PAC Football Players of the Week (October 28, 2013)

PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Domonique Hayden • Junior Running Back • Thomas More College
Lexington, Ky. / Lexington Christian Academy

Hayden tied the PAC’s single-game rushing record in the Saints’ 44-7 home victory over Grove City College last Saturday, finishing the day with 327 yards on 33 carries and four touchdowns. It was the second-straight week the junior from Lexington, Ky. posted four rushing touchdowns. Hayden also established Thomas More’s career rushing touchdown record with 49 and set new Saints’ single-game marks in rushing yards (327) and all-purpose yards (366) in Saturday’s win. With three regular-season games still remaining for the Saints, Hayden’s 1,526 rushing yards this season are the most in a single season for PAC running back since Geneva College’s Gerard Muschette ran for 1,655 yards in 2010.

PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Rich Ellebie • Junior Lineman • Westminster College
Farrell, Pa./ Farrell

Ellebie posted a career-high nine tackles, including 2.5 tackles for a loss and a sack, in Westminster’s 7-6 win at Bethany College on Saturday. Ellebie broke up Bethany’s third-and-18 pass attempt at their own 20-yard line late in the fourth quarter before Titan senior Dylan Heitmeier blocked the Bison punt and recovered the ball in the end zone for the go-ahead score.

PAC Special Teams Player of the Week
Dylan Heitmeier • Senior Defensive Back • Westminster College
Venetia, Pa. / Peters Township

Heitmeier blocked a punt off of the foot of Bethany College’s Steven Amic and recovered the ball in the end zone for a touchdown Saturday afternoon, helping the Titans secure a 7-6 road victory. Heitmeier’s touchdown, his first as a Titan, came with just 44 seconds remaining and Bethany holding a 6-0 lead.

2013 PAC Football Players of the Week
Date Offensive POW Defensive POW Special Teams POW
Oct 28 Domonique Hayden • Thomas More College Rich Ellebie • Westminster College Dylan Heitmeier • Westminster College
Oct 21 Domonique Hayden • Thomas More College Montias Jackson • Geneva College Dion Williams • Bethany College
Oct 14 Carter Hill • Waynesburg University Sean Christofferson • Westminster College Dion Wiegand • Wash. & Jeff. College
Oct 7 Matt Grimard • Bethany College Kyle Fuller • Thomas More College Anthony Marnejon • Grove City College
Sep 30 Domonique Hayden • Thomas More College Kyle Fuller • Thomas More College Justin Dahl • Westminster College
Sep 23 Dion Wiegand • Wash. & Jeff. College John Onufer • Geneva College Zachary Taylor • Geneva College
Sep 16 Carter Hill • Waynesburg University Ben Manwaring • Grove City College Alex Henry • Waynesburg University
Sep 9 Dion Wiegand • Wash. & Jeff. College Erick Butler • Thomas More College Alex Baroffio • Wash. & Jeff. College