State. He also caught eight passes for 109 yards, including
touchdown catches of 26 and 48 yards. The latter came with 46
seconds left pulling the Wolves to within seven points.
Week of Sept. 8-14: Offense – Ja’Quan Gardner, Humboldt State
(RB, 5-7, 175, Fr., Ceres, CA – Central Valley) rushed for 136 yards
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on just 16 carries as the Lumberjacks defeated AFCA 14 ranked
Azusa Pacific 30-10. Gardner scored on touchdown runs of 54
and six yards in the first four minutes of the game as HSU bolted
to a 30-3 halftime lead. Gardner leads the GNAC in rushing with
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292 yards and ranks 10 in NCAA Division II. Defense - Kevin
Haynes, Central Washington (LB, 6-0, 230, Fr., Brush Prairie, WA –
Battle Ground) led the Wildcats with nine tackles and also had his
team’s only two interceptions in a 48-14 home win over Dixie
State as CWU held the Red Storm to 235 yards in total offense.
The previous week Dixie gained 640 yards in an overtime loss at
Colorado Mesa. Special Teams –Nikolai Karpun, Simon Fraser (P,
6-0, 203, Jr., North Delta, BC – Sands Secondary) averaged 47
yards on five punts including a long of 52 yards. After two weeks,
Karpun is averaging 46.3 yards per punt, which is better than the
GNAC all-time record of 44.9 by 10-year NFL veteran Michael
Koenen who averaged 44.9 yards for Western Washington in
2002.
Week of Sept. 15-21: Offense – Tyrell Williams, Western Oregon
(WR, 6-4, 200, Sr., Salem, OR - Cascade) caught five passes for 119
yards, including touchdown receptions of 72 and five yards in the
second quarter and eight yards in the fourth quarter. The latter
score gave the Wolves a 33-21 lead with 8:27 remaining in the
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game. Williams now ranks 10 in GNAC history in career
receiving yards with 2,129 yards and his average per catch of 16.8
ranks ninth. Defense – Travis Hansen, Humboldt State (LB, 6-2,
235, Sr., San Anselmo, CA – Siskiyous) helped the Lumberjacks
hold Dixie State to 147 yards in total offense (76 rushing and 71
passing) in a 50-3 victory. It was the fewest amount of yards
allowed by HSU since it limited Southern Oregon to 112 in 2005
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and the 10 lowest in GNAC history. Hansen had six tackles,
including a five-yard quarterback sack. He also had a 67-yard
interception for a touchdown late in the second quarter as the
‘Jacks built up a 36-3 halftime lead.
Special Teams – John
Keating, South Dakota Mines (P, 6-1, 222, Jr., Tucson, AZ