2008: Rotary Lombardi Award Preliminary Watch List . . . Outland Trophy Watch List . . . Phil Steele’s Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Preseason Blue Ribbon All-Sun Belt Conference.
2007: Mandich was a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection as a junior and was a 2007 All-Sun Belt Conference selection by Phil Steele’s as well . . . He has started every game of his career and helped ASU post the second most yards of total offense in school history . . . Mandich also helped lead the way for ASU’s rushing attack that ranked 39th in the nation . . . Lindy’s Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Athlon’s Preseason First Team All-SBC . . . Street and Smith Preseason First Team All-SBC . . . Phil Steele’s Preseason Second Team All-SBC.
2006: Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference . . . Started all 12 games at left tackle . . . Helped lead the ASU offense to the No. 2 ranked rushing attack in the Sun Belt Conference at 167.7 yards per game and also the fourth ranked offense in the league overall.
2005: Second-team All-Sun Belt as a redshirt freshman, starting all 12 games at left tackle . . . Considered the brightest prospects on the offensive line and has yet to reach his full potential, according to head coach Steve Roberts.
2004: Redshirted while participating on the practice squad.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterman on the offensive line . . . Three-year letterman overall . . . Senior season squad went 14-0 . . . Did not allow a sack as a senior and registered 40 pancake blocks . . . Clarion Ledger first-team All-State performer . . . Named Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 5-A first-team All-State left tackle . . . Participated in track and field and power lifting . . . Received the Lamar County Martin Luther King Citizenship Award . . . Two-time Scholar Athlete of the Year award at Oak Grove.
PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1986 . . . Son of Dreg and Kim Mandich . . . Majoring in nursing . . . Also recruited by Marshall, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Middle Tennessee and Louisiana-Monroe.
