FOOTBALL COACHES NAME MVPS FROM WEST GEORGIA GAME

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – The Arkansas Tech football coaching staff has selected its Most Valuable Players from its 62-30 homecoming win Saturday over West Georgia.

The Offensive MVP honor went to senior receiver Frantz Simeon (Belle Glade, Fla.). Simeon earns his third MVP honor of the season and his first on offense as he was previously named the Special Teams MVP following both the Incarnate Word and Arkansas-Monticello games. Simeon earns the Offensive MVP honor this week after grading out a 92 percent in the win over the Wolves, according to Tech Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Steve Mullins. Against the Wolves, Simeon caught 10 passes for a school-record 216 yards and also caught a school-record four touchdown passes. In addition, Simeon gained 66 yards at the catch and recorded two knockdown blocks. Simeon’s 216 receiving yards bettered the old school mark of 207 set by Alan King against Missouri Southern in 1988, while the four touchdowns bettered the old mark of three held by seven players, most recently set by Tracey Stiger against Ouachita Baptist in 2007. The four touchdown catches is also tied for second-most in single-game GSC history.

On defense, the coaches awarded MVP honors to senior defensive tackle Matt Riser (Jacksonville, Ark.). Riser earns the defense honor after grading out at 82 percent against the Wolves. In the win over UWG, Riser recorded three tackles and had two quarterback pressures.

 The coaches awarded Special Teams MVP honors to redshirt freshman fullback Cody Lewis (Houston, Texas) for the second consecutive week. Lewis was named the Special Team MVP following last Saturday’s game with Southern Arkansas. Mullins said that Lewis earns the special teams honor after being the high point man on Tech’s kick coverage team.

Tech (5-2 overall, 3-2 GSC) will return to action next Saturday, Oct. 24, when they travel to Arkadelphia, Ark., to face Henderson State (3-4 overall, 3-2 GSC) in a 3 p.m. Gulf South Conference match-up at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium on the HSU campus.

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