The first edition of the 2012 NAIA National Football Players of the Week were announced Monday by the national office and Davis Bloemendaal of Northwestern (Iowa) received NAIA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week of Aug. 27 - Sept. 2. He was chosen out of a pool of player of the week performers among the nine conferences and independents in the NAIA.
Bloemendaal, a 6-1, 200 lb., junior quarterback from Orange City, Iowa, threw for a career-high 336 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 10 Northwestern to a 49-0 victory over Southwestern (Kan.) on Aug. 30. Bloemendaal completed 20-of-32 passes (.625), including touchdowns of 53, 21, 11 and 34 yards. He added 32 rushing yards as the Red Raiders set a school record with 649 yards of total offense. With his performance, Bloemendaal ranks fourth nationally in passing yards per game (336) and 10th in total offense (368). He also improved to 9-0 as a starter.
| Doane | 27th of 27 |
| NAIA Championship - 2nd Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
| Doane | 27th of 27 |
| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - Final Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 3rd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 9th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 2nd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 6th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| (RV) Central Methodist College vs | 9 |
| (RV) Morningside | 4 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) (Elimination Game) | |
| Hastings at | 2 |
| (17) Freed-Hardeman | 9 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round - Elim. Game | |
| Doane vs | 0 |
| (10) Concordia University | 9 |
| NAIA National Championships | |
| (13) Concordia University vs | 8 |
| (25) Nebraska Wesleyan | 1 |
| NAIA National Championship (Mobile, Ala.) | |
| Hastings vs | 1 |
| (4) Oklahoma City University | 6 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round | |
| (6) Williams Baptist College vs | (5) | 17 |
| (RV) Morningside | 2 | |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) | ||
| (23) Univ of Science and Arts of Oklahoma vs | 5 |
| (RV) Northwestern | 4 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | |
| Midland vs | 2 |
| Bellevue University | 7 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Elimination Game) | |
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| NAIA Championship - 3rd Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
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| Northwestern at | 10:00am |
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| Briar Cliff at | 10:00am |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships (Marion, IN - May 23-25) | |
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| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
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| NAIA Championships | |
| Briar Cliff at | 10:00am |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships (Marion, IN - May 23-25) | |
| Northwestern at | 10:00am |
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| NAIA Championship - Final Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
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| Northwestern at | 10:30am |
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| NAIA Championships | |
| Northwestern at | 10:30am |
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