Kansas City, Mo. – Central Missouri’s Garrett Fugate has been named the MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week. Fort Hays State’s Sie Doe, Jr. earned the honor on defensive while his teammate Brandon Brown earned the honor on special teams.

MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week
Garrett Fugate, QB, Central Missouri

Fugate completed 28-of-41 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns in Central Missouri’s 29-27 win over Washburn. He also added 30 yards rushing. He threw scoring strikes of 13, 37 and 31 as the Mules held off the Ichabods to improve to 6-2 on the season. The 6-3 senior quarterback is a native of Overland Park, Kan. where he competed at Blue Valley Northwest High School.

MIAA Football Defensive Athlete of the Week
Sie Doe, Jr., DL, Fort Hays State

Doe, Jr. had another big weekend with 11 tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble in Fort Hays States 35-27 win over Missouri Western. With the two sacks, Doe tied the single season record at FHSU now with 12 on the season. His record-tying sack was a big key to the win, forcing a fumble on the sack that FHSU recovered with 8:25 to go in the game. The Tigers scored a touchdown just two plays later to gain breathing room with a 28-19 lead. The 6-1 senior defensive lineman is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and came to FHSU after playing at Butte College.

MIAA Football Special Teams Athlete of the Week
Brandon Brown, K, Fort Hays State

Brown averaged 43.5 yards per punt in the 35-27 win for Fort Hays State over Missouri Western. He punted eight times with two resulting in drives starting inside the 20 and three resulting in touchbacks. His longest punt of the game was a 78 yarder for a touchback, tying the second-longest punt in FHSU history. He averaged 54.4 yards on kickoffs with three touchbacks, and went 5-of-5 on extra-point conversions. His only blemish of the day was a missed 41-yard field goal into the wind. The 6-1 junior kicker is a native of Sam Ramon, Calif. where he competed at Chico State and Diablo Valley College after playing at California High School.

— MIAA Press Release —