SELINSGROVE, PA –Susquehanna University junior split end Mark Bartosic is one of three players named Division III National Offensive Player of the Week by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette for games of October 12.

Bartosic (Northumberland, PA/Shikellamy H.S.) broke the school single-game records for catches, yards and touchdowns in the Crusaders’ 52-35 loss at Widener on Saturday afternoon. Already the single-season and career record holders in all three categories, Bartosic added three more records to his collection with 15 catches for 261 yards and a Middle Atlantic Conference record-tying five touchdowns.

He hauled in scoring passes of 61, 47, 39, 6 and 4 yards as he single-handedly tried to rally the Crusaders from a 45-15 third-quarter deficit, making eight catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone.

Bartosic’s 261 yards receiving are the third-highest total in Division III this season and the fourth-highest in MAC history.

Bartosic, who extended his streak of consecutive games with a catch to 25, surpassed the 100-yard mark for the 17th time in his career. He has caught at least one touchdown pass in 21 of 25 games at Susquehanna and a total of 37 in his career.

Through five games this season, Bartosic leads both the team and the MAC with 37 catches for 610 yards and nine touchdowns for the Crusaders (2-3 overall, 2-2 MAC).

Also honored by Football Gazette this week were Hardin-Simmons quarterback Dustin Proctor and Kalamazoo quarterback Bryan Gnyp.

Proctor set a Hardin-Simmons record for total offense with 584 yards, as he completed 39-of-54 passes for 472 yards and ran for 112 yards in a 51-48 loss at Howard Payne, while Gnyp completed 29-of-44 passes and set school single-game records for passing yards (437), touchdown passes (five) and total offense (437) in a 42-41 loss to Hope.

Susquehanna will host FDU-Florham (2-3 overall, 2-3 MAC) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the first on-campus night football game in program history.