Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Frohnapfel, Zanatta Earn UMass Weekly Awards

AMHERST, Mass. – Senior Blake Frohnapfel (football) and sophomore Carly Zanatta (rowing) are the Dinn Brothers Co-Student-Athletes of the Week, it was announced on Tuesday by the UMass Sports Lunch Committee.

In UMass’ 24-14 win over FIU on Saturday, Frohnapfel was 32-of-42 for 363 yards and three scores with no interceptions. He connected with eight different receivers on the day. His long of 57 yards went to Marken Michel for UMass’ longest score in the air on the season. Frohnapfel completed 76.2 percent of his attempts on Saturday while the victory goes as his seventh with 300 or more yards passing and also his seventh with three touchdowns thrown.

On the season, Frohnapfel has completed 101-of-171 passes attempted with seven touchdowns and three interceptions. He averages 303.5 passing yards per game. Among FBS players, he ranks No. 15 nationally in yards per game and No. 3 nationally in attempts per game (42.8).

Zanatta contributed to four wins and a second-place finish at Head of the Oklahoma. The sophomore from Ridgeway, Ontario defended her gold medals in the Open Lightweight 1x, the Open Lightweight 2x and the Collegiate 1x, recording victories in each race for the second-straight year. Zanatta also rowed in the gold medal winning Open 4x boat alongside Sam Kolovson, Jill McGill and Krysten Menks, which finished with a time of 16:06.36. Zanatta medaled in every race she was a part of during the weekend competition.

Frohnapfel and Zanatta will be recognized at the weekly lunch on Wed., Oct. 7, 12-1:15 p.m. The event will take place in the Jim and Ellen Hunt Hospitality Room at the Football Performance Center. This week’s featured speakers are football head coach Mark Whipple and field hockey head coach Carla Tagliente.

Free parking is available in Lots 10, 11, and 12, located adjacent to the Football Performance Center. A buffet lunch will be served for $14 per person.

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