Alejado grabs third career Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week award
HONOLULU – Alejado Air is back online.
University of Hawai’i sophomore QB Micah Alejado was named the Old Trapper Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week on Monday morning, becoming the first Rainbow Warrior to receive offensive conference recognition and fifth different quarterback in the league to win the award this season.
It’s the third time in Alejado’s career that he’s earned the top weekly offensive honor in the Mountain West. The award comes after the sophomore signal caller recorded his third 300-yard game of the year, putting up 323 yards through the air at Northern Illinois (0-7, 0-3 Mountain West) over the weekend as the Rainbow Warriors grabbed their first conference win.
Alejado posted his second-best completion percentage in a single game this year, connecting on 68.8% of his throws while tossing a season-high three touchdowns in the victory.
12 is your MW Offensive Player of the Week 👏 #BRADDAHHOOD x #GoBows https://t.co/Ah015vlHpj
— Hawaii Football (@HawaiiFootball) October 26, 2026
Hawai’i (2-6, 1-4 Mountain West) looked closer to the team that many preseason predictions thought them to be against the winless Huskies, scoring 56 points and eclipsing 500 yards of total offense for the first time this year. It marked the first time that the Rainbow Warriors eclipsed 50 points under fifth-year head coach Timmy Chang and tied the program record for most points scored against a Mountain West opponent.
Senior LB Jamih Otis is the only other UH player to pick up one of the league’s “Player of the Week” honors during the 2026-27 campaign, earning the Defensive Player of the Week nod after his Week 2 performance that included an interception, a fumble recovery and six tackles in a 29-19 win over New Mexico State.
Alejado and the rest of the Rainbow Warriors will enjoy a much-needed bye week this Saturday before returning to action on the road, facing off with UTEP (1-6, 0-3 Mountain West) on Saturday, November 7 in El Paso. Like NIU, the Miners are still searching for the team’s first Mountain West win in their inaugural campaign in the new conference.
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