SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Susquehanna University junior free safety Ben Gibboney has been selected as the team's Gus Weber Crusader Player of the Week, sponsored by the Golden Corral Family Steak House along Routes 11 & 15 in Shamokin Dam.

Gibboney (Huntingdon, PA/Huntingdon Area) finished with eight tackles (seven solo) and forced a fumble which he recovered as the Crusaders routed Widener 35-13 in their Middle Atlantic Conference opener on Saturday night at Lopardo Stadium.

Gibboney added a tackle for loss and broke up a pass as the Crusaders held the Pioneers to just 49 net yards rushing to improve to 2-0 for the first time since the 2000 season.

The Golden Corral will donate a check for $100 in the name of Gibboney to the charity of his choice during Friday's Quarterback Club luncheon at noon in the Shearer-Weber Dining Rooms in the Degenstein Campus Center on the Susquehanna campus.

Now in their eighth year of sponsorship of the Gus Weber Player of the Week award, Golden Corral has donated $6,500 to charity in the names of Susquehanna players.

The Player of the Week award is named after former Susquehanna University president Gustave Weber , who served as president of Susquehanna for more than 18 years and was a former standout player at Wagner College . He was an avid booster of Crusader athletics, and in particular the football team, which he coached for the final two games of the 1965 season.

The Crusaders (2-0 overall, 1-0 MAC) travel to Moravian (1-0 overall, 1-0 MAC) on Saturday at 1 p.m.