Veteran placekicker who has made tremendous improvement in career ... does an outstanding job on kickoffs ... has improved his field goal range considerably ... has made great progress on depth and accuracy ... has converted 14 of 20 field goal attempts in career and all 16 conversion tries ... one of the Tigers’ hardest workers in the weight room ... "redshirt" freshman in 2004 ... good student who was named to Atlantic 10 Football Academic All-Conference team in 2006 ... member of Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic team in 2007.
2007 Season: Tigers’ leading scorer with 51 points ... ranked tenth in the CAA in scoring ... converted 12 of 18 field goal attempts and all 15 extra point tries ... also averaged 61.1 yards per kickoff with seven touchbacks ... helped Tigers to season-opening win over Central Connecticut by kicking a 34-yard field goal and a 39-yard field goal ... booted two field goals at Massachusetts (34, 30) ... went 3-for-3 on field goal attempts at William & Mary, kicking a 27-yarder, a 20-yarder and a 37-yarder ... kicked a 38-yard field goal to give Tigers a 17-14 with 5:29 left in win over 14th-ranked Richmond ... scored Tigers’ only points in 20-3 loss to 10th-ranked Hofstra with a 37-yard field goal ... kicked a 31-yard field goal at Colgate ... booted two field goals (32, 28) against Villanova.
2006 Season: Tigers’ kickoff specialist ... kicked off 49 times, averaging 61.3 yards per kickoff with 15 kickoffs in end zone ... took over Tigers’ field goal kicking duties in last two games ... made both field goal tries ... kicked a career-long 40-yard field goal in win at Richmond ... booted a 33-yard field goal against James Madison ... made only extra point attempt in season opener against Morgan State.
2005 Season: Appeared in all 11 games as kickoff specialist ... kicked off 62 times ... averaged 58.0 yards per kick... had six touchbacks.
At Hamilton East High School: Three-year varsity performer as punter and place kicker ... named first team All-State as a senior ... named All-Mercer County three times ... set school record with a 47-yard field goal ... set County record for field goals in a season (11) ... named first team All-Colonial Valley Conference and All-Area as a senior ... averaged 37.9 yards per punt as a senior ... made 11 of 12 field goal attempts as a senior ... led the Spartans to a 9-0 win over rival Nottingham by kicking three field goals ... helped Coach Frank Gatto’s team reach the state playoffs three times ... played high school baseball ... member of Central Jersey state championship team as a junior ... National Honor Society member ... volunteer worker for Special Olympics ... member of student government for four years ... award recipient for the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.
Personal: Has one brother and one sister ... parents are graduates of Trenton State who work in education ... father is superintendent of schools in Hamilton Township ... mother is an elementary school teacher ... lists parents as the people he admires the most ... had summer job as clerk at Babe Ruth headquarters ... enjoys eating veal parmesan ... most memorable experience was playing in the 2001 Babe Ruth World Series ... favorite athlete is Michael Jordan ... has done volunteer work at soup kitchen in Trenton, N.J. ... cousin, Bryan Rogers, is a 2001 graduate of Towson University who pitched for the Tiger baseball team ... cousin, Michael Rogers, pitched at North Carolina State and is now a member of the Oakland Athletics’ organization ... career goal is to become a physical therapist ... son of Neil and Susan Bencivengo ... born on May 19, 1986 in Philadelphia, Pa.
