DALLAS, Texas - Recently, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced the members of the 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 564 players from 266 schools qualified for membership in the society's third year, including eight from the SCAC.
AMITY, Maine - Millsaps senior offensive lineman John Shivers and Sewanee-The University of the South junior defensive back Chalankis Brown were named to the 2009 Concensus Draft Services (CDS) Division III Preseason All-America first-teams.
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Matt Walker, head football and baseball coach at DePauw and 1999 graduate of the University, served as the honorary starter of today's practice session for the Indianapolis 500. Walker waved the green flag to open practice at noon at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after taking a pace car ride around the oval with three-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford.
Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) have bolstered their stable of recruits with the addition of three imports who will challenge for work when training camp opens next month, including former Millsaps College standout WR/KR Chris Jackson.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recently awarded Brian Coxon (Louisville, Ky.) with its annual All-American Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year award.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - In an effort to reorganize its athletics department and weather the ongoing economic crisis, Colorado College will discontinue three NCAA Division III sports – football, softball and water polo – effective at the end of the current academic year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Not only was Sewanee's Tyler Brantley named a Charles W. Hawkins and Joe C. Davis Collegiate Scholar-Athlete Tuesday night in Nashville, he also received the CR Bickerstaff/Coach Bill Pace University Scholar-Athlete Award at the National Football Foundation’s Middle Tennessee Chapter 43rd annual awards dinner.
JACKSON, Miss. - Three-time Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and 2008 Cellular South Conerly Trophy recipient Juan Joseph of Millsaps College will take his talents to the next level as he officially signed to play with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Billy Blaustein, founder of the Cover One International initiative that provides ongoing community-service assistance in Honduras, has been named a recipient of a $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College campus remains in a state of shock over the news of a tragedy that occurred on campus early Monday evening. Zachary Swirczynski, a 20-year-old sophomore from Muenster, Texas, collapsed while playing a game of pick-up basketball with his football teammates at the Thomas R. Williams Intramural Complex, an outdoor facility on the west edge of campus.
SUWANEE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) named a record 776 student-athletes to the 2008 SCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday. This year's total eclipsed last year's previous record of 715 student-athletes. Since its inception in the fall of 1997, over 13,700 student-athletes have achieved recognition for their contributions in the classroom.
SUWANEE, Ga. - It is not every day that the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has a former student-athlete compete in the biggest single-day sporting event in the world, but that will be the case on Sunday, February 1, as Trinity University’s Jerheme Urban suits up with the Arizona Cardinals for Super Bowl XLIII.
SALEM, Va. - Senior quarterback Juan Joseph and junior offensive lineman John Shivers - both of Millsaps College - were selected to the D3football.com all-America squad in an announcement made on Saturday.
STERLING, Va. - Millsaps senior quarterback Juan Joseph was named one of four regional finalists for the prestigious Gagliardi Trophy, presented annually to the outstanding football player in NCAA Division III.
STERLING, Va. - First Team selections senior quarterback and three-time SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year Juan Joseph and junior offensive lineman John Shivers - both of Millsaps College - lead a list of 11 SCAC student-athletes selected to the 2008 D3football.com All-South Region Team.
SUWANEE, Ga. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its inaugural football All-Sportsmanship team. Nine players were selected to the 2008 squad.
CLARKSDALE, Miss. – Millsaps College senior quarterback and All-American hopeful Juan Joseph capped a stellar four-year career with an unforgettable honor on Tuesday night, as he was named the recipient of the 2008 Cellular South Conerly Trophy as the best college football player in the state of Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. - Senior running back Curt Jones rushed for 208 yards and four touchdowns on 31 carries and senior teammate Bobby Swallow completed 22-of-31 passes for 246 yards, as 19th-ranked Washington & Jefferson outscored Millsaps 21-3 in the second half to upset the third-ranked Majors 35-20 and advance to the South Region Finals next weekend at Mary Hardin-Baylor.
SUWANEE, Ga. – After a season in which Millsaps College ran roughshod through the league with a perfect 10-0 regular season mark (7-0 in conference) and managed an average margin victory of 31 points, the Majors were awarded for their dominance with today’s announcement of the 2008 All-SCAC Football team.
GREENCASTLE, Ind. - DePauw junior defensive end Alex Fitch has been selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® College Division Football Second Team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Millsaps College senior quarterback Juan Joseph was named one of 10 finalists for the 2008 Gagliardi Trophy. The Gagliardi Trophy is one of the leading collegiate football awards and is widely recognized as the premier individual award in Division III football, honoring excellence in athletics, academics and community service.
JACKSON, Miss. – A historic trio of finalists have been selected by media voters for the 2008 Cellular South Conerly Trophy, Mississippi’s most prestigious individual football honor. Among the finalists is Millsaps College senior quarterback Juan Joseph.
JACKSON, Miss. - Third-ranked Millsaps racked up 565 yards of total offense and scored on its first five possessions, and for the first time in 33 years, they are headed to the second round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 51-26 win against LaGrange College Saturday afternoon at Harper Davis Field.
STERLING, Va. - Senior defensive lineman Marcus Stokes of Millsaps College and first-year defensive back Steve Valdiserri of DePauw University were named to D3football.com's National Team of the Week for games played on Saturday, November 15.
SUWANEE, Ga. - The DePauw University Tigers, behind the efficient passing of junior quarterback Spud Dick, upset the previously unbeaten and second-ranked Wabash Little Giants 36-14 to retain possession of the Monon Bell. Elsewhere, The Millsaps Majors finished its first unbeaten regular season since 1980, with a 31-14 win at Birmingham-Southern.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA Division III Football Committee announced today the field of 32 teams for the 2008 NCAA Division III Football Championship. Millsaps College, 10-0 and the SCAC champion, drew the top seed in the South Region.
STERLING, Va. - Junior punter Jeff Collett of Centre College and sophomore returner David Langston of Birmingham-Southern College were named to D3football.com's National Team of the Week for games played on Saturday, November 8.
SUWANEE, Ga. - For the first time since 1939, the Birmingham-Southern College campus played host to a football game. The Panthers opened up brand new Panthers Stadium with a strong 49-0 blanking of the Sewanee Tigers.
STERLING, Va. - Senior quarterback Juan Joseph of Millsaps College was named to D3football.com's National Team of the Week for games played on Saturday, November 1.
ITHACA, N.Y. - Led by First Team selections Andy Boucher of Rhodes College, Alex Fitch of DePauw University and Kyle Coats, Baron Rabe and Will Smith of Trinity University, the SCAC had seven student-athletes selected to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Football Team.
Eight From SCAC Earn NFF 2009 Hampshire Honor Society Membership
June 17, 2009DALLAS, Texas - Recently, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced the members of the 2009 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. A total of 564 players from 266 schools qualified for membership in the society's third year, including eight from the SCAC.
