By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sterling Swopes and Dante Brown earned MIAA Football Athlete of the Week honors on Monday (Nov. 11). Swopes earned Defensive Athlete of the Week, while Brown earned Special Teams Athlete of the Week for the fifth time this season.
Swopes had a strong day on defense for Fort Hays State in a 58-0 win over Northeastern State. He recorded six tackles from his defensive end position, adding in a half sack, a forced fumble, two tackles for loss, and a pass breakup. He helped the Tigers limit the RiverHawks to 190 total yards of offense.
Brown made all three of his field goal attempts for Fort Hays State in a 58-0 win over Northeastern State. He connected from 24, 21, and 29 yards to push his season total of field goals to 26. Brown also punted the ball once in the game for 35 yards into a stiff wind. He connected on all seven PAT tries he had in the game, finishing the contest with 16 points. That allowed Brown to break the single-season scoring record at Fort Hays State, now with 114 points on the season. His 26 field goals and 36 PATs has now passed the 112 points produced by Clint Bedore (18 TDs, 2 two-pt PATs) in 1995. Brown also broke the MIAA single-season record for field goals made, going past the mark of 25 set by Simon Mathiesen of Northwest Missouri State in 2015.
Joining Swopes and Brown for the weekly honors from the MIAA are Co-Offensive Athletes of the Week, Braxton Marstall of Emporia State and Josh Caldwell of Northwest Missouri State.