COLUMBIA, Ky. - Lindsey Wilson student-athlete Max Gainey has been selected as the Mid-South Conference Football Offensive Player of the Week, conference officials announced Monday.
 
Gainey, of Louisville, Kentucky, earned his first career weekly honor, recording a program-record 230 receiving yards on nine catches and three touchdowns in the Blue Raiders' 49-17 win over Union Commonwealth (Ky.).
 
The sophomore averaged 25.6 yards per catch in the win and went over 150 yards for the third time this season. Gainey's three touchdowns also tied the program record and marked his third three-touchdown game this season. His touchdowns totaled 24, 27, and 71 yards.
 
Gainey leads the NAIA in receiving yards (739), yards per game (147.8), and touchdowns with 11.
 
This marks the second time this season that a Blue Raider has earned MSC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
 
Gainey and the No. 12 Blue Raiders return to action on Saturday, hosting No. 9 Campbellsville (Ky.) in The Battle of Highway 55 at 1:30 p.m. CT at Parnell Family Stadium.