Clemson's Eason Named to AFCA Goodworks Team |
Clemson, SC-Clemson defensive tackle Nick Eason was named to the
2001 American Football Coaches Association Good Works team on Wednesday. The AFCA recognizes 11 Division I players every year for their community service involvement. Eason was the only ACC player named to the team. Eason has been active in community service since he first came to Clemson in 1998. Each year the ACC honors six student-athletes at each of its member institutions for their time spent on community service projects. Eason is the only Clemson student-athlete to be chosen for this award three times. Eason, a graduate student from Lyons, GA, has traveled abroad with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to speak with students about the positives of athletics and to teach youngsters about sports. He also is a frequent visitor to elementary schools in he area. Clemson's defensive MVP last year earned his degree from Clemson in August and still has two years of eligibility remaining (including he 2001 season). He is the first Tiger gridder to earn his degree (sociology) with two years of eligibility remaining. Eason is the second Clemson football player to be named to the Good Works team. Robert Carswell, now with the San Diego Chargers, was named to the team in 1999. 2001 AFCA Good Works Team Division I-A Brooks Bollinger, Jr, QB, Wisconsin Rohan Davey, Sr., QB, LSU Nick Eason, Gr. DT. Clemson Joaquin Gonzalez, Sr, OT, Miami (FL) Patrick Kobongo, So, DT, Nebraska Graham Manley, Sr, TE, Syracuse Chris Porter, Sr, RB, UTEP John Richardson, Sr, OG, Boston College Charles Robinson, Sr., FS, Colorado John Stinchcomb, Jr., OT, Georgia SPIRIT BLITZ WEEK TAKES OVER CLEMSON CLEMSON -- A week awash in orange will end in a flourish of red, white and blue. As the finale for Spirit Blitz Week, Clemson University student organization Central Spirit is urging fans to wear the colors of our country to Clemson's football game against the University of Virginia this Saturday. Originally, the day was to be declared "Orange Out" day, when fans were supposed to wear as much orange as possible. However, the organizations involved in Spirit Blitz decided that red, white and blue would be more appropriate this week, in light of the tragic events of Sept. 11. All fans, from both teams, are asked to wear patriotic colors. Barry Jones, president of Central Spirit, said the stadium, which was originally supposed to be a "sea of orange," will now be a "sea of patriotism." Central Spirit will inflate red, white and blue balloons at the game, instead of the usual orange balloons. Spirit Blitz Week, an entire week devoted to Clemson spirit, rouses fans everywhere to show their Tiger pride. The celebrations kicked off on Monday, which was declared "Paint the Town Orange" day. Students and fans across the state are urged to decorate the campus and their homes in Clemson colors all week long. Participants can submit photos of their decor to the IPTAY publication The Orange & White, in which the best pictures will appear. The canned food drive, sponsored by Tigers Who Care, is another Spirit Blitz event. Volunteers collect canned goods at the Bi-Lo in Clemson, the Hendrix Student Center atrium and the University Union. Highlighting the week is the Bowman Blitz Bash on Friday at 9 p.m. The public is invited to this free concert and pep rally, featuring five bands, the Clemson cheerleaders and the Rally Cats. There will be games and prizes, and lots of Clemson spirit. Central Spirit started Spirit Blitz in 1984, and it continued in 1985, 1988 and 1990. Last year, the tradition was revived, and Jones says this year's celebration is bigger and better than ever, largely because several other campus organizations have become involved. The Union Programs and Activities Council, IPTAY Collegiate Club, Tigers Who Care, Student Government, the Athletic Department and the Clemson Cable Network all pitched in to help Central Spirit plan this year's events. ACC PRESIDENT'S HOLD ANNUAL MEETING GREENSBORO, N. C.-Issues relating to the welfare of Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes and their experiences on campus highlighted a recent meeting of the nine Chief Executive Officers of the ACC in their annual fall meeting, held September 5-6 on the Duke University Campus in Durham, N.C., and chaired by Duke President Nannerl Keohane. One of the issues discussed, the proliferation of football games to non-traditional days of the week, resulted in a consensus of the nine schools agreeing to limit regular-season football games to Thursdays and Saturdays, bypassing the opportunity to hold football games on other days. This decision would not affect holiday weekend games such as those on Labor Day or Thanksgiving weekends, but would be in effect during the intervening weeks. Discussions were also held regarding several national issues from the Knight Commission Report and the Equity Conferences meeting held in Chicago, in which two CEOs and the Commissioner participated from each of the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 12, Big 10, PAC 10 and Southeastern Conferences. Presidents John Casteen of Virginia, Thomas Hearn of Wake Forest represented the ACC as well as Commissioner John Swofford at that meeting. The ACC Presidents believe the Equity Conference meetings provide a good, solid forum for schools with athletic programs that share a number of common features to look at pressing national issues. Discussion at this meeting focused on issues of student-athlete welfare and the experiences of student-athletes on campus. The Presidents have asked Commissioner Swofford, and the athletic directors, faculty representatives and senior woman administrators of ACC institutions to gather information in several areas of concern and propose possible steps to be taken to address these concerns. They include: 1. Correcting methods of calculating graduation rates of student-athletes to reflect positively when a student in good academic standing transfers to another institution. Currently, schools are penalized for this. 2. Reviewing the status of summer and voluntary workouts. 3. Studying the future of post-season college football, including the time period allocated for it. 4. Studying the effect on student-athletes and their academic experiences of the expanding length of athletic seasons in all sports, with the goal of halting or reversing this trend if the evidence shows reason for concern. Finally, the CEO's elected Wayne Clough of Georgia Tech for a four-year term to represent the ACC and replace Virginia's John Casteen on the NCAA Board of Directors.
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