Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Marc Jones

Marcus Jones

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/13/2017
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Jones led the Gannon football team to a 39-7 victory in the regular-season finale at Millersville with 194 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Entering the game as the leading rusher at all levels of the NCAA, Jones recorded his 10th 100-yard rushing performance in 11 games and reached the 180-yard plateau for the sixth time. The junior tailback scored the first two touchdowns of the game during the opening nine minutes to help Gannon grab a 13-0 lead. He finished with Gannon single-season records for rushing yards (2,175), rushing yards per carry (8.1), 100-yard rushing games (10), rushing touchdowns (29), all-purpose yards (2,463), points (186) and total touchdowns (31). His average of 197.7 rushing yards per game ranked eighth all-time among NCAA Division II players while his 2,175 rushing yards were the 13th-highest single-season total in NCAA Division II history. Jones opened the game with 55 yards and two touchdowns during the first quarter. He added 50 more yards during the second quarter, finishing the first half with 105 yards. Jones rushed for 89 yards during the second half, including 63 during the final 15 minutes.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/15/2018 Hannah Hays Women's Soccer
10/8/2018 Kennedy Solymosi Women's Soccer
10/8/2018 Marcus Jones Football
10/1/2018 Lauren Sampson Women's Volleyball
10/1/2018 Martell Davis Football
9/24/2018 Ashley McClung Women's Volleyball
9/24/2018 Brett Rehrer Men's Water Polo
9/17/2018 Sam Thornton Men's Soccer
9/17/2018 Meredith Morse Women's Cross Country
9/10/2018 Cris del Diego Women's Golf
9/10/2018 Joseph Westrick Men's Cross Country
5/7/2018 Nate Cardy Baseball
5/7/2018 Madi Beining Softball
4/30/2018 David Cricks Baseball
4/30/2018 Chelsea Cowan Acrobatics and Tumbling
4/23/2018 Matt Barto Men's Golf
4/23/2018 Manuela Quevedo Women's Golf
4/16/2018 Jackie Martinez Softball
4/16/2018 Billy Colbert Men's Golf
4/9/2018 Kyle Cox Baseball
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