KILLINGWORTH, CONN. — Anna Maria senior wide receiver Justin McMillian (Middletown, Conn.) has been named to the D3football.com Team Of The Week, as announced by the organization earlier today.
McMillian exploded for 184 yards and four touchdowns on five receptions in the AMCATS' 63-48 win over UMass-Dartmouth last Saturday.
His four touchdowns established a new career-high, while his 184 yards receiving ranks second-most in his career.
McMillian's four receiving touchdowns also set a single-game program record.
The D3football.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware, is D3football.com's weekly honor roll, which is currently in its 24th season of recognizing the top performance at each position from the previous week.
McMillian was one of 26 student-athletes chosen to the D3football.com's weekly honor roll among all 240 NCAA Division III programs across the country.
Student-athletes are nominated by their school's sports information directors.
Overall, McMillian is the fourth student-athlete in program history to earn the honor and the first-ever wideout to claim a weekly award from D3football.com.
WHAT'S NEXT
Anna Maria (1-0), the defending Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) Champions, travels to Mass. Maritime on Saturday, September 17 at 1 PM.
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.
