November 29, 2002

ORLANDO – UCF receiver Jimmy Fryzel (Lakeland, Fla.) was honored by the Mid-American Conference this week as its East Division Offensive Player of the Week for football and its male Scholar Athlete of the week for all sports as a result of his performance in UCF’s 48-31 win against Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Saturday. He is the first from UCF to be named the Scholar-Athlete of the Week in the MAC and the sixth different player to earn player of the week honors. 

Fryzel, UCF’s offensive captain, caught six passes for a career-high 174 yards and two touchdowns in the win at Miami. After trailing 10-0 in the first quarter, Fryzel got UCF on the board by breaking a tackle over the middle and outrunning the secondary for a career-long 76-yard touchdown reception. He also caught a 20-yard touchdown pass to extend UCF's lead to 21-10 in the second quarter. He averaged 29 yards per catch on the day and extended his consecutive game streak of at least one reception to 32 games. He now has 56 receptions for 1,045 yards and five touchdowns this year.

The senior accounting major was honored earlier this season for his combined academic and athletic performance when he was voted to the Verizon Academic All-Distirct III Team. He is now on the ballot for the national Academic All-America team.

The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. The winners are selected by one of the conference's faculty athletics representatives.

The recipient of a Bright Futures Scholarship coming out of Lakeland High School, Fryzel has been named to the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll all seven semesters at UCF and also earned spots on the Dean’s, and President’s Lists during his academic career.

The other players from UCF to be earn East Division Player of the Week honors this year are placekicker Matt Prater, quarterback Ryan Schneider, defensive end Elton Patterson, cornerback Asante Samuel (twice), and safety Patrick Holland, who earned the honor for special teams with a blocked punt against Miami that resulted in a UCF touchdown.

Fryzel and 19 other UCF seniors will be playing their final college game Saturday when UCF closes its season against the Ohio Bobcats in the Citrus Bowl at 1 p.m.
 

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