Week 6- 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.

Our Week 7 Special Teams Prep Athlete of the Week hails from Rosemount High School. Kenny Watkins had a strong game kicking 6 PATs and 1 field goal of 21 yards.  The Top Punter was Breck Punter Peter Lillehaug who kicked 3 punts for 160 total yards and a 53.3 yard average.

There was a big weekend for our STFA trained kickers.  We had 2 Top Kicker performances.   Isaac Aanerud of Bemidji State University kicked 4 field goals on top of 5 PATs accounting for 17 points of his team's points.  Nathan Mesher of Wilfrid Laurie University (Canada) kicked 4 Field Goals of 35, 24, 47 & 42 yards for 12 of the Golden Hawk’s 18 points.

There were a number of big performances for these kickers and punters.  Congratulations to everyone.

Top Minnesota High School Specialists 

Top Kicker

• Kenny Watkins- Rosemount HS- 6 for 7 PATs and 1 field goal of 21 yards- 9 points

Honorable Mention

• Kalvin Danielson- Orono HS- 6 for 7 PATs and 1 field goal of 20 yards- 9 points
• Eddie Ogamba- Cooper HS- 9 for 9 PATs- 9 points
• Johnny Hartfiel- SMB- 5 for 6 PATs and 1 field goal of 37 yards- 8 points
• Tony Ukkelberg- Ottertail Central HS- 6 for 6 PATs and 1 field goal- 8 points
• Garrett Hanson- Centennial HS- 5 for 5 PATs and 1 field goal of 30 yards- 8 points
• Bryce Thompson- Chisago Lakes HS- 2 for 2 PATs and 2 field goals of 39 and 32 yards- 8 points
• Diego Meza-Palmer- Minneota HS- 5 for 5 PATs and 1 field goal of 26 yards- 8 points

Peter Lillehaug

Top Punter

• Peter Lillehaug- Breck HS- 3 punts for 160 total yards and a 53.3 yard average.

Honorable Mention

• Zach Savitz- Hopkins HS- 3 punts for 141 total yards and a 47 yard average.
• Jacob Levahn- Spring Lake Park HS- 3 punts for 136 total yards and a 45.3 yard average.
• Jimmy Larson- Prior Lake HS- 3 punts and 128 total yards and 42.7 yard average.
• Tyler Wurm- Buffalo HS- 3 punts for 127 total yards and a 42.3 yard average.
• Grant Olson- Woodbury HS- 4 punts for 162 total yards and a 40.5 yard average.
• Mitch Jerde- Forest Lake HS- 6 punts and 241 total yards and 40.2 yard average.
• Brandon Sohre- Maple River HS- 4 punts and 160 total yards and 40 yard average.

Nathan Mesher

Top STFA Collegiate Specialists

• Isaac Aanerud- Bemidji State University- 5 for 5 PATs and 4 for 5 Field Goals of 20, 28, 28, and 50 yards.  1 punt of 45 yards. - 17 points
• Nathan Mesher- Wilfrid Laurie University (Canada)- 4 for 4 Field Goals of 35, 24, 47 & 42 yards.  41.1 yard punt average- 12 points

Isaac Aanerud

Honorable Mention

• Brendan Boche- Gustavus U- 8 for 8 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 26 yards. 10 KOs for 537 total yards and a 53.7 yard average and 4 Touchbacks- 11 points
• Andrew O'Reilly- Bethel U- 7 for 8 PATs and 1 Field Goal of 32 yards. 9 KOs for 540 total yards and a 60.0 yard average and 3 Touchbacks.- 10 points
• Donnie Mavencamp- U of MN-Morris- 4 punts for 165 total yards and a 41.3 yard average.  52 yard long and 3 punts I-20.
• Nate Skare- Upper Iowa U- 7 punts for 287 total yards and a 41 yard average. 43 yard long and 2 punts I-20.

Congratulations to you all!

Coach Chris Husby

Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

Special Teams Football Academy

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