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 Virginia Wesleyan’s quarterback Liam McGuire was selected as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week, while West Virginia State’s inside linebacker Keyshon Washington was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week, and fellow Yellowjacket kicker Alex Shrader was named the MEC Special Teams Player of the Week.
McGuire, a redshirt freshman from Huntington, West Virginia, led the Bobcats to a dominant 42-13 win over Charleston on Oct. 31. The quarterback went 14-for-21 with 215 passing yards and five passing touchdowns.
Washington, a junior from Washington, D.C., led the Yellowjackets defense in their 24-19 win over Glenville State on Saturday. The inside linebacker tallied 14 tackles, including 11 assisted and three solo stops. Additionally, Washington had a forced fumble and a sack.
Shrader, a sophomore from Point Pleasant, W.Va., went four-for-four on kicks versus the Pioneers, with three made extra point attempts and a career long 48-yard field goal. The kicker had five punts for 166 yards with a 44 yard long punt and three punts inside the 20-yard line. Additionally, Shrader averaged 64 yards per kick, recording three touchbacks with his five kickoffs.
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
11/2: Liam McGuire, West Virginia Wesleyan
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
11/2: Keyshon Washington, West Virginia 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
11/2: Alex Shrader, West Virginia State