Complete Northeast-10 Release

South Easton, Mass. – Senior wide receiver #Travis Poole# (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was named the 2008Northeast-10 Football Most Valuable Player and earned first-team all-conference honors, headlining a list of 13 players that were named to the 2008 all-conference team. Senior #Jean Simeon# (Atlantic City, N.J.) was named the Defensive Lineman of the Year and head coach #Art Wilkins# was named the Co-Coach of the Year.

Poole, senior place kicker #Marek Przybylek# (Olsztyn, Poland), Simeon, senior offensive lineman #Tyke Spaulding# (Exeter, R.I.), junior defensive back #Allan Bush# (Newark, N.J.), sophomore linebacker #Nick Abraham# (Tewksbury, Mass.) and sophomore quarterback #Rob Parent# (West Warwick, R.I.) were first-team all-conference selections. Senior fullback #Marcus Cameron# (Hempstead, N.Y.), senior defensive lineman #Brian DeStephano# (Brooklyn, N.Y.), senior offensive lineman #Tony Dilello# (Oneonta, N.Y.), junior wide receiver #Kertis Hussey# (Paterson, N.J.), junior linebacker #Rich Reichert# (Kings Park, N.Y.) and sophomore defensive lineman #Jashawn Williams# (Roosevelt, N.Y.) were second-team selections.

Poole leads the team with 60 receptions for 1,119 yards and 14 touchdowns. Each is a career-high. His 111.90 receiving yards per game lead all NE-10 receivers and places him fifth in the nation and he ranks second in the conference and 16th in the nation in scoring at nine points per game. Poole is within reach of AIC's single-season records for receptions (67), reception yardage (1,146) and receiving touchdowns (15). He was named the NE-10 Offensive Player of the Week and Boston Globe Gold Helmet Award winner after catching 10 passes for a school-record 253 yards with three TDs against C.W. Post.

Simeon ranks fifth on the team with 41 tackles and leads the team with 11 tackles for loss and six sacks. He ranked fifth in the NE-10 in tackles for loss and was ninth in conference in sacks. He was named the Northeast-10 and ECAC Division II Defensive Player of the Week after registering 13 tackles with six tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks against Stonehill.

Abraham ranks third on the team with 49 tackles, leads the team with 11 tackles for loss and ranks third with four sacks. His 11 tackles for loss place him ninth in the conference, along with Simeon. Bush has 29 tackles and two blocked kicks and two interceptions this season. He leads the team with 11 pass breakups.

Cameron, a three-time all-conference selection, has carried the ball 36 times for 111 yards and two touchdowns while serving as the primary blocker for a running game that has gained 1,565 yards and scored 10 touchdowns. Hussey is second on the team with 44 catches for 597 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also has two additions scores as a kick/punt returner. Hussey led the NE-10 with 122.60 all-purpose yards per game and was third in the league in scoring. His 7.80 points per game rank him 30th in the nation. He was named the NE-10 and ECAC Division II Offensive Player of the Week after racking up 161 total yards and scoring three touchdowns; two receiving and one on a 70-yard punt return.

Parent, the 2007 NE-10 Rookie of the Year, has completed 153 of 258 passes for 2,102 yards and a school-record 27 touchdowns. He threw for six touchdown passes in a game twice this season, tying the school record for touchdown passes in a game. Parent was named the NE-10 and ECAC Division II Offensive Player of the Week after completing 16 of 23 passes for 331 yards and six TDs against Bentley. Przybylek has converted 11 of 14 field goals and 42 of 44 PATs this season. He ranks third on the team, fourth in the conference and 41st in the nation in scoring this season.

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Reichert leads the team with 70 tackles with 10 tackles for loss and two sacks. His seven tackles per game placed him 12th in the NE-10. Williams has 24 tackles this season wit 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. He leads the team with three interceptions, one of which he returned 40 yards for a touchdown.

Dilello and Spaulding have anchored an offensive line that has helped AIC have one of the top scoring offenses in the NE-10 and NCAA. The Yellow Jackets ranked second in conference in scoring at 33.90 points per game, ranking them 30th in the nation.

The winningest coach in program history, Wilkins is now in his 15th season at AIC and owns a career record of 95-59 (.617). He guided the Yellow Jackets to their third conference title since 1999 with a perfect 7-0 record in the Northeast-10 and has led AIC to its first-ever NCAA playoff berth with a regular season record of 9-1. The nine wins are the second-most in program history. AIC also won nine game in 2000 and won a school-record 10 games in 1999.