ECAC Athletes-of-the-Week
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its Athletes-of-the-Week for their performances during the week of Oct 15-21. Five student-athletes from the Empire 8 claimed honors.
Division III Northwest -Football
Offensive Player of the Week
Cody Miller – St. John Fisher College
Junior, Running Back, Spencerport, NY
Junior running back Cody Miller rushed for a career-high 208 yards and three touchdowns – both career highs – to lead nationally ranked St. John Fisher College to a 21-17 win over Ithaca College. On a fourth-and-one play, with Fisher trailing 17-14 with under five minutes left, Miller scored on a 36-yard run for the game's final touchdown. It was the first time a running back has rushed for over 200 yards in nearly seven years at Fisher.
Defensive Player of the Week
Greg Stanton -- Salisbury University
Junior, Defensive Back, Damascus, Md.
Stanton made a game and career-high 12 tackles and his fourth interception of the season in the No. 8 Sea Gulls’ 24-21 win over Alfred. Stanton also posted half a tackle for loss and broke up two passes on the day.
Special Teams Player of the Week
Thomas Woodburn -- Utica College
Freshman, Kicker, West Islip, NY
Freshman kicker Thomas Woodburn went on to break his own school-record for points by a kicker in a single-game, which he originally set last week, as he totaled 12 points on the afternoon (three field goals, three extra points) in the Pioneers' win over Hartwick. He also tied the school-record for field goals made in a single-game with three. Woodburn knocked down field goals of 22, 22 and 30 yards.
Division III – Metro/Upstate Volleyball
Player of the Week
Sasha Zavadska – Elmira College?
Senior, Outside Hitter, Bratislava, Slovakia
Zavadska, named the most outstanding player of the Eastern Connecticut Tournament, finished the week with a remarkable 4.12 kills, 3.12 digs, 0.59 service aces and 0.41 assists per set in a 5-0 week for Elmira. On Thursday against Alfred she finished with 10 kills, seven digs and five service aces while hitting .444. On Friday Zavadska pounded out a match-high 25 kills to go with 12 digs, hitting .259. She capped off the weekend on Saturday with 26 kills and 15 digs as Elmira defeated Salve Regina in a tight five setter. On the week the senior tallied 70 kills, 53 digs and 10 service aces.
Division III Metro/Upstate – Women’s Cross Country
Amy Regan – Stevens Institute of Technology
Freshman, Green Brook, NJ
Regan paced the Ducks with a fourth place finish out of 69 runners on Saturday at the six-kilometer CTC Championship. She set a personal record on the 6K course by 20 seconds with a time of 23:27.3. The Steven’s Institute of Technology women’s cross country team raced to a second place finish out of seven teams with all five runners for the Ducks finishing in the top 20.