University of Arizona Athletics

Arizona: 2L... Wacholz will contend for a key role and gives UA depth at tackle or guard, bringing some game-playing experience to that function... Lettered on backup duty in 2007, playing in five games... Lettered as a backup and on kicking units as a sophomore in 2006, playing in 11 games... One appearance in 2005, in the NAU game... A redshirt during the 2004 season ... He was an eye-catcher at a recruiting combine in May of 2004 and signed with Arizona in late June 2004 ...

Career: 17 games played...

High School: Rancho Bernardo High School, Poway San Diego, Calif., 2004 ... Two-year letterman in football ... Suffered a broken leg before the start of his senior year and missed most of the regular season ... Was a preseason Cal Hi Sports all-state nominee and a San Diego Union-Tribune area top prospect.

Personal: Academic major is psychology... UA's coaching staff had been recruiting him prior to his prep senior year, and he made a number of unofficial visits to games in 2003... Son of Connie and Bill Wacholz of San Diego ... Parents are graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ... Mom is in real estate and father is an engineer ... Has a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do ... Full name: William Arthur Wacholz Jr... Date of birth Dec. 6, 1985, in San Diego.