Faisthuber Granted One More Year

Jan. 17 - The CIS Eligibility Committee today ruled that standout Bison Football slotback Mike Faisthuber will not be charged with a year of eligibility for this past season.

Faisthuber's season ended early in game two in Calgary when he broke his fibula and came only 8 months after the native of Kamloops, BC was hospitalized with a kidney ailment that forced him to miss the Bisons run to the Vanier Cup in 2001.

The favorite target of Bison quarterback of Shane Munson will now have a chance to add to his growing list of Bison team records next season. The 6'1" 200-lb graduate of the Okanagan Sun already owns Bison records for the longest TD reception (96 yards), TD receptions in a season (7), and career TD receptions (17).

In 2003, he will have a chance to eclipse the record for most career receiving yards and most career receptions both of which are held by former Bison great Terry Fach. Faisthuber hauled in seven receptions for 87 yards in 2002, and will start next season needing 47 receptions and 422 yards to break Fach's marks of 150 career receptions and 2,039 yards that were set from 1980-1984.