SCIAC Honors Athletes of Week:
Occidental's Collins, Redlands' Kelly
October 31, 2006
The SCIAC Athletes of the Week have been named and the honorees are: Occidental's Andy Collins (football) and Redlands' Avery Kelly (women's cross country).
Occidental: Andy Collins, Football
Occidental quarterback Andy Collins led a remarkable comeback in
Saturday's 28-27 win over Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks. Down 21-0
late in the second quarter, Collins and the Tigers scored on three
consecutive possessions, the last two coming on touchdown passes of
13 and four yards to Chris Washington. Collins rushed five times
for 37 yards and completed four passes for 53 yards on the next
drive to give Occidental the one-point lead. Collins completed 21
of 31 attempts for 236 yards in the game and rushed 27 times for
105 yards as Occidental clinched its third consecutive SCIAC title.
Redlands: Avery Kelly, Women's Cross
Country
For the second year in a row, sophomore Avery Kelly won the SCIAC
Championship meet, posting a time of 22:34.0 to earn back-to-back
SCIAC Runner of the Year honors. Her time was nearly 1:34 faster
than the second-place runner.













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