The CIAA Announces the Best of 2007:
All-Conference Football Team and Players of the Year
November 5, 2007
Hampton, VA...The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is proud to announce this season's finest, the All-CIAA Football Team and Player of the Year. Offensive Player of the Year, junior, quarterback Lamar Little hails from Virginia Union University and is a native of Candor, NC. Little ranks at the top of the conference in passing average per game (177.3), first in pass efficiency with a rating of 145.7 and also leads the CIAA in total offense with 224.0 yds per game. Little, has scored 8 rushing touchdowns for a total of 48 points for the VUU Panthers.
Defensive Player of the Year, Louis Ellis of Jackson, MS, is a junior, defensive lineman for the Shaw University Bears. This season Lewis ranks third in the nation in tackles for loss- per game, 22-101 (2.4 avg.) and has earned 8 sacks for 57 yards.
De'Audra Dix of Johnson C. Smith University has been honored at the Special Teams Player of the Year. Dix, a senior, sports management major from Merritt Island, FL leads the conference in kick return average (31.3, long 85) and ranks 5th in the nation in the same category. Dix's longest kick return is for 85yds. versus Charleston Southern on Sept. 15.
| 
| 
|
|
Little |
Ellis |
Dix |
The All-CIAA Football First and Second teams are listed below:
|
|
2007 ALL CIAA FOOTBALL TEAM |
| ||||
|
|
OFFENSE |
| ||||
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HT |
WT |
MAJOR |
HOMETOWN |
|
TIGHT END | ||||||
|
Michael Thornton |
SPC |
SR |
6'5 |
250 |
Accounting |
Norfolk, VA |
|
OFFENSIVE LINE | ||||||
|
Gary Battle |
FSU |
SR |
6'1 |
315 |
Criminial Justice |
Hope Mills, NC |
|
Ralph Manns, Jr |
JCSU |
SR |
6'3 |
290 |
Criminial Justice |
Atlanta, GA |
|
Oliver Pazdry |
SHAW |
JR |
6'4 |
300 |
Physical Education |
Brooklyn, NY |
|
Kynneth Moses |
VUU |
SO |
6'3 |
300 |
Computer Info. Systems |
Chesapeake, VA |
|
Laquentin Blair |
VUU |
JR |
6'5 |
260 |
Education |
Dallas, TX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WIDE RECEIVER | ||||||
|
Jeremy Franklin |
JCSU |
FR |
6'3 |
210 |
Undecided |
Cassleberry, FL |
|
Davian Richards |
VSU |
JR |
6'2 |
215 |
Sports Management |
Orlando, FL |
|
QUARTER BACK | ||||||
|
Lamar Little |
VUU |
JR |
5'11 |
200 |
Social Work |
Candor, NC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUNNING BACK | ||||||
|
Issac Redman |
BSU |
JR |
6'0 |
230 |
Communications |
Paulsboro, NJ |
|
Elihu Smith |
VUU |
SR |
5'10 |
205 |
History |
Glassboro, NJ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KICK RETURNER | ||||||
|
De'Audra Dix |
JCSU |
SR |
6'0 |
180 |
Sports Management |
Merritt Island, FL |
|
PLACE KICKER | ||||||
|
Eric Lamoureux |
FSU |
SR |
6'0 |
188 |
Geography |
Roxbury, NH |
|
2007 ALL CIAA FOOTBALL TEAM | ||||||
|
DEFENSE | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HT |
WT |
MAJOR |
HOMETOWN |
|
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN | ||||||
|
Greg Moore |
ECSU |
SR |
6'4 |
230 |
Physical Education |
Wallace, NC |
|
Andre Dunn |
FSU |
SR |
6'2 |
245 |
Unavailable |
Knightdale, NC |
|
Alex Hall |
SAC |
SR |
6'5 |
250 |
History |
Glenarden, MD |
|
Louis Ellis |
SHAW |
JR |
6'4 |
295 |
Recreation |
Jackson, MS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LINE BACKER | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fred Williams |
JCSU |
SR |
6'0 |
230 |
Sports Management |
Tampa, FL |
|
Jeremy Carthen |
ECSU |
SR |
6'2 |
245 |
History |
Red Springs, NC |
|
*Geron Harper |
FSU |
SR |
6'4 |
250 |
Unavailable |
Mayesville, NC |
|
*Brandon Smith |
VUU |
SO |
6'1 |
210 |
Mass Communication |
Virginia Beach, VA |
|
*tied |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DEFENSIVE BACK | ||||||
|
Justin Hamilton |
ECSU |
SO |
5'10 |
180 |
Sports Management |
Washington, DC |
|
De'Audra Dix |
JCSU |
SR |
5'11 |
180 |
Sports Management |
Merritt Island, FL |
|
Gregory Toler |
SPC |
JR |
6'1 |
185 |
Criminal Justice |
Washington, DC |
|
Andre LaBlanc II |
VUU |
FR |
6'0 |
195 |
Business Management |
Lithonia, GA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PUNTER | ||||||
|
Herbert Collins, III |
JCSU |
SR |
6'0 |
|
Communications |
Clinton,MD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PUNT RETURNER | ||||||
|
Robert Brown |
SHAW |
SO |
5'8 |
175 |
Public Adminstration |
Miami, FL |
|
|
2007 ALL CIAA FOOTBALL 2nd TEAM |
| ||||
|
|
OFFENSE |
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HT |
WT |
MAJOR |
HOMETOWN |
|
TIGHT END | ||||||
|
Darren Obajil |
FSU |
FR |
6'2 |
225 |
Banking and Finance |
Wendell, NC |
|
OFFENSIVE LINE | ||||||
|
Dwayne Frost |
BSU |
JR |
6'6 |
305 |
Communications |
Largo, MD |
|
Jerrick Jeffreys |
BSU |
SR |
6'3 |
312 |
Psychology |
Largo, MD |
|
James Hardaway |
BSU |
SO |
6'3 |
295 |
Computer Technology |
Gwynn Park, MD |
|
Wille Sewell |
SPC |
SR |
6'5 |
315 |
Business |
Stockton, CA |
|
Quest King |
VSU |
SR |
6'1 |
300 |
Business Management |
Hampton, VA |
|
WIDE RECEIVER | ||||||
|
Lenell King |
SHAW |
SO |
6'1 |
175 |
Business Management |
Mound Bayou, MS |
|
Michael Hampton |
VUU |
JR |
5'10 |
180 |
Computer Info. Systems |
Charlotte, NC |
|
QUARTER BACK | ||||||
|
Michael Terry |
VSU |
SR |
6'1 |
225 |
Sports Management |
Charlottesville, VA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUNNING BACK | ||||||
|
Brandon Fields |
ECSU |
SR |
5'9 |
200 |
Sports Management |
Wilson, NC |
|
Alan Atwater |
SHAW |
JR |
6'0 |
212 |
Mass Communications |
Chapel Hill, NC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KICK RETURNER | ||||||
|
Tim Lovick |
SAC |
FR |
6'2 |
175 |
Human Per/Well |
Garner, NC |
|
PLACE KICKER | ||||||
|
Ryne Powell |
SHAW |
JR |
5'9 |
205 |
History |
Brown Summit, NC |
|
2007 ALL CIAA FOOTBALL 2nd TEAM | ||||||
|
DEFENSE | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
|
NAME |
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
HT |
WT |
MAJOR |
HOMETOWN |
|
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN | ||||||
|
Alex Payton |
BSU |
FR |
6'4 |
230 |
History |
Germantown, MD |
|
Marcus Kennedy |
SAC |
JR |
6'3 |
275 |
Human Per/Well |
Georgetown, SC |
|
Cordero Hooper |
SPC |
SO |
6'3 |
290 |
Marketing |
Miramar, FL |
|
Jarrett Jackson |
VUU |
SR |
6'4 |
290 |
Social Work |
Beaver Dam, VA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LINE BACKER | ||||||
|
Clinton Gee |
SPC |
JR. |
5'11 |
240 |
English |
Danville, VA |
|
TiQuan Collins |
SHAW |
SO |
6'1 |
235 |
Recreation |
James City, NC |
|
Hurley Hemphill |
VUU |
SO |
5'11 |
225 |
Business |
Kannapolis, NC |
|
DEFENSIVE BACK | ||||||
|
Shawn Dickerson |
ECSU |
SR |
6'1 |
195 |
Physical Education |
Richmond, VA |
|
Jeff Gowdy |
FSU |
SO |
5'11 |
180 |
Mathematics |
Jacksonville, NC |
|
Vincent Lionel |
LC |
SR |
6'2 |
195 |
Unavailable |
Las Vegas, NV |
|
Andre Lipscomb |
VSU |
JR |
6'1 |
180 |
Business Management |
Richmond, VA |
|
PUNTER | ||||||
|
Eric Lamoureux |
FSU |
SR |
6'0 |
188 |
Geography |
Roxbury, NH |
|
PUNT RETURNER | ||||||
|
Richard Boone |
SAC |
SO |
5'9 |
165 |
Communications |
Petersburg, VA |
