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Blake Benoist

  • Award
    Football Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/3/2018
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    McKendree
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Defensive Back
  • Hometown
    O'Fallon, MO
  • High School
    Fort Zumwalt West
Missouri S&T senior quarterback Tyler Swart and McKendree University junior defensive back Blake Benoist and junior punter Monte Wolke have been named the season’s first Great Lakes Valley Conference Players of the Week in football, it was announced by the league office Monday. 

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Blake Benoist, McKendree
Jr., DB, O’Fallon, Missouri
Major: Marketing
Team Result: 34-28 home win vs. Northern Michigan

 
  • Totaled a career-high 11 tackles in season-opening win
  • Snatched an interception that led to McKendree’s final points of the day
  • Earns his first career Defensive Player of the Week award
  • Last McKendree Defensive Player of the Week:  Austin Weltha (11/6/17)