LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its Football Athletes of the Week for Week 6 of the 2024 season. In the Western Division, California's Eric Willis III was named Offensive Athlete of the Week while Edinboro's Wilfredo Diaz (Defensive Athlete) and Seton Hill's Jack Wagner (Special Teams) were also selected. In the Eastern Division, there were Co-Offensive Athletes of the Week in West Chester's Cooper Jordan and Shippensburg's Vincent Micucci, joined by East Stroudsburg's Everette Dingle (Defensive) and Kutztown's Nate Millard (Special Teams) also collecting honors.
PSAC Western Division Offensive Athlete of the Week
Eric Willis III
California
Wide Receiver
Junior
Collingdale, Pa. / Academy Park
Willis set a season high with 134 receiving yards and two touchdowns, as California posted a 28-21 win at Seton Hill on Saturday evening. He totaled eight catches against the Griffins, highlighted by a 75-yard score with nine seconds left in the third quarter to give his team the lead, 21-14. Willis, who posted his third 100-yard game of the season, also caught an eight-yard touchdown as time expired in the first half to give the Vulcans a 14-7 lead heading into halftime.
PSAC Western Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Wilfredo Diaz
Edinboro
Linebacker
Redshirt Sophomore
Miami, Fla. / MTI Prep
Diaz had another stout game for the Edinboro defense as the Scots upset No. 25 IUP on Saturday, 27-23. Diaz made 15 tackles against the Crimson Hawks including seven solo stops. With the Scots trailing 23-20 and IUP on the move at the Scot 29-yard line, hebroke up a fourth-and-five pass to give Edinboro the ball back with 5:32 left int he game.. He also intercepted the final pass of the game as time expired to seal the win for the Scots. Diaz now leads Division II in tackles, averaging 14 stops per game and ranks 12th in the nation and 1st in the PSAC in solo stops with 5.8 per contest.
PSAC Western Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Jack Wagner
Seton Hill
Punter/Kickoff
Senior
Sinking Spring, Pa. / Wilson
Wagner averaged 51.3 yards per punt with a long of 64 in the Griffins' contest vs California. He had five of his six punts downed inside the 15 yard line, including one downed at the one yard line. Wagner had a net of 51 yards per punt and also had touchbacks on three of his four kickoffs.
PSAC Eastern Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week
Cooper Jordan
West Chester
Quarterback
Junior
Downingtown, Pa. / Bishop Shanahan
Jordan threw for 164 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 124 yards and another score to lead West Chester to a stunning upset over visiting Shepherd, 35-14, last Saturday. He was directly responsible for three of the Golden Rams' five TDs while his 72-yard run down to the 1-yard line set up a fourth TD. It marked the second straight week that the QB rushed for over 100 yards and led West Chester to a win. Jordan completed a nine yard pass on 3rd-and-4 during West Chester's final TD drive in the fourth quarter to help secure WCU's first-ever win over Shepherd.
PSAC Eastern Division Co-Offensive Athlete of the Week
Vincent Micucci
Shippensburg
Quarterback
Freshman
Quakertown, Pa. / Quakertown Community
Micucci led the Raiders to a comeback victory at Millersville Saturday, 35-27, erasing two separate 14-point deficits and outscoring he Marauders 21-3 in the second half. He threw four touchdown passes--which were the first of his collegiate career--in just his second career start. He completed 22-of-33 attempts for 284 yards and also led the Raiders with 63 yards rushing. He and the Raiders also found success on third down, converting eight of 15 third down attempts and 2-for-2 on fourth down conversions in the contest. Both of his second half TD pasess occurred on third and long plays in the red zone.
PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Athlete of the Week
Everette Dingle
East Stroudsburg
Safety
Redshirt Sophomore
Baltimore, Md. / Concordia Prep
Dingle recorded two first-half interceptions against Bloomsburg and now has three picks over his past three games. The first interception came on Bloomsburg's first play from scrimmage, with Dingle returning it 36 yards down to the Bloomsburg nine yard line to set up an ESU touchdown on the very next play to make it 10-0. Dingle is tied for the PSAC East lead in interceptions and also tied for second on the team with five tackles against Bloomsburg, adding a tackle for loss.
PSAC Eastern Division Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Nate Millard
Kutztown
Kicker/Punter
Junior
Birdsboro, Pa. / Daniel Boone
Millard had a historic game for No. 5 Kutztown this past Saturday as he connected on a program-record 50-yard field goal. It was a career-long and broke a 30-year KU record for the longest kick (the previous being 48 yards.) Millard also had three punts, averaging 33 yards, and was responsible for kickoff duties -- finishing with five kickoffs, two of which went for touchbacks.