Riley Plotner

2024 MEC Commissioners Honor Roll ................ Appeared in one game against Frostburg State Sept. 14, 2024. 2023 Appeared in three games as an offensive lineman for the Hilltoppers, playing in each of the first three contests of the year against Walsh, Fairmont State, and Frostburg State… While providing protection up front, the WLU offense saw success through the air early in the year as the Black & Gold opened the season with 374 yards passing against the Cavaliers and backed it up by posting a season-high 414 yards against the Falcons… The Hilltopper offense recorded three passing touchdowns in each of the first two games and they notched 350+ yards passing in back-to-back games for the first time since the high-powered 2010 offense did so in eight straight games to end the year. PREP Was named First Team All-Principals Athletic Conference (PAC-7), First Team All-Stark County, First Team Division IV All-Northeast Inland District, and Honorable Mention Division IV All-Ohio in 2022 as the Northwest High School team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Region 13 Ohio Division IV Playoffs… Played for Team North Division IV-VII in the 2023 Ohio High School Football Coaches Association (OHSFCA) North-South All-Star Game. Off the Field Riley is the son of Heather Dawson, Jim Dawson, and Scott Plotner, he has two siblings, Brianna Plotner and Tyler Dawson............ He is majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Athletic Coaching.