Dec. 3, 2013

GREENWOOD, IN - Bluffton University wide receiver Shawn Frost (Edison, Ohio/Mt. Gilead) was voted as the HCAC Play of the Year. The senior earned the title after voting took place on the HCAC social media outlets of Facebook and Twitter. Frost's winning play was a one-handed touchdown grab from junior quarterback Nick Sheehan (Monroeville, Ind./Heritage) late in the fourth quarter against Earlham. The Beavers held on for a 36-21 win on September 11.

The final voting tally saw Frost garner 5,751 votes (72 percent), holding off Manchester's Dakota Nelson's 2,061 votes (20 percent). Bluffton finished with three HCAC Plays of the Week, including Donovan Brown's (Cincinnati/Purcell Marian) game-winning catch in Bluffton's upset of #9 Franklin College on Senior Day. Brown's touchdown reception took third in the final voting after being named D3Football Play of the Week.

The poll was distributed on the HCAC Twitter (@HCACDIII) and Facebook pages. This week's final voting generated over 10,000 votes and over 23,000 page views in a 48-hour period.

Courtesy HCAC Sports Information