Football players earn NCAC honors


Shelley Grostefon
Senior Sports Writer

At the close of the 2016 football season, six Fighting Scots received honors from the North Coast Athletic Conference for their contribution to their team this season.

Defensive end Aaron Roberson ’18 was named to the second team. This season, Roberson had 50 tackles, 11.5 tackles-for-loss, and 5.5 sacks. Roberson served as a starter for the team in all ten games played this season.

Quarterback Gary Muntean ’18 was named as an honorable mention. He led the Scots offense in each game this season. He passed for a total of 2,940 yards, averaging 294 yards per game and set a program high for total yards in a single season.

Tight end Nate Huwar ’17 was also named as an honorable mention. Huwar had 30 receptions this season and logged 250 receiving yards.

Joining Muntean and Huwar was right guard Clayton Geib ’18 as another honorable mention. Geib contributed to the Scots’ dominant offense this season. Dating back to last year, Geib has started in 20 games in a row.

Cornerback Patrick Johnson ’18, who received an honorable mention in the 2015 season, was also given an honorable mention this year. Johnson recorded 48 tackles on the year.

Defensive tackle Riley Markko ’17 is the final Scot who received an honorable mention. He had 60 tackles on the year and ten tackles-for-loss.

The Fighting Scots went 4-6 overall and 4-5 in conference play, an improvement on last year’s overall record of 2-8.