Gronewold lands GLFC's first weekly player award of year

Ashton Gronewold

Ashton Gronewold made the UMR record book for the 20th time on Saturday -- and on Monday, he earned the Great Lakes Football Conference's first weekly award of the season.

Gronewold, the Miners' All-America wide receiver, was named as the GLFC's "Offensive Player of the Week" after a game in which he accumulated 289 all-purpose yards although UMR was on the short end of a 38-31 decision against Truman State Saturday night.

In the process, he broke the UMR career mark for all-purpose yards as he surpassed the 4,000-yard mark; his total stands at 4,031 after Saturday's play. He posted his first 100-yard rushing game of his career with 102 yards on five carries, while catching a game-high nine passes for 84 yards.

In addition, he also had 103 yards in kick returns in the game, including a kickoff runback into Truman State territory to set up a score, as he finished with his second-highest total of all-purpose yards in a game in his career. He had 294 yards against Saint Joseph's last season.

The GLFC awarded its defensive award to Tiffin's Parris Burt.

UMR will return to action Thursday when it plays Missouri State in Springfield, Mo., at 7 p.m.