MADISON, N.J.; CANTON, N.Y. — Three Susquehanna University student-athletes were honored as either a Landmark Conference or Liberty League Athlete of the Week for the third time in a row on Sept. 15.

Sophomore punter/placekicker Bobby Eppleman (Chester Springs, Pa./Great Valley) was the Liberty's football Special Teams Player of the Week. An All–America candidate, Eppleman (left) punted the ball four times for an average of 52.0 yards, including a school-record 73-yard punt in the second quarter, and pinned Juniata College inside its own 10-yard line twice in Susquehanna's 10-3 win over the Eagles on Sept. 13. He also made good on his lone extra-point attempt in the game and made one of two field goal tries. His lone miss was blocked. Eppleman's solo tackle on a kickoff return also saved a touchdown.

Junior Paul Thistle (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) was the Landmark's men's cross country Athlete of the Week. Thistle (right) finished sixth among NCAA Division III men at Penn State University's Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on Sept. 13. He finished 30th overall out of 189 male runners from all three NCAA divisions with a time of 27 minutes, 19 seconds on the 5.2-mile course to help Susquehanna place ninth of 14 teams and third among Division III squads.

Freshman Casey Hess (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) was the Landmark's women's cross country Athlete of the Week. Hess (left) finished ninth among Division III women at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. She finished 58th overall out of 187 female runners from all three NCAA divisions with a time of 24:10 on the 6,000-meter course to help the Crusaders place ninth of 14 teams and third among Division III squads. Hess' time is the best 6,000-meter mark for a freshman in the Landmark this season and second-best overall.