Thursday, December 02, 2004

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

Six ODAC Football Standouts Earn All-South Region Honors

ABILENE, TX – Six Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) football stand outs have been named to the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette NCAA Division III All-South Region Team.

The weekly publication sponsors the nation’s only NCAA Division III All-Region Teams and for the 15^th consecutive season, sports information directors from the South Region have chosen the teams.

Earning a spot on the first-team was Guilford College punter Christian Adams. He led the league's punters for the third straight season this fall with a 41.2-yards per kick average, the second-best figure in NCAA Division III through games of Nov. 27. Adams kicked 63 times for 2,595 yards with a long boot of 64 yards against Washington and Lee Oct. 23. Adams set the ODAC record with a 40.14 career punting average and the Quakers' career standard with 188 punt attempts. He set the Guilford record and ranked fourth in Division III with a 41.6-yard punting average in 2003.

ODAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year Lawrence Frierson led four Bridgewater College Eagles on the second-team. Frierson helped lead Bridgewater to its fourth consecutive league title and its fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in as many years. Frierson, a senior from Stafford , VA , made 42 tackles, 11 of which were for a loss of yards and he record three sacks during the season.

Frierson is joined by teammates Ranardo Whitaker (OL), Cameron Garvin (LB) and Brian Awkard (KR). Whitaker and Garvin were named to the ODAC First-Team as well, while Awkard was a second-team member.

ODAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year CW Clemmons earned a spot on the South Region’s Third-Team. This season, the Hampden-Sydney running back had a league best 1,098-yards and scored nine touchdowns. He helped lead HSC to an 8-2 overall record and a 5-1 mark in the league. The senior from Covington , VA , finished his career as the ODAC leader in points with 282 and tied Emory and Henry’s Oliver Jordan (1996-‘99) for career touchdowns with 46.

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