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Priest Named MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week
9/6/2010 2:15:56 PM | Football, E-Gridiron Group
EMU senior tailback earns first MAC weekly award
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University senior running back Dwayne Priest (Roanoke, Va.-William Fleming-Fork Union Academy) was named the Mid-American Conference's West Division Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 5. The honor marks the first time Priest has collected the weekly accolade.
Priest ran for a career-best 142 yards on 26 rushes and scored two touchdowns in Eastern Michigan's 31-27 loss to Army, Sept. 4, at Rynearson Stadium. It marked the third time Priest had eclipsed the single-game century rushing mark in his career.
EMU will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 11, as it takes on Miami University in the Mid-American Conference opener in Oxford, Ohio. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Yager Stadium.
Priest ran for a career-best 142 yards on 26 rushes and scored two touchdowns in Eastern Michigan's 31-27 loss to Army, Sept. 4, at Rynearson Stadium. It marked the third time Priest had eclipsed the single-game century rushing mark in his career.
EMU will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 11, as it takes on Miami University in the Mid-American Conference opener in Oxford, Ohio. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Yager Stadium.
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