Carson, Young Make Academic All-Region For Third Straight Season |
Winter Park, FL--Clemson seniors Kyle Young and Chad Carson were both named to the Verizon Academic All-District team for 2001. It marks the third straight year both players have been named. Both will now be considered for the Academic All-America team. Young has been a first team selection each of the last two years and Carson was a second team choice in 1999, then a first-team choice in 2000. The Clemson players are two of the five players on this year's All-District team that were chosen All-District for the third straight year. The others are Eric Nash of Wofford, Dan Dyke from Georgia Tech, and Chris Hope of Florida State. District III is made up of all Division I and I-AA schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To be eligible a player must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 in the classroom and be a starter or key reserve on the field. Both Carson and Young have career GPAs above 3.90. The Academic All-America team will be announced December 13th. 2001 VERIZON UNIVERSITY DIVISION ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT III FOOTBALL TEAM: Quarterback: Brock Berlin - Florida - Sophomore - Sociology - Shreveport,Louisiana Tight End: *Trent Sansbury - Furman - Senior -Computer/Business Adm. -Lilburn, Georgia Running Back: *Ben Foster - Wofford - Senior - Biology - Kennesaw, Georgia J.R. McNair - Wofford - Sophomore - undeclared - Jonesboro, Georgia Wide Receivers: Andre Davis - Virginia Tech - Senior - Res. PropertyManagement - Niskayuna, New York Bryce Lee - William & Mary - Senior - Business Administration – Virginia Beach, Virginia Offensive Line: ** Eric Nash - Wofford - Senior - Physics - Sharpsburg, Georgia Mike Pearson - Florida - Junior - Business Administration - Seffner, Florida * Jon Stinchcomb - Georgia - Junior - Microbiology - Lilburn, Georgia Jason Whaley - Western Carolina - Soph.- Computer Info. Systems - Beulaville, North Carolina ** Kyle Young - Clemson - Graduate Student- Secondary Ed. - Clemson, South Carolina Defensive Line: Pablo Abraham - Western Carolina - Senior – Sports Management - Lincolnton, North Carolina Blake Bergeron - Davidson - Junior - Psychology - Nashville, Tennessee * Steve DeBeer - Furman - Senior - Biochemistry - Atlanta, Georgia Ian Scott - Florida - Sophomore - Industrial and Systems Engineering - Gainesville, Florida Linebackers: **Chad Carson - Clemson - Senior - Biological Sciences - Newman, Georgia * Chase Corn - Wofford - Senior - Marketing Education - Salem, Virginia Travis Stephens - The Citadel - Business Administration - Greer, South Carolina Defensive Back: ** Chris Hope - Florida State - Senior - Communications/Sociology - Rock Hill, South Carolina * Rodney Johnson - Furman - Junior - Health & Exercise Science - Marion, North Carolina Ricot Joseph - Central Florida - Senior - Physical Ed./Criminal Justice - Lake Worth, Florida Marquand Manuel - Florida - Graduate Student - Criminology - Opalocka, Florida Kicker: Brent Kirouac - Georgia - Junior - Finance/Religion - Duluth, Georgia Punter: **Dan Dyke - Georgia Tech - Senior - Electrical Engineering - Winter Springs, Florida * Two-time Verizon Academic All-District III selection ** Three-time Verizon Academic All-District selection
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