The record-breaking 2017 football season was filled with honors and accolades for W&J.
It began before the season even started with the Presidents ranked in the preseason national polls and wide receiver 杰西·祖比克，18岁 入选季前赛最佳阵容. W&J was named the Best College Football Team—regardless of Division—in Pennsylvania, the state with the most college football teams in the nation.
The Presidents marched through their regular season, finishing undefeated for the 13th time in program history. With that undefeated season came a Presidents’ Athletic Conference title, W&J的第25个PAC冠军. They also made their 25th appearance in the NCAA Division III Football Championships playoff, the second-most championship appearances all-time by a Division III school.
这是自2004年以来，奥巴马总统第一次当选总统&J hosted a pair of playoff games at Cameron Stadium. 以31比28战胜了费德勒. 19 Johns Hopkins in the first round on Nov. 2017年8月18日，看到了踢球者 毛里西奥·加里贝，21岁 boot a 46-yard field goal with less than one minute to play as W&J盛行. 它给出了W&J 11 wins on the season for just the seventh time in the storied history of the program.
Following the season, individual honors poured in for the team. Zubik was a unanimous First Team All-American and both the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III and D3football.com South Region Offensive Player of the Year. 侧卫 O ' shea Anderson, 18岁 joined Zubik on the Associated Press and D3football.com全美球队. Five Presidents claimed All-ECAC honors and six were recognized by D3football on the all-region squad after 15 made the All-PAC teams.
Head Coach Mike Sirianni received recognition as well, earning PAC and ECAC Division III Coach of the Year honors. He was also named a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year after being the organization’s Region 2 winner. Sirianni, now in his 15th year of leading the Presidents, passed legendary W&J Head Coach John Luckhardt atop the career wins list in the regular-season finale when W&J队以44比0击败了韦恩斯堡队.
Even after the conclusion of a memorable 2017 season, one final award was bestowed upon the team as W&J被选为 ECAC第三组年度最佳队伍.
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