Tanner Kuhne Earns Second Weekly UMAC Award

ST. PAUL, Minn. – For the second time in the first four weeks of the 2017 season, Eureka College sophomore kicker Tanner Kuhne (Princeton, Ill./Princeton H.S.) has been chosen Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Kuhne was a perfect 6-for-6 on extra point attempts in the Red Devils' 44-20 league win over Crown last Saturday at McKinzie Field. He averaged 59.1 yards on seven kickoffs, including a touchback on the game's opening kickoff. Kuhne also added an assisted tackle in kickoff coverage in the third quarter.

Kuhne leads all UMAC kickers with 22 points through the season's first four games. He is 16-for-17 on the year on point-after attempts, already 13th-most in a season by an EC kicker in the modern era. Kuhne is on pace to challenge the single-season Eureka record for extra points, set by Travis Huber with 34 successful point-after tries during the 2009 season.

Eureka will return to the road Saturday for a 6 p.m. kickoff at Iowa Wesleyan in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.