CIAA FOOTBALL HONORS: The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced its all-conference football teams and players of the year. Winston-Salem State senior running back Martin Hicks was named the offensive player of the year while St. Augustine's senior linebacker Tyrone Pettaway took home the defensive honor. Hicks, a 5-8, 175-pound native of Oxford, N.C., ranked fourth in the conference in rushing with 987 yards on 147 attempts, an average of 6.7 yards per carry and 98.9 yards per game. He led the conference in touchdowns with 14 and in points scored with 86 or 8.6 per game. Pettaway, a Newport News, Va., native led a Falcons' defense that was among the nation's leaders. He finished second in the CIAA with 96 tackles, 53 solo stops and 43 assists. The all-conference team and players of the year were honored at the CIAA Football Championship Game Banquet on Thursday, November 3, 2005 in Durham, N.C.

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
TE - Jabre Green, Fr, St. Aug's - Pitttsboro, NC
OL - Robert Duncan, Sr., NCCU - Winston-Salem, NC
OL - Jermaine LaFate, Jr., VSU - Wilmington, DE
OL - Robert Blocker, Jr., BSU - Chicago, IL
OL - Jerome Dunbar, So., WSSU, Aiken, SC
OL - Jamal Berry, Sr., BSU, Largo, MD
WR - Eddie Montgomery, Sr., St. Aug's, Gaffney, SC
WR - Glenn Thomas, Jr., BSU, Suitland, MD
QB - Jonathan Autry, So., FSU, Spring Lake, NC(1)
RB - Martin Hicks, Sr., WSSU, Oxford, NC
RB - Isaac Redman, So., BSU, Paulsboro, NJ
KR - P. J. Berry, Sr., VSU, Washington, DC(1)
PK - Brandon Gilbert, So., NCCU, Graham, NC
DEFENSE
DL - Tyreve Smith, Sr., BSU, Baltimore
DL - Ronald Dowdy, Sr., NCCU, Fayetteville, NC
DL - Jason Holman, Jr., WSSU, Richmond, VA
DL - Maceo Thomas, Jr., ECSU, Portsmouth, VA
LB - Tyrone Pettaway, Sr., St. Aug's, Newport News, VA
LB - Sterling Green, Sr., BSU, Hyattsville, MD
LB - Anthony Hicks, Jr., FSU, Wilmington, DE
DB - DeLaurence Walker, Sr., FSU, Wilmington, NC
DB - Greg Toler, Fr., St. Paul's, Washington, DC
DB - Torrance Nunally, Jr., Shaw, Danville, VA
DB - Pierre Lee, Sr., VSU, Colonial Hts., VA
P - Shaun Gutierrez, Fr., SPC, Oakland Park, FL
PR - Eddie Montgomery, Sr., SAC, Gaffney, SC

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
TE - George Wright, WSSU, Jr; OL - Michael Champaign , WSSU, JR; Steven Posey, ECSU, Sr; Calvin Frazier, SAC, Jr; Marcus McClendon, SHAW, Sr; Elard Steem, FSU, Sr; WR - Torey Ross, NCCU, Sr; Herb Jones, VUU, Jr QB- Darrell Nesbitt, SAC, Sr; RB - Jed Bines, WSSU, Jr; Elliott London, FSU, Sr; KR - Eddie Montgomery, SAC, Sr; K - Musa Conteh, VSU, Sr
DEFENSE
DL - Alex Hall, SAC, Jr; David Coleman, SHAW, Sr; Greg Moore, ECSU, S0; Jerry Shaw, SHAW, Jr.; Demius Frazier, SAC, JR LB - Yuri Norrell, VSU, Sr;; Emmanuel Plummer, ECSU, Jr.; Lavern Bynum, WSSU, SR DB - Lamar Jones, BSU, Sr; Donte Wise, FSU, Fr; Nate Briggs, WSSU, So; Kenny Painter; VSU, Sr P - Sintell Crew, SAC, Sr; PR - PJ Berry, VSU, Sr.

MVSU SOCCER TO FACE UCLA: The Mississippi Valley State Devilettes, one day removed from capturing the school's first title in women's soccer, had another first as the team received the SWAC's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Women's College Cup, the NCAA's Div. I women's soccer tournament. The Devilettes (13-5-2) will travel to Los Angeles to face the national runner-up from last season, the Bruins of UCLA. The match will take place Friday, Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. at UCLA's Drake Stadium. MVSU is coached by 2005 SWAC Coach of the Year Dean Joseph and is led on the field by Sheena Cussen, Sonia Curvelo and goalie Maria Del Guercio. Cussen and Curvelo each had eight goals and three assists while Del Guercio had 85 saves on the season. The team had a five-game winning streak during the season and was unbeaten (2-0-1) during the conference tournament. The Pacific-10 champion is 17-1-2 and is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Regional (No. 3 seed overall). The meeting will be the first between the Bruins and the Devilettes. Other teams participating in the sub-regional include UC-Riverside (11-4-5) and Colorado (12-7-3).

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