SELINSGROVE, PA – Susquehanna University senior cornerback Antonio Nash is the first recipient of 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.

Nash (Washington, DC/Springbrook, MD H.S.) led all players with 10 tackles (9 solo) in a 27-7 loss to McDaniel in the season opener on Saturday at Lopardo Stadium. He recorded his first career sack in the second quarter, and also averaged 24.3 yards on three kickoff returns and 21.5 yards on a pair of punt returns.

The Golden Corral will donate a check for $100 in the name of Nash to the charity of his choice. Now in their sixth year of sponsorship of the Gus Weber Player of the Week award, Golden Corral has donated $4,700 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.

Nash will be the guest speaker at Friday’s Quarterback Club luncheon, which begins at noon in the Shearer-Weber Dining Room in the Degenstein Campus Center. He will also be the guest on the Coach’s Corner Show, which can be heard each Saturday beginning 30 minutes before kickoff.