Fossil Ridge football's Nick Kubat named Blue Federal Credit Union's Athlete of the Week
With the playoffs arriving this week, it's only fitting that the latest Blue Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Week is our first football winner!
Fossil Ridge quarterback Nick Kubat took top honors in the Fort Collins area for Oct. 22-28, helping the SaberCats rout rival Poudre 42-16 last Friday.
The junior torched the Impalas, and it only took one half. He was 9-of-11 passing for 264 yards and three touchdowns, including scoring strikes of 94 and 60 yards to build a 42-0 halftime lead.
The win also helped Fossil Ridge (5-5, 3-2 league) make the Class 5A playoffs as a No. 24 seed, the final team in the field.
Kubat, younger brother of former SaberCats QB star Tyler, has accounted for nearly 2,000 yards with 19 touchdowns to just six interceptions in his first season as varsity QB.
Kubat won the Blue Federal Credit Union fan poll with 54% of the 681 votes cast.
That beat out other fantastic performances from his fellow nominees:
Cash Altschwager, Wellington football (runner-up with 23%)
Isabel Allori, Liberty Common cross country
Kadence Marsh, Windsor volleyball
Mikaela Kendall, Heritage Christian cross country
The Blue Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Week series features five nominees every Monday, with voting at Coloradoan.com until 11 p.m. Wednesday and the winner named on Thursday.
Fans can nominate their favorite athletes (deadline: 11:59 p.m. every Saturday) and the Coloradoan Sports staff will ultimately select the five nominees each week.
Last week's winner: Timnath volleyball's Jersey McCollum named Blue Federal Credit Union's Athlete of the Week
If you have nominations for a future Athlete of the Week, please send them via email to ChrisAbshire@coloradoan.com for consideration.
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