https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WSU_Fball_Camp On Tuesday, July 31, the Worcester State University football squad partnered with the Elm Park Ministries Day Camp to provide a morning of activities for 50 children from around the local Worcester Community at Institute Park. Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WSU_Fball_Camp https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/Ruggiero_Minicamp Former Bridgewater State University defensive end Rob Ruggiero has been invited by the Indianapolis Colts to their rookie mini-camp. The Colts’ rookie mini-camp will take place later this week on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 16th through the 18th. Fri, 16 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/Ruggiero_Minicamp https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WSU_Kowalski Pete Kowalski has been officially named the head football coach at Westfield State University. Kowalski, a longtime Westfield State assistant coach, had been named the interim head coach this past December after Steve Marino announced his retirement after coaching the Owls for 24 seasons. Kowalski becomes the first full-time head coach in the 33-year history of the Westfield State varsity football program. Fri, 16 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WSU_Kowalski https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MoriartyRodriguesAcademicAward Massachusetts Maritime senior standouts Brandon Rodrigues and John Moriarty joined a group of 838 student-athletes across all divisions who were recently named as members of the 2014 National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players who each maintained a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or better throughout their collegiate career. Fri, 09 May 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MoriartyRodriguesAcademicAward https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/Westfield_Kreinen_Award Westfield State senior Joe Kreinsen has been named the recipient of the DeOrmond Tuss McLaughry Award presented annually to the outstanding college football scholar-athlete in Western Massachusetts. Fri, 18 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/Westfield_Kreinen_Award https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MMA_Moriarty_Award Massachusetts Maritime offensive right tackle John Moriarty has added another impressive accolade to his stellar senior resume, as he has been named as the 2014 recipient of the Jack Daly Award for Academics, Citizenship and Football as presented by the Jack Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the National Football Foundation. The announcement of the honor was made earlier today by Roger Crosley, Executive Director of the Grinold Eastern Massachusetts Chapter. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MMA_Moriarty_Award https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/2013FallAllAcademic A total of 638 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Fall 2013 All-Academic Team that was released earlier today by Commissioner Angela Baumann. Wed, 05 Feb 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/2013FallAllAcademic https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3_Football_All-America Framingham State Rams' senior Melikke Van Alstyne and Western Connecticut State Colonials senior Octavias McKoy have been named to the D3football.com All-America team. Thu, 02 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3_Football_All-America https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/ECACAll-Stars Student-athletes from around the MASCAC were named to the ECAC All-Stars in the sports of volleyball, football, women's and men's soccer, the conference announced this week. Wed, 18 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/ECACAll-Stars https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/AFCA_Awards Western Connecticut State's Octavias McKoy adds another post-season accolade to his resume after being named to the American Football Coaches Association 2013 Division III Coaches All-America Team. Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/AFCA_Awards https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3_Senior_Classic Six Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Student-Athletes will compete on Friday, December 13 in the D3 Football Senior Classic in Salem, Va. Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3_Senior_Classic https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/McKoyGagliardi After a spectacular year for Western Connecticut State, senior running back Octavias McKoy has been named one of four finalists for the Gagliardi Trophy, given to the most outstanding football player in NCAA Division III by Jostens and the J-Club of Saint John's University (Minn.). Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/McKoyGagliardi https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3FootballAwards13 Octavias McKoy of Western Connecticut State headlines the 2013 D3football.com All-East Region team after being named the East Region Offensive Player of the Year. Tue, 10 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/D3FootballAwards13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/GridironClubAwards Senior running back Melikke Van Alstyne and offensive coordinator Aynsley Rosenbaum are to be honored by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston at the club’s annual Bob Whelan College Football Awards Night on Thursday, January 9th. Van Alstyne is the co-winner of the Joe Zabilski Award, while Rosenbaum will receive the Division II/III Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Fri, 06 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/GridironClubAwards https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/PSUMorganAward A senior captain of the Plymouth State University football team will be receiving a prestigious award from the New England Football Writers Association next week at the Annual Awards and Captains Banquet in Stoneham, Mass. Thu, 05 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/PSUMorganAward https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/CapitalOneAll-Academic Massachusetts Maritime senior placekicker Brandon Rodrigues and senior offensive right tackle John Moriarty were both named earlier today to the 2013 Capital One Division III Football Academic All-America team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America for their performances both on the field and in the classroom, as the duo joins a group of 48 student-athletes nationally to receive the prestigious honor. Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/CapitalOneAll-Academic https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/NEFWAll-NewEngland13 Seven football student-athletes from the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference have been named to the New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England Team. Tue, 26 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/NEFWAll-NewEngland13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FSUFB13 The Framingham State University football team suffered a heartbreaking 20-17 loss this afternoon as Ithaca College scored the winning touchdown with 3:32 left in the fourth quarter in an opening round game of the 2013 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FSUFB13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WCSUECACBowl Running backs Octavias McKoy and Eddy Williams were named Co-Most Valuable Players after they led Western Connecticut State University to a 48-35 victory over Salve Regina University Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast Bowl at Gaudet Field on a blustery Saturday afternoon. Sat, 23 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WCSUECACBowl https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_All-Conference_13 Western Connecticut State running back Octavias McKoy and Bridgewater State defensive lineman Rob Ruggiero are the 2013 inaugural Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year honorees and headline the All-Conference team, which is voted on by the coaches from around the conference. Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_All-Conference_13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/VanAlstyneGoldHelmet Framingham State University running back Melikke Van Alstyne has been named the final recipient of the Ray Gallant Insurance New England Football Writers' Gridiron Club of Great Boston Division II/III Gold Helmet Award for the 2013 season. Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/VanAlstyneGoldHelmet https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FRA_NCAA_Tourney After going a perfect 8-0 in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Framingham State Rams will play Ithaca College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship on Saturday, November 23, the NCAA announced Sunday. Mon, 18 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FRA_NCAA_Tourney https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-16 Mike McCarthy of Bridgewater State and Will Arndt of Western Conn. State earn the final offensive player of the week honors for football. Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-16 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WESTFBAll-Academic Westfield State University junior linebacker Troy Cutter and sophomore defensive back Greg Sheridan have been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-District ® football team. Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/WESTFBAll-Academic https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-9 Melikke Van Alstyne of Framingham State and Mike Stanton of Massachusetts Maritime earn the MASCAC Football Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors. Sat, 09 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-9 https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MMAFB_All-Academic Massachusetts Maritime seniors Brandon Rodrigues and John Moriarty were named today to the 2013 Capital One Division III Football Academic All-District team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, as both are now eligible for selection to the Capital One Academic All-America team that will be released later this month. Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/MMAFB_All-Academic https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-2 The MASCAC is pleased to announce the football weekly award winners for the week ending November 2. Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_11-2 https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Champ_Gear_Stores The MASCAC has launched championship gear stores on the website for the fall sports of cross country, soccer, volleyball and to commemorate the inaugural year of football. Fri, 01 Nov 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/13-14_News/Champ_Gear_Stores https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/McKoy_Awards After a record breaking weekend, Western Connecticut State running back Octavias McKoy has been named the Ray Gallant Insurance New England Football Writers’ Gridiron Club of Greater Boston Gold Helmet Award recipient for the second time this season. Wed, 30 Oct 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/McKoy_Awards https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_10-26 Octavias McKoy breaks the single game rushing record for all NCAA divisions with 455 yards on five touchdowns to earn his third MASCAC offensive player of the week honors. Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/fball/2013-14/releases/FB_POW_10-26