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SWAC names 2008 football honorees
The Southwestern Athletic
Conference announced Tuesday its 2008 all-conference football team selected by nominations and votes from
the member schools' coaches and sports information contacts along
with selected members of the media. Players of the year were to be
announced on Wednesday.
The lone unanimous selection on the team is Southern wide receiver Juamorris Stewart. He caught 76 passes for 1,138 yards and 12 touchdowns. He led the conference in receptions per game (6.9) and in receiving yards per game (103.5)
Among the top overall vote-getters were Prairie View A&M running back Donald Babers (222 carries, 1,085 yards, 11 TDs), Jackson State defensive end Marcus Benard (80 total tackles, 31 solo, 16 sacks, 22.5 tackles for loss), Texas Southern wide receiver/kick returner William Osbourne (82 rec., 1,092 yards, 7 TDs; 192.3 all-purpose yards per game) and Grambling State defensive back Jeffrey Jack (74 tackles, 45 solo, INT, 2 blocked kicks).
Grambling State led the count with nine selections including four on first team. Jackson State placed eight players on the all-conference squad with four first-team choices. Both Prairie View A&M and Southern each had seven players chosen and each placed four players on the first team.
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
OL - Cleveland Collie, Sr., PVA&M; Demarcus Stewart, Sr., SU; Revay Smith,
Sr., GSU; Xavier Manuel, Jr., AA&M; Mikeal Harshaw, Jr., JSU;
TE - Abner Brown, Sr., MVSU; WR - Juamorris Stewart, Jr., SU; William Osbourne, Jr., TSU;
RB - Donald Babers, Jr., PV A&M; Martell Mallett, Sr., UAPB;
QB - Bryant Lee, So., SU; K - Jeremy Licea, Jr., AA&M 5-7 147 Jr. Ventura, CA
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
DL - Marcus Benard, Sr., JSU; Vincent Lands, Sr., SU; Christian Anthony, Jr.,
GSU; Melvin Matthews, Sr., GSU; LB - Marcellus Speaks, Sr., JSU; Zach East, Sr.,
PVA&M; Lee Robinson, Sr., Alcorn St.; DB
- Jeffrey Jack, Sr., GSU; Anthony Beck, Jr., PVA&M; Dominique Johnson, Sr., JSU; Kevin Thornton, Jr., UAPB;
P - Stephon Solomon, Fr., TSU; RS - William Osbourne, Jr., TSU
SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE
OL - Bronson Carvalho, Sr., Alcorn St.; James Kelke, So., PVA&M; Eric Jones,
Jr., JSU; Nelson Baddele, Sr., MVSU; TE - Marcel Frost, Sr., JSU;
WR - Thomas Harris, Jr., AA&M; Brian Haith, Jr., TSU;
RB - Cornelius Walker, So., GSU; Rahmod
Taylor, Jr., ASU; QB - Greg Dillon, So., GSU;
K - Eric Perri, Jr., JSU
SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE
DL - Jeremy Maddox, Jr., AA&M; Fred Poole, Sr., MVSU; Quinton Spears,
So., PVA&M; Ledarius Anthony, Sr., UAPB; LB
- Keefe Hall, Sr., GSU; Johnathan Malveaux, Sr., SU; Tim Turner, Sr., UAPB;
DB - Glenn Bell, Sr., SU; Kenneth Anio, Jr., GSU; De'Markus Washington, Fr., TSU; Malcolm Palmer, Jr., JSU;
P - Pedro Ventura, So., PVA&M; RS
- Kiare Thompson, So., GSU
Stinson takes over as Interim SIAC commish
Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, chair of the
SIAC Council of Presidents and President of
Tuskegee University, has announced that Interim
Commissioner/Director of Championships for the SIAC,
George Mategakis, has tendered his resignation, effective December 31, 2008. Mategakis
has accepted the position of director of championships with the
California Community College Athletic Association based in Sacramento, California.
The Executive Committee of the Council of Presidents Monday named Harry Stinson III, who has served the SIAC as Director of Communications and Marketing since 2005, to serve as Acting Commissioner, effective January 1, 2009. Stinson will serve until the Search Committee recommends a person to the Council to serve as permanent SIAC Commissioner. The goal is to name a person to this position before the end of January 2009.
Mategakis has served as Interim Commissioner began since April 15, 2008. Stinson has served the SIAC since 2005. Stinson, a former student-athlete from Florida State, received his Master's degree in Sports Administration from Georgia State.
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