Week 3- Special Teams Players of the Week (2015)

Our Player of the Week posts are designed to recognize the top kicking, punting and long snapping performances of the week in Minnesota at the High School Level.  We will also recognize the top STFA trained collegiate specialists and our 'out of state' athlete performances too.

In Week 3 of High School Football, we saw another batch of great performances by a number of specialists, including 3 kickers that converted 3 field goals in each of their games.  Our week 3 Minnesota Prep Athlete Special Teams Player of the Week hails from Mahtomedi, Chase Sullivan.   He had a big day for his team kicking 2 for 2 on PATS and also going kicking 3 Field Goals of 21, 31 and 23 yards and scoring 11 points for his team. 

The top Minnesota punter was Matt Richelsen of Providence Academy who booted 3 punts for 141 total yards and 47 yard ave.  Congratulations!

Top Minnesota High School Specialists 

Top Kicker

• Chase Sullivan- Mahtomedi HS- 2 for 2 PATs, 3 Field Goals of 21, 31, 23 yards- 11 points

Honorable Mention

• Matthew Pliesis- LeSueur-Henderson HS- 1 for 1 PATs, 3 Field Goals of 30, 31, 22 yards- 10 points
• Jonathan Day- Eveleth-Gilbert HS- 3 Field Goals of 36, 42, 28 yards- 9 points
• Ywg Xeng Lor- North St Paul HS- 6 for 6 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 36 yards- 9 points
• Lucas Dertinger- Becker HS- 8 for 8 PATs and 1 punt for 63 yards- 8 points

Top Punter

• Matt Richelsen- Providence Academy- 3 punts for 141 total yards and 47 yard ave.

Honorable Mention

• Chase Fleischauer- Tartan HS- 4 punts for 176 total yards and 44 yard ave.
• Carter Kaun- White Bear Lake HS- 4 punts for 175 yards and 43.8 yard ave.
• Antonio Montero- Eden Prairie HS- 3 punts for 131 total yards and 43.7 yard ave.
• AJ Laudet- Stillwater HS- 3 punts for 129 total yards and 43 yard ave.
• Jake Shepley- Burnsville HS- 6 punts for 253 total yards and 42.3 yard ave.

Top STFA Collegiate Specialists 

• Paul Graupner- St Thomas- 6 for 6 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 51 & 37 yards- 12 points

Honorable Mention

• Kale Wurdman- Hamline- 4 for 4 PATs and 2 Field Goals of 20 & 33 yards- 10 points
• Alexi Johnson- St Johns- 6 for 6 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 43 yards- 9 points
• Brendan Boche- Gustavus- 8 for 8 PATs- 8 points
• Matt Glasenapp- Macalester- 6 punts for 244 total yards adn 40.7 yard ave. (Long 57)

Congratulations to you all!

Coach Chris Husby

Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

Special Teams Football Academy

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