Football Defensive Player – Ithaca
Will Carter, Graduate Student, LB – Thornwood, NY/Westlake
 
Will Carter made a career-high 18 tackles as Ithaca rallied from a 10-point first half deficit and defeated Salisbury 24-23 in overtime. The Bombers kept the Salisbury ground-game in check, holding the Sea Gulls 32 yards below their per-game rushing average. The victory clinched the first Empire 8 championship for Ithaca in five years and earned the Bombers an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division III Football Tournament.