CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Anna Maria senior quarterback Alex Cohen (Plymouth, Mass.) was named the recipient of the NCAA Division II/III New England Football Writers Association Gold Helmet Award for Week Two (Sept. 5-11) of the collegiate season, as presented by the Jack Grinold/Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
Cohen led the AMCATS to a 63-48 season-opening win over UMass Dartmouth last Saturday (9/10) with a school single-game record six passing touchdowns and added two rushing touchdowns. The eight touchdowns in a game also set a new school single game record. Cohen threw for 414 yards on 14-for-29 passing with no interceptions. The AMCATS start the season 1-0 for the first time in program history.
For the eighth straight year, the Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation is the presenting sponsor for both the weekly and end-of-year Gold Helmet Awards presented to student-athletes from FBS, FCS, Division II, and Division III institutions throughout New England.
2022 NEFW/GRINOLD CHAPTER GOLD HELMET AWARD RECIPIENTS
Division I (FBS/FCS)
September 5 — Matthew Sluka, Holy Cross
September 12 — Matthew Sluka, Holy Cross
About the ECFC
The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference was formed in the spring of 2009 as an NCAA Division III single-sport football conference. The conference, named after the geographic location of the institutions began competition in the fall of 2009.
Current members are Alfred State College (Alfred, NY), Anna Maria College (Worcester, MA), Castleton University (Castleton, VT.), Dean College (Franklin, MA), Gallaudet University (Washington, D.C.), Keystone College (La Plume, PA), and Maritime College State University of New York (Throggs Neck, NY).
The mission of the conference is to:
- Promote intercollegiate varsity football as an integral part of the educational experience of all competitors.
- Establish a conference schedule and determine a conference championship that will represent the conference as the automatic qualifier to the NCAA national tournament.
- Adopt sportsmanship, fair play, moral integrity, and competitive excellence as cornerstones of the conference.
(image courtesy of Anna Maria College)
