40 Sea Gulls earn All-ACFC Academic honors
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. - The Atlantic Central Football Conference announced its Academic All-ACFC honors for last season and 40 Sea Gulls were honored as they held at least a 3.0 grade point average during one of the two semesters of the 2006-07 school year.

The Salisbury defense placed 20 players on the team led by senior captains Zach Armiger and Billy Leinemann. Armiger recorded 35 tackles, four sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss and Leinemann wrapped up 46 tackles, four sacks and a team-high 8.5 tackles for loss. Other key defenders on the team were linebacker Matt Barnes and defensive back Ryan Hesnan who tied for the team lead with 56 tackles apiece, and defensive back Byron Westbrook who intercepted a team-high five passes with 33 tackles. Westbrook is now in camp with the Washington Redskins.

The Sea Gull offense saw 19 players earn academic honors highlighted by running backs Jamar Garner, David Leonard and wide receiver Chris Newton. Garner and Leonard combined for 523 yards on 107 attempts and three touchdowns. Newton had eight catches for 93 yards and two touchdowns to go along with 103 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

Junior Brendan Kincaid represented the Sea Gulls on special teams. Kincaid was 9-for-13 on field goals during the year and a perfect 21-for-21 on point after attempts. Kincaid lead the team in scoring with 48 points and had a long of 44 yards.

All five SU co-captains for the 2006 season (Armiger, Garner, Leinemann, Kristos Miliotis and Westbrook) made the team.

Salisbury will open up the 2007 season on September 1 at home against Albright College at Sea Gull Stadium.

Salisbury’s honorees
Justin Acker, Zach Armiger, Matt Barnes, Joe Bell, Josh Berman, Joe Blaszkow, Alex Bresner, Daniel Bullock, Joe Canova, Hunter Emory, Joe Galloway, Jamar Garner, Mike Gembecki, Thomas Grieser, Tim Hackmann, Mike Hedlesky, Ryan Hesnan, Kevin Jenkins, Anthony Johnson, Billy Leinemann, Brendan Kincaid, David Leonard, Chris Loveland, Tim Metzger, Greg Miletic, Kristos Miliotis, Ben Miller, Brooks Moser, Bobby Murray, Ravi Nastvogel, Dwight Nelson, Chris Newton, William Norat, Chris Ricketts, Brad Schroeder, James Shay, Greg Sonday, Ricardo Spriggs, Jon Turner, Byron Westbrook.

* ACFC Web site (link to this site: http://www.acfcfootball.com/)