KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State linebacker Jose Delgado earned MIAA Co-Defensive Athlete of the Week on Monday (Oct. 2) for his efforts in the 38-35 win at Lindenwood this past Saturday. Delgado is the fifth Tiger to receive one of the MIAA weekly honors this season.

Delgado produced a season-high 14 tackles while adding a sack in the 38-35 win for Fort Hays State at Lindenwood. The junior linebacker had 3.5 tackles for loss and helped the Tigers limit the Lions to just 56 rushing yards. Nine of Delgado’s 14 tackles were on rushes by the Lions.

Delgado joins Jacob Mezera (Week 1 Offensive Athlete of the Week), Brandon Brown (Weeks 1 and 4 Special Teams Athlete of the Week), Nathan Shepherd (Week 2 Defensive Athlete of the Week) and Monterio Burchfield (Week 3 Offensive Athlete of the Week) as Tigers to earn weekly MIAA honors this season.

Delgado shares the Defensive Athlete of the Week honor with Derrick McGreevy of Washburn. Offensive Athlete of the Week went to Central Oklahoma quarterback Chas Stallard and Special Teams Athlete of the Week went to Perry Schmeideler of Washburn.