RUSSELLVILLE, AR – After leading Oklahoma Baptist football to a thrilling 34-31 win over Arkansas Tech last week, quarterback
Jason Ceniti and kicker
Carter Lowry have been named the Great American Conference Offensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively.
Ceniti put together one of the finest performances in program history, completing 26-of-35 passes for 332 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 139 yards against the Wonder Boys. Ceniti is the first player in Oklahoma Baptist history to record 330-plus passing yards and 130-plus rushing yards in the same game.
He currently ranks second in the GAC in completion percentage (65.5 percent) and is third in passing efficiency (150.9), yards per completion (13.05), and yards per attempt (8.55). The award is the first of Ceniti's career and marks the first Offensive Player of the Week honor for an OBU player since Josh Cornell earned the award on Oct. 28, 2021.
Lowry finished 2-for-2 on field goals and 4-for-4 on PATs against Arkansas Tech, including the game-winning 35-yard field goal as time expired. He is now 10-of-12 on field goals and 27-of-27 on PATs this season and has made seven consecutive field-goal attempts.
His field-goal percentage of .833 (10-of-12) is the best in the conference among kickers with at least 10 made field goals. Lowry has connected from 48, 47 and 41 yards this season and also ranks second in the conference in punting average (39.3 yards per punt). This week's award is the second GAC Special Teams Player of the Week honor of Lowry's career. He also earned the award after kicking a school-record 53-yard field goal against East Central last season.
Ceniti and Lowry are just the fourth pair of Bison to earn GAC weekly honors in the same week and the first since Tyler Stuever (Offensive) and Josh Arnold (Defensive) accomplished the feat on Sept. 27, 2021.
Oklahoma Baptist has now won four weekly GAC awards this season, as
Jeremiah Jennings (Sept. 7) and
George Getanda (Oct. 12) were each named GAC Defensive Player of the Week.
The Bison close the season when they host Southern Nazarene at noon on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Crain Family Stadium at the Hurt Complex.
