Junior defensive end Joshua Stinehour (Rochester, NY/ Penfield)
helped to lead the Dutchmen's defense against Hobart last
Saturday. Even with Stinehour's two and a half sacks (for 22 yards),
four unassisted tackles, eight assists and one fumble recovery in
Saturday's game, Hobart defeated Union 13-12.
Stinehour's efforts earned him the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association's “Defensive Player of the Week”. It was the third-straight week that a Union College player
has been honored by the league. The performances of Ben Gilbert (Brattleboro, VT), who
passed 226 yards and four touchdowns against St. Lawrence, and George
Beebe (Salem, NY), who gained 186 yards against WPI, earned
them both the conference's “Offensive Player of the Week” in
the first and second weeks of the season, respectively.
Stinehour has opened the 2000 season by
leading the Dutchmen's defense. He has had three sacks for 14 yards and one fumble recovery. Stinehour
has totaled 24 tackles so far, 12 of them unassisted, and five tackles for a net loss of 25 yards.
Thanks in part to Stinehour, Union's Dutchmen lead all other UCAA
opponents in total defense, giving up only an average of 164 yards
per game this season. Union's
80.3 yards per game against the run, is second to Rochester's average of 60.7. Union, which is 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the UCAA, is second
in scoring defense with its 12.3 per game average.
Stinehour ranks fourth in the UCAA for tackles for loss. He has five tackles for a loss of 23 yards, with an average
of 1.6 tackles for loss per game.
In the 1999 season, Stinehour had 16 tackles (five unassisted), one
fumble recovery and a touchdown. A starter this year, he earned a varsity letter as a back-up linebacker in both 1998 and 1999.
Joshua, a Computer Science major, is the son of James and Judy Stinehour
of Rochester, NY.