JCSU's Dix Named AFCA Division II Coaches' All-American
WACO, Tex. - December 14, 2007 - Senior cornerback/all-purpose
player De'Audra Dix (Merritt Island, Fla.) has been named a 2007
AFCA Division II Coaches' All-American as announced by the American
Football Coaches Association. Dix is the only Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Black College
player to be named to the team. He made the team as an all-purpose
player after ending his season ranked first in the CIAA and third
in the nation in kick-off returns, at 31.3 yards per return, while
also ranking fifth in the conference in passes defended with 11. He
registered 33 total tackles and four interceptions.
He ends his career with 64 returns for 1,708 yards and three
touchdowns. As a corner back, the senior registered 130 total
tackles, six tackles for a loss of 19 yards, 13 interceptions for
returned for 252 yards, seven blocked kicks, and 33 pass break-ups
spanning four years.
He becomes just the second AFCA Division II Coaches' All-American
in JCSU history (Ronald Capers, LB - 1988). The accolades keep
pouring in for the speedster who will soon play in the Valero
Cactus Bowl in Kingsville, Tex. A listing of Dix's accolades are as
follows:
· CIAA
All-Rookie Team - 2004
· Three-Time
CIAA Specialty Player of the Week - 2006
· First Team
All-CIAA [Offense and Defense] - 2006, 2007
· CIAA
Special Teams Player of the Year - 2007
· Daktronics
All-Southeast Region [Offense and Defense] - 2006, 2007
· East Coast
Bowl Participant - 2007
· Valero
Cactus Bowl Participant - 2007
The AFCA's Division II All-America Selection Committee is made up
of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's nine districts, one
of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head
coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The
coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top
players in their respective districts prior to a conference call
between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which
the team is chosen.
