Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

ODAC Announces All-Conference Football Squads
HSC’s J.D. Ricca and Catholic’s Bobby Stutz Earn Top Honors

SALEM, VA – Hampden-Sydney quarterback J.D. Ricca and Catholic linebacker Bobby Stutz have been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Offensive and Defensive Players-of-the-Year as the league announced its all-conference teams on Tuesday.

Ricca, a senior from Gaithersburg, Md., capped off a record setting career in 2005 by setting ODAC single season marks with 3,731-yards and 42 touchdowns. Ricca tops the ODAC record books in passing yards in a career (8,633), most touchdown passes in a career (91), most completions in a career (585), highest completion percentage in a career (63.5%).

Ricca follows CW Clemmons (2004) and Conrad Singh (2003) as the third Tiger in as many years to win the award named after former HSC stand out Stokeley Fulton.

A native of Hillsborough, N.J., Stutz is a six-foot-one, 230-pound senior who led the ODAC with 64.5 tackles (50 solo, 29 assisted), including 18.5 for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and was among the league leaders with six sacks.

Guilford signal caller Josh Vogelbach from N. Fort Myers, Fla., was tabbed as the league’s Freshman-of-the-Year after setting Guilford season and NCAA Division III freshman records for pass completions (280), pass attempts (475), passing yards (3,549), passing touchdowns (37) and total offense (3,638 yards).

On the heels of his team’s fifth-consecutive ODAC championship and its sixth straight appearance in the DIII National Tournament, Bridgewater field general Mike Clark was honored by his peers as the 2005 Coach-of-the-Year. Clark led the Eagles to an 8-1 record and a perfect 6-0 mark in the league. This is the fourth-time Clark has received this honor.

Washington and Lee defensive tackle Liam Murray was honored by the league’s Sports Information Directors as the Football Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year. A First-Team All-ODAC selection in 2005, Murray is a native of Oneonta, N.Y. and fashions a 3.48 grade-point-average while majoring in history. Murray finished the season second on the Generals squad with 55 tackles and recorded three sacks despite missing the last two games of the season to a knee injury. He helped lead the W&L defense to a first-place ranking in the league in total defense at 19.1 points-per-game.

ALL-ODAC FOOTBALL

Stokeley Fulton Offensive Player-of.-the-Year: J.D. Ricca, Hampden-Sydney

Lou Wacker Defensive Player-of-the-Year, Bobby Stutz, Catholic

Freshman-of-the-Year: Josh Vogelbach, Guilford

Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year: Liam Murray, Washington and Lee

Coach-of-the-Year: Mike Clark, Bridgewater

First Team Offense

QB: J.D. Ricca, Hampden-Sydney

RB: Marcus Washington, Bridgewater

TE: Ben Dull, Hampden-Sydney

WR: Nick Bublavi, Catholic

WR: Chris Barnette, Guilford

WR: Drew Smith, Hampden-Sydney

OL: Paul Getty, Bridgewater

OL: Paul Williams, Hampden-Sydney

OL: Hunter Whitfield, Washington & Lee

OL: Nicholas Reese, Bridgewater

OL: Zeke Traylor, Hampden-Sydney

PK: Reggie Moore, Randolph-Macon

First Team Defense

LB: Antwaine Campo, Bridgewater

LB: Brian Gallagher, Washington & Lee

LB: Bobby Stutz, Catholic

DL: Chris Marshburn, Randolph-Macon

DL: Chuck Brown, Bridgewater

DL: Liam Murray, Washington & Lee

DL: Thomas Rhone, Randolph-Macon

CB: Josh Knight, Bridgewater

CB: Mark Snoddy, Washington & Lee

Safety: Adrian Herndon, Bridgewater

Safety: Jeff Inman, Hampden-Sydney

Punter: Travis Frazier, Guilford

Second Team Offense

QB: Josh Vogelbach, Guilford

RB: Winston Young, Bridgewater

WR: Khalil Shareef, Randolph-Macon

WR: Jack Martin, Washington & Lee

WR: Colton Ward, Washington & Lee

WR: Brian Rolander, Hampden-Sydney

OL: Troy Burnett, Bridgewater

OL: Ben Niemaseck, Hampden-Sydney

OL: Trey Allen, Washington & Lee

OL: Sean Howe, Catholic

OL: Ian Kirwan, Guilford

PK: Reed Westra, Hampden-Sydney

Second Team Defense

LB: Louis Burrell, Hampden-Sydney

LB: Mario Paylor, Guilford

LB: Marshall Doss, Emory & Henry

DL: Zach Wall, Washington & Lee

DL: David Clements, Bridgewater

DL: Ed Dahl, Catholic

DL: Zach Price, Hampden-Sydney

CB: Jamie Edlow, Hampden-Sydney

CB: Devon White, Guilford

Safety: Deon Mays, Bridgewater

Safety: Nick Olivero, Catholic

Punter: Peter Welsh, Catholic

Honorable Mention Offense

Josh Simpson (RB) Hampden-Sydney

Keith Ricca (QB) Catholic

Chas Collins (OL) Washington & Lee

Brennan Stewart (WR) Emory & Henry

Micah Rushing (WR) Guilford

Corey Huslebus (TE) Bridgewater

Rod Nelson (WR) Randolph-Macon

Honorable Mention Defense

Wes Hall (LB) Hampden-Sydney

Avatus Stone (LB) Catholic

Kyle Luby (CB) Washington & Lee

Brandon Creasy (Safety) Emory & Henry

Scottie Byrd (DE) Guilford

Brandon Borst (LB) Bridgewater

Gabe Jones (DB) Randolph-Macon