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.


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12/9/2013 Madeline Summers Women's Swimming
12/2/2013 Nettie Blake Women's Basketball
12/2/2013 Adam Blazek Men's Basketball
11/25/2013 Morgan Lydic Women's Swimming
11/25/2013 Denys Fedorchenko Men's Swimming
11/18/2013 Nate Ross Men's Wrestling
11/18/2013 Hannah Kren Women's Volleyball
11/11/2013 Nathan Bean Men's Water Polo
11/11/2013 Veronica Bujdos Women's Cross Country
11/4/2013 Maggie Desrosiers Women's Volleyball
11/4/2013 Luke Rankie Football
10/28/2013 Tommy Nimrod Men's Water Polo
10/28/2013 Taryn Graham Women's Volleyball
10/21/2013 Adam Wolf Men's Water Polo
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