Montana linebacker Jordan Tripp has been named the Big Sky Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Tripp, a 6-foot-3 1/2, 244-pound junior from Missoula, returned to the Grizzly lineup after missing the last 11 games of the 2011 season with an injury. Tripp responded with 10 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and 1.5 tackles for loss in Montana’s 35-24 victory over South Dakota. Montana’s defense limited South Dakota to just nine first downs, 83 rushing yards, and 233 total yards. This is Tripp’s first career Player of the Week honor.
Cal Poly quarterback Andre Broadous was named the Offensive Player of the Week, Eastern Washington linebacker Ronnie Hamlin shared the defensive award with Tripp, and Eastern Washington kicker Jimmy Pavel earned the Special Teams Player of the Week honor.
Broadous, a 6-foot, 210-pound senior from Portland, Ore., accounted for four touchdowns as Cal Poly won its first game as a Big Sky member, downing the University of San Diego 41-14. Broadous rushed 15 times for 113 yards, an average of 7.5 yards per carry. He scored on a career-long 56-yard run in the third quarter to put the Mustangs up 20-7. He added a 5-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Broadous also completed 12 of 19 passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns. His TD passes of 7 and 12 yards came in the fourth quarter, as the Mustangs broke open a 20-14 game with 21 unanswered points.
Hamlin, a 6-2, 210-pound junior from Lacey, Wash., recorded a team-high eight tackles and broke up a pass in Eastern Washington’s 20-3 upset of Football Bowl Subdivision member Idaho last Thursday night in Moscow. Hamlin led a defense which forced the Vandals to punt nine times, and allowed just 237 yards. Idaho’s longest rush of the game was 7 yards. Idaho was also just 2 of 15 on third downs. Hamlin recorded four solo stops.
Pavel, a 5-11, 195-pound senior from Molalla, Ore., was perfect in his first game as the Eagles’ place-kicker in his team’s 20-3 upset of Idaho. Pavel, who handled kickoff duties a year ago, connected on field goals of 34 and 23 yards, and also made both of his extra points as EWU won its first game over an FBS team since 2003. Pavel’s 34-yard field goal in the first quarter tied the game at 3-3. He added a 23-yard field goal in the third quarter to put the Eagles ahead 13-3.
Tripp, a 6-foot-3 1/2, 244-pound junior from Missoula, returned to the Grizzly lineup after missing the last 11 games of the 2011 season with an injury. Tripp responded with 10 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and 1.5 tackles for loss in Montana’s 35-24 victory over South Dakota. Montana’s defense limited South Dakota to just nine first downs, 83 rushing yards, and 233 total yards. This is Tripp’s first career Player of the Week honor.
Cal Poly quarterback Andre Broadous was named the Offensive Player of the Week, Eastern Washington linebacker Ronnie Hamlin shared the defensive award with Tripp, and Eastern Washington kicker Jimmy Pavel earned the Special Teams Player of the Week honor.
Broadous, a 6-foot, 210-pound senior from Portland, Ore., accounted for four touchdowns as Cal Poly won its first game as a Big Sky member, downing the University of San Diego 41-14. Broadous rushed 15 times for 113 yards, an average of 7.5 yards per carry. He scored on a career-long 56-yard run in the third quarter to put the Mustangs up 20-7. He added a 5-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. Broadous also completed 12 of 19 passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns. His TD passes of 7 and 12 yards came in the fourth quarter, as the Mustangs broke open a 20-14 game with 21 unanswered points.
Hamlin, a 6-2, 210-pound junior from Lacey, Wash., recorded a team-high eight tackles and broke up a pass in Eastern Washington’s 20-3 upset of Football Bowl Subdivision member Idaho last Thursday night in Moscow. Hamlin led a defense which forced the Vandals to punt nine times, and allowed just 237 yards. Idaho’s longest rush of the game was 7 yards. Idaho was also just 2 of 15 on third downs. Hamlin recorded four solo stops.
Pavel, a 5-11, 195-pound senior from Molalla, Ore., was perfect in his first game as the Eagles’ place-kicker in his team’s 20-3 upset of Idaho. Pavel, who handled kickoff duties a year ago, connected on field goals of 34 and 23 yards, and also made both of his extra points as EWU won its first game over an FBS team since 2003. Pavel’s 34-yard field goal in the first quarter tied the game at 3-3. He added a 23-yard field goal in the third quarter to put the Eagles ahead 13-3.
