Sippio, Woods and Mike Brown receive ArenaFan Online Week 13 honors
Joe Kauffman
Wednesday April 26, 2006
Offensive Player of the Week: Bobby Sippio caught six touchdown passes, including three in the second quarter, to help lead the Chicago Rush to a 67-47 victory over the Las Vegas Gladiators. In all, Sippio caught 8 passes for 168 yards, and added five kickoff returns for 72 yards. He is in his third AFL season.
Other players considered for the ArenaFan Online Week 13 Offensive Player of the Week were Andy Kelly (Utah) and Terrill Shaw (Dallas).
Defensive Player of the Week: Thal Woods had 5.5 total tackles, one interception and one pass breakup in the Utah Blaze 52-40 victory over the Colorado Crush. Woods is in his third AFL season.
Other players considered for the ArenaFan Online Week 13 Defensive Player of the Week were DaShane Dennis (New York), Johnnie Harris (Grand Rapids), Kenny McEntyre (Orlando), and Colston Weatherington (Dallas).
Two-Way Player of the Week: Mike Brown caught four pass for 64 yards and two touchdowns on offense, recorded four tackles on defense, and returned six kickoffs for 196 yards and two touchdowns in the Philadelphia Soul 46-45 loss to the Columbus Destroyers. Brown is in his third AFL season.
Other players considered for the ArenaFan Online Week 13 Two-Way Player of the Week were Kevin Ingram (Los Angeles) and James Roe (San Jose).
2006 ArenaFan Online Award Winners
Offensive Player of the Week
Week 1 – Damian Harrell (OS, Colorado Crush)
Week 2 – Terrill Shaw (OS, Dallas Desperados)
Week 3 – Siaha Burley (OS, Utah Blaze)
Week 4 – Shane Stafford (QB, Tampa Bay Storm)
Week 5 – Shane Stafford (QB, Tampa Bay Storm) (2)
Week 6 – Damian Harrell (OS, Colorado Crush) (2)
Week 7 – Clint Dolezel (QB, Dallas)
Week 8 – Clint Dolezel (QB, Dallas) (2)
Week 9 – Chris Jackson (OS, Georgia)
Week 10 – Mark Grieb (QB, San Jose)
Week 11 – Sherdrick Bonner (QB, Arizona)
Week 12 – Andy Kelly (QB, Utah)
Week 13 – Bobby Sippio (WR/LB, Chicago)
Defensive Player of the Week
Week 1 – Frank Carter (FB/LB, Nashville Kats)
Week 2 – Damon Mason (DS, Austin Wranglers)
Week 3 – Rashad Floyd (DS, Colorado Crush)
Week 4 – Chris Brown (DS, Georgia Force)
Week 5 – Jeremy Unertl (DS, Chicago Rush)
Week 6 – Colston Weatherington (OL/DL, Dallas Desperados)
Week 7 – Jeroid Johnson (DS, Orlando)
Week 8 – Jerald Brown (DS, Columbus)
Week 9 – Brandon Hefflin (DS, Columbus)
Week 10 – Rashad Floyd (DS, Colorado) (2)
Week 11 – Rashad Floyd (DS, Colorado) (3)
Week 12 – Clevan Thomas (DS, San Jose)
Week 13 – Thal Woods (DS, Utah)
Two-Way Player of the Week
Week 1 – Kevin Ingram (WR/LB, Los Angeles Avengers)
Week 2 – Will Pettis (WR/DB, Dallas Desperados)
Week 3 – Lawrence Samuels (WR/LB, Tampa Bay Storm)
Week 4 – Timon Marshall (WR/DB, Grand Rapids Rampage)
Week 5 – Lawrence Samuels (WR/LB, Tampa Bay Storm) (2)
Week 6 – Joe Douglass (WR/LB, Las Vegas Gladiators)
Week 7 – Orshawante Bryant (WR/DB, Utah Blaze)
Week 8 – Josh Bush (WR/DB, Grand Rapids)
Week 9 – Randy Gatewood (WR/DB, Arizona)
Week 10 – Dialleo Burks (WR/LB, Dallas)
Week 11 – Phil Glover (FB/LB, San Jose)
Week 12 – Sean Scott (WR/DB, Phildaelphia)
Week 13 – Mike Brown (WR/DB, Philadelphia)
About ArenaFan Online
ArenaFan Online (http://www.arenafan.com) is the only independent Web site dedicated to covering all of the Arena Football League and arenafootball2. On-line since 1998, the site provides original stories, an interactive section, a thorough statistical database covering the league's 20-year history, and numerous other features.
Joe Kauffman is President and Editor in Chief of Arenafan Online, having joined the staff in 2000. He graduated from Florida State University in 1998 with a degree in communications andbuilds ecommerce sites for a day job. Joe has enjoyed Arena Football since 1991 and has been a member of the Arena Football Internet community since 1995. Prior to Joining Arenafan, he was a co-founder and Technical Editor of the Storm Shelter, which covered the Tampa Bay Storm from 1996-99. Joe and his wife Erika live in Hackettstown, New Jersey with their two daughters.
