SAN FRANCISCO (September 11, 2023) – Washington State Edge Ron Stone Jr. was named the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
 
Stone Jr. earns his second career Pac-12 weekly honor (Defensive Lineman, at Arizona State, 2021) after making five tackles including two sacks and forced fumbles on both sacks in the 31-22 win over No. 19 Wisconsin in Pullman over the weekend. The redshirt-senior's second strip sack of the game was recovered and returned for a touchdown by the Cougars late in the first half. Stone Jr. tallied five total pressures, recorded his first career two-sack game, posted the best edge grade in the Pac-12, the seventh-best edge grade in the country and the fourth-best pass-rush grade in the country among all players.
 
The San Jose, Calif. native enters week three tied for the league lead with two forced fumbles and was a preseason All-Pac-12 Conference second team selection. Since the Pac-12 added the Defensive Line award in 2019, Stone Jr. is just the fourth player to earn both defensive player of the week and defensive lineman of the week in the same week, joining Bradlee Anae (Utah, 2019), Kayvon Thibodeaux (Oregon, 2x, 2021) and Tuli Tuipulotu (USC, 2022).