Berghammer Selected As WIAC Football Athlete Of The Week

The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference chose UW-Oshkosh sophomore quarterback Kobe Berghammer as its Kwik Trip Football Offensive Athlete of the Week for games played Sept. 27-Oct. 3.

Berghammer passed for two touchdowns and ran for another pair of scores to help nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh to a 35-32 road victory over UW-Platteville in the WIAC opener on Oct. 2.

Berghammer went 15 of 22 passing for 226 yards without throwing an interception against the Pioneers while adding 83 yards on eight carries.

Berghammer gave UW-Oshkosh a 14-0 lead with his 55-yard touchdown run at the 12:06 mark of the first quarter. He then extended the Titans' advantage to 21-3 on his 4-yard touchdown pass to Peter MacCudden with 10 seconds left in the opening period.

Berghammer upped UW-Oshkosh's lead to 28-17 with his 40-yard touchdown pass to Tony Steger at the 5:16 mark of the second quarter. He later pushed the Titans' advantage to 35-17 on his 2-yard touchdown run with 7:15 remaining in the third period.

UW-Oshkosh, ranked ninth in the NCAA Division III by D3football.com, improved its record to 3-0 with the win over UW-Platteville.

The WIAC also presented weekly awards to UW-Whitewater defensive back Mark McGrath on defense and UW-La Crosse placekicker Ryan Beirne on special teams.