Gronewold named by GLFC as "Offensive Player of Week"

Ashton Gronewold

Ashton Gronewold's record-setting performance Saturday night has netted him his second "Offensive Player of the Week" award from the Great Lakes Football Conference for the 2007 season.

Gronewold broke his own school record by compiling 329 all-purpose yards in the Miners' 45-28 loss to Arkansas-Monticello Saturday at Allgood-Bailey Stadium. He caught 11 passes for 181 yards and three touchdowns -- all season highs -- while also accumulating 153 yards in returns on the night.

The 329 yards are the fourth-highest single-game mark in NCAA Division II thus far in 2007.

He caught an 11-yard scoring pass in the first half, then had scoring catches of 38 and 30 yards after the intermission; for the year, Gronewold has 38 catches for 483 yards and five touchdowns. He is currently third in the nation in all-purpose yards (215.2 yards per game) and fourth in receptions (7.6 per game).

UMR will open GLFC play Saturday at Saint Joseph's.