ROCK HILL, S.C. - Emory & Henry College junior kicker Cameron Jones (Jacksonville, N.C.) has been picked as the South Atlantic Conference Football Special Teams Player of the Week, league officials announced Monday. He is the first E&H football player in school history to be named a player of the week by the SAC office.

Jones, who has served as the Wasps' kickoff specialist all season, was pressed into service as a placekicker due to illness. He was the top-scoring specialist in the league last week making all five of his extra points and adding a 22-yard field goal for a total of eight points.

This marks the first time since the Wasps' 27-24 win over East Tennessee State University on September 26, 2015 that an E&H specialist has been recognized as a conference player of the week. That week, then-freshman Skyler Simcox hit a pair of 48-yard field goals on his way to being selected Old Dominion Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

Emory & Henry will host the University of Virginia's College at Wise on Saturday, October 8 in "Southwest Virginia Bowl V" at 1:00 p.m. It will be the first meeting between the Wasps and Cavaliers since 2011 and the first with both programs as NCAA Division II institutions and league opponents.

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