TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State football's Elijah Owens was named this week's GoGo Squeez ISU Student-Athlete of the Week as announced by the athletic department on Monday afternoon.
 
Owens adds to his accolades for the week after being named the Stats Perform FCS National Freshman of the Week and Missouri Valley Football Newcomer of the Week. The redshirt freshman quarterback earns the GoGo Squeez Student-Athlete for the second time in the 2024-25 season.
 
Owens accounted for 264 yards of total offense and two touchdowns in the Sycamores' win over the Racers as Indiana State picked up its first MVFC win of the 2024 season. Owens completed 25-of-34 passes for 218 yards and a touchdown, adding 46 yards and a TD on the ground. The Sycamores scored the game-winning touchdown with 11 seconds left, and Owens directed the drive with passes or runs on seven of the nine plays.
 
The Jacksonville, Ill. native opened the day connecting with Kai Rios on an 18-yard touchdown pass on Indiana State's opening drive of the game, the first opening drive score for the Sycamores this season. Two drives later, Owens found the end zone with a two-yard touchdown carry giving Indiana State the 21-7 first-half lead.
 
After Murray State rallied back to take a 27-24 lead with 1:57 remaining, Owens helmed the nine-play, 75-yard game-winning drive. Owens native completed a pair of short passes to Rashad Rochelle, before moving the chains himself with 22 rushing yards on the drive to set up Rocco Ciocca's game-winning touchdown plunge. Owens targeted and completed passes to nine different receivers in the win.
 
The GoGo Squeez ISU Student-Athlete of the Week will be announced every Monday afternoon throughout the 2024-25 athletic season.
 
2024-25 Recipients

• October 14 – Elijah Owens (Football)
• October 7 – Maddie Alexander (Women's Soccer)
• September 30 – Yang Tai (Women's Golf)
• September 23 – Emma Gresham (Women's Cross Country)
• September 16 – Emma Kaelin (Volleyball)
• September 9 – Elijah Owens (Football)
• September 2 – Emma Gresham (Women's Cross Country)
• August 26 – Brooklyn Woods (Women's Soccer)
• August 19 – Alexa Mackey (Women's Soccer)

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