Goode earns ECAC Offensive Rookie of the Year

Three named First Team All-ECAC

12/19/2025 11:25:00 AM

DANBURY, Conn.--Freshman quarterback Quentin Goode (Aliquippa, Pa., Aliquippa) was named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Offensive Rookie of Year while three players earned First Team All-ECAC recognition when the organization announced its postseason football awards Friday morning.

Senior Dylan Sleva (McDonald, Pa., Moon) and sophomores Lamont Austin (Sharon, Pa., Sharon) and Brite Cannon (Parkland, Fla., Monarch) were honored as First Team All-ECAC selections.

Cannon was First Team All-ECAC in 2024. Sleva was First Team All-ECAC in 2023.

To be eligible for All-ECAC honors, a student-athlete or coach must have been first team all-league or a major award winner within their respective leagues.

Goode, an Honorable Mention All-Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) selection, was tapped as the PAC Newcomer of the Year Nov. 20. He started the final six games of the regular season, completing 111-of-178 passes (.624) for 1,557 yards. His 160.3 efficiency ranking is second-best in the PAC while his 15 touchdown passes are fifth-most among PAC counterparts. Goode was named PAC Newcomer of the Week twice in 2025: after completing 23-of-29 passes for 324 yards and four touchdowns in his first start, a 48-6 win over Thiel (Oct. 18), and after completing 15-of-25 passes for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 57-21 win over Allegheny (Nov. 1). His 324 passing yards against Thiel were the most in a game since Cole Konieczka threw for 327 in a 42-14 win over Allegheny on Sept. 17, 2022. Goode's 324-yard game ranks seventh among program leaders for most passing yards in a single game.

Sleva, a linebacker, captured PAC Defensive Player of the Year honors in November. A First Team All-PAC choice, he is the program's fourth defensive player of the year selection since 2017. Sleva was named a D3football.com All-Region First Team selection on Dec. 10. It was his third-straight year earning All-PAC, claiming Second Team All-PAC in 2023 and 2024. Sleva registered a career-high 25 tackles (9 solo), the second-most by a Division III player in 2025, in a 12-8 season-opening loss to Marietta (Sept. 4) and was named PAC Defensive Player of the Week after posting 13 tackles (5 solo) and an interception in a 27-7 win at Franklin & Marshall (Sept. 13). Sleva earned a spot on the D3football.com Team of the Week after registering 15 tackles (10 solo) and a sack, his fifth-straight game with a dozen or more stops, in a 28-23 victory at Case Western Reserve (Sept. 20). His 347 career tackles are No. 5 among active Division III players and rank 20th among all NCAA defenders. Sleva's 110 total tackles (52 solo) this season rank 18th in Division III. He added 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, two interceptions and a forced fumble in 2025.

A defensive back, Austin is a two-time All-PAC selection. He was named the PAC Newcomer of the Year and earned Honorable Mention All-PAC in 2024. Austin posted 32 tackles (26 solo), four interceptions, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a tackle for loss and owns a pair of interception returns for touchdowns this year: a 34-yard return in a 52-0 win over Bethany (Nov. 4) and a 25-yard return in a 76-0 win against Hiram (Nov. 8). He has recorded seven interceptions in 19 career starts.

Cannon, named First Team All-ECAC as a returner, also earned Second Team All-ECAC as a wide receiver. He returned 11 kickoffs with one returned for a touchdown this season and is averaging 32.2 yards per return. He caught 46 passes for 988 yards and 10 touchdowns. Cannon has five receiving touchdowns of 50 or more yards this year. His 21.5 yards per reception average ranks No. 11 in Division III. Cannon earned PAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors and was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week after accounting for 232 all-purpose yards and a pair of explosive second quarter touchdowns in a 28-23 win at Case Western Reserve (Sept. 20). He returned a kickoff 100 yards to help stretch Westminster's lead to 21-7. It was the program's first 100-yard kickoff return since Sean Buggey took one back against Washington & Jefferson on Oct. 8, 2005. It was the second kickoff return for a score, and fifth special teams' touchdown, of Cannon's career. He also ripped off an 80-yard catch and run touchdown from sophomore Sean O'Shea (Cranberry Township, Pa., Seneca Valley). He hauled in five catches for a career-high 167 yards and three touchdowns against Thiel and was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week after posting a career-high eight catches for 136 yards and a touchdown against Allegheny. Cannon was recognized as PAC Offensive Player of the Week after catching six passes for 113 yards and three touchdowns in a 57-14 win at Saint Vincent (Nov. 15). It was his fifth game of the season with 100 or more receiving yards.

Westminster wrapped up its season with an 8-3 record, earning a 40-21 victory over Mount St. Joseph in the 2nd Annual Extra Points Bowl Nov. 22 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. It is the sixth season winning eight or more games under 12th-year head coach Scott Benzel.

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