December 6, 2011

Golden Eagle football program receives more post-season honors

Watson Brown was named OVC Coach of the Year and four Golden Eagles received all-OVC recognition from College Sports Madness, a national website covering college athletics.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech's Watson Brown received another nod as Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year and four Golden Eagle players were named to the all-OVC team chosen by College Sports Madness, a national website that covers collegiate athletics.

Brown had previously been voted the league's Coach of the Year in conference-wide voting after leading the Golden Eagles to a 7-4 overall record and a share of their first OVC title in 36 seasons. Tech advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time in school history.

The Golden Eagles were also represented with four players named to the website's all-OVC team, including three on offense and one from the defense.

On offense, Tech's selections were runningback Dontey Gay, wide receiver Tim Benford, and guard Scott Schweitzer. All three had previously been recognized by the league's vote.

On the defensive side of scrimmage, Golden Eagle senior defensive back Corey Watson was selected.

2011 Ohio Valley All-Conference Team selected by College Sports Madness


	Ohio Valley Conference Page

	Coach of the Year	Freshman of the Year
	Watson Brown, Tennessee Tech	Spencer Davis, Southeast Missouri St.

	Offensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year
	Casey Brockman, Murray State	Blake Peiffer, Southeast Missouri St.

Offense		Defense
QB	Casey Brockman, Murray State	DL	Kevin Robinson, Murray State
RB	Matt Denham, Eastern Kentucky	DL	Artavious Dowdell, Eastern Illinois
RB	Dontey Gay, Tennessee Tech	DL	D.J. Roberts, Tennessee- Martin
WR	Chris Wright, Eastern Illinois	DL	Jamison Wadley, Jacksonville State
WR	Tim Benford, Tennessee Tech	LB	Kevin Hamlin, Easten Kentucky
TE	Sam Hendricks, Eastern Illinois	LB	Blake Peiffer, Southeast Missouri St.
OL	Scott Schweitzer, Tennessee Tech	LB	Sam Small, Murray State
OL	Patrick Ford, Eastern Kentucky	DB	Dontrell Johnson, Murray State
OL	Michael Mancini, Tennessee-Martin	DB	Corey Watson, Tennessee Tech
OL	Sherman Carter, Tennessee State	DB	C.J. Estelle, Tennessee-Martin
OL	Raymond Hopson, Murray State	DB	Jeremy Caldwell, Eastern Kentucky
K	Kienan Cullen, Murray State	P	Joe Vucic, Southeast Missouri St.
KR	Tavares Crawford, Eastern Illinois	PR	C.J. Estelle, Tennessee-Martin

College Sports Madness has covered FCS football all season. The season started by providing in-depth previews of the Top 44 FCS football teams. During the regular season the Madness provided an updated FCS Top 25 each week, recognized players of the week for each conference, and updated a projection of the FCS playoff bracket each week. Playoff coverage <http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/fcs-football/fcs-playoffs> includes a capsule profile of each team in the field of 20, game breakdowns for each round of the playoffs and a continuously updated playoff bracket.