Marshall University Athletics
The Herd and All-Conference USA, 2014-15
5/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A recap of Marshall student-athletes and coaches who received All-Conference USA honors in 2014-15 (compiled by HerdZone.com Columnist Jack Bogaczyk).
Baseball
Second team -- Chase Boster, Jr. RHP, Stafford, Va.
All-Academic -- Boster (3.37 GPA in chemistry, entrepreneurship)
Men's basketball
Third team -- Ryan Taylor, So. F, Indianapolis
All-Academic -- Austin Loop, So., F, South Webster, Ohio (3.60 GPA in clinical exercise physiology/biomechanics)
Women's basketball
Second team -- Chukwuka Ezeigbo, Sr. C, Trenton, N.J.; Leah Scott, Jr. F, Detroit.
All-Defensive -- Ezeigbo.
Cross country
None
Football
Offensive Player of the Year -- Rakeem Cato, Sr. QB, Miami
Defensive Player of the Year -- Neville Hewitt, Sr. LB, Conyers, Ga.
Coach of the Year -- John "Doc" Holliday
First team -- Cato; Hewitt; Devon Johnson, Jr. RB, Richlands, Va,; Chris Jasperse, Sr. C, Greensboro, N.C.; Clint Van Horn, Jr. OT, Beckley, W.Va.; Tommy Shuler, Sr. WR, Miami; James Rouse, Sr. DT, Harrisonburg, Va.; Darryl Roberts, Sr. CB, Lakeland, Fla.; Tyler Williams, Jr. P, Fort Wayne, Ind.;Â Matt Cincotta, Jr. LS, Charlotte, N.C.
Second team -- Arnold Blackmon, Sr. DE, Houston; Jermaine Holmes, Sr. LB, Valdosta, Ga.
Honorable mention -- Shuler, PR; Eric Frohnapfel, Sr. TE, Stafford, Va.; Ra'Shawde Myers, Sr. DE, Cocoa, Fla.; D.J. Hunter, Jr. LB, Middleton, Ohio; Corey Tindal, So. DB, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
All-Freshman -- Ryan Yurachek, TE, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Angelo Jean-Louis, WR; Wellington, Fla.; Antavis Rowe, CB, Atlanta.
All-Academic -- Frohnapfel, (4.0 GPA in MBA); Trevor Mendelson, Sr. OT, Dublin, Ohio (4.0 GPA in MBA)
Men's golf
None
Women's golf
Third team -- Sarah Helly, Sr., Enniscrone, Ireland
All-Academic -- Helly (3.44 GPA in Sports Management)
Men's soccer
Second team -- Daniel Jodah, So. F, Mississauga, Ontario
Third team -- Nick Edginton, Jr. MF, Wellington, New Zealand
All-Freshman -- Christian Kershaw, MF, Severna Park, Md.
All-Academic -- Jack Hopkins, Jr. D/MF, Birmingham, Ala. (3.76 GPA in biology)
Women's soccer
First team -- Kelly Culicerto, Jr. MF, Charlotte, N.C.
Second team -- Sydney Arnold, So. MF, Stafford, Va.
All-Academic -- Culicerto (3.67 GPA in business)
Softball
Freshman of the Year -- Elicia D'Orazio, 2B, Clermont, Fla.
First team -- D'Orazio; Morgan Zerkle, So. CF, Milton, W.Va.
Second team -- Emileigh Cooper, Sr. RF, Jackson, Ohio; Jordan Dixon, So. P, Edmond, Okla.; Shaelynn Braxton, Jr. 3B, Woodbridge, Va.
All-Academic -- Zerkle (3.62 in exercise science).
Swimming & diving
Second team -- Platform diving, Megan Wolons, So., Williamsburg, Va.
Third team -- 400 IM, Nele Albers, Fr., Ludinghausen, Germany; 1-meter diving, Wolons.
All-Academic -- Katie Kramer, Naples, Fla. (4.0 GPA in economics)
Tennis
First team singles -- Derya Turhan, So., Bad Salzuflen, Germany; Anna Pomyatinskaya, Soph., Sochi, Russia
Second team singles -- Maddie Silver, Fr., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Third team singles -- Kai Broomfield, Sr., Toronto; Rachael Morales, So., Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Second team doubles -- Turhan/Pomyatinskaya
Indoor track and field
Third team -- 60 meters, Isatu Fofanah, So., Ponoka, Alberta; 60 hurdles, Asia Bange, Jr., Columbus, Ohio; 200 meters, Fofanah.
Outdoor track and field
Third team -- Heptathlon, Catika Slay, So., Douglasville, Ga.; 100 meters, Isatu Fofanah, So., Ponoka, Alberta; 400 hurdles, Loren Dyer, Sr., Lorton, Va.
Volleyball
Second Team -- Sammie Bane, Sr. S, Brownstown, Ind; Ally Kiekover, So. MB, Grand Rapids, Mich.
All-Academic -- Bane (3.95 in exercise science/psychology); Kiekover (3.79 in biology/chemistry).
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