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Football
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All-Ivy League Second Team (2018)
Earl Hamilton Varsity Award (2018 team)
SENIOR (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats
All-Ivy League Second Team defensive back … recipient of the team’s Earl Hamilton Varsity Award, given to the senior football player who displays the friendliness, sense of humor, and appreciation of the outdoors that characterized Earl Hamilton, freshman football coach from 1955-65 and varsity backfield coach from 1966 until his death in 1968 … started every game at strong safety with at least one tackle each week … set up the final touchdown in the 37-14 win over Penn with his interception and 13-yard return to the Quaker 26 … made four solo stops at Yale in the 41-18 triumph … had a pick against Sacred Heart called back due to a roughing the passer penalty … most work came during the final four weeks with 26 of his 39 tackles, including a season-high eight at Cornell to contribute to the 35-24 road victory.
JUNIOR (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats
Started every game but the first one as the Big Green strong safety … sixth on the squad with 38 tackles, tied for fourth with seven passes defended … twice made plays on third down to force Stetson to punt in the 38-7, season-opening victory … wrapped up a season-high seven Crusaders in the overtime win against Holy Cross … matched that total two weeks later and added a PBU in another thrilling victory over Yale, 28-27 … picked off a Columbia pass in the end zone during the fourth quarter, which led to a Dartmouth touchdown … broke up a pair of Cornell passes to contribute to the 10-0 shutout triumph … recovered a fumbled punt to set up a score early against Princeton, plus swatted away a pass in the fourth quarter of the 54-44 win.
SOPHOMORE (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats
Tied for the team lead with a pair of interceptions to go with 24 tackles and a PBU … saw action primarily on special teams in the season opener before starting the next three contests at free safety … made his first start memorable with five tackles, a pass breakup and two interceptions on consecutive series in the fourth quarter to help seal the 35-10 Dartmouth victory … boasted a season-high nine stops against Penn the following week … contributed four tackles to the 20-17 victory over Towson … missed two games late in the season with an injury, but returned to the field for the final contest at Princeton.
FRESHMAN (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats
Made varsity debut in the final game of the season as Dartmouth clinched a share of the Ivy League crown with a 17-10 win over Princeton … played with the junior varsity, blocking a punt and making two tackles in the 35-3 win over Middlebury … also provided a big hit to break up a pass in the 42-0 blanking of Williams.
HIGH SCHOOL
All-Hawaii Division I team and all-state honorable mention … Senior Bowl invitee … helped football team to an 11-0 record and a state title as a junior and a 10-1 record and a berth in the finals as a junior … team went 31-3 in his three varsity seasons with another second-place finish his sophomore year … team was ranked ninth nationally by Scout.com his junior year … also lettered in baseball and wrestling.
PERSONAL
Full name is Robert Brookes Straton III but goes by Bun (pronounced BOON) ... born on Oct. 5, 1996 ... son of Robert and Mutsumi Straton has one brother and one sister ... father played ice hockey at the University of New Hampshire in the early ’80s ... distant relative of Salmon P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary under Abraham Lincoln, sixth Chief Justice of the U.S. and a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1826 ... enjoys reading, hiking, body surfing and video games ... first language was Japanese.