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Football Sweeps NESCAC Awards – 11 Players Earn All-Conference Honors

Middlebury took home all four major awards and boasted 11 players on the All-NESCAC Football Teams. Junior quarterback Will Jernigan (Decatur, Ga.) was named the league’s Offensive Player of the Year, while junior linebacker Jack Pistorius (Park Ridge, Ill.) was touted the conference Defensive Player of the Year. First-year running back Alex Maldjian (Rumson, N.J.) earned Co-Rookie of the Year honors, while head coach Bob Ritter was named the NESCAC Coach of the Year. The group helped lead the Panthers to the NESCAC Championship this fall with the program’s first undefeated season (9-0) since 1972.