University of Findlay junior Cameron Wright has been named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Special Teams Athlete of the Week, the league announced Monday, November 9, according to Findlay Athletics. The honor follows the Oilers’ dominant 54-6 victory over Lake Erie last Saturday, a win that improved Findlay’s record to 9-1 on the season.
Wright earned the award in the return game. He returned four punts for 87 yards against the Storm, including a 77-yard touchdown return, Findlay Athletics reported. With that score, Wright became one of just two players in all of NCAA Division II with multiple punt return touchdowns this season.
His afternoon was not limited to special teams. Wright also made an impact in the passing game, hauling in six receptions for 56 yards and an additional touchdown, according to Findlay Athletics — a two-phase performance that put points on the board two different ways in a 48-point win.
The Lake Erie result kept a standout season rolling for the Oilers, who at 9-1 have lost just once all year. A 54-6 margin reflects dominance in every phase, and Wright’s return touchdown was the kind of field-position-flipping play that lets a strong team put a game away early.
Punt returners rarely get weekly-conference recognition without a touchdown, and Wright’s case was overwhelming: four returns, 87 yards, a 77-yard score, plus a receiving touchdown on top of it. Findlay Athletics noted he has been a game-changing threat on punt returns all season, and Saturday was the latest example rather than an exception.
The G-MAC honor is a conference-level acknowledgment of that consistency. Weekly awards in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference go to the league’s top performances across all its member schools that week, and Wright’s combined special-teams and offensive output separated him from the field, according to the announcement reported by Findlay Athletics.
What happens next: the 9-1 Oilers head into the final stretch of their season with a return man opponents now have to game-plan around. Kicking away from Wright carries its own field-position cost — and as Lake Erie learned, kicking to him can cost seven points.
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