Berghammer Chosen As WIAC Football Athlete Of The Week

UW-Oshkosh sophomore quarterback Kobe Berghammer has been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kwik Trip Football Offensive Athlete of the Week for games played Oct. 18-24.

It is the second WIAC weekly award of the 2021 season for Berghammer, who also earned the honor following the period of Sept. 27-Oct. 3.

Berghammer threw four of his career high five touchdown passes in the first quarter as nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh built a commanding early lead and defeated visiting UW-Eau Claire, 54-31, on Oct. 23.

UW-Oshkosh scored on the first play from scrimmage as Berghammer tossed a 70-yard touchdown pass to Tony Steger just 18 seconds into the contest.

Berghammer went on to throw first quarter touchdown passes of 43 yards to Steger with 8:35 left, 65 yards to Trae Tetzlaff at the 8:11 mark and 9 yards to Steven Makinen for a 34-0 lead with 16 seconds remaining in the opening period.

Berghammer, who exited the game midway through the fourth quarter, later fired his fifth touchdown pass to Stephan Flores on a 17-yard completion that upped the UW-Oshkosh lead to 48-7 with 30 seconds left before intermission.

Berghammer concluded the game with 15 pass completions in 22 attempts for 316 yards.

UW-Oshkosh (4-2, 2-2 WIAC) entered the contest ranked 23rd in the NCAA Division III by D3football.com.

The WIAC also presented weekly awards to a pair of UW-Whitewater players – defensive back Kyle Koelblinger on defense and running back Jaylon Edmonson on special teams.