West Virginia University freshman punter Oliver Staw was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in last Saturday's game at Texas Tech.

Straw, a Melbourne, Australia, resident, punted five times for an average of 46.6 yards per punt against the Red Raiders. He placed one punt inside the 20, had a touchback and had two others resulting in fair catches. His longest punt of the afternoon went for 63 yards in the fourth quarter. He also booted a 54-yarder.

For the season, Staw is averaging 41.6 yards per punt and has placed seven of his 21 kicks inside the 20.

He joins a WVU Big 12 honor roll list that also includes running back Tony Mathis Jr. and Casey Legg (Baylor) and CJ Donaldson (Pitt).

West Virginia plays host to seventh-ranked TCU this Saturday afternoon at noon at Milan Puskar Stadium. The undefeated Horned Frogs (7-0, 4-0) are coming off an impressive 38-28 victory over 17th-ranked Kansas State last Saturday night in Fort Worth.

TCU has come back from double-digit deficits in its last two victory Kansas State and Oklahoma State.