FERRUM, Va. – Five members of the Emory & Henry College Football Team have been selected to the 2012 VaSID All-State College Division Football Team, VaSID officials announced Tuesday.
Junior offensive lineman Justin Farmer (Pearisburg, Va.), junior defensive lineman Scott Hill (Jefferson, Ga.), senior linebacker Devan Sproles (Norton, Va.), junior cornerback DeMikael Burse (Charlotte, N.C.) and senior placekicker Matt Turchin (Salisbury, N.C.) were each named to the All-State Second Team.
All five athletes add All-State recognition to their All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference Second-Team selections. Emory & Henry posted a 6-4 record in 2012 for its first winning season since 2009.
Washington and Lee University’s Luke Heinsohn was named State Offensive Player of the Year while Christopher Newport University saw Evan Moog named Defensive Player of the Year and Paul Dukes selected as Offensive Rookie of the Year. Scott Abell of W&L was named Coach of the Year in his first season at the helm of the Generals.
The VaSID All-State teams are selected by sports information directors of member institutions of the Virginia Sports Information Directors across the Commonwealth of Virginia. VaSID, founded in 1983, selects teams in two divisions (University and College) for 12 sports and three single-division teams in addition to Academic All-State teams across all sports.
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2012 VaSID College Division All-State Football Team
| First Team - Offense QB – Nash Nance, So., Hampden-Sydney RB – Luke Heinsohn, Sr., Washington and Lee RB – Will McGhee, Jr., Randolph-Macon WR – Rudy Rudolph, So., Christopher Newport WR – Holton Walker, So., Hampden-Sydney TE – Jeff Waldron, Sr., Southern Virginia OL – Will Ferrell, Jr., Hampden-Sydney OL – Connor Hollenbeck, Jr., Washington and Lee OL – Bobby Jones, Jr., Washington and Lee OL – Kyle Keister, Jr., Bridgewater OL – J.L. Tyree, Jr., Ferrum First Team - Defense DL – Joel Francis, Sr., Bridgewater DL – Dylan Hall, Sr., Southern Virginia DL – Justin Navarro, Jr., Christopher Newport DL – Lynwood Pickett, Jr., Ferrum LB – Kenny Fryman, Sr., Hampden-Sydney LB – Jujuan Johnson, Sr., Shenandoah LB – Evan Moog, Jr., Christopher Newport CB – Darrick Gore, So., Bridgewater CB – Tyshawn Harris, Sr., Christopher Newport S – Steven Fogleman, Jr., Hampden-Sydney S – Jake Pelton, Sr., Washington and Lee First Team - Specialists RET – Storm Parker, Fr., Christopher Newport PK – Max Antwerpes, So., Hampden-Sydney P – Wes Franklin, Jr., Ferrum |
Second Team - Offense QB – Tim Reynolds, So., Ferrum RB – Paul Dukes, Fr., Christopher Newport RB – Brett Murray, Sr., Washington and Lee WR – Cameron Williams, Sr., Southern Virginia WR – Luke Sellers, Sr., Randolph-Macon TE – Zach Midulla, Jr., Randolph-Macon OL – Matt Doty, Jr., Christopher Newport OL – Justin Farmer, Jr., Emory & Henry OL – Harry John, Sr., Averett OL – Ryan McTheny, Sr., Christopher Newport OL – Shawn Otte, Sr., Bridgewater Second Team - Defense DL – Ian Candelaria, Sr., Randolph-Macon DL – Danny Grogg, Sr., Bridgewater DL – Luke Herndon, Sr., Southern Virginia DL – Scott Hill, Jr., Emory & Henry LB – Jatavious Adams, Jr., Ferrum LB – Andrew Palmer, Jr., Bridgewater LB – Devan Sproles, Sr., Emory & Henry CB – DeMikael Burse, Jr., Emory & Henry CB – Zachary Grkman, Jr., Averett S – Tae Motley, Sr., Ferrum S – Tarrell Owens, Jr., Ferrum Second Team - Specialists RET – Odis Wesby, Jr., Apprentice PK – Matt Turchin, Sr., Emory & Henry P – Cory Gay, Sr., Shenandoah |
Coach of the Year: Scott Abell, Washington and Lee
Offensive Player of the Year: Luke Heinsohn, RB, Washington and Lee
Defensive Player of the Year: Evan Moog, LB, Christopher Newport
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Paul Dukes, RB, Christopher Newport