2018 MASCAC Football News
Reigning MASCAC Football Defensive Player of the Year Zach Howard can add another award to his trophy cabinet as he was named the 2019 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year which is determined by the eight Athletic Directors from around the league.
18 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football student-athletes were named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society which recognizes academic excellence as announced by the organization.
For the second consecutive year, Worcester State University junior Jacob Maher has been named an All-American by D3football.com. He was selected to the Third Team All-America in the tight end position.
UMass Dartmouth sophomore defensive back Jacob Burkhead was named on Wednesday afternoon to the 2018 Google Cloud National Division III Academic All-America Football team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Burkhead collected second team Academic All-America accolades and becomes just the second student-athlete in school history to earn the prestigious honor.
It was never a mystery why Antonio Mitjans gravitated to football. “My father was a coach.” Period. But there was no pushing, no shoving. The boy had to decide for himself. Pick a sport. Do what you can. The fact that Mitjans soared to 6-foot-2, 230 pounds at Ashland High made it easier to choose. He became a two-way lineman for the Clockers.
Bridgewater State's Jack Lavanchy, Westfield State's Travon Holder, Zach Howard and Worcester State's Jacob Maher were named to the D3football.com All-East Region Team as announced earlier today.
47 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2018 Fall Sportsmanship Team.
Jack Lavanchy of Bridgewater State, Rashaun Rivers of Framingham State, Antonio Mitjans of UMass Dartmouth, Travon Holder and Zach Howard of Westfield State and Jacob Maher of Worcester State were named to the 2018 New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England team.
After the completion of the fall regular season, Bridgewater State has the most points in the first round of the Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the 15 league championship sports.
The Bridgewater State quartet of Stefano D'Emilia, Chris Easter, Joseph Leanos and Jaren Alves are the final MASCAC Football Offensive, Defensive, Special Teams and Rookie of the Week honorees of the season brought to you by GEICO.
Junior cornerback Chris Easter earned Most Valuable Player honors to lead the Bridgewater State University football team to a 34-19 victory over visiting Salve Regina University in the New England Bowl on Saturday afternoon at Swenson field.
Junior quarterback Adam Wojenski threw for 450 yards as the Framingham State University football team tallied 27 second half points against the College at Brockport, but the Rams were defeated 40-27 by the Golden Eagles in an opening round game of the 2018 NCAA Division III Football Championship this afternoon at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium.
Bridgewater State's Kane Moran, UMass Dartmouth's Jacob Burkhead and Westfield State's Andrew Carpenter earned Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for men's soccer and football as announced by the organization.
Jack Lavanchy of Bridgewater State and Zach Howard of Westfield State are the 2018 MASCAC Football Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year and headline the 2018 MASCAC All-Conference teams as voted on by the coaches from around the league.
Fitchburg State senior running back Sterlin Garvin was awarded the New England Writers' Association Gold Helmet after a career performance last week.
