December
10, 2004
EIGHT PLAYERS CHOSEN TO D2FOOTBALL.COM ALL-REGION TEAM
SHIPPENSBURG,
Pa. -
Shippensburg University had a total of eight players, led by senior defensive
end Ryan Hoffman (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) and junior cornerback Brent
Grimes (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast), selected to the D2Football.com All-Northeast
Region Team on Friday.
Shippensburgıs
eight selections were second only to West Chester University and East
Stroudsburg University who had nine each. However, Hoffman and Grimes were the only Red Raiders chosen
to the First-Team. Grimes, who was
a preseason All-America selection by D2Football.com, earned his second
consecutive First-Team selection and was also chosen to the Second-Team as a
return specialist.
Senior
fullback John Kuhn (York, Pa./Dover) was chosen to the
Second-Team as a running back, along with Chris Moore from the University of
Charleston (WV). Antoine Bagwell
from California University (Pa.) and Andre Burke from Edinboro University were
the First-Team selections.
The
Red Raiders had a total of five players chosen to the All-Northeast Region Team
on defense and three on offense.
Senior linebacker Dan Walsh (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland
Valley) and senior strong safety Mike Street (Philadelphia,
Pa./Mastbaum) were both Second-Team selections in addition to Grimesı
Second-Team selection on special teams.
Junior
wide receiver Patrick Ferguson (Mt. Airy, Md./Urbana) was selected Honorable
Mention, marking his first career All-Region honor. Ferguson was chosen First-Team All-Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division for the second-straight season,
leading the team in receiving with 25 catches for 721 yards and seven touchdowns. He averaged 28.8 yards per catch and
had three games with over 100 yards receiving. Six of his seven touchdowns were over 30 yards.
As a
testament to the vastly improved kicking game this year for Shippensburg,
junior Denver Brydon (Salix, Pa./Forest Hills) and freshman Jamie
Reder (Warrenton, Va./Faquier) were both named Honorable Mention on special
teams. Brydon was a First-Team
All-PSAC Western Division selection this season after finishing among the
conference leaders in average at 37.5 yards per punt. He also had 14 punts inside the opponentsı 20-yard line.
Reder
was a welcomed addition in 2004 as he finished second on the team in scoring
with 74 points, a new single-season record for points scored by a kicker and
the most since 1999. He also set
the school records for made point after touchdownıs (PATıs) in a single-season
with 44 and the most points scored by a kicker in a single-game with 14 set
against California (Pa.). Reder
made 10-of-13 field goal attempts this season, the most by a kicker since 1992.
D2football.com
is the only national media source devoted entirely to covering NCAA Division II
football. A list of the 2004
D2Football.com All-Northeast Region Team can be seen at: www.ship.edu/~sid/D2Football_All-Northeast_Region.pdf.
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