Rotrand Sené, Jonathan Pierre-Étienne et Kris Robertson named players of the week

Montreal, October 11, 2011 –Rotrand Sené and Jonathan Pierre-Étienne of Montreal University and Kris Robertson of Concordia University have been selected as the RSEQ university football league’s players of the week for the period ending October 2nd, 2011.

Offence

Rotrand Sené

Running back

University: Montréal

Course: Arts et Sciences

Home town: Montréal, Québec

Age: 22 years old

Height: 5’10’’

Weight: 195 pounds

Year of eligibility: 3

Former team: Spartiates du Cégep du Vieux-Montréal

Highlights : Running back Rotrand Sené is the RSEQ offensive player of the week for his 111-yard, one touchdown performance Saturday in Montreal’s 17-12 win over the no. 1 ranked Laval Rouge et Or. The win snapped Laval’s 18-game winning streak thus preventing the Rouge et Or from tying their own RSEQ and CIS record.

Sené, a third year arts and science student from Montreal, carried the ball 22-times including a game-winning 13-yard scamper into the end zone with 56-seconds remaining in regulation time to give the Montrealers the come-from-behind win. He also accounted for six of Montreal’s nine first downs via the run.

Defence

Jonathan Pierre-Étienne

Defensive Lineman

University: Montréal

Course: Droit

Home town: Montréal, Québec

Age: 27 years old

Height: 6’03’’

Weight: 250 pounds

Year of eligibility: 4

Former team: Spartiates du Cégep du Vieux-Montréal

Highlights: Fourth year defensive lineman Jonathan Pierre-Étienne of the Montreal Carabins is the RSEQ defensive player of the week. Facing the most vaunted attack in the conference, the 6-3, 250-pound native of Montreal recorded 12 solo tackles, four assists and set a school record with 4.5 quarterback sacks in the Carabins 17-12 victory over the previously undefeated Laval Rouge et Or.

It was the second best single-game performance in RSEQ history, just a half-sack shy of McGill’s Jason Manzano benchmark set in 2003. The fourth year law student also forced a fumble that led to Montreal’s second field goal. The former fifth round pick of the BC Lions has 7.5 sacks on the season and needs 4.5 to surpass Leroy Blugh for the RSEQ and CIS record for most quarterback sacks in a single season with 12.

Special teams

Kris Robertson

Half back

University: Concordia

Course: Sociology

Home town: Pickering, Ontario

Age: N/A

Height: 5’07’’

Weight: 183 pounds

Year of eligibility: 3

Former team: St.Mary’s Catholic SS

Highlights : Concordia kick return specialist Kris Robertson earns the nod for the RSEQ special teams player of the week after tying a conference record with 214 punt return yards in the Stingers 39-16 win over the McGill Redmen on Saturday in the 25th annual Shrine Bowl.

The 5-7, 183 pound halfback from Pickering, Ont., had a pair of 60-plus yard punt returns and brought the crowd of 2,015 to its feet 1:29 into the third quarter as he returned a Tomas Silva punt 69-yards to the house to give Concordia a 26-11 advantage. The third year sociology finished the game with 266-yards in returns after running back a McGill kickoff 52-yards late in the second quarter to set up a field goal.

RSEQ (Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec) promotes and insures development of sports and physical activity within the student community, from initiation stage to the elite level. The organization advocates for youngsters’ education, academic achievement and health.