ROCHESTER, NY - Joey Nare (Canajoharie, NY/Canajoharie) of the Utica University football team has been named Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week. 
 
The expeditious returner put on a show against Hartwick football during Utica's homecoming game. In the 57-7-win, Nare amassed two returns for 78 yards which included a 67-yard returning touchdown, the fifth longest in program history. 
 
Nare and the Pioneers will return home Saturday at 5 p.m. to take on SUNY Brockport in the Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Breast Cancer Awareness Game.