CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Wartburg senior specialist Jaxson Hoppes has been named the American Rivers Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the second consecutive week, the league announced Monday. 
 

Hoppes made history in the Knights' 27-13 road victory at Simpson, launching an 84-yard punt that sits just shy of one the longest in NCAA Division III history. The kick, downed at the one-yard line, shattered Wartburg's previous school record of 64 yards set in 2013 against Buena Vista. 
 

The Waterloo, Iowa, native finished with six punts for 266 yards (44.3 average), pinning three inside the 10-yard line. He also handled kickoff duties, recording five kicks for 293 yards (58.6 average), including two touchbacks. 
 

Hoppes currently ranks second in the A-R-C in punting (41.3 average), a mark that places him inside the top 25 nationally. 

NCAA Div. III Longest Punts
Yds.         Player, Team (Opponent)                                                 Year
95             Austin Baker, Heidelberg (John Carroll)                         2018
91            Gunnar Rastenburg, Maranatha Baptist (Presentation)  2014
90            Jake Baumgartner, Bluffton (Saint Vincent)                    2021
90            Sean Lipscomb, Redlands (Pomona-Pitzer)                   2002
90            Dan Heeren, Coe (Lawrence)                                         1974
88            Brooks Barker, Hardin-Simmons (Howard Payne)          2021
88            Steve Vagedes, Ohio Northern (Capital)                         1999
86            Vicente Lyon, Hobart                                                       2024
86            Kurtis Brondyke, Central (IA) (Loras)                              2010
86            David Anastasi, Buffalo (John Carroll)                            1989
86            Dana Loucks, Buffalo (Frostburg St.)                             1987
86            John Pavlik, Wabash (Centre)                                        1978
85            Jeff Shea, Cal Lutheran (Azusa Pacific)                         1996

NCAA All-Time Longest Punts - All Divisions
Yds.     Div.     Player, Team (Opponent)                                Date
97         II        Earl Hurst, Emporia St. (Central Mo.)             1964
96         II        Alex Campbell, Morris Brown (Clark Atlanta)  1994
96         II        Gary Frens, Hope (Olivet)                               1966
96         II        Jim Jarrett, North Dakota (South Dakota)       1957
96     FBS       George O'Brien, Wisconsin (Iowa)                  1952
95         III       Austin Baker, Heidelberg (John Carroll)          2018
94     FBS       John Hadl, Kansas (Oklahoma)                      1959
94     FBS       Carl Knox, TCU (Oklahoma St.)                      1947
94     FBS       Preston Johnson, SMU (Pittsburgh)                1940
93         II        Kane Brown, Adams St. (Colo. Sch. of Mines) 2017
93     FCS       Tyler Grogan, Northeastern (Villanova)            2001
93     FBS       Ray Guy, Southern Miss. (Ole Miss)                1972
93         II        Elliot Mills, Carleton [Monmouth (IL)]               1970
93         II        Kasper Fitins, Taylor [Georgetown (KY)]          1966
93         II        Leeroy Sweeney, Pomona-Pitzer (UC Riverside) 1960
93     FBS       Bob Handke, Drake (Wichita St.)                     1949