Junior linebacker Jake Lilly and junior cornerback Riyahd Richardson
continued to receive accolades for their stellar play in 2012 when the
duo was named to the 2012 Don Hansen Football Gazette NCAA Division II
All-Super Region One first team Tuesday.
The first-team and second-team all-region selections advance to a
national ballot from which the 2012 Don Hansen NCAA Division II
All-America team will be named later this month.
Tuesday's commendations are just the latest in a list of postseason
honors both players have received since Concord's season ended with a
23-16 win at West Virginia Wesleyan. Lilly and Richardson both earned
Beyond Sports Network All-America, Daktronics All-Region and first team
All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition. Lilly
was also named the WVIAC's Defensive Player of the Year.
Lilly led the WVIAC in tackles for the second consecutive season. He
finished the year with 126 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, two
interceptions, two forced fumbles, 0.5 sacks and six pass break-ups. The
Bluefield, W. Va. native ranks fourth in Division II in tackles per
game (11.45), fifth in solo tackles per game and 81st in tackles for
loss per game (1.18). Lilly registered at least 10 tackles in a game
seven times this season including a season-best 18 stops at Liberty.
His single-season tackle total was the third-highest in Concord history.
A two-time All-WVIAC selection, Lilly enters his senior season ranked
fifth for the Mountain Lions in career tackles.
For the season, Richardson totaled team-highs of five interceptions and
13 pass break-ups to go with 28 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5
sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. A native of Duncan,
S. C., Richardson intercepted passes in five of Concord's final six
games of the season and returned a blocked extra point attempt for two
points in CU's win at West Virginia State. He is tied for 14th in the
nation in interceptions per game (0.50) and leads the WVIAC in INT's and
passes defended.
Richardson is tied for the most pass break-ups (39) in Concord history while also ranking third in career interceptions (10).
The junior standouts led a CU defense that ranked 14th in the nation in
total defense, 11th in scoring defense and seventh in passing defense
last season. Concord closed out the year by winning its final three
games to finish with a 7-4 overall record and 6-2 mark in the WVIAC.
Concord finished 2012 7-4 overall and having won five of its final six
games of the season. The Mountain Lions went 6-2 in the WVIAC, finishing
tied for second in the league.
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college
football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29,
2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's
National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA
Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988. Don Hansen's
Football Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.
Super Region 1 is compiled of universities from four conferences
including the PSAC, WVIAC, NE10 and the CIAA. A total of 38 teams and
129 players are represented on this team.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 14:13:20 GMT
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The WVU baseball team is in Oklahoma City right now doing what they can to help during the aftermath of the tornadoes.
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Princeton Senior High School is home of the Tigers....and the most competitive senior powder puff team. "We haven't lost a game yet and we plan to keep it that way and go out with a bang," said senior Stephanie
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If you Google Kelshawn Grant, you'll find football articles. If you youtube him, you'll find a 3 year old video of him playing basketball. Recently, this athlete added a new sport to his resume."He runs
Kelshawn Grant is a middle school track star that is putting up stats comparable to high school scores.
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This fall Samuel Ouedraogo will get to play basketball on a national stage. He was selected to play in a tournament for his native country Burkina Faso in Africa. "It's a blessing, a dream come true,"
This fall Samuel Ouedraogo will get to play basketball on a national stage. He was selected to play in a tournament for his native country Burkina Faso in Africa.
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