Big stats and big games.

Sean O'Shea had his share of both.

The 1991 Seneca Valley graduate was the starting quarterback on Westminster College's 1994 squad that captured the NAIA Division II national title.

He set several team records during his stay (1991-94), including passing yards in a career (4,952) and in a season (2,401 in 1994).

He finished his career with a 27-5 record as a starter and earned team-MVP and NAIA Second Team All-America honors as a senior.

The Cranberry Township native will be rewarded for his efforts when he is inducted into the Titans Sports Hall of Fame Saturday.

"I never really set it as a goal of mine to make the Hall of Fame," said O'Shea, who now lives in Avon Lake, Ohio. "But it is a great honor for me.

"It's a nice wrapping on a playing career that I'm proud of."

O'Shea was no stranger to big games by the time he graduated high school.

He passed for 1,049 yards as a junior on Seneca Valley's 1989 team that played for the WPIAL Class AAA title at Three Rivers Stadium.

The Raiders lost to Aliquippa 17-9.

"Even though we lost, just being able to play at Three Rivers was a great experience," said O'Shea. "And the week before we beat Brownsville to get to the title game. … I have great memories from that season."

O'Shea, who also played cornerback for the Raiders, graduated from Seneca Valley with 2,031 career passing yards, the third most in school history at the time.

He had his choice of colleges, including Akron, Kent State, Mount Union (Ohio), Allegheny and Carnegie Mellon.

But O'Shea ended up choosing Westminster over dinner.

"(Former Westminster coach Gene Nicholson) took my parents and I out to dinner at a restaurant in New Wilmington," said O'Shea. "He was up-front with me and talked about what would be expected of me. He made me feel wanted as an athlete.

"Plus, I knew I would have a shot to start by my sophomore season," he added.

"(Former SV football coach) Terry Henry and (former North Allegheny athletic director) Tim O'Malley both had good things to say about Sean," said Nicholson. "Obviously, Henry knew what kind of player he was, and O'Malley knew the O'Shea family well and knew what kind of kid Sean was."

O'Shea walked away from the dinner with his mind made up.

He started during the 1992 season as a sophomore, helping the Titans to a 10-1 record. But the offense wasn't geared toward a quarterback who wanted to throw the ball.

"My sophomore season, our offense was boring," said O'Shea. "It was about 70-30 run."

Then came his junior season and Nicholson opened things up.

With standout receivers Tim McNeil and Mark Bruckner to throw to, O'Shea flourished.

"Sean had some fine athletes around him," said Nicholson. "And he understood our offense well and used it to maximize his abilities."

The Titans swept through the NAIA Division II playoff field before losing to Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 50-20 in the national title game in Portland, Oregon.

"That was a long plane ride home," said O'Shea. "But the next year, we had a lot of guys coming back and were confident we could make it back to the championship game."

O'Shea turned in what was arguably the best season by a Westminster quarterback.

Completing 176 of 286 passes along with his school record passing yards total, he also threw 26 touchdown passes as the team finished the regular season with an 8-2 record.

"We just had an exceptionally talented team that year," said O'Shea. "I still think that was the most firepower a Westminster team has had to date."

The Titans scored more than 40 points in their first three playoff games, including a 42-14 win over Tiffin (Ohio) in which O'Shea passed for a team-record 340 yards and five touchdowns.

Westminster made it back to the title game and, standing in its way once again, was Pacific Lutheran.

This time it would be a different story.

O'Shea fired two touchdown passes as the Titans won the sixth NAIA title in school history with a 27-7 win.

"Beating them in the fashion we did, on the same field where we had lost the year before, it was just that much more special," said O'Shea.

"The biggest thing with Sean was his leadership," said Nicholson. "And when you're talking about a team that plays for a national title two straight years, having that kind of leader is invaluable."

The following spring, O'Shea tried out for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

"Ron Erhardt was the offensive coordinator for the Steelers," said O'Shea. "I remember him telling me that I had the smarts to play the position. What it came down to for me was I just didn't have the arm strength."

O'Shea, now 31, is a district sales manager for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. He and his wife Tricia have two daughters, Shannon and Abaigeal.

Looking back on his days with the Titans, he holds no regrets.

"I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat," he said.