The American Southwest Conference on Monday announced its weekly football awards and Howard Payne University’s Kale Shaw was recognized as the ASC Football Defensive Player of the Week.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – Kale Shaw, LB, Sr., Howard Payne
Howard Payne senior linebacker Kale Shaw (Canton, TX) finished with a game and career-high 14 tackles versus No. 5 Hardin-Simmons. Of the 14 tackles, six were solo. Shaw is currently 6th overall in the ASC in tackles with 54.