JACKSON, Miss. – Millsaps football junior punter
Ethan Klapatch made his mark in the history books as he was selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week for the fourth time during the 2023 season, the organization published on Tuesday.
Klapatch becomes the first punter since the weekly honor roll began being awarded in 1999 to earn the honor four times in a single season or calendar year due to COVID.
He is also the seventh student-athlete across any position to secure recognition on four occasions in a season or calendar year. Only Michael Zweifel of Dubuque was honored five times back in 2011.
The Metairie, La., product becomes the 76th player to tally at least four career honors and only three other punters have made the list at the position.
Ben Dudley of Millsaps was also named to the D3football.com Team of the Week four times; once in 2013 and on three occasions in 2014.
Klapatch has now been named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7.
On Saturday, he punted the ball four times for 183 yards (45.8-yard average), with a long of 53 yards and one touchback. Additionally, Klapatch added three kickoffs for 190 yards (63.3-yard average) against Southwestern on Senior Day.
The junior ranks second in NCAA Division III with 45.8 average yards per punt and only 0.2 yards off the national leader. Additionally, Klapatch ranks third with 2,289 total punting yards off of 50 total boots.
The Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware, is D3football.com's weekly honor roll, currently in its 25th season of recognizing the top performance at each position from the previous week. Players are nominated by schools and selected via D3football.com.
LIST OF FOUR-PLUS D3FOOTBALL.COM TEAM OF THE WEEK HONOREES
| STUDENT-ATHLETE |
SCHOOL |
SINGLE-SEASON
HONORS |
CAREER
HONORS |
| Mike Lewis |
Adrian |
2 |
5 |
| Daniel Sobolewski |
Albright |
2 |
4 |
| Ayrton Scott |
Augsburg |
2 |
4 |
| Robert Shufford |
BSC |
4 |
5 |
| Marcus Washington |
Bridgewater |
2 |
4 |
| Mike Sirignano |
Bridgewater State |
3 |
7 |
| Austin Dean |
Brockport |
2 |
4 |
| Drew Ziller |
Carleton |
4 |
4 |
| Tyler Kohman |
Carnegie Mellon |
2 |
4 |
| Cameron Brown |
Case Western Reserve |
2 |
4 |
| Kurtis Brondyke |
Central |
2 |
4 |
| Blade Durbala |
Central |
3 |
4 |
| Blaine Hawkins |
Central |
2 |
4 |
| Sam Markham |
Central |
3 |
5 |
| Rob Tamillow |
Chicago |
2 |
4 |
| Frank Weymiller |
Coe |
2 |
5 |
| Adam Haas |
Cortland |
2 |
4 |
| Kyle Gesswein |
Delaware Valley |
3 |
4 |
| Michael Nobile |
Delaware Valley |
2 |
4 |
| Anthony Silver |
Delaware Valley |
3 |
4 |
| Dustin Hertel |
DePauw |
2 |
6 |
| Michael Zweifel |
Dubuque/UW-River Falls |
5 |
7 |
| John Scardulo |
Elmhurst |
3 |
4 |
| LeAnthony Reasnover |
Eureka |
2 |
4 |
| Dan Eggertsson |
Franklin & Marshall |
3 |
4 |
| Kevin Culbert |
Frostburg State |
2 |
4 |
| Larry DelViscio |
Gettysburg |
3 |
5 |
| Ryan Moore |
Gettysburg |
3 |
4 |
| Paul Smith |
Gettysburg |
4 |
4 |
| De'Eric Bell |
Guilford |
2 |
5 |
| Adam Smith |
Guilford |
1 |
4 |
| Cartel Brooks |
Heidelberg |
2 |
4 |
| Dayton Winn |
Hendrix |
2 |
4 |
| Devin Worthington |
Hobart |
2 |
5 |
| Mike Murphy |
Illinois Wesleyan |
2 |
4 |
| A.J. Jackson |
Lake Forest |
2 |
6 |
| Scott Birkhofer |
Linfield |
2 |
4 |
| Kyle McGivney |
Luther |
2 |
5 |
| Jefferson Fritz |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
3 |
4 |
| K.J. Miller |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
2 |
4 |
| Nate Jackson |
Menlo |
3 |
4 |
| Talsen Smith |
Merchant Marine |
2 |
4 |
| Billy Chapman |
Middlebury |
2 |
4 |
| Ben Dudley |
Millsaps |
3 |
4 |
| Ethan Klapatch |
Millsaps |
4 |
4 |
| Ryan Curtiss |
Muhlenberg |
2 |
4 |
| D.J. Warkenthien |
North Central |
2 |
4 |
| Matt Wenger |
North Central |
3 |
4 |
| Kyle Hogan |
Ohio Wesleyan |
2 |
5 |
| Jon Branche |
RPI |
2 |
4 |
| Jason Ripke |
Simpson |
2 |
4 |
| Blake Elliott |
St. John's |
2 |
5 |
| Chyron Brown-Wallace |
St. Lawrence |
3 |
6 |
| Mitch Gallagher |
St. Lawrence |
2 |
4 |
| Fritz Waldogel |
St. Thomas |
3 |
4 |
| Dominique Carson |
Sul Ross State |
3 |
4 |
| Allen Cain |
Texas Lutheran |
3 |
5 |
| Zach Auternreib |
Thomas More |
2 |
4 |
| Lamar Carswell |
Trine |
3 |
4 |
| Kaleb Blaha |
UW-River Falls |
3 |
4 |
| Marcus Ball |
UW-Stout |
2 |
4 |
| Levell Coppage |
UW-Whitewater |
2 |
4 |
| Johnny Davidson |
Washington U. |
2 |
6 |
| Brandon Roberts |
Washington U. |
2 |
4 |
| Drew Wethington |
Washington U. |
3 |
4 |
| Mike Czerwien |
Waynesburg |
4 |
4 |
| Daryl Moore |
Waynesburg |
3 |
4 |
| Larry Beavers |
Wesley |
3 |
4 |
| Chris Mayes |
Wesley |
2 |
4 |
| Jim Jones |
Widener |
4 |
4 |
| Brett Trichilo |
Wilkes |
3 |
5 |
| Jack Nelson |
Willamette |
2 |
4 |
| Ricky Vesce |
William Paterson |
3 |
4 |
| Cole Hissong |
Wooster |
3 |
5 |
| Tony Sutton |
Wooster |
2 |
4 |
| Casey Hippert |
Worcester State |
2 |
4 |
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