Af2 Announces All-First and Second Teams

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - CHICAGO – The Midwest Division Champion Green Bay Blizzard landed a league-best eight players on the All-af2 First and Second Teams, the league office announced today. The Blizzard also led the league in most First Team members with six. Overall, players from 25 of the league’s 29 teams were selected to either the American or National Conference All-af2 First and Second Teams as voted on by af2 head coaches and media.

 

C RAYMOND MCNEIL, OL STEPHENOL SANTOS, OL AQUA ETEFIA, DL JOE SYKES, MLB GUS TYSON and K BOB FORSTROM earned First Team accolades while DB DONNIE AMADI and DB NATE GREEN earned Second Team recognition. Green Bay, which finished 11-5 in the regular season, has carried over its success into the postseason as well. The No. 3 seed Blizzard host No. 7 Manchester this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET in an American Conference Semifinal affair at the Resch Center. Green Bay looked impressive in a 65-37 home win last Friday night in the First Round of the 2008 af2 playoffs.

 

The Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings and Spokane Shock had the second most All-af2 selections with six apiece. Bossier-Shreveport had five First Team members while the Shock had four First Team selections.  

 

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton QB RYAN VENA earned his second straight All-af2 First Team honor and third First Team nod overall (2003). Vena leads a cast of nine athletes who earned back-to-back All-af2 First Team accolades in 2007 and 2008. The list includes FB TIM MURPHY, FB JASON SCHULE, WR CHAVIS MCCOLLISTER, MLB KAMAU JACKSON, DL BEN MCCOMBS, DL ESTUS HOOD, K NICK GATTO and ST IVORY MCCANN.

 

Following is the complete list of the 2008 American and National Conference All-af2 First and Second Teams:

 

AMERICAN CONFERENCE ALL-af2

Position        First Team                                                           Second Team

QB                 Ryan Vena – W-B/Scranton                                    J.J. Raterink – Quad City

FB                  Tim Murphy – Mahoning Valley                               Demetrius Forney – Louisville

WR                Phillip Brock – Peoria                                             Kris Peters – Quad City

WR                P.J. Berry – South Georgia                                      Maurice Brown – Tennessee Valley

WR                Jesse Schmidt – Quad City                                     Antwun Williams – Albany

C                   Raymond McNeil – Green Bay                                 Joe Villani – W-B/Scranton

OL                 Stephenol Santos – Green Bay                                Daniel Oliphant – Manchester

OL                 Aqua Etefia – Green Bay                                         Mike Dansby – Iowa

DL                  Joe Sykes – Green Bay                                           Royce Morgan – Mahoning Valley

DL                  Eric Scott – Tennessee Valley                                 Terrance Ford – Tennessee Valley

DL                  Isaac Hilton – W-B/Scranton                                   Michael Lewis – Albany

MLB               Gus Tyson – Green Bay                                          Tyus Jackson – Quad City

JLB                 Bradly Chavez – Manchester                                   John Tackmann – Mahoning Valley

DB                 Matt Forbes – Louisville                                          Donnie Amadi – Green Bay

DB                 Micheaux Robinson – W-B/Scranton                        Nate Green – Green Bay

DB                 Roland Cola – South Georgia                                  Carlos Campbell – Florida

K                   Bob Forstrom – Green Bay                                      Nick Hayes – Tennessee Valley

ST                 P.J. Berry – South Georgia                                      William Mulder – Lexington

 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ALL-af2

Position        First Team                                                           Second Team

QB                 Kyle Rowley – Arkansas                                         Andy Hall – Austin

FB                  Jason Schule – Bossier-Shreveport                          Kamau Jackson – Austin

WR                Chris Denney – Arkansas                                        Jeff Hughley – Tulsa

WR                Chavis McCollister – Bossier-Shreveport                  Alvance Robinson – Lubbock

WR                Raul Vijil – Spokane                                               John Roberson – Austin

C                   Nick Codutti – Bossier-Shreveport                           Rico Ochoa – Spokane

OL                 Ryan Belcher – Spokane                                         Kyle Young – Spokane

OL                 Chris Hollie – Bossier-Shreveport                            Richard Seals – Boise

DL                  Ben McCombs – Central Valley                                Tito Hannah – Arkansas

DL                  Estus Hood – Austin                                               Shalom Tuimalealiifano – Lubbock

DL                  Devon Parks – Spokane                                          Neal Purvis – Arkansas

MLB               Kamau Jackson – Austin                                         Marvin Byrdsong – Bossier-Shreveport

JLB                 Mel Long – Austin                                                  Jamar Ransom – Tulsa

DB                 Sergio Gilliam – Spokane                                       James Todd – Texas

DB                 Aaron Williams – Amarillo                                      Delenell Reid – Tulsa

DB                 Phillip Geiggar – Bossier-Shreveport                        Terrance Sanders – Boise

K                   Nick Gatto – Texas                                                 Brian Hazelwood – Rio Grande Valley

ST                 Ivory McCann – Corpus Christi                                Jeff Hughley – Tulsa

 

Remaining 2008 af2 Award Announcements:

All-Ironman Team – Thursday, Aug. 7

SFC Kicker of the Year – Friday, Aug. 8 

Gridiron Enterprises International Player of the Year – Saturday, Aug. 9   

Russell Athletic Lineman of the Year – Monday, Aug. 11

Spalding Rookie of the Year – Tuesday, Aug. 12 

SFC Asst. Coach & Sportexe Head Coach of the Year – Wednesday, Aug. 13 

Cutters Playmaker of the Year – Thursday, Aug. 14

ADT Defensive Player of the Year – Friday, Aug. 15  

Schutt Offensive Player of the Year – Monday, Aug. 18 

JLS Ironman of the Year – Tuesday, Aug. 19

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