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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 Resch Center Green Bay
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
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
DL Devon Parks – Spokane Neal
Purvis – Arkansas
MLB Kamau Jackson – Austin
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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