COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Sophomore wide receiver Ravi Alston (Lake Elsinore, Calif./Vista Murrieta) was named Saint John's University's SCHEELS Athlete of the Week for the third time this season on Monday, Dec. 16.

Alston caught 11 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown in the Johnnies' 35-32 loss Dec. 14 at Wisconsin-Whitewater in the NCAA Division III semifinals.  His seven-yard touchdown reception gave SJU a 21-15 lead with 1:47 left in the first half and his two-point conversion tied the game at 32-32 with 7:43 remaining in regulation.

He ended the season with 88 receptions for 1,444 yards, an average of 16.4 yards per catch and 103.1 yards per game, and 13 touchdowns. Alston caught 36 passes for 554 yards and five touchdowns in four postseason games and finished 40 yards shy of the program's single-season record of 1,484 (Blake Elliott '03 in 2002).

A D3football.com All-West Region third-team and All-MIAC first-team honoree, Alston recorded seven games of 100 receiving yards or more, the second-most in an SJU season, and his 88 catches were the third-most in program history. He set SJU sophomore records for game receptions (12 vs. Aurora, Ill.); game receiving yards (216 vs. Aurora, Ill.); season receptions; season yards; and season yards per game this fall.

He and classmate T.J. Hodge (Miami, Fla./Doral Academy) became the second duo in school history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in 2019. Hodge ended the season with 73 receptions, the seventh-most in an SJU season, for 1,068 yards and eight touchdowns. Both Johnnies entered the season without a career reception at the varsity level.

SJU (12-2, 7-1 MIAC) won a share of its MIAC-record 34th conference title and made its sixth consecutive postseason appearance (30th overall, 26th in Division III) this fall. The Johnnies tied or set program records for first downs (337), passing yards (5,200), passing yards per game (371.4), pass completions (330) and total yards of offense (7,180) in 2019.