2002 NESCAC Football All-Conference Teams Announced
Williams' Reardon and
Farley Named Players of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. – Senior
defensive back Scott Farley and junior quarterback Joe Reardon,
both of conference co-champion Williams College, earned the NESCAC
Defensive and Offensive Players of the Year respectively. Williams
and Trinity shared the NESCAC title after each team finished at
7-1.
Reardon makes his second appearance
as the first-team all-NESCAC quarterback after leading the
conference in pass efficiency (138.9) and passing yards per game
(223.8). Reardon completed 61 percent of his passes for a
conference leading 1790 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Scott Farley, who caught nine balls
including one for a touchdown while playing wide receiver, led
Williams in interceptions and punt returns. A two-time first team
selection at defensive back, Farley was also selected as a
first-team punter after leading the league with a 38.8 yard
average. Farley was a first-team selection at place kicker in 2001.
Wesleyan University running back
Pat Curran was honored as NESCAC Offensive Rookie of the Year and
Trinity College defensive lineman Michael Blair was awarded NESCAC
Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. Williams Head Coach Richard
Farley, father of NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year Scott Farley,
was honored as Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Curran carried the ball 91 times
for 349 yards and four touchdowns as Wesleyan finished fourth in
the NESCAC at 5-3. Blair finished second in the conference with
five and a half sacks on the season and was part of a defense which
ranked seventh in the nation in rushing defense allowing just 69
yards per game.
Middlebury senior wide receiver
Denver Smith and Bates senior running back Sean Atkins were both
repeat first-team all-NESCAC selections. Atkins rushed for over
1000 yards and scored a league-leading 11 touchdowns including a
298-yard, seven touchdown performance at Bowdoin. Smith was second
in the conference in receptions (47) and receiving touchdowns (7).
Joining Atkins in the backfield are
running backs Colby’s Aaron Stepka and Amherst’s
Fletcher Ladd. Stepka, the 2001 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, broke
both the conference single season rushing mark and rushing attempts
record this season totaling 1370 yards on 293 carries.
Senior Ryan Friend and junior Pat
Moffett join Smith as all-NESCAC receivers. Friend led the
conference with 60 receptions and eight touchdowns. Moffett
finished tenth in the nation in receiving yards per game with
112.5. Colby senior Ian MacPherson, honored as an all-conference
tight end, caught 28 passes on the year including two for
touchdowns.
Middlebury’s Andy Angoff
leads a host of seniors selected as all-NESCAC on the offensive
line. Angoff, making his second consecutive appearance on the
first-team, is joined by seniors Adam Collette of Tufts, Garrett
DiCarlo of Williams, Justin Moore of Trinity, and Rob Vernicek of
Amherst. Jared Carillo of Trinity is the lone junior on the list.
Vernicek was a second team selection in 2000 and 2001.
Heading the all-NESCAC defensive
honorees are two-time first team selections Caleb Hudak, defensive
lineman at Tufts University, and senior linebacker Mike Moran of
Colby. Moran is joined by teammate Mike DiStefano who was a
second-team choice in 2001.
A trio of Trinity defenders were
named to the first team. Senior Linemen David Midura andDavid
Rooney and junior linebacker Greg Tanner led a defense which
allowed the fewest points in the NESCAC (13.8 per game) and only
220 yards per game, sixth best in the nation.
Honored for the first time on the
all-conference squad are senior defensive lineman Pat Hayes of
Amherst, Williams juniors Will McGrath and Graham Goldwasser and
Quincy Francis of Wesleyan. McGrath, who led the league in sacks
with 6.5 this year, and Goldwasser, ranked fourth in tackles and
second in tackles for loss, were part of a passing defense which
allowed a league fewest 130.9 yards per game. Francis led the
league in solo tackles (66) and total tackles (102) as sophomore.
Senior defensive backs Evan
Zupancic of Tufts and Jeremy Carroll of Amherst each had a league
leading seven interceptions in the eight game season on their way
to first-team honors. Zupancic led the conference and ranked fifth
in the nation in passes defended with 19. Seniors Craig Schuette of
Middlebury and John Kelly of Williams, each second-team selections
in 2001, were honored on the first-team this season.
Junior return specialist Mark Tilki
of Tufts heads the list of all-conference special team honorees.
Tilki led the conference in kick return average at 25.0 yards per
return. Amherst sophomore Jason Wagstaff was also chosen to the
first team as a return specialist. Wagstaff led all punt returners
with a 14.1 yard average. Sophomore place kicker David Bodner of
Amherst rounds out the list of first-team all-NESCAC selections.
Bodner set a NESCAC record with eight field goals on the year.
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2002 NESCAC FOOTBALL
ALL-CONFERENCE
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| Pos
| First Team Offense
| School
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| QB
| Joe Reardon
| Williams
| Jr.
| Arlington, Va.
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| RB
| Sean Atkins
| Bates
| Sr.
| New York, N.Y
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| RB
| Fletcher Ladd
| Amherst
| Jr.
| Amherst, N.H.
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| RB
| Aaron Stepka
| Colby
| So.
| Watertown, Conn.
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| WR
| Ryan Friend
| Williams
| Sr.
| Bedford, Mass.
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| WR
| Pat Moffett
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Norwalk, Conn.
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| WR
| Denver Smith
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Weybridge, Vt.
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| TE
| Ian MacPherson
| Colby
| Sr.
| Waltham, Mass.
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| OL
| Andy Angoff
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Worcester, Mass.
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| OL
| Jared Carillo
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Windsor, Conn.
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| OL
| Adam Collette
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Westminster, Mass.
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| OL
| Garrett DiCarlo
| Williams
| Sr.
| Saugus, Mass.
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| OL
| Justin Moore
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Berlin, Conn.
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| OL
| Rob Vernicek
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Montville, N.J.
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| Pos
| First Team Defense
| Team
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| DL
| Mike DiStefano
| Colby
| Sr.
| Lexington, Mass.
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| DL
| Pat Hayes
| Amherst
| Sr.
| E. Bridgewater, Mass.
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| DL
| Caleb Hudak
| Tufts
| Jr.
| White River Jct., Vt.
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| DL
| Will McGrath
| Williams
| Jr.
| Califon, N.J.
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| DL
| David Midura
| Trinity
| Sr.
| North Easton, Mass.
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| DL
| David Rooney
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Spring Lake, N.J.
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| LB
| Quincy Francis
| Wesleyan
| So.
| Simsbury, Conn.
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| LB
| Graham Goldwasser
| Williams
| Jr.
| St. Louis, Mo.
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| LB
| Mike Moran
| Colby
| Sr.
| Bedford, N.H.
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| LB
| Greg Tanner
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Wellesley, Mass.
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| DB
| Jeremy Carroll
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Winchester, Mass.
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| DB
| Scott Farley
| Williams
| Sr.
| Williamstown, Mass.
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| DB
| John Kelly
| Williams
| Sr.
| Bronxville, N.Y.
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| DB
| Craig Schuette
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Derby, Conn.
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| DB
| Evan Zupancic
| Tufts
| Sr.
| Lake Oswego, Ore.
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| Pos
| First Team Specialists
| Team
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| K
| David Bodner
| Amherst
| So.
| Atlantic Beach, NY
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| P
| Scott Farley
| Williams
| Sr.
| Williamstown, Mass.
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| RS
| Mark Tilki
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Derby, Conn.
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| RS
| Jay Wagstaff
| Amherst
| So.
| Tewksbury, Mass.
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| Pos
| Second Team Offense
| Team
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| QB
| Greg Ward
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Avon, Conn.
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| QB
| Brennan Carney
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| South Burlington, Vt.
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| RB
| Billy Lazzaro
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Manlius, N.Y.
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| RB
| Tom Pierandri
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Ridgefield, Conn.
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| RB
| Jeff Ryan
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Belmont, Mass.
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| WR
| Owen Miehe
| Bates
| Jr.
| Glen Rock,
N.J.
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| WR
| Joe Wahl
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Riverside, R.I.
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| WR
| J.P. Zito
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Coral Gables, Fla.
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| TE
| Ryan Papi
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Dover, Mass.
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| OL
| Greg Berry
| Bowdoin
| So.
| Portsmouth,
N.H.
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| OL
| Jeff Bolduc
| Bates
| Jr.
| Southborough, Mass
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| OL
| Brendan Carolan
| Amherst
| Sr.
| Koloa, Hawaii
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| OL
| Tony DiSotto
| Colby
| Sr.
| Jay, Maine
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| Pos
| Second Team Defense
| Team
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| DL
| Sam Bowlby
| Hamilton
| Jr.
| Hamden, Conn.
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| DL
| Kurt Chapman
| Bates
| Jr.
| Bruswick, Maine
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| DL
| Jamie Creed
| Trinity
| Jr.
| Valley Forge, Pa.
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| DL
| Brendan Kelly
| Wesleyan
| Sr.
| West Roxbury, Mass.
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| LB
| Jeb Boudreau
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Waltham, Mass.
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| LB
| Rich Decembrele
| Middlebury
| So.
| Walpole, Mass.
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| LB
| Marcus Juba
| Hamilton
| Sr.
| Boston, Mass.
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| LB
| Jeff Owen
| Colby
| Sr.
| Whitman, Mass.
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| DB
| Pat Boyaggi
| Bates
| Sr.
| Cleveland, Ohio
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| DB
| Brandon Irwin
| Colby
| Jr.
| Sherburne, N.Y.
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| DB
| Dave Laferriere
| Wesleyan
| Jr.
| Meriden, Conn.
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| DB
| Jamie Nichols
| Bowdoin
| Sr.
| Skaneateles, N.Y.
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| DB
| Gavin O’Reilly
| Trinity
| Sr.
| Cheshire, Conn.
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| DB
| Mark Tilki
| Tufts
| Jr.
| Derby, Conn.
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| Pos
| Second Team Specialists
| Team
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| PK
| Mike Frissora
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Sudbury, Mass.
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| P
| Denver Smith
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Weybridge, Vt.
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| Offensive Player of the Year
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| QB
| Joe Reardon
| Williams
| Jr.
| Arlington, Va.
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| Offensive Rookie of the Year
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| RB
| Pat Curran
| Wesleyan
| Fr.
| Las Vegas, Nev.
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| Defensive Player of the Year
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| Scott Farley
| Williams
| Sr.
| Williamstown, Mass.
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| Defensive Rookie of the Year
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| DL
| Michael Blair
| Trinity
| Fr.
| Plymouth, N.H.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Richard Farley
| Williams
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