High School: Handled all kicks and punts at West Deptford High School for head coach Clyde Folsom...team went 11-1, won the Colonial Conference, and advanced to state championship game this past fall and went 9-2 and won league title in 2005...two-time All-South Jersey selection, two-time All-Gloucester County pick, and two-time All-Colonial Conference honoree as a kicker and punter...did not start playing football until his junior year of high school...hit 4 of 5 field goals and 45 of 47 extra points as a senior in 2006 when he had 24 touchbacks...as a junior, hit 4 of 5 field goals and 52 of 56 extra points with five touchbacks...also competed in basketball (point guard), soccer (midfielder), and golf at West Deptford High School and earned seven varsity letters.

At Delaware: Only kicker in Delaware’s 2007 recruiting class...could battle for Blue Hens’ starting spot on extra point and field goal placements and on kickoffs with sophomore Jon Striefsky...two will compete to replace Zach Hobby, who left school after two years as the Hens’ regular kicker...can also add backup support as a punter.

Personal: Michael Mark “Mike” Perry...born August 20, 1988 in Woodbury, NJ...son of Mark and Susan Perry....plans to major in sport management...enjoys surfing in spare time....mother played collegiate field hockey at Saint Joseph’s (PA) University in 1984-87....oldest of three children...works with father in family swimming pool business during the summers.