KILLINGWORTH, CONN. — Gallaudet University sophomore Brandon Washington (Citronelle, Ala.) has been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week, as announced by the organization earlier today.
Washington contributed in all three phases on offense last Saturday (9/17) to lead the Bison to a 34-31 comeback win over the University of New England (UNE).
The reigning Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) Offensive Player of the Week accumulated 304 yards of total offense (160 rushing, 84 passing, 60 receiving) and factored into four TDs on the day.
Washington also hauled in the game-winning touchdown (20 yards) with 7:59 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Additionally, all four of his scores went for 20 yards or more (32-yard TD pass, 45-yard TD rush, 28-yard TD pass, 20-yard TD reception).
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.
Washington 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.
Washington is now the 13th student-athlete in program history to earn the honor and the first to do so from the running back and/or slotback position.
Today's announcement marks the second straight week a student-athlete from the ECFC has been named to the D3football.coma Team of the Week.
Washington joins Anna Maria senior wide receiver Justin McMillian (Middletown, Conn.) on the list.
McMillian earned a selection to the D3football.com Team of the Week on September 13 for his outstanding performance against UMass Dartmouth in Week Two.
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.
