ECAC Honors Two E8 Athletes
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its Athletes-of-the-Week for their performances during the week of Oct 22-28. Two football student-athletes from the Empire 8 claimed honors.
Division III Northwest
Offensive Player of the Week
Jeremy Meier -- Utica College
Senior, Wide Receiver, Rome, NY
Meier caught seven balls for a game-high 135 yards and two touchdowns as he helped the Pioneers secure their school-record fourth conference victory of the season on Saturday, setting up a first place showdown at No. 16 Salisbury on Saturday. He started the scoring with a first quarter touchdown to put UC on top 7-0 and he insured the victory with a fourth quarter touchdown grab, elevating the UC lead to 31-7. He headed into the contest needing just three yards receiving to break the College's career receiving yards record set in 2009. Meier now has 2,252 career receiving yards. He has 171 catches in four seasons. He currently ranks eighth in the nation and first in the Empire 8 with an average of 123.38 receiving yards per game.
Special Teams Player of the Week
Sam Carney – Ithaca College
Sophomore, CB – Hanover, NH
Carney had two long punt returns that set up Ithaca touchdowns. His first big play was a 60-yard punt return in the first quarter that set the Bombers up first-and-goal from the two and Ithaca went on to take a 7-0 lead. In the third quarter, Carney returned a punt 35 yards to the 50 and it sparked an eight-play, 50-yard touchdown drive to put Ithaca ahead 14-0 in a win over Salisbury.