Ginn and Townsend
highlight
USA South postseason
awards
Fayetteville,
NC
- The USA South Athletic
Conference has announced
its All-Conference
awards for football with
a total of 87
student-athletes earning
recognition. North
Carolina Wesleyan is
pleased to announce that
head coach Jack Ginn
earned Coach of the Year
accolades, while senior quarterback
Cedric Townsend was
tabbed the Offensive
Player of the Year. The two were
among 19 Blue & Gold
representatives that
helped the 2007 Bishops
set program records for
total wins (8),
conference wins (7),
consecutive wins (8),
and conference finish
(1st).
Jack Ginn picked
up the first Coach of
the Year award of his
Wesleyan career.
Ginn
led the Bishops to an
8-2 overall record and a
7-0 mark in the USA
South, which earned NCWC
its first USA South
Championship and first
trip to the NCAA
Tournament. The Blue &
Gold also became the
first team in USA South
football history to go
undefeated in league
play and own the
championship outright.
A native of Kenansville,
NC,
Cedric Townsend
was
named Offensive Player
of the Year for the
second straight season.
He was second in the USA
South in passing,
completing 138-of-251
passes for 1,980 yards
with a league-best 20
touchdowns. He also
gained 675 yards rushing
on 142 carries with 13
touchdowns. Townsend was
second in the league in
passing yards per game
(198.0) and third in
passing efficiency
rating (137.18).
For his efforts,
Townsend was named USA
South Offensive Player
of the Week twice during
the season en route to
First Team
All-Conference honors.
Other Wesleyan First-Teamers
on offense included
senior linemen
Brandon Craig
and Kyle Kuhn, as
well as sophomore wide
receiver Orlando Webb
and senior tight end
Steven Burant.
Webb led the Bishops
with 662 receiving yards
and seven touchdowns,
while Burant finished a
close second with 528
receiving yards and
three TDs.
On defense, sophomore
LeeRon Boykin
and junior
Quinderra Spellman
earned First Team
accolades, along with
senoir linebacker
Judd Hyde and senior
defensive back
Jezreel Davis.
Boykin tallied a
team-high 14.5
tackles-for-loss and
four sacks, while
Spellman added two sacks
of his own. Hyde
was fourth on the team
with 41.0 total tackles,
and Davis hauled in a
program-record four
interceptions.
Second Team offensive selections
for Wesleyan included
senior lineman Nathan
Hackney, running
backs Bryan Haywood
and Teron Bush,
and senior kicker
Brian Vaughn.
A junior, Haywood led
the team with 769 net
yards on the ground and
eight scores.
Bush, last year's USA
South Rookie of the
Year, tallied 726
rushing yards and five
touchdowns, while
collecting a team-high
34 receptions. The
second leading scorer on
the team behind
Townsend, Vaughn
converted 8-of-9 field
goal attempts and
48-of-51 point-afters
for 72 points on the
season.
Other Second Teamers on
defense included senior
linebacker Bo Brown
and sophomore defensive
back Quentin Pope.
Brown led the squad with
70 tackles, while Pope
intercepted three passes
and recovered two
fumbles. Each was
named USA South
Defensive Player of the
Week on one occasion
during the season.
Rounding out Bishop
honorees on the
Honorable Mention squad
were senior defensive lineman
Kevin Burant and
senior linebacker
Justin Augustin.
Burant recorded 33
tackles, including 1.5
sacks this season.
Augustin led the team
with three forced
fumbles and was second
on the team with 48.5
total tackles.
Finally, senior
Donnel Cherry was
Wesleyan's
representative on the
USA South inaugural
All-Sportsmanship team.
Elsewhere around the
conference, Methodist's
Daryl Lawrence was named
the Defensive Player of
the Year, while Ferrum's
Mike Vann and CNU's
Adrin Diggs garnered
Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the
Year honors,
respectively.
Below is a complete
listing of the 2007 USA
South All-Conference
selections.
