ST. GEORGE, Utah-Late Wednesday night, Dixie State quarterback Michael Sanders was named as the d2football.com national offensive player of the week for his exploits last Saturday in a 52-45 win over Colorado School of Mines.
Sanders, a senior out of Phoenix, earned his second Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Week Monday for going 31-48 for 553 yards and five touchdown passes with no interceptions in the upset win over the Top 10 Orediggers.
Sanders completed passes to nine different receivers in the ballgame, including scoring strikes to three different receivers.
This award is the Trailblazers’ first national award of the season and their first since 2015.
Dixie State concludes the 2018 season at Alamosa, Colo. against the Adams State Grizzlies Saturday at 1:00 pm.
