Players from the three South Dakota schools in the league have earned weekly football honors from the Northern Sun Conference.

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#2 Trey Heid (QB, 6-2, 199, Sr., Lakeville, Minn. / North HS) – Augustana
– Accounted for seven total touchdowns in a 54-35 win at Upper Iowa
– Completed 30-of-48 passes for a season-high 466 yards and six touchdowns
– The six touchdown passes ties his career-high which he set on Oct. 18, 2014 at Wayne State
– Also ran the ball a team-high 14 times for 87 yards and a touchdown
– Has thrown for a league-high 30 touchdowns this season and now has 94 on his career to go along with 10,540 passing yards

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#31 Michael Mehling (LB, 5-11, 200, Sr., Las Vegas, Nev. / Durango HS) – Sioux Falls
– Tied career-high with 11 tackles and registered a sack, a TFL and three quarterback hurries in 51-17 win over Concordia-St.  Paul
– Had his fourth double digit tackle game this season as USF held CSP to 73 rushing yards on 35 carries or 2.08 yards per carry
– Ranks fifth in the NSIC with 71 tackles and is second in the league with 44 solo stops while having 3.5 sacks and 6.5 TFLs

NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week
#29 Nathan Shaw (K/P, 6-2, 175, Jr., Acworth, Ga. / Allatoona HS) – Northern State
– Shaw led the Wolves with three made field goals from 23, 25, and 26 yards out in a 29-28 win over St. Cloud State
– Two of his three kicks regained the lead for the Wolves including his third attempt of 26 yards which sealed the 29-28 victory
– The junior tallied a total of 11 of the team’s 29 points with the three field goals and two PATs
– He also tallied 407 kickoff yards, averaging 58.0 yards per attempt
– Shaw is one field goal away from his 2015 season total of nine