FOREST, Va. – Roanoke College sophomore defensive back Javier Waldron earned Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week of September 14.

Waldron, a sophomore from Blacksburg, Va., helped Roanoke move to 2-0 on the season as part of a strong defensive effort in the Maroons 32-22 road victory at Greensboro College on Saturday. afternoon. Waldron made seven tackles from his defensive back position including four solo stops. But it was in the turnover game where his presence was most felt with a pair of takeaways including the first of two on the Pride's first two possessions of the game. With Greensboro deep in Roanoke territory on the game's first possession, it was Waldron that won a corner-pass jump ball battle. He tracked back to meet the Pride's receiver and hauled in the would-be scoring throw in the back of the end zone to thwart a Greensboro first-drive touchdown.

Then in the fourth quarter, Waldron helped supply Roanoke the cushion it needed with a second interception at the outset of the final stanza. He adjusted quickly to a pass off a receiver's hand to pull in the loose ball, which he then returned 20 yards to the Greensboro 10-yard line. The Maroons' offense turned that takeaway into points on the next play for a 32-15 lead. Through the first two weeks of the season, Waldron has registered 10 tackles and three interceptions, the latter ranking third in the ODAC.

Shane Shapiro from Guilford College was the ODAC Offensive Player of the Week and Joseph Gonzalez of Hampden-Sydney College earned the Special Teams POTW award.  

Roanoke (2-0) has a bye next week before returning home to host Gallaudet University Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. in the first Old Dominion Athletic Conference game in program history.