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.
Charleston’s quarterback Matt Frye was selected as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week, while Fairmont State’s linebacker Montel Sims was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week, and West Virginia State’s kicker Alex Shrader was named the MEC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Frye, a redshirt sophomore from Madison, West Virginia, led Charleston to a 52-49 win over Fairmont State on Oct. 24. The quarterback went 16-for-20, with 358 passing yards and five touchdowns. On the ground, he tallied four carries for 11 yards.
Sims, a graduate student from Monaca, Pennsylvania, had a season high 15 total tackles in the Falcons contest against Charleston. The linebacker totaled nine solo and six assisted stops.
Shrader, a sophomore from Point Pleasant, W. Va., finished eight-for-eight in kicks during the Yellowjackets 48-14 win over Monroe (N.Y.) on Saturday. The kicker earned six successful extra points as well as a pair of field goals. Additionally, Shrader hit a career-long field goal from 38-yards.
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
10/26: Matt Frye, Charleston
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
10/26: Montel Sims, Fairmont State
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
10/26: Alex Shrader, West Virginia State