WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State running back Chauncey Harris was selected as one of the three Lone Star Conference Offensive Players of the Week after his stellar performance in the final regular season contest against West Georgia.
 
Harris, a 5-9, 171 pound sophomore from San Antonio/Converse Judson, posted the best rushing game in the Lone Star Conference since 2009 and the best at Midwestern State since 2007 as he rushed for 232 yards and two touchdowns in the Mustangs 35-17 win over the Wolves.
 
Harris ran for 169 yards in the second half alone on his way to posting the fourth-best rushing game in MSU history and the best by running back.  It was the most yardage by a Midwestern runner since quarterback Daniel Polk ran for 290 yards against Abilene Christian on Nov. 10, 2007.
 
Harris posted touchdown runs of 21 and 31 yards for the Mustangs and added non-scoring runs of 28, 25, 21 and 39 yards as he averaged 14.5 yards on his 16 carries.  He also had one pass reception for 12 yards.  Harris led the Pony Express ground game to the second-best team rushing effort in school history with 470 yards, the best in the LSC since Eastern New Mexico's 488 against East Central on Sept. 15, 2007.
 
MSU's third-leading rusher in total yardage on the season, Harris averages 85.9 yards a game with his 773 yards in nine contests with six touchdowns.
 
He is joined by Abilene Christian quarterback Mitchell Gale, who completed 25-of-36 passes for 408 yards against Incarnate Word and Tarleton State quarterback Jake Fenske who broke the TSU record with 460 yards over Angelo State.
 
The LSC Defensive Player of the Week is ACU's Justin Stephens and Tarleton kicker Blake Barnes.
 
Notables
* The Mustangs finished the season at 9-1 overall and co-champions of the Lone Star Conference at 7-1.  Midwestern has now won 19 of its last 20 regular season contests.
* MSU was selected to play in the NCAA Division II Championships for the third time in the last four seasons.
* MSU won both of its games in the LSC-Gulf South 1st and 10 Challenge with the 35-17 win over West Georgia.
* The Pony Express rolled up 470 yards rushing against West Georgia, the second-highest rushing game in MSU history, second only to MSU's 522 yards gained against McMurry on Oct. 26, 1991.
* With Chauncey Harris' 232 yards, it's the third 145-plus game for Harris on the season, who had 148 against A&M-Commerce and 155 against Eastern New Mexico.
* Keidrick Jackson tallied 104 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown before being pulled at halftime for his seventh 100-yard game of the season. It was the sixth time this season that MSU has recorded a double-100 yard rushing game and it was almost a triple-100 as quarterback Brandon Kelsey rushed for 99 yards on 10 carries with a touchdown.
* Jackson leads the LSC and is 14th in Division II in rushing with 126.3 yards a game.  He now has 1,263 yards on 179 carries, averaging 7.1 yards a carry.  It is the third-best rushing season in Midwestern history and Jackson needs just 29 yards to pass Henry Anders 1,291 yards in 1991 and 125 yards to pass Dominic Rhodes 1,387 yards in 2000.
* Jackson continues to lead the Lone Star Conference, but is now third in NCAA Division II in scoring.  With only one touchdown in the half he played against West Georgia, Jackson has 114 points to average 11.4 points a game, trailing Findlay's Monterae Williams (126 points/12.6 ppg) and Bloomsburg's Franklyn Quiteh (138 points/12.55 ppg).
* Jackson now has 19 rushing touchdowns on the season to tie Daniel Polk's single season record set in 2007.  He also has 44 career rushing touchdowns that ties Polk's career rushing TDs mark.  Jackson has a total of 45 career touchdowns (one receiving) that is the new MSU career record.
* Jackson's 114 points this season ties him with Polk's 2007 scoring and his own 2011 scoring record.
* Jackson also has become the highest scoring non-kicker in MSU history, ranking second with 270 points and is 21 points behind Jose Martinez (2007-10).  Brandon Kelsey is fourth in career scoring with 180 points.
* Neiko Conway grabbed his fourth interception of the season to give the junior 10 for his career, which is second on the MSU career list.
* With its ranking this week, Midwestern has appeared in the last 21 AFCA Division II Top 25 polls (10 in the Top 10), has been ranked in 43 of the last 48 periods and has received a vote on at least one ballot in 82 of the last 83 reporting periods dating back to the 2006 season.