FAIRMONT, W. Va. - The Mountain East Conference has announced Monday the winners of this week’s Football Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.
West Liberty’s running back Hunter Patterson was selected as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week, while teammate senior linebacker Samuel Hobbs was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week, and Frostburg State’s kicker/punter Sam Dominguez was named the MEC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Patterson, a senior from Chester, West Virginia, led West Liberty to a 41-21 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan on Oct. 17. The running back set a program record with 359 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Patterson is now West Liberty’s all-time touchdown leader with 52 touchdowns. Additionally, Patterson became just the second player in program history to rush for more than 3,000 yards in their career.
Hobbs, a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tallied a team high 14 tackles in the Hilltoppers win over the Bobcats. The linebacker is fifth in the MEC with 51 tackles and averages 3.5 sacks per game.
Dominguez, a redshirt junior from Gambrills, Maryland aided Frostburg State in their 32-22 win over Charleston on Oct. 17. The kicker/punter helped the Bobcats switch the field of play, tallying five total punts and averaging 45 yards per kick. Additionally, Dominguez landed three kicks inside the 20-yard line.
2026 MEC FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8/31: Joe Dailey, West Virginia State
9/7: JD Sherrod, Glenville State
9/14: Hunter Patterson, West Liberty
9/21: Liam McGuire, West Virginia Wesleyan
9/28: Kohl Meisman, West Liberty
10/5: Nino Marzullo, Fairmont State
10/12: Devin Kargman, Concord
10/19: Hunter Patterson, West Liberty
2026 MEC FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8/31: Neal Luca, West Liberty
9/7: Knowel Smith, Glenville State
9/14: Jalen Higginbotham, Wheeling
9/21: Jalen Higginbotham, Wheeling
9/28: Dominic Maultsby, West Liberty
10/5: Samuel Hobbs, West Liberty
10/12: Jeffery Polk, Fairmont State
10/19: Samuel Hobbs, West Liberty
2026 MEC FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8/31: Christian Torres, Concord
9/7: Ethan Vargo Thomas, Fairmont State
9/14: Ray Adames, Frostburg State
9/21: Zachary Alvarez, Charleston
9/28: DJ Dailey, Fairmont State
10/5: Aidan Grella, West Liberty
10/12: Christian Torres, Concord
10/19: Sam Dominguez, Frostburg State