By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third time this season, Fort Hays State kicker/punter Dante Brown earned MIAA Special Teams Athlete of the Week. He earns the honor for a second consecutive week after his record-setting field goal performance against Central Oklahoma this past Saturday.
Brown accounted for all of Fort Hays State’s points in a 15-0 win over Central Oklahoma in Hays. He set a new single-game school record for field goals with five. He pushed the Tigers out to a 12-0 lead by halftime with four field goals, then added another late in the third quarter for the school record. He made field goals from 21, 39, 30, 25, and 44 yards. His only miss in the game was in the fourth quarter from 45 yards, looking to add onto his record. Brown also punted the ball six times for an average of 39.8 yards, with a game-long of 63 yards and three punts that started UCO drives inside the 20. Brown is now 12-of-14 on field goal attempts so far this year, with his only misses coming from beyond 40 yards.
Joining Brown as weekly honorees from the MIAA include Co-Offensive Athletes of the Week Dom Marino, quarterback from Missouri Western, and Jeremy Hunt, quarterback from Central Missouri, along with Defensive Athlete of the Week Kobe Cummings of Missouri Western.