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Spada Named First-Team Sports Network Preseason All-American
July 9, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Sports Network) - Southeast Missouri State University senior Doug Spada was named to the 2009 Sports Network Preseason All-America Teams Thursday. Spada garnered first-team honors as a punter. Spada, who hails from Shelby, N.C., earned his second All-American honor this preseason. He also made the Consensus Draft Services FCS All-America Team on June 2. Spada ranked third in the nation and led the Ohio Valley Conference with a 44.7 yards per punt average last season. He became only the third player in Redhawks football history to get All-American honors in multiple seasons. Spada was one of six OVC players named to this year's preseason Sports Network All-America Teams. The Colonial Athletic Association led all conferences with 20 players selected to the three squads. Three players from the 2008 national champion Richmond Spiders were among that group, including first-team guard Matthew McCracken, first-team cornerback Justin Rogers, and second-team linebacker Eric McBride. Villanova led all CAA teams with four players selected, including first- teamers in linebacker Osayi Osunde and tackle Ben Ijalana, while James Madison - which finished the 2008 regular season undefeated and ranked No. 1 in The Sports Network top-25 poll - earned three preseason All-America picks, including first-team defensive tackle Sam Daniels and kickoff returner Scotty McGee. Southern Illinois reeled in four of the Missouri Valley Football Conference's 12 selections, with linebacker Brandin Jordan the Salukis' representative on the first-team. Northern Iowa also grabbed three selections, with center Austin Stiecken on the first team. The Big Sky Conference, which led all leagues with 18 preseason All-Americans in 2008, had 11 players selected altogether. Defending Big Sky Conference co-champion Weber State landed seven players on the squad to lead all teams, led by first-teamers in running back Trevyn Smith and cornerback Josh Morris. Armanti Edwards, the 2008 Walter Payton Award winner, was one of six Appalachian State players to make the squad. The dynamic quarterback was joined on the first team by free safety Mark LeGree. Seven players who appeared on the final ballot for the 2008 Payton Award were selected to the All-America squad. Joining Edwards were running back William Ford of South Carolina State, receivers Terrell Hudgins of Elon and Andre Roberts of The Citadel on the first team, quarterback Dominic Randolph of Holy Cross on the second team, and running back David Sinisi of Monmouth earning third team recognition. LeGree, the third-place finisher in last season's Buck Buchanan Award race behind winner Greg Peach of Eastern Washington and Maine's Jovan Belcher, is one of just two Buchanan Award finalists on the All-America squad. He is joined by Central Arkansas defensive end Larry Hart, who placed seventh in 2008 Buchanan Award voting. All 14 FCS conferences were represented by at least one player on the squad, while 58 teams of the 126 playing in the Football Championship Subdivision received at least one All-America selection. Other teams with two or more All-America picks included Brown, Central Arkansas, Gardner-Webb, Massachusetts, Missouri State, Montana, Penn, Southern Utah and William & Mary. 2009 Preseason All-American Team First Team Offense
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