NCAA Division III Player of the Week Awards

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Week of September 17

Offensive Player

Defensive Player

Rookie

Special Teams Player

Brian Dawson, So. RB	Brian Bergstrom, Jr LB	Ron Swearingin, Fr. LB	P.J. Hickey, Fr. P
Washington & Jefferson	Gustavus Adolphus	Capital	Westminster (MO)
Dawson set a new W&J record, tossing 6 TD passes, all in the 1st half that covered 18, 29, 30, 12, 3 and 13 yards while connecting on 14 of 19 passing attempts for 306 yards and no interceptions.	Bergstrom recorded 17 tackles, 10 of which were solo hits, including two QB sacks while scooping up a fumble and and returning it for a touchdown. He extended his streak of double digit tackles to 9.	Swearingin was named the OAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting 11 tackles, three of which were for losses as well as a pair of QB sacks in a 37-7 victory over Heidelberg. mmmmmmmmm	Hickey punted a team - record 13 times for an average of 41.3 yards with a longest of 48. Four of the punts landed inside the 15-yard line. mmmmmmmmmmm

Offensive Honorable Mention

Defensive Honorable Mention

Doug Anderson RB Mount St. Joseph Will Anderson RB Bethany (WV) Brian Babst WR Cortland State Jake Barkley RB St. Thomas Kyle Brown WR Pacific Lutheran Ronnie Canedo QB Texas Lutheran Billy Condon RB Whitworth Casey Donaldson RB Wittenberg Ryan Earley WR Dickinson Joe Feerrar QB Lycoming Dennis Flaherty QB Gettysburg Tom Gallagher QB Hiram James Graham QB Westminster (PA) J.D. Graves QB Hope Richard Green RB Howard Payne Josh Harrison WR Linfield Chad Johnson QB Pacific Lutheran Jim Jones WR Widener Ben LaBelle FB Western Connecticut Jason Lee QB DePauw Scott Lipford WR Rowan Brian Lipiello WR Westminster (PA) Scott Martorana RB Johns Hopkins Matt McLaughlin QB UMass-Dartmouth Dallas Noll QB Lebanon Valley Rory Peacock WR McMurry Daniel Pincelli QB Hartwick Teron Powell WR Western Maryland Chris Rahill QB Ursinus Adam Ryan QB Wilmington (OH) Jeff Scheid WR Lewis & Clark Bryan Siu WR Puget Sound Cory Tenner TB Carthage Nathan Tuck WR Emory & Henry Adam Wallace RB Grinnell Justin Warren RB Wisc.-Whitewater Lamar Wilson RB Buffalo State Andy Wolfsohn RB Muhlenberg m m m

Will Baker DB Washington & Lee Sky Blake DE Whitworth Terrance Bogan DT Earlham Greg Bruns DL Bluffton Brian Byrnes DL Swarthomore Jeff Damauer DT Wheaton Mike Desrosier CB Masachusetts Maritime Seth Duerr DB Wooster Ike Ellis DB Linfield Brandon Falk LB Alfred Tony Favata CB Buffalo State Eric Fette DB Thomas More Matt Fitzgerald LB Albright Barry Friedman LB Lewis & Clark Josh Galemore DT Western Maryland Pat Griffis DB Hiram Barry Halter LB Manchester Jeff Haynes LB Mount St. Joseph Jack Himmelburger LB Lebanon Valley Craig Ikewood LB St. John Fisher Doug Joseph CB Moravian Andy Kerstetter CB Dickinson Sky Kitaoka DB Puget Sound Mike Little LB Johns Hopkins Ben Matthews DB Bethel Preston Meyer LB Mary Hardin-Baylor Pete Mohoric LB Franklin & Marshall David Moncrieffe LB Waynesburg Ryan Moore LB Gettysburg Mwaura Muroki SS Muhlenberg Antonio Nash DB Susquehanna Peter Sangenette SS Western Connecticut Nate Schkeryantz LB Wisc.-Whitewater Paul Schmitt DL Wisc.-Stevens Poimnt Benji Sonnichsen DB Pacific Lutheran John Turi LB Montclair State Randy VanTilburg DB Ohio Northern Roque Vela SS McMurry Glenn Weatherford SS Illinois College

Rookie Honorable Mention

Special Teams Honorable Mention

Jason Burch TB Cortland State Walter Froelich RB Hiram Bryan Gnyp QB Kalamazoo Maurice Hooker RB Defiance Kurt Kielblock RB Wisc.-Stevens Point Ros Lee DB Montclair State Mike Mills DL Bethany (WV) Thomas Reilly LB Ursinus

Blake Elliot RS St. John's (MN) Scott Harrison P Cortland State Lee Henderson P Knox Roman Natoli PK Chicago Joe Rogich PK Hiram Jonah Roth SP Wisc.-Stevens Point Art Steele PK Wilmington (OH) m m m

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