Posted: Oct 29, 2012
ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Trine return specialist/wide receiver JaVontae Hence its Players of the Week in football for games played through Oct. 20.
Hence, a senior from Elkhart, Ind. (Concord HS), accounted for 304 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns in Trine’s 45-28 road win over Hope. He returned two kickoffs for 129 yards, including an 82-yard touchdown, and caught nine passes for 175 yards, including an MIAA-record tying 93-yard touchdown catch that broke the game open in the third quarter. Hence is being honored as Player of the Week for the second time this season, both as special teams, and fifth time in his career.