MCAC Football: Western Division Athletes-of-the-Week

MCAC Football: Western Division Athletes-of-the-Week

Winona, MN- 

The 2019 football season in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference has produced the Week Six MCAC Football Athletes-of-the-Week.   

Adidas, the United States Marine Corps and Nicklasson Athletic Company sponsor the MCAC Athlete-of-the-Week awards, and proudly honor the following student-athletes for their performances this past week on behalf of their teams. 

For all things MCAC Football, go to: https://www.mcacsports.org/sports/fball/index

 

Western Division

Football

Athlete-of-the-Week

Offense

 

Desean Phillips

Freshman 

Running Back

Albertville, MN

 

                   

The Performance: 

Desean Phillips picks up his second consecutive Athlete-of-the-Week honor, running for 121 yards and two touchdowns... Phillips carried 12 times on the day... the freshman from Albertville, Minnesota averaged 10.1 yards a carry...

 

                         

Western Division

Football

Athlete-of-the-Week

Defense

 

 

Quantay Person

Sophomore 

Linebacker

Germantown, MD

 

 

The Performance: 

Quantay Person racked up 14 total tackles for the Pioners in their 27-26 Divisional win over MnWest... Person had one sack and five stops behind the line of scrimmage... the sophomore from Germantown, Maryland also had a fumble recovery...

 

Western Division

Football

Athlete-of-the-Week

Special Teams

Spencer Skeesick

Sophomore

Placekicker

Moses Lake, WA

 

 

 

 

The Performance: 

Spencer Skeesick, hit three PAT's in the Wildcat win over the Spartans... Skeesick also hit nine kickoffs for 515 total yards...the sophomore from Moses Lake, Washington averaged 57.2 yards on his kickoff attempts...

 

 

Milkaso Dedefo

Freshman

DL / Tight End

St. Louis Park, MN

                                                     

Notable:

Milkaso Dedefo lines up on both sides of the ball for the Spartans...

had 3 tackles for M State, including a stop behind the line of scrimmage...

has five sacks on the season for first year head coach Cory Miller

 

 

 

MCAC Football Week One Athletes-of-the-Week: Western Division

MCAC Football Week Two Athletes-of-the-Week: Western Division

MCAC Football Week Three Athletes-of-the-Week: Western Division

MCAC Football Week Four Athletes-of-the-Week: Western Division

MCAC Football Week Five Athletes-of-the-Week: Western Division

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, as well as select member colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin.  The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions.  The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.

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