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Football Casey Parrott, UMW Sports Information

Bulldogs Sweep Conference Awards

Prante, Caicedo, and Ferris receive conference honors

WHITEFISH, Mont., Sept. 23, 2019 — Students-athletes from Montana Western were selected Frontier Conference Football Players of the Week.

Offensive Player of the Week: Kylar Prante, Montana Western, 5-foot-9, 220 lbs, junior running back from Elma, Wash. In No.20 Montana Western's 38-7 road conference win over No. 24 Rocky Mountain College, Prante rushed for a career best 187 yards and two touchdown on 29 carries. He caught four passes for 12 yards. This is the first time he has won the award.

Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Jet Campbell of Montana Tech, Shane Sipes of Carroll College, Lucas Overton of Rocky Mountain College and Marvin Williams Jr. of Tacoma, Wash.

Defensive Player of the Week: Joe Caicedo, Montana Western, 6-foot-1, 220 lbs, junior linebacker from Darby, Mont. In No.20 Montana Western's 38-7 road conference win over No. 24 Rocky Mountain College, Caicedo recorded seven solo tackles, three assisted tackles and .5 tackles for loss (-2). He returned two fumbles for touchdowns (45- yards and 25-yards). This is the second straight week that Caicedo has won the award.

Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Jacob Clarke of Montana Tech, Japerri Powell of MSU-Northern, Mason Price of Rocky Mountain College and Zach Spiroff of Carroll College.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Jason Ferris of Montana Western, 6-foot-3, 220 lbs, senior linebacker from Dillon, Mont. In No.20 Montana Western's 38-7 road conference win over No. 24 Rocky Mountain College, Ferris blocked a field goal attempt. From his linebacker position, he recorded 11 unassisted tackles, five assisted tackles, one sack and four tackles for loss (-9). This is the first time he has won special teams player of the week. 

Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order; Wyatt Brusven of Rocky Mountain College, Josh Kraft of Carroll College, Jaiden Machuca of Eastern Oregon, Tyler Padilla of Montana Tech and Titus Pulliam of MSU-Northern.
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Players Mentioned

Joe Caicedo

#11 Joe Caicedo

LB
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Jason Ferris

#33 Jason Ferris

LB
6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
Kylar Prante

#35 Kylar Prante

RB
5' 9"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Joe Caicedo

#11 Joe Caicedo

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
LB
Jason Ferris

#33 Jason Ferris

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
LB
Kylar Prante

#35 Kylar Prante

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
RB