Northwest Missouri State University sophomore running back Quincy Torry has been named the MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week.

Torry (Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit West HS) rushed for 252 yards and three touchdown on 12 carries as he averaged 21.0 yards per carry in Northwest's 45-13 win at Missouri Western.

Torry's first carry of the game went for 68 yards. He took the next carry for a two-yard rushing score to give Northwest a 7-0 lead. Torry's third carry of the game went for 55 yards and set up Northwest's second touchdown.

Torry began the second half with a 75-yard rushing touchdown for his second score of the game that gave Northwest a 28-7 cushion. On Northwest's ensuing possession, Torry finished off the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run (his third of the day) to lift the Bearcats to a 35-7 advantage with 10:33 left in the third quarter. It was Torry's last carry of the game. Torry had carries of 68, 2 (TD), 55, 2, 5, -1, 21, 4, 11, 0, 75 (TD), 10 (TD).

Torry secured his fourth 100-plus rushing effort this season. It is the eighth 100-yard performance of his Bearcat career.

Torry leads the MIAA in rushing yards (973), rushing yards per game (108.1) and in rushing touchdowns (15).

His 252-yard rushing effort ranks as the eighth-best single-game performance in school history.

Most Rushing Yards, Game
1. 309, Xavier Omon vs. Chadron State (12/1/07)
2. 292, Xavier Omon vs. Grand Valley State (12/8/07)
3. 290, Claude Arnick vs. Missouri S&T (11/16/74)
4. 286, Joseph Johnson vs. Emporia State (11/7/92)
5. 274, Xavier Omon vs. Pittsburg State (10/6/07)
    274, Jay Harris vs. Central Oklahoma (10/7/23)
7. 272, Ed Tillison vs. Nebraska-Kearney (11/10/90)
8. 252, Quincy Torry vs. Missouri Western (11/7/26)
9. 248, Ed Tillison vs. Lincoln, Mo. (11/14/87)
10. 235, Jeremy Wilson vs. Missouri Western (9/2/89)

Northwest will close out the regular season Saturday at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan., against the Pittsburg State Gorillas. Kick is set for 1:30 p.m.