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Brehm Tabbed By Don Hansen's Football Gazette for National Team of the Week

ALMA, Mich. - Josh Brehm has picked up another accolade, this time being named a national Player of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette, one of the most well-respected sources for news and information on small college football in the country.

Brehm was also named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Week this week after turning in a stellar performance in a 33-30 overtime victory against UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 16 at Bahlke Field. He completed 36-of-57 passes for 358 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He also rushed for two touchdowns gaining 76 yards on 24 carries. He is being honored as player of the week for the fifth time in his career.

On pace to have another banner year, Brehm averages 316.5 yards passing per game. He is the school record holder for yards passing in a career with 7,891 entering this weekend’s game against Wittenberg. His 57 pass attempts against UW-Eau Claire ranks sixth on the pass attempts in a game category while his 36 pass completions against UW-Eau Claire ties him for fourth all-time for pass completions in a game. It is the most completions in a game for the Ithaca native.

Brehm also holds the school record for career completions with 671 entering this weekend’s contest. He has 60 career touchdown passes - a school record - and his 8,916 yards of total offense increases his lead in that career category to over 1,000 yards over Steve Slowke’s (1999-02) total of 7,521 yards.

 

Alma College is one of eight Michigan colleges and universities — and one of 270 out of 4,411 colleges and universities in the nation, or 6 percent — to hold membership in The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization.

 

Coach Profile

Jim Cole

Jim Cole
Graduation: 1974

Jim Cole '74 enters his 17th season at the helm of the Scots. In 2004, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, the second time in three years the Maroon and Cream advanced to the NCAA postseason.

A former All-MIAA and All-District quarterback for the Scots, Cole draws on the championship experiences of playing for the 1970, '71 and '72 MIAA co-champions and coaching the 1988 co-champ's defense.

Cole sports a career mark of 105-67-0, making him Alma's winningest football coach.