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12/17/1976 |
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Eastern Washington |
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A Spokane native, for the last four seasons Lake has coached defensive backs at Eastern Washington. Last year's team included two players who were second-team All-Big Sky selections and a third who received honorable mention honors as the Eagles posted a 6-5 record. It was Eastern Washington's fifth consecutive winning season.
During his first year at Eastern, the Eagles defense ranked first in the Big Sky Conference in pass efficiency defense (106.9) and interceptions (1.45 per game).
Lake graduated from Eastern Washington in 2000 with a degree in business administration. As a senior in 1998, he was an honorable mention All-Big Sky pick at strong safety despite suffering a knee injury in the fifth game of the season. Lake finished the year with 33 tackles.
In Lake's junior season Eastern won the 1997 Big Sky Conference title and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Lake had 66 tackles during the season and had his only career interception in Eastern's 40-35 win at Montana. He added 22 tackles in three playoff games.
The four-year letterwinner had 160 tackles, including three sacks, during his 36-game career. He had a career-high 13 tackles against Cal State Northridge to end the 1996 season.
Lake was born Dec. 17, 1976, in San Francisco, Calif. He and his wife Michele have a son named Jimmy Jr. and a daughter named Faith Kathryn.
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