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Three more Huskers on preseason watch lists

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Three Husker football players were honored Friday, as they were selected for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists. Senior All-American defensive tackle Jared Crick was named to both the Outland and Nagurski watch lists, while teammates Lavonte David and Alfonzo Dennard joined Crick on the Nagurski Trophy list.

The Outland Trophy is presented to the top interior lineman in the country and Crick is one of 16 defensive tackles on the 65-player list, while the Nagurski Trophy is presented to the nation’s top defensive player. Both awards are voted on by the Football Writers Association of America.

Crick anchored a Husker defensive line which helped Nebraska rank in the top 12 nationally in scoring defense and total defense in 2010. He totaled 70 tackles, including 36 solo stops, and had 9.5 sacks and 17 tackles for loss to rank second in the Big 12. He is one of 16 defensive tackles on the 65-player list with the remaining players being offensive linemen.

Dennard played alongside NFL first-round pick Prince Amukamara in a talented 2010 Husker secondary that helped the Huskers rank in the top five nationally in pass efficiency defense and passing yards allowed. He totaled 30 tackles, four interceptions and seven pass breakups in 2010.

David, a first-team All-Big 12 pick and the league’s newcomer of the year, recorded 152 tackles to set the single-season school record. He ranked 11th nationally in tackles per game and was second on the team in sacks (six), tackles for loss (15 for 60 yards) and pass breakups to earn first-team All-America honors from several outlets.

2011 Watch Lists
Bednarik Award – Alfonzo Dennard, Jared Crick, Lavonte David
Maxwell Award – Taylor Martinez
Mackey Award – Kyler Reed
Nagurski Trophy – Alfonzo Dennard, Jared Crick, Lavonte David
Outland Trophy – Jared Crick

MU’s Gooden, Hoch, Madison named to watch lists

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It’s the offseason for college football, but that doesn’t stop the anticipation for what promises to be another exciting season for the Missouri Tiger program.  The national awards committees undoubtedly agree that Mizzou is poised for big things in 2011, as three more Tigers were unveiled Friday as candidates for prestigious national individual awards.

Junior LB Zaviar Gooden (Pflugerville, Texas) was named Friday to the pre-season watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes annually to the nation’s most outstanding defensive player.  This is the second award watch list that Gooden has been named to, as he previously this week was tabbed for the Bednarik Award watch list, which also goes to the top defender nationally.  Gooden is coming off a breakthrough season when he led the Tigers in tackles as a first-year starter in 2010, with 85.

Joining Gooden on the Nagurski watch list is junior DE Brad Madison (Bethany, Mo.), who enjoyed a breakout year in 2010 as well.  Despite not being a full-time starter, Madison led the Tigers in tackles for loss (11.0) and quarterback sacks (7.5), while earning 2nd-Team All-Big 12 acclaim.  Mizzou and Texas are the only two Big 12 schools with two players on the Nagurski watch list.

Senior OL Dan Hoch (Harlan, Iowa) was also named Friday to the pre-season watch list of the Outland Trophy, which is presented to the nation’s most outstanding interior lineman.  Hoch has started 26 consecutive games for the Tigers at right tackle, and earned 2nd-Team All-Big 12 honors a year ago.

Mizzou has now had six different players receive mention on pre-season watch lists.  Gooden had earlier this week been named to the Bednarik Award list.  Hoch and Madison join senior TE Michael Egnew (Mackey Award), junior WR T.J. Moe (Biletnikoff Award) and senior PK Grant Ressel (Lou Groza Award) on the pre-season watch lists.

Benedictine men’s basketball signs Junior College post player

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Raven head men’s basketball coach Ryan Moody announced this week the signing of TJ Stevens, a 6’7″, 230-pound post.

Stevens averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds per game for Coffeyville Community College head coach Jay Herkelman. TJ played in 34 games in 2010-11 and helped Coffeyville Community College finish the season 31-5 with a No. 5 ranking in the country in NJCAA.

Stevens was awarded the 2011 NJCAA National Tournament Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award. Stevens played his high school basketball for Coach Ed Fritz at Blue Valley Northwest High School.

“TJ gives us a true post player both on offense and defense,” Moody said, “He has played for two excellent coaches and will give us maturity and toughness inside. We are excited to add TJ to the Benedictine College men’s basketball family.“

Stevens is the sixth recruit in new Benedictine College head coach Ryan Moody’s first recruiting class. He joins John Anaekwe from Lenexa, Brett Fisher from Overland Park, Jallen Messersmith from Blue Springs, Mo., Luke Norville from Council Bluffs, Iowa and Dean Tiwald from Omaha, Neb.

Northwest names Chad Bostwick as linebackers coach

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Northwest Missouri State University head football coach Adam Dorrel has announced that former Northwest linebacker and graduate assistant coach Chad Bostwick has been named the team’s linebackers coach.

“We’re excited to have Chad Bostwick come home and rejoin his Bearcat family,” Dorrel said. “Chad demonstrated his dedication and hard work through his years at Northwest, first as a walk-on player who went on to have a very successful football career, and then as a graduate assistant. He has a great background as a recruiter at the Division II level, which will obviously be a huge asset moving forward. He also has tremendous credentials coaching successful teams, as he has been a part of conference championship teams and has playoff experience.”

Since March, Bostwick served as the linebackers/special teams coach at the University of Central Missouri. Prior to his time at UCM, he spent four seasons as the offensive line coach at Colorado School of Mines where, in 2010, he helped the Orediggers to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title and a berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs. He also coached a player who participated in the Cactus Bowl as well as four, first-team all-conference selections.

“I’m extremely thrilled to be coming back home to Northwest as a member of the Bearcat coaching staff,” Bostwick said. “This place has always held a special place in my heart, and the opportunity for my wife and me to be able to return to our alma mater was something we could not let pass. This is like a dream come true for me, and I cannot wait to get to work.”

During the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Bostwick was a graduate assistant coach at Northwest, in charge of the linebackers. The team finished as the national runner-up both seasons and captured the 2006 MIAA Championship. Prior to serving as a GA coach, Bostwick played for the Bearcats and earned All-MIAA honorable mention accolades at linebacker in 2004 as a senior and also helped the Bearcats win three MIAA titles (2000, 2002, 2003) and make the NCAA Division II playoffs three times (2000, 2002, 2004) while finishing the 2004 season as the third-ranked team in the nation. Individually, he won the Don Black Award in 2003 as the MVP of the Homecoming football game and also won the Spirit of the Bearcat Award as a senior.
He joins a program that enters its 96th season three wins shy of 500 (497-388-33) and owns a 46-game regular season winning streak against MIAA opponents. The Bearcats have made the NCAA Division II football playoffs 13 of the last 15 seasons.

Bostwick is the brother of Scott Bostwick, who was named Northwest’s 18th head football coach in December and died June 5 of an apparent heart attack.

Bostwick earned his bachelor’s from Northwest in 2005 followed by his master’s in 2006. He and his wife Kelli, who also attended Northwest, have a 1-year-old daughter, Geordynn.

Missouri’s Ressel on Groza Award watch list

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The pre-season award candidates keep rolling out from the Mizzou Football program, with the latest being senior PK Grant Ressel.  Ressel was named today to the pre-season watch list for the Lou Groza Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding kicker.

Ressel, who has been a Groza semi-finalist each of the last two years, has made a combined 96.2% (127-of-132) of his total kicks over the last two seasons (43-of-46 FGs, and 84-of-86 PATs).  In 2010, Ressel went 17-of-19 on field goals and led the Tigers with 96 points scored.  That followed his amazing break out season in 2009, when he won 1st-Team All-American honors after breaking an NCAA single-season combined kick accuracy record (made 65-of-66 overall kicks that season, for a 98.5% success rate).

Mizzou’s Egnew & Moe named to preseason watch lists

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A pair of offensive standouts for the University of Missouri football program have been recognized as pre-season candidates for prestigious awards.  Senior TE Michael Egnew (Plainview, Texas) and junior WR T.J. Moe (O’Fallon, Mo.) have been named to the pre-season watch lists for the Mackey Award and the Biletnikoff Award, respectively.

The John Mackey Award goes annually to the nation’s top tight end, while the Biletnikoff Award goes to the nation’s top wide receiver.  Mizzou’s Chase Coffman won the Mackey Award as a senior in 2008.

Egnew returns for his senior season in 2011 after exploding onto the scene a year ago, when he led all of the nation’s tight ends with 90 receptions, totaling 762 yards and five touchdowns.  He earned consensus 1st-Team All-American and Mackey Award finalist status for his play, after he had a total of seven receptions combined in his first two years as a Tiger.

Similarly, Moe made a name for himself in 2010, when he led the Tigers, and ranked 9th nationally with 92 receptions for 1,045 yards and six touchdowns.  All of that production as a sophomore came a year after he caught just two passes for eight yards as a true freshman in 2009.  Moe closed the 2010 season in record-setting fashion, as he shattered Mizzou bowl game records with 15 receptions for 152 yards in the Insight Bowl against Iowa.

This dynamic duo joins junior LB Zaviar Gooden on the pre-season watch lists, as Gooden was unveiled earlier this week on the watch list for the Bednarik Award which goes annually to the nation’s top overall defensive player.

KU tight end Biere on Mackey Award watch list

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Kansas senior tight end Tim Biere has been named to the John Mackey Award Watch List. The list, which is comprised of the 34 top returning tight ends at the Division I Bowl Subdivision level, was released to the media Wednesday by the selection committee.

This marks the second-straight season that Biere has been named to the Mackey Award Preseason Watch List.

A 6-foot-4 senior from Omaha, Neb., Biere started 11 of 12 games last season. He caught 19 passes for 228 yards and led the Jayhawks with four touchdown receptions. The Kansas tight end caught at least one pass in 11 of KU’s 12 games and recorded touchdowns against No. 15 Georgia Tech, New Mexico State, Texas A&M and No. 12 Oklahoma State. Biere earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors for the second-straight season in 2010.

Biere is one of just two Big 12 tight ends on the preseason watch list, along with Missouri senior Michael Egnew.

The Watch List will be cut down eight semi-finalists on Nov. 14 and three finalists by Nov. 21 with the winner being named at the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on Dec. 8. The award recipient is determined by confidential balloting of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee, which is comprised of respected members of the media and former NFL players.

Biere and the Jayhawks will open the 2011 season Sept. 3 when they host McNeese State at Memorial Stadium at 6 p.m.

Huskers’ Reed named to Mackey Award watch list

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University of Nebraska tight end Kyler Reed became the latest Husker football player named to a watch list, as the John Mackey Award announced its official list for the nation’s top tight ends on Tuesday.

Reed enjoyed a breakout sophomore campaign for the Huskers in 2010, catching 22 passes for 395 yards and eight touchdowns while leading the Huskers with an average of 18 yards per catch. His eight TD receptions matched the school record for tight ends and was the fourth-highest total in school history. Reed became more of a factor as the season progressed, catching multiple passes in seven of the Huskers’ final eight games, including four grabs and two TDs against Colorado.

Reed is one of seven Big Ten players on the 34-member watch list. The Mackey Award will trim the list to eight semifinalists on Nov. 14 while the three finalists will announced on Nov. 21. The winner will be announced during the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on Dec. 8.

The John Mackey Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding tight end in college football. In addition to demonstrating outstanding athletic prowess on the field, the award also stands for positive sportsmanship-like behavior, good academic standing & exceptional leadership abilities.

Former Jayhawk Hall makes AAA debut

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Former Kansas pitcher Shaeffer Hall was promoted to Triple-A in the New York Yankees’ organization and made his first start for the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees Monday night against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at PNC Field.

Hall, who was drafted in the 25th round by the Yankees in 2009, went 6 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts to earn his first win at the Triple-A level. The Yankees defeated the IronPigs, 5-3.

The Lee’s Summit, Mo., native was called up from the Yankees’ Double-A affiliate, Trenton, where he was 6-4 with a 3.97 ERA in 14 starts. Hall had recorded 60 strikeouts in 90 2/3 innings and allowed just 19 walks.

Hall, a 6-foot-1 left-handed pitcher from Lee’s Summit, Mo., pitched at KU during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors during his junior season at KU after tossing a pair of complete game shutouts, including a no-hitter against Air Force on Feb. 20, 2009. The KU southpaw made 25 starts at Kansas and posted a 9-8 record with a 4.55 ERA in 125 1/3 innings.

Hall is looking to become the third former Jayhawk to pitch in the major leagues this season, joining fellow left-handed pitchers Tom Gorzelanny (Washington) and Mike Zagurski (Philadelphia).

KU’s Biere, Patterson named to Performance Awards watch list

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Kansas senior tight end Tim Biere and junior wide receiver/punt returner Daymond Patterson have been named to the 2011 College Football Performance Awards Watch List. Biere is one of 38 tight ends named to the list, while Patterson is one of 33 punt returners up for Performance Awards, which honor the top players at each position in the College Football Bowl Subdivision at the end of the season.

Biere, a 6-foot-4 senior from Omaha, Neb., started 11 of 12 games at tight end last season. He caught 19 passes for 228 yards and led the Jayhawks with four touchdown receptions. Biere was named to the John Mackey Award Watch List in 2010 and earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors for the second-straight season. He caught at least one pass in 11 of KU’s 12 games and recorded touchdowns against No. 15 Georgia Tech, New Mexico State, Texas A&M and No. 12 Oklahoma State.

Patterson, a 5-foot-10 junior from Mesquite, Texas, returned 13 punts for a 3.8 yards per return average and also caught 60 passes for 487 yards and two touchdowns. The junior was named Academic All-Big 12 for the first time in his career and was tabbed KU’s Offensive Performer of the Week on three separate occasions. Patterson caught at least one pass in every game and had a season-best eight catches for 75 yards in the win over Colorado on Nov. 6.

The College Football Performance Awards are selected each year by a panel that uses a scientific ranking system which measures how an individual player increases the effectiveness of his team.

Kansas will open the 2011 season on Sept. 3 when it hosts McNeese State at Memorial Stadium.

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