All-SWAC Football Teams highlighted by Juamorris Stewart
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12/09/2008 - Birmingham, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Southwestern Athletic Conference announces its 2008 All-Conference Football Team with 12 all-conference honorees from 2007 highlighting this season's selections. The team was selected by nominations and votes from the member schools' coaches and sports information contacts along with selected members of the media. Players of the year will be announced on Wednesday.
The lone unanimous selection on the team is Southern's Juamorris Stewart. He caught 76 passes for 1,138 yards and 12 touchdowns. Stewart finished the season with nine catches for 174 yards and a touchdown during the Bayou Classic. He led the conference in receptions per game (6.9) and in receiving yards per game (103.5)
Among the top overall vote-getters were Prairie View A&M RB Donald Babers (222 carries, 1,085 yards, 11 TDs), Jackson State DE Marcus Benard (80 total tackles, 31 solo, 16 sacks, 22.5 tackles for loss), Texas Southern WR/RS William Osbourne (82 rec., 1,092 yards, 7 TDs; 192.3 all-purpose yards per game) and Grambling State DB Jeffrey Jack (74 tackles, 45 solo, INT, 2 blocked kicks).
Seven defensive players, three offensive players and two specialists were among those who were chosen for post season recognition after receiving the award in 2007. The list includes Ledarius Anthony (DE, Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff), Zach East (LB, Prairie View A&M), Vincent Lands (DE, Southern), Bryant Lee (QB, Southern), Jeremy Licea (K, Alabama A&M), Jeremy Maddox (DE, Alabama A&M), Xavier Manuel (OL, Alabama A&M), Malcolm Palmer (SS, Jackson State), Eric Perri (K, Jackson State), Marcellus Speaks (LB, Jackson State), Demarcus Stewart (OL, Southern) and Tim Turner (LB, Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff). UAPB running back Martell Mallett was first-team selection in 2006.
In all, there were 13 seniors selected to the first team and 10 for the second team. Ten juniors were chosen for the first team while eight were selected second team. One sophomore was a first-team selection while six were chosen for the second team; one freshman was selected for the second team.
Grambling State led the count with nine selections - including four on first team. Jackson State placed eight players on the all-conference squad with four first-team choices. Both Prairie View A&M and Southern each had seven players chosen and each placed four players on the first team. Texas Southern had five selections with three first-team slots while Alabama A&M and the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff each had four all-conference players and two first-team selections. Mississippi Valley State had three (one first-team choice) while Alcorn State had two; Alabama State rounded out the list with one second-team selection.
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE: QB - Bryant Lee, Southern; RB - Martell Mallett, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; RB - Donald Babers, Prairie View; WR - William Osbourne, Texas Southern; WR - Juamorris Stewart, Southern; TE - Abner Brown - Mississippi Valley; OT - Cleveland Collie, Prairie View; OT - Mikeal Harshaw, Jackson State; OL - Demarcus Stewart, Southern; OL - Xavier Manuel, Alabama A&M; C - Revay Smith, Grambling State.
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE: DL - Marcus Benard, Jackson State; DE - Vincent Lands, Southern; DE - Christian Anthony, Grambling State; DT - Melvin Matthews, Grambling State; LB - Marcellus Speaks, Jackson State; LB - Zach East, Prairie View; LB - Lee Robinson, Alcorn State; CB - Jeffrey Jack, Grambling State; CB - Dominique Johnson, Jackson State; CB - Kevin Thornton, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; SS - Anthony Beck, Prairie View.
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS: PK - Jeremy Licea, Alabama A&M; P - Stephon Solomon, Texas Southern; RS - William Osbourne, Texas Southern.
(Courtesy of Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Relations)
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Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
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Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
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"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
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"The Queen": 20/1
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Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
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Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
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