LEBANON, Tenn.-- After taking down No. 4 ranked Bethel, Holloway earns NAIA National Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Holloway becomes the fourth Cumberland Football player to win NAIA National Honors and the first in the last 14 years. Allanté McLemore was voted the NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week in 2010, James McClain garnered Offensive POW accolades on November 17, 2008, and Travis Carter earned Special Team POW honors on September 7, 2009.
Holloway completed 10-of-18 passes for 136 yards and tossed one touchdown, a 13-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah O'Neal. He also ran for 96 yards and a score on 17 carries. He sealed the game with a 12-yard rush on 3rd and 11 to seal the win and give the Phoenix their first Top 5 win in six years.Â
Holloway on the season has thrown for 873 yards completing 68% of his passes. Holloway is third in the Mid-South Conference in passing touchdowns with eight. He is also third in the league in rushing yards with 488 yards, first among quarterbacks, and has the most rushing touchdowns in the Mid-South Conference with seven.Â
Adam Caudle of Cumberlands (Ky.) has been named the NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week and John Mears of Montana Western has been named the NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week.
The win moved Cumberland to 5-1 and 1-1 in league play heading into this weekend's matchup with 17th-ranked Georgetown at Nokes-Lasater.