 10 versus UC Davis (10/7/17). He began the year with a team-high eight tackles versus Texas Tech (9/2/17) to earn team defensive player of the week honors. He was selected as a second team choice on the College Sports Madness preseason All-Big Sky squad. He had 12 tackles in three spring scrimmages to rank third on the defense.
2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors (as selected by the league’s head coaches). Fettig started all 14 Eastern games at safety, finishing his sophomore season with 97 tackles to rank third on the team (tops among returning players). He had four interceptions and five passes broken up. He had a career-high 13 tackles against Montana (10/29/16), then concluded the season with 12 versus Youngstown State (12/17/16) in the FCS Playoffs. He also had an interception against the Grizzlies, and also had picks versus Washington State (9/3/16), UC Davis (10/1/15) and Central Arkansas (12/3/16). He also had seven tackles in the thrilling 45-42 win over the Cougars to earn co-team defensive player of the week honors. He had a pair of passes broken up and six tackles versus Northern Iowa (9/17/16).

2015: Fettig was selected as EWU’s 2015 Freshman of the Year. Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Fettig made his first career start against Oregon (9/5/15) versus the FBS runner-up from the previous year and had a season-high eight tackles. He ended up starting at safety in eight of the nine games he played in his debut season, missing games versus Sacramento State (9/26/15) and Portland State (11/21/15) because of injuries. He had six tackles and broke up a pass versus Northern Iowa (9/12/15) in his second career game. Two of his four passes broken up came versus Weber State (10/31/15) when he also equaled his season high with eight tackles. The first interception of his career came versus Idaho State (10/17/15).

2014: Redshirted. He was the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once and earned the same honor once on special teams.

HS: Graduated from Olympia HS in 2014. He was selected to the Associated Press 4A All-State team as a first team defensive back. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. He was picked as a first team selection on the Tacoma News Tribune All-Area squad as a defensive back. Fettig was chosen to the Olympian All-Area football team as well. Was selected to the All-4A Narrows League squad as a first team wide receiver and repeated as a first team defensive back. Had 33 tackles and forced three turnovers on defense, and on offense set a school record for most touchdowns receiving in a season with 12 and in a career with 14. He helped the Bears finish 8-3. As a junior, Fettig was a second team selection as a defensive back on the Tacoma News Tribune All-Area team and was a first team selection on the Olympian All-Area squad. He was a first team All-4A Narrows League selection as a defensive back his junior season. He was credited with 67 tackles and a team-leading five interceptions. He also caught 28 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns and had 112 yards rushing. Also lettered in basketball and track and field. Eastern 1997 All-America quarterback Harry Leons attended Olympia HS (’93).

Personal: Criminal justice major with a 3.76 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 5/15/96 in Olympia, Wash. Full name is Mitchel Bennett Fettig. His parents are Steven and Katherine Fettig. Nickname is “Dash.”

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2015	9	43	8	0	0-0	0-1	4	1-0
2016	14	96	13	0.5	5-13	0-0	5	4-2
2017	11	92	14	0.5	3-12	0-1	3	0-0
Totals	34	231	14	1.0	8-25	0-2	12	5-2

 

MITCH FETTIG Top Tackling Performances (6 with 10+)
14 tackles – Montana – 9/23/17
13 tackles – Montana – 10/29/16
12 tackles – Youngstown State – 12/17/16
11 tackles – North Dakota State – 9/9/17
10 tackles – UC Davis – 10/7/17
10 tackles – Cal Poly – 11/5/16