The CIAA Announces 2009 All-Conference Football Team and Players of the Year
November 5, 2009
Hampton, VA...The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is proud to announce this season's honorees for the All-CIAA Football First and Second Teams and Players of the Year.
This year's All-Conference Team is led by Offensive Player of the Year, Quarterback CJ Westler of Chowan University. Westler finished this season at the top of the conference in Passing Average, 285.6 (234 for 432) and Total Offense 240 yds. rushing, 2,856 yds. passing, 309.6 avg.
Defensive Player of the Year, Quintez Smith represents the Shaw University Bears, where he ranks first in Division II in interceptions; 9 for 302 yds., 4 TD's with a long of 90. Smith, a defensive back, has also accumulated 49 total tackles for the season; 35 solo.
Fayetteville State University's Austin Turner is Special Teams Player of the Year. Turner, a senior place kicker, tops the conference in Scoring (Kick) and Scoring with 34-37 PATs; 17-29 FG's for 85 total points.
The players of the year and all conference teams will be formally recognized at the CIAA Football Championship Luncheon on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Durham Marriott at the Civic Center. This event begins at 11:00am.
The All-CIAA Football First and Second teams are listed below:
2009 ALL-CIAA FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | CLASS | HT | WT | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| TIGHT END | ||||||
| Karvin Gwaltney | ECSU | JR | 6'4 | 220 | Physical Therapy | Ivor, VA |
| LINEMEN | ||||||
| Melvin Rogers | CU | SR | 6'3 | 330 | Sports Management | Margarettsville, NC |
| Dylan Stivers | ECSU | SR | 6'6 | 305 | Criminal Justice | Guerneville, CA |
| Edawn Coughman | SU | JR | 6'6 | 310 | Recreation | Atlanta, GA |
| Markus Copeland | VSU | JR | 6'4 | 270 | Physical Education | Lynchburg, VA |
| David Mims | VUU | JR | 6'8 | 335 | Business Management | Charlotte, NC |
| WIDE RECEIVERS | ||||||
| Robert Holland | CU | FR | 6'2 | 175 | Graphic Communications | Newport News, VA |
| Jeremy Franklin | JCSU | JR | 6'3 | 195 | Sports Management | Casselberry, FL |
| QUARTERBACK | ||||||
| CJ Westler | CU | SR | 5'10 | 190 | SSPE | Marion, OH |
| RUNNING BACKS | ||||||
| Rodney Webb | BSU | JR | 5'9 | 208 | Communications | Baltimore, MD |
| Raymond Williams | SU | JR | 6'0 | 190 | Recreation | Cleveland, OH |
| KICK RETURNER | ||||||
| James Proctor | BSU | SO | 5'9 | 152 | N/A | Capital Heights, MD |
| PLACE KICKER | ||||||
| Austin Turner | FSU | SO | 6'2 | 240 | History | San Diego, CA |
2009 ALL-CIAA FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE TEAM
| NAME | SCHOOL | CLASS | HT | WT | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| LINEMEN | ||||||
| Yusef Dorman-El | BSU | SR | 6'5 | 240 | Social Work | Baltimore, MD |
| Marcus Crump | SAC | SR | 6'6 | 240 | Engineering | Pittsboro, NC |
| Malcolm Jenkins | ECSU | JR | 6'5 | 235 | Sports Management | Florence, NJ |
| Brandon Fortune | VSU | SR | 6'4 | 265 | Guidance | Fredericksburg, VA |
| LINE BACKERS | ||||||
| Marcos Esquivel | FSU | SR | 6'2 | 235 | Business | Mesa, AZ |
| Fred Sparkman | SU | JR | 6'2 | 220 | Recreation | Columbia, TN |
| Hurley "Tre" Hemphill | VUU | SR | 6'1 | 240 | Business Management | Kannapolis, NC |
| DEFENSIVE BACKS | ||||||
| Terence Peete, Jr. | BSU | JR | 6'4 | 237 | Pedology | Memphis, TN |
| Justin Hamiliton | ECSU | SR | 5'10 | 170 | Sports Management | Washington, DC |
| Jeff Gowdy | FSU | SR | 5'10 | 175 | Business | Jacksonville, NC |
| Quintez Smith | SU | SR | 6'1 | 195 | Recreation | Dublin, GA |
| PUNTER | ||||||
| Vincent Pacifico | SU | SO | 5'10 | 180 | Kinesiotherapy | Palm Coast, FL |
| PUNT RETURNER | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | ECSU | SR | 5'11 | 195 | Criminal Justice | Fort Wayne, IN |
2009 ALL-CIAA FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE TEAM 2nd Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | CLASS | HT | WT | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| TIGHT END | ||||||
| Tyson Gurley | FSU | SR | 6'2 | 265 | Criminal Justice | Newark, NJ |
| LINEMAN | ||||||
| James Hardaway | BSU | SR | 6'3 | 295 | Computer Technology | Clinton, MD |
| Dillon Kestner | FSU | JR | 6'2 | 275 | Business | Durham, NC |
| Ricky Rodriquez | SAC | SO | 6'2 | 295 | Business | Miami, FL |
| Marcus McElveen | SU | JR | 6'3 | 320 | Recreation | Norwalk, CN |
| Chauncy Perry | VUU | SR | 6'1 | 325 | Computer Info Systems | Rocky Mount, NC |
| WIDE RECEIVER | ||||||
| Kevin Hodrick | CU | SO | 6'2 | 200 | Accounting | Carson, CA |
| Dexter Manley | ECSU | JR | 6'3 | 195 | Physical Education | Chesapeake, VA |
| QUARTERBACK | ||||||
| Creven Powell | ECSU | SO | 6'3 | 185 | Criminal Justice | Elizabeth City, NC |
| RUNNING BACK | ||||||
| Calvin Harris | FSU | SR | 5'8 | 190 | Physical Education | Zebulon, NC |
| Albert Tinsley | SPC | JR | 6'1 | 205 | Business | Iron Station, NC |
| KICK RETURNER | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | ECSU | SR | 5'11 | 195 | Criminal Justice | Ft. Wayne, IN |
| PLACE KICKER | ||||||
| Daniel Mendez | ECSU | SR | 5'11 | 200 | Pre-Med | Riverside, CA |
2009 ALL-CIAA FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE TEAM 2nd Team
| NAME | SCHOOL | CLASS | HT | WT | MAJOR | HOMETOWN |
| LINEMAN | ||||||
| Greg Palmer | CU | SR | 6'2 | 250 | Sports Management | Belhaven, NC |
| Darius Powell | FSU | JR | 6'3 | 240 | Speech | Waldorf, MD |
| Isaiah Thomas | SU | SR | 6'3 | 325 | Recreation | Winston-Salem, NC |
| DeMarcus Roberson | SU | SO | 6'4 | 265 | Recreation | Chapel Hill, NC |
| LINE BACKER | ||||||
| James Duplessis | SU | SR | 6'1 | 227 | Computer Info Systems | Covington, LA |
| Joe Brown | FSU | SR | 6'0 | 220 | N/A | New Bern, NC |
| Mark Hall | SAC | JR | 5'10 | 180 | Communications | Suitland, MD |
| DEFENSIVE BACK | ||||||
| Kenny Turner | BSU | SO | 5'6 | 170 | Computer Graphics | Oxon Hill, MD |
| Sterling Grant-Jones | BSU | JR 5'11 | 187 | N/A | Baltimore, MD | |
| Lawyer Montgomery | JCSU | JR | 6'3 | 185 | Accounting | Buffalo, NY |
| Dominic Tolson | SPC | SO | 6'1 | 210 | Undecided | Greenbelt, MD |
| PUNTER | ||||||
| Austin Turner | FSU | SO | 6'2 | 235 | History | San Diego, CA |
| PUNT RETURNER | ||||||
| Dominique Budd | BSU | SO | 5'9 | 172 | N/A | Silver Spring, MD |
