CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jake Son of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team earned the SCIAC Special Teams Athlete of the Week for games through Saturday. Nov. 7, the conference office announced today. 

Son had a pair of big returns on special teams and defense (one a punt, one an interception) to set up CMS with a short field for touchdowns in a 31-10 win over Azusa Pacific. His 19-yard punt return set CMS up on the APU 38 for its go-ahead score in the second quarter after falling in a 10-0 hole, and then he had a 44-yard interception return in the fourth that set CMS up on the APU 24 for the final touchdown to seal the win. He also added a special teams tackle for his day's work.  

Son becomes the fourth different Stag to win the SCIAC Athlete of the Week honor, including two for kicker Sean Lee, who made all five of his kicks against APU (four extra points and a 32-yard field goal). Punter Dylan Sherman earned it last weekend after pinning Redlands inside its own 12 twice in the fourth quarter, and Zeke Vallez won it for blocking a tying extra point in a win over La Verne. 

CMS will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to Chapman for the SCIAC Championship game and the right to represent the league in the upcoming NCAA Division III Tournament.