Hunter wins WVIAC Offensive Player of the Week honor
University of Charleston quarterback DeRante Hunter was named the WVIAC Offensive Player of the Week following his performance in a UC victory over Fairmont State this weekend.
Hunter joins teammates Chris Rotella (WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week 8/25), Mike Williams (WVIAC, CollegeSportsReport and D2Football.com Defensive Player of the Week 9/22), T.L. Asbury (WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week 9/29) and Xavier Drakeford (WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week 8/25) as Golden Eagles that have claimed weekly individual awards.
The official WVIAC release is below:
WVIAC Offensive Players of the Week:
DeRante Hunter, Charleston, QB, Fr., 5-9, 175, Sarasota, FL
Hunter paced Charleston's 35-9 road win at Fairmont State with an efficient rushing and passing effort...The redshirt freshman rushed 14 times for 160 yards...He also added an 8-for-10 passing afternoon for 141 yards and a pair of scores as the Golden Eagles moved into a tie atop the league standings.
Jerry Seymour, Glenville State, RB, Jr., 5-7, 195, Miramar, FL: Seymour rushed 30 times for 196 yards and two touchdowns as Glenville State handed West Liberty State their first league defeat...The Central Michigan transfer scored on rushes of 1 and 2 yards...He also went over the 1,000 yard mark on the season with 1,034 rush yards in seven contests.
Previous winners: 8/25-Dervon Wallace (SU)/Jerry Seymour (GSC); 9/1-Zach Amedro (WLSC); 9/8-Kevin O'Brien (WVSU); 9/15-Dwayne Thompson (GSC); 9/22-Antwarn Jones (SHU), 9/29-Dervon Wallace (SU)/Zach Amedro (WLSC), 10/6-Antwarn Jones (SHU)/Brian Mitchell (WVSU).
WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week:
Raphael Lee, West Virginia State, DB, Soph., 5-10, 200, Union, NJ: Lee contributed eight tackles and two interceptions as West Virginia State continued their strongest start in over a quarter-century with a 21-13 win over Seton Hill...Lee's first interception, a late third quarter pick, helped set up a touchdown that gave WVSU a 21-7 lead...His second theft of the afternoon ended Seton Hill's final threat in the contest.
Previous winners: 8/25-Chris Rotella (UC)/Tank Tunstalle (CU); 9/1-Nick Harding (WLSC)/Vince Black (FSU); 9/8-Darren Banks (WLSC); 9/15-Andrew Eggleton (WVSU)/Michael Harden (GSC); 9/22-Mike Williams (UC), 9/29-T.L . Asbury (UC), 10/6-Darren Banks (WLSC).
Special Teams Player of the Week:
Robert Harvey, Glenville State, DB, Fr., 5-11, 185, Tampa, FL: Harvey returned a intercepted two-point conversion pass 100-plus yards for a defensive score to help clinch GSC's key 44-33 league win against West Liberty State...Harvey's return allowed the Pioneers to retain a two-score advantage in the final minutes of the contest.
Previous winners: 8/25-Xavier Drakeford (UC); 9/1-Billy Hager (WLSC); 9/8-Matt Vujaklya (FSU); 9/15-Zach Boyd (CU); 9/22-Tyler Kraus (WVWC), 9/29-Scott Sears (GSC), 10/6-Deante Steele (SU).
Saturday's Standouts:
Vince Brown (UC) rushed for 75 yards on only five carries...Allen Jewell (FSU) caught two passes for 108 yards...Joey Lindamood (UC) accounted for eight solo tackles...Vince Black (FSU) had eight tackles, including two for loss...Dervon Wallace (SU) rushed 36 times for 153 yards...Vincent Riggs (SU) rushed 16 times for 88 yards and two scores...Thomas Frazier (CU) completed 20 of 38 passes for 183 yards...Dustin Greenwood (CU) caught seven passes for 84 yards...Taros Harris (SU) had seven tackles, a forced fumble, and an interception...Deante Steele (SU) had four punt returns for 52 yards...T.J. Taylor (SU) had a pair of sacks...Tank Tunstalle (CU) notched 20 tackles...Joey Thomas (CU) had 15 stops, including three for loss...Antwarn Jones (SHU) had 98 yards on 25 carries...Brian Mitchell (WVSU) rushed 20 times for 72 yards...Matt Dowdell (SHU) passed for 237 yards...Derek Thompson (SHU) caught six passes for 75 yards...Jermain King (WVSU) had two touchdown receptions and accounted for 78 yards...Steve Trent (SHU) was in on 16 tackles and forced a fumble...Mark Stolle (WVSU) had 15 stops...J.T. Powell (WVSU) made nine tackles...Rob Ellis (SHU) made a dozen stops...Eddie Hills (WLSC) rushed 27 times for 141 yards...Zach Amedro (WLSC) completed 22 of 30 passes for 306 yards...James McCants completed 14 of 21 passes for 204 yards...Johnny Bonar (WLSC) caught five passes for 131 yards...Almonzo Banks caught a pair of touchdown passes...Brian Miles (GSC) had eight receptions for 102 yards...Jerrell Reeves (WLSC) made 15 tackles...Jacob Lilly (GSC) had 13 tackles and a pair of sacks...Wes Hanson (GSC) returned a kickoff 83 yards...Stephen Bumpus (WVSU) returned a pair of punts for 44 yards...Billy Hager (WLSC) made a pair of field goals to move into third on the WVIAC all-time career list with 29...Greg Duncan (WVWC) rushed 18 times for 70 yards...Alex Puente (WVWC) caught six passes for 63 yards...Tyler Kraus (WVWC) had five stops, a fumble recovery, and an interception...Jim Bowersock (WVWC) rushed two yards for the game-winning touchdown with 1:29 left in the contest.
Hunter joins teammates Chris Rotella (WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week 8/25), Mike Williams (WVIAC, CollegeSportsReport and D2Football.com Defensive Player of the Week 9/22), T.L. Asbury (WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week 9/29) and Xavier Drakeford (WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week 8/25) as Golden Eagles that have claimed weekly individual awards.
The official WVIAC release is below:
WVIAC Offensive Players of the Week:
DeRante Hunter, Charleston, QB, Fr., 5-9, 175, Sarasota, FL
Hunter paced Charleston's 35-9 road win at Fairmont State with an efficient rushing and passing effort...The redshirt freshman rushed 14 times for 160 yards...He also added an 8-for-10 passing afternoon for 141 yards and a pair of scores as the Golden Eagles moved into a tie atop the league standings.
Jerry Seymour, Glenville State, RB, Jr., 5-7, 195, Miramar, FL: Seymour rushed 30 times for 196 yards and two touchdowns as Glenville State handed West Liberty State their first league defeat...The Central Michigan transfer scored on rushes of 1 and 2 yards...He also went over the 1,000 yard mark on the season with 1,034 rush yards in seven contests.
Previous winners: 8/25-Dervon Wallace (SU)/Jerry Seymour (GSC); 9/1-Zach Amedro (WLSC); 9/8-Kevin O'Brien (WVSU); 9/15-Dwayne Thompson (GSC); 9/22-Antwarn Jones (SHU), 9/29-Dervon Wallace (SU)/Zach Amedro (WLSC), 10/6-Antwarn Jones (SHU)/Brian Mitchell (WVSU).
WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week:
Raphael Lee, West Virginia State, DB, Soph., 5-10, 200, Union, NJ: Lee contributed eight tackles and two interceptions as West Virginia State continued their strongest start in over a quarter-century with a 21-13 win over Seton Hill...Lee's first interception, a late third quarter pick, helped set up a touchdown that gave WVSU a 21-7 lead...His second theft of the afternoon ended Seton Hill's final threat in the contest.
Previous winners: 8/25-Chris Rotella (UC)/Tank Tunstalle (CU); 9/1-Nick Harding (WLSC)/Vince Black (FSU); 9/8-Darren Banks (WLSC); 9/15-Andrew Eggleton (WVSU)/Michael Harden (GSC); 9/22-Mike Williams (UC), 9/29-T.L . Asbury (UC), 10/6-Darren Banks (WLSC).
Special Teams Player of the Week:
Robert Harvey, Glenville State, DB, Fr., 5-11, 185, Tampa, FL: Harvey returned a intercepted two-point conversion pass 100-plus yards for a defensive score to help clinch GSC's key 44-33 league win against West Liberty State...Harvey's return allowed the Pioneers to retain a two-score advantage in the final minutes of the contest.
Previous winners: 8/25-Xavier Drakeford (UC); 9/1-Billy Hager (WLSC); 9/8-Matt Vujaklya (FSU); 9/15-Zach Boyd (CU); 9/22-Tyler Kraus (WVWC), 9/29-Scott Sears (GSC), 10/6-Deante Steele (SU).
Saturday's Standouts:
Vince Brown (UC) rushed for 75 yards on only five carries...Allen Jewell (FSU) caught two passes for 108 yards...Joey Lindamood (UC) accounted for eight solo tackles...Vince Black (FSU) had eight tackles, including two for loss...Dervon Wallace (SU) rushed 36 times for 153 yards...Vincent Riggs (SU) rushed 16 times for 88 yards and two scores...Thomas Frazier (CU) completed 20 of 38 passes for 183 yards...Dustin Greenwood (CU) caught seven passes for 84 yards...Taros Harris (SU) had seven tackles, a forced fumble, and an interception...Deante Steele (SU) had four punt returns for 52 yards...T.J. Taylor (SU) had a pair of sacks...Tank Tunstalle (CU) notched 20 tackles...Joey Thomas (CU) had 15 stops, including three for loss...Antwarn Jones (SHU) had 98 yards on 25 carries...Brian Mitchell (WVSU) rushed 20 times for 72 yards...Matt Dowdell (SHU) passed for 237 yards...Derek Thompson (SHU) caught six passes for 75 yards...Jermain King (WVSU) had two touchdown receptions and accounted for 78 yards...Steve Trent (SHU) was in on 16 tackles and forced a fumble...Mark Stolle (WVSU) had 15 stops...J.T. Powell (WVSU) made nine tackles...Rob Ellis (SHU) made a dozen stops...Eddie Hills (WLSC) rushed 27 times for 141 yards...Zach Amedro (WLSC) completed 22 of 30 passes for 306 yards...James McCants completed 14 of 21 passes for 204 yards...Johnny Bonar (WLSC) caught five passes for 131 yards...Almonzo Banks caught a pair of touchdown passes...Brian Miles (GSC) had eight receptions for 102 yards...Jerrell Reeves (WLSC) made 15 tackles...Jacob Lilly (GSC) had 13 tackles and a pair of sacks...Wes Hanson (GSC) returned a kickoff 83 yards...Stephen Bumpus (WVSU) returned a pair of punts for 44 yards...Billy Hager (WLSC) made a pair of field goals to move into third on the WVIAC all-time career list with 29...Greg Duncan (WVWC) rushed 18 times for 70 yards...Alex Puente (WVWC) caught six passes for 63 yards...Tyler Kraus (WVWC) had five stops, a fumble recovery, and an interception...Jim Bowersock (WVWC) rushed two yards for the game-winning touchdown with 1:29 left in the contest.