Matt Sacia 2018

Matt Sacia

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/5/2018
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Wartburg College
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Eldridge, Iowa
  • High School
    North Scott
Football – Offensive Player of the Week
Matt Sacia, Wartburg College
Sr., QB, Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott
  • In Wartburg’s 43-7 routing of Luther Sacia threw four TD passes, just one shy of the Knight’s single-game school record.
  • The league’s most efficient QB (201.3) was 22-27 for 359 yards.
  • The senior signal caller has finished with triple-digit passing yards in 29 straight games and 31 of his last 32, dating back to the 2016 season.
  • Sacia ranks No.2 in all of NCAA Division III with an overall passing efficiency of 191.0 and a .721 completion percentage (178-of-247).
  • This is Sacia’s third Offensive Player of the Week accolade (11/5/18, 10/22/18, 9/23/18).
  • Sacia was named the league’s offensive MVP a season ago and was a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy.
  • The Knights travel to the University of Dubuque Saturday, Nov. 10th with the winner coming away with the 2018 American Rivers Conference title and the league’s AQ to the NCAA Division III playoffs.