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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

SRU Ranked 23rd in National Poll


SRU earns No. 23 ranking in final D2Football.com national poll

LIBERTY, Mo. – Slippery Rock University was ranked 23rd in the final D2Football.com national poll released Monday.

The Rock, who finished the season with a 9-3 win-loss record, had the fifth-highest ranking among the 49 teams that competed for the Super Region 1 championship. Region champion West Chester (13-2) led the pack with a No. 8 ranking, followed by Shepherd (11-1) at No. 13, Winston-Salem State (10-2) at No. 15, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion Bloomsburg (10-2) at No. 16 and The Rock.

SRU was ranked 20th in D2Football.com’s final regular-season poll before losing its final two games. The Rock wound up at the No. 21 team in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

The final two Rock losses came at the hands of teams ranked above them in both the D2Football.com and AFCA final poll. SRU dropped a 42-38 decision in the PSAC championship game at Bloomsburg (No. 16 in AFCA final poll) and fell by a 27-20 score at Winston-Salem State (No. 14 in AFCA poll) in first-round action of the NCAA Division II national playoffs.

The NCAA postseason appearance was The Rock’s first since 1999. The Green and White won the PSAC-Western Division championship for the second time in the last three seasons before coming up short in the conference championship game.



The Rock’s 2013 squad featured 18 seniors, headlined by second-team All-America performers Quindell Dean (linebacker) and James McCombie (punter) and PSAC-West Offensive Athlete of the Year Nigel Barksdale (quarterback).

Rock head coach George Mihalik will welcome back eight offensive starters and five defensive starters for the 2014 season. Included in that list are all-region offensive tackle Cory Tucker, first-team All-PSAC-West safety Austin Miele and second-team all-conference performers Teddy Blakeman (running back), Jaimire Dutrieuille (wide receiver), Shamar Greene (running back), Julian Harrell (tight end) and Matt Peacock (defensive end).

The Rock’s 2014 schedule features an Oct. 18 date with Mercyhurst at “The Big House,” Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.


Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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Rock Quartet Earns Honors


Rock football quartet earns first-team Hansen all-region honors

BROOKFIELD, Ill. — Nine members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference runner-up Slippery Rock University football team were named Monday afternoon as members of the Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region Committee’s 2013 NCAA Division II All-Super Region One squad.


The Rock had the second-highest number of first-team selections and tied for the second-highest total number of student-athletes honored among the 49 Super Region 1 teams.

Region champion West Chester placed five players on the first team, while The Rock had four and regional runner-up Shepherd and PSAC champion Bloomsburg had three each.

Shepherd led the overall squad with 10 selections, Bloomsburg and Slippery Rock had nine each, New Haven posted seven and West Chester, Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg each had six players honored.


Senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale,


senior punter James McCombie, senior wide receiver John Schademan and redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Cory Tucker each earned first-team status to headline the list of Rock student-athletes honored.

Senior cornerback Anthony Saunders earned second-team all-region honors from the Hansen committee,

while senior linebacker Quindell Dean, junior safety Austin Miele, senior nose guard Tony Papley and senior defensive tackle Derek Walker were named to the Hansen committee’s third team.

The first-team and second-team All-Region selections advance to a national ballot from which the 2013 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team will be named later this month.

The Hansen committee all-region honors were the latest in a long list of postseason awards presented to Rock football student-athletes.

All nine Hansen first-team all-region selections earned first-team All-PSAC-West honors, as did senior linebacker Gary Allen.

The Rock also placed five players on the All-PSAC-West second team. That group included juniors Teddy Blakeman (running back), Julian Harrell (tight end) and Matt Peacock (defensive line), sophomore wide receiver Jaimire Dutrieuille and redshirt freshman running back Shamar Greene.

All four of The Rock’s first-team Hansen committee all-region performers had previously received Daktronics first-team all-region honors in voting by sports information directors. McCombie subsequently earned second-team All-America honors in that competition.

Dean had earned second-team All-America honors from BSN and was also a second-team Daktronics all-region selection.

Barksdale, McCombie and Schademan also earned third-team All-America honors from Beyond Sports Network, while Tucker was named to the BSN’s honorable-mention list.


Rock head coach George Mihalik was named by his peers as both the American Football Coaches Association Division II Super Region 1 and PSAC-West Coach of the Year award recipient.

The Rock finished the 2013 season with a 9-3 win-loss record, claimed their second PSAC-West championship in the last three seasons and earned their first NCAA Division II playoff berth since 1999. The Green and White were also ranked 21st in the final AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 national poll and 23rd in the final D2Football.com national poll.

Bloomsburg senior running back Franklyn Quiteh, the 2013 recipient of the Harlon Hill Trophy awarded to the top Division II football player in the nation, was named as the Hansen committee’s Super Region 1 Offensive Player of the Year, while Shippensburg defensive end Jake Metz was selected as the region’s Defensive Player of the Year.

Shepherd freshman return specialist C.J. Davis garnered the Special Teams Player of the Year honor, New Haven cornerback Najae Brown was named Freshman of the Year and West Chester head coach Bill Zwaan received the Super Region 1 Coach of the Year honor.

The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen started and published Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.  Don Hansen’s Football Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.

Super Region 1 is compiled of 49 football-playing universities from four conferences including the PSAC, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Mountain East Conference and Northeast-10 Conference. A total of 40 teams and 130 players were represented on this year’s Hansen all-region teams.

Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Four SRU Players Named to First Team All Region

Rock place 4 on Daktronics football first-team all-region list

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Five members of Slippery Rock University’s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference runner-up football team were named Thursday as Daktronics All-Super Region 1 performers.

Selected as first-team all-region performers by sports information directors at the 49 NCAA Division II schools that comprise Super Region 1 were Rock senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale, senior punter James McCombie, redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Cory Tucker and senior wide receiver John Schademan.

Rock senior linebacker Quindell Dean earned second-team honors.

All five Rock players named to all-region status had previously received first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division honors.

The four first-team all-region selections are now eligible for Daktronics All-America honors that will be awarded later this month.

Barksdale, who earned the PSAC-West Offensive Athlete of the Year honor and was one of seven Super Region 1 finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy awarded annually to the top NCAA Division II player in the nation, rewrote the SRU single-season offensive record book this fall.

A native of San Jacinto, Calif., Barksdale set new SRU records for single-season passing yards (3,736), passing touchdowns (30), pass attempts (427) and pass completions (247) as well as total offense (4,199).
Barksdale also set a Rock record with six touchdown passes in the season-opening win Sept. 7 at Northwood (Mich.) and recorded four of the top five and five of the top seven single-game passing yardage totals in school history.

Barksdale led the PSAC in passing yards and total offense, ranked second in pass completions and attempts and fourth in TD passes.

A former standout at Mount San Jacinto College in California, Barksdale threw for 400 or more yards in three games this season, headlined by a 465-yard performance at Northwood.

Barksdale ended the regular season ranked in the top 10 nationally in three categories. He was fifth in passing yards, sixth in total offense (349.9 yards per game) and seventh in passing yards per game (318.2). Barksdale also ranked 13th in touchdown passes.

A four-time PSAC-West Offensive Athlete of the Week and the only player to earn that honor more than once, Barksdale ranks fourth on the PSAC's all-time, single-season total offense chart and fifth on the passing yards list.


Barksdale's favorite receiver this fall, Schademan set new school records for single-season pass receiving yards (1,484), single-season pass receiving touchdowns (15) and single-game pass receiving yards (229, Sept. 28 vs. Mercyhurst).

Schademan, who was one of The Rock team captains this fall, ranked second among PSAC receivers in receptions (77), receiving yards and receiving TDs and was third in yards per catch with a 19.3 mark and.

A native of Pittsburgh and graduate of Bethel Park High School, Schademan finished the regular season ranked fifth nationally in receiving TDs, sixth in total receiving yards and 11th in receiving yards per game (123.7).

Schademan, a third-year member of The Rock program after starting his collegiate career at Division I Colgate University, ended the season ranked fourth on SRU's single-season pass receptions chart.
Dean ranked second on the team in total tackles with 76 (43 solo, 33 assisted) in 11 games played and started at strongside linebacker. Dean ranked ninth in the PSAC in tackles for loss with a team-high 14.5 for -47 yards.

A native of Uniontown and graduate of Uniontown High School, Dean also intercepted two passes, one of which he returned for a touchdown in the NCAA first-round game at Winston-Salem State, batted down six passes and recorded two quarterback hurries.
Dean ended the regular season ranked 24th on SRU's career tackles list with 239. He ranked 18th in career solo tackles with 125 solo and was 14th in career tackles for loss with 32 for -155 yards.

A fourth-year member of The Rock program after being redshirted as a true freshman at Division I Toledo, Dean has recorded nine quarterback sacks, one shy of being included in the school's top 25 in that category.

McCombie, The Rock's starting punter for the last four seasons, led the PSAC this fall with a career-best 43.2 yards per punt average to finish his career with a 40.3 yards per punt average.
A native of Nicktown and graduate of Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, McCombie had 14 punts that traveled 50 or more yards this fall, headlined by a career-best 74-yarder in the season opener at Northwood.

McCombie also had 16 of his 62 punts land inside the opponents' 20-yard line this fall and only nine result in touchbacks.

Tucker, a second-year starter from South Park (South Park High School), anchored a young, no-senior, Rock offensive line that paved the road to a school-record 500 points.

Behind the Tucker-led frontline, The Rock offense led the PSAC in total offense (536.5 yards per game), passing offense (354.3 ypg) and scoring offense (43.3 points per game).

Those marks ranked fourth, sixth and seventh, respectively, among all 168 NCAA  Division II football-playing institutions. The Rock also ranked sixth in in the 16-team PSAC in rushing offense with a 182.3 ypg average

SRU, one of six teams that earned a berth in this year’s NCAA Super Region 1 playoffs, was one of four schools that had four student-athletes named to first-team honors.

Shepherd and West Chester, the two teams that will meet in Saturday’s regional championship game, also had four first-team all-region performers, as did Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion Bloomsburg.

Bloomsburg senior running back Franklyn Quiteh was selected as the Daktronics Super Region 1 Offensive Player of the Year, while Shippensburg senior defensive end Jake Metz won the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Rock Rolls Over Kutztown


Rock football team clobbers Kutztown, 58-10

KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University accumulated 611 yards in total offense Saturday afternoon en route to an easy 58-10 win over hosting Kutztown University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference “crossover” football action.
Barksdale

Senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale led the offensive effort with a 13-for-19, 307-yard, four-touchdown passing effort. Two of Barksdale’s TD tosses went to sophomore wide receiver Jaimire Dutrieuille, who finished the game with 171 pass receiving yards on five catches.

Jaimire Dutrieuille

Behind their lead, The Rock, who won for the second consecutive week and fourth time in five games this fall, collected 423 yards passing and 188 yards passing, while the winless (0-5) Golden Bears had 257 passing yards and only five rushing yards on 24 carries.

Saturday afternoon’s point total marked the fourth time in five games this fall The Rock eclipsed the 50-point mark.

Barksdale and backup QB Zack Newsock (7-of-8, 116 yards, 1 TD) combined to complete passes to 10 different receivers as The Rock continued its season-long pattern of spreading the wealth.

Senior wide receiver John Schademan caught three passes for 89 yards and one TD to complement Dutrieuille’s receiving effort.

The Rock defense picked off Kutztown freshman quarterback Alec Werner three times, sacked him twice and held him to 181 passing yards.

SRU, which had only three INTs in the first four games this fall, also intercepted two pass attempts by the Golden Bears’ backup QB, Josh Luckenbaugh to finish the day with five picks.

Werner, who entered the game ranked ninth nationally in passing yards per game with at 344.5, completed 14 of 39 pass attempts before being pulled early in the third quarter of action. Luckenbaugh was 8-of-15 for 76 passing yards in a relief role.

Kutztown freshman wide receiver Alex Tonnies was held to only two catches for 19 yards Saturday after recording a nation-leading 47 catches for 321 yards and two TDs in the first four games this fall.

SRU will look to ride the momentum of Saturday’s effort into next Saturday’s showdown with nationally-ranked PSAC-Western Division rival Indiana (Pa.). Kickoff at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium is set for 2 p.m.

The Rock needed only two plays to move 55 yards on the opening drive of Saturday’s game at Kutztown. Barksdale climaxed the drive, which was set up by a 45-yard return of the opening kickoff by senior Jimmy Zubik, with an eight-yard TD toss to Dutrieuille.

The scoring drive marked the fifth time in as many games this fall The Rock scored a TD on their first possession and the fourth time the scoring drive involved two or less plays.

Two Rock possessions later, junior running back Teddy Blakeman capped a six-play, 62-yard Rock scoring drive with a seven-yard TD run that gave SRU a 14-0 lead with 9:32 left in the first quarter.

The Rock defense got the ball right back for the offense four plays later via an interception by redshirt sophomore free safety Derek Morgan, but the attack was unable to do anything with the opportunity.

Kutztown got on the scoreboard two possessions later thanks to a 21-yard field goal that capped a 13-play, 64-yard drive aided by Rock personal-foul penalties on back-to-back plays. Thanks to the penalties, the Golden Bears had the ball first-and-goal at The Rock 6-yardline before spinning their proverbial wheels and settling for the field goal.

The Rock responded with scoring drives on each of their next three offensive possessions to take a 31-3 lead with just over eight minutes left in the first half.

Dutrieuille took a screen pass from Barksdale and rambled 64 yards to the end zone scored the second of his three TDs on the second play from scrimmage after the Kutztown field goal to put icing on a 64-yard scoring drive.

Two Rock possessions later, after junior Mike Wainauskis had converted a five-play, 47-yard drive into points with a 35-yard field goal, Dutrieuille and Barksdale connected for a 75-yard screen-pass TD to cap a two-play, 74-yard drive.

Sandwiched between the first Barksdale-to-Dutrieuille TD pass and the Wainauskis field goal was The Rock defense’s second INT, a pick junior cornerback Admire Carter returned for an apparent TD that was negated by an illegal-block penalty against The Rock.

Four plays after the second Barksdale-to-Dutrieuille TD pass, junior starting free safety Austin Miele recorded The Rock’s third INT, which he successfully returned 22 yards for a TD that gave SRU a 38-3 lead with 7:56 left in the first half.

Senior middle linebacker and co-captain Gary Allen and redshirt backup weakside linebacker Mike Grata each recorded second-half INTs to complete the list of takeaways.

Senior Brian Shaw hooked a 40-yard field attempt wide left on the next Rock possession following the second Barksdale-to-Dutrieuille TD toss before Barksdale concluded the first-half scoring outburst with a four-yard run with just over two minutes left before the intermission.

Barksdale, who played only one series in the second half before giving way to Newsock, finished the first half with 12 completions in 17 pass attempts, 305 passing yards and three passing TDs, while Dutrieuille had all five of his catches in the opening two quarters.

As a team, The Rock enjoyed a 429-175 total offense advantage in the opening two quarters of action.

Barksdale threw his fourth TD pass, a two-yard toss to senior wide receiver LaQuinn Stephens-Howling, on The Rock’s initial second-half possession to extend the Green and White’s lead to 51-3 with 12:45 left in the third period. A bobbled snap from center negated the extra-point attempt following the six-play, 43-yard scoring drive.

Newsock threw his first TD pass of the season on The Rock’s second closing-half possession as he hit Schademan for a 33-yard score that pushed SRU’s lead to 58-3 with 10:24 left in the third period. The TD toss came on the fourth play of a 54-yard Rock drive.

Kutztown got its only touchdown of the game with five minutes left to play, two plays after Newsock lost a fumble at The Rock 1-yard line.

Notes:

The Rock set a school record for points scored in the first five games of a season. This year’s squad has scored 252 points, which bettered the mark of 197 set one year ago … Barksdale ranks sixth on The Rock’s career TDs list with 32, seventh in career passing yards with 3,180, is tied for eighth in single-season TDs with 18, ranks 10th in both career completions (196) and attempts (344) and 12th in season passing yards (1,765) … Schademan moved into a tie for 10th place on the career TDs list, 11th place on the career pass receiving yards chart and 13th place on the career catches chart.


Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu


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Monday, October 28, 2013

Rock Football Sweeps Up PSAC-West Honors

Rock football team  sweeps up PSAC-West weekly honors


LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – In recognition of its 42-16 win last Saturday over previously unbeaten and No. 7-ranked Indiana (Pa.), Slippery Rock University scored a sweep of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division football Athlete of the Week honors awarded Sunday by the conference office.

Senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale earned the Offensive Athlete of the Week honor for the second consecutive week and third time in the first six weeks of the 2013 season by engineering a 676-yard total offense effort against the nation’s top defensive unit.

The entire Rock defensive unit, meanwhile, earned this week’s Defensive Athlete of the Week honor by holding IUP, which entered the game averaging 204 rushing yards a game, to only 59 yards on 28 carries.

Barksdale completed 27 of 38 pass attempts for 425 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 68 yards and one TD on 17 carries and also caught a 24-yard flea-flicker pass to finish the day with 517 all-around yards.

Behind Barksdale’s leadership, The Rock recorded the highest total offense and passing yardage totals ever allowed by an IUP defense. Prior to last Saturday, when The Rock had 449 passing yards, the top marks against the Crimson Hawks’ tradition-rich defense were 659 total yards by Texas A&M-Kingsville in a 1994 national semifinal game and 438 passing yards by California, Pa. in 2012.

Three players shared team-high tackle totals for The Rock defense. Senior linebacker Gary Allen made seven tackles and recovered a fumble, redshirt junior strong safety Isaiah Coleman had seven tackles and forced a fumble and redshirted senior nose guard Tony Papley made seven stops, including 1.5 tackles for loss.

Junior defensive end Matt Peacock recorded a quarterback sack, redshirt senior cornerback Brandon Burley picked off an IUP pass, junior free safety Austin Miele forced a fumble and redshirt senior cornerback Anthony Saunders broke up four passes to account for other highlights in The Rock’s defensive effort.

As a unit, The Rock defense recorded six tackles for loss, forced two fumbles and broke up 12 passes.

The Rock look to ride the momentum of last Saturday’s emotional win over their arch-nemesis into Saturday’s SRU Homecoming game against Clarion. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.


Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Fax: 724.738.4761
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Nigel Barksdale Earns Offensive Athlete of the Week Honor


Barksdale earns PSAC-West weekly honor


Rock junior  quarterback Nigel Barksdale was named as the Pennsylvania State Athletic  Conference-Western Division football "Offensive Athlete of the Week" in  recognition of his performance in leading SRU to a 28-26 upset of #13  California (Pa.) last Saturday

10/28/2012

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. –  Slippery Rock University junior quarterback Nigel Barksdale was named Sunday  as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division football  “Offensive Athlete of the Week.”

Barksdale earned the honor for his  effort in leading The Rock to a 28-26 upset win last Saturday over 13th-ranked  California (Pa.) on the Vulcans' home field.

The win was SRU's second  in as many seasons against the Vulcans (7-2, 5-1 PSAC-W) and extended their  current win streak to three games.

A native of San Jacinto, Calif.,  Barksdale accumulated 402 yards in total offense against a California defense  that ranked sixth in the PSAC in total yards allowed with a 368 per-game  average.

Barksdale completed 15 of 22 passes for a season-high 283  yards and one touchdown and also rushed for 119 yards and one TD against a  Vulcans' rushing defense that ranked third in the PSAC with a 113 yards per  game allowance rate.

Saturday's game marked the fourth time in as many  starts this fall Barksdale passed for more than 230 yards. He has now passed  for 1,040 yards and nine TDs and rushed for 462 yards and six TDs as The  Rock's starting signal caller.

The Athlete of the Week honor was  Barksdale's second in the last three weeks. He also won the honor Oct.  14.

Barksdale's honor this week was the third received by a Rock  football student-athlete in as many weeks and the fourth awarded to an SRU  player this fall. Senior defensive end Jeff Thompson was the PSAC-West  defensive selection Oct. 21, while redshirt sophomore free safety Isaiah  Coleman was the Sept. 16 recipient of the defensive honor.

The Rock  puts its three-game win streak and 5-4 overall, 4-2 PSAC-West records on the  line Saturday when it hosts winless (0-9, 0-6) Lock Haven in a 1 p.m. game at  Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.

SRU then closes out its 2012 schedule with  a  1 p.m. game Nov. 10 against Bloomsburg (8-1). Seven Rock seniors will  be honored prior to their final collegiate game.

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Bob  McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow  Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office:  724.738.2777
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email:  robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

SRU's Nigel Barksdale PSAC-West Player of the Week



SRU’s Nigel Barksdale earns PSAC-West football Player of the Week honor

Rock junior quarterback Nigel Barksdale was named Sunday as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division "Offensive Player of the Week" after passing for 257 yards and two TDs and running for a third score in last Saturday's win at Clarion

10/14/2012
Nigel Barksdale


LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University junior quarterback Nigel Barksdale was named Sunday as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division football “Offensive Player of the Week.”

Barksdale earned the honor by completing 19 of 26 passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns and running for a third score in The Rock's 28-20 win last Saturday at division rival Clarion University.

With his performance last Saturday, Barksdale has passed for 518 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for three TDs in two games as The Rock's starting signal caller. He passed for 261 yards and three TDs and rushed for 169 yards and two TDs in The Rock's Sept. 29 home loss to Kutztown.

Barksdale came off the bench in three other games to pass for one TD and run for one score and, after six games this fall, has thrown for 715 yards and six TDs and rushed for 247 yards and four TDs this fall. He is second on the team in rushing behind senior running back Akeem Satterfield (575 yards, 4 TDs).

A native of San Jacinto, Calif., and graduate of San Jacinto High School, Barksdale joined The Rock last summer after playing his first two seasons of collegiate competition at Mount San Jacinto College in California.

Barksdale was the second Rock player to earn a PSAC-West Player of the Week honor this fall. Redshirt sophomore free safety Isaiah Coleman earned the defensive honor Sept. 16 after intercepting two passes in SRU's win over division rival Gannon University.

With the win last Saturday at Clarion, The Rock snapped a string of three consecutive losses this fall and five consecutive road losses and improved their season record to 3-4 overall, 2-2 in PSAC-West games.

The Rock entertain Edinboro (3-3, 2-2) in a 2 p.m. PSAC-West and SRU Homecoming game Saturday at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium.
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Bob McComas
Sports Information Director
Slippery Rock University
1 Morrow Way - Room 201 Old Main
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
Office: 724.738.2777
Cell: 724.421.5658
Email: robert.mccomas@sru.edu
www.sru.edu

A ROCK SOLID Education

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