Three Morningside players have swept the weekly football awards from the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Offense – Trent Solsma, Quarterback (Morningside College)
Morningside quarterback Trent Solsma is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Offensive Player-of-the-Week. Solsma, a junior from Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, for 282 yards and four touchdowns in the Mustangs’ win at Concordia to raise his season’s total to 42 touchdown passes. Solsma has thrown at least two touchdown passes in each of the Mustangs’ 11 games and has thrown four or more TD passes in seven of them. Solsma is the NAIA national leader in pass efficiency with a rating of 193.3 and is sixth in the nation in total offense (319.5 ypg) and seventh in passing (310.0 ypg).
Defense – Xavier Spann, Defensive Back (Morningside College)
Morningside defensive back Xavier Spann is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Defensive Player-of-the-Week. Spann, a junior, from Lakeland, Florida, tied the Morningside single-game record with three pass interceptions in the Mustangs’ 35-0 shutout win against Concordia. Spann tied a record that had been accomplished nine times before. Spann is the Mustangs’ season co-leader with four interceptions. The third-ranked Mustangs will hose Sterling on Saturday in the opening round of the NAIA Football Championship Series. Kick off will be at Noon.
Special Teams – Spencer Wyant, Punter (Morningside College)
Spencer Wyant of Morningside is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Special Teams Player-of-the-Week. Wyant, a junior, from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, averaged 41.8 yards per punt with a long punt of 58 yards. Three of his punts were downed inside the 20. He also ran 30 yards on a fake punt. The third-ranked Mustangs will hose Sterling on Saturday in the opening round of the NAIA Football Championship Series. Kick off will be at Noon.
