SIAC Announces 2000 All-Conference Football Team

Atlanta, GA - Morehouse College coach Anthony Jones was picked byhis peers and seconded by the league's sports information directors as their choice for the Coach of the Year in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). Jones received all but two of the possible 16 votes. He leads a contingent of five Maroon Tigers selected First Team All-SIAC.

Junior running back, Alvon Brown of Kentucky State, was the top choice for three of the five superlative awards. He got the nod as George H. Hobson Offensive Back of the Year, SIAC Offensive Player of the Year and SIAC Player of the Year. Brown, the top rusher in the league this year with 1,578 yards on 308 rushing attempts and 20 touchdowns, repeats as Player of the Year and George H. Hobson Offensive Back.

Tuskegee University senior offensive lineman, Bennitte Waddell was picked as the W.s. M. Banks Lineman of the Year and Kelvin Powell, also of Tuskegee, repeated as Defensive Player of the Year. Waddell was names SIAC Player of the Week on several occasions during the regular season. Powell recorded 114 total tackles (66 solo hits) and two quarterback sacks during the season.

First Team Offense

Pos	Player	School	Ht	Wt	Cl	Hometown
OL	Rod Joseph	Kentucky State	6-5	320	Sr.	Rock Hill, SC
OL	Bennitte Waddell	Tuskegee	6-6	310	Sr.	Sanford, NC
OL	Dexter Well	Tuskegee	6-5	336	Jr.	Greenville, MS
OL	Jerry Jackson	Fort Valley State	6-6	310	Sr.	Sumter, SC
OC	Frederick Ellis	Tuskegee	6-1	360	Jr.	Decatur, GA
TE	Blanchard Thomas	Albany State	6-2	240	Sr.	Columbus, GA
WR	Brady Bobb	Kentucky State	5-11	190	Sr.	Houston, TX
WR	Kent Schoolfield	Fort Valley State	5-9	170	Jr.	Jacksonville, FL
QB	Chivalrik Daughtry	Morehouse	6-5	210	Jr.	Boynton Beach, FL
RB	Alvon Brown	Kentucky State	6-0	210	Jr.	Kankakee, IL
RB	Cleo Stinyard	Fort Valley State	5-10	185	Jr.	Dade City, FL
RS	Jeffrey Stanton	Tuskegee	5-11	175	So.	Montgomery, AL
PK	Byron Archibald	Morehouse	5-9	179	Fr.	Tuscaloosa, AL

First Team Defense

DL	Isaac Keys	Morehouse	6-4	265	Sr.	Florissant, MO
DL	Ahman Whitehead	Tuskegee	6-2	310	Sr.	Washington, DC
DL	Yarvis Pringle	Fort Valley State	6-3	245	Sr.	Macon, GA
DL	Tokunbol Adeshile	Albany State	6-0	272	Sr.	Vero Beach, FL
LB	John Grant	Morehouse	6-0	220	Jr.	East Point, GA
LB	Kelvin Powell	Tuskegee	6-1	230	Jr.	Shorter, AL
LB	Joseph Killins	Miles	6-3	241	Sr.	Birmingham, AL
CB	Ronald Smalls	Morehouse	5-8	145	Sr.	Olney, MD
CB	Roosevelt Williams	Tuskegee	6-1	205	Jr.	Jacksonville, FL
FS	Cedric Jackson	Albany State	6-2	210	Sr.	Carrollton, GA
SS	Willie Washington	Tuskegee	5-11	200	Jr.	Naples, FL
PU	Jason Lee	Tuskegee	6-2	228	Sr.	Ft. Wayne, IN

W.S.M. Banks Lineman of the Year: Bennitte Waddell, Tuskegeee University

George H. Hobson Offensive Back of the Year: Alvon Brown, Kentucky State University

Player of the Year: Alvon Brown, Kentucky State University

Offensive Player of the Year: Alvon Brown, Kentucky State University

Defensive Player of the Year: Kelvin Powell, Tuskegee University

Coach of the Year: Anthony Jones, Morehouse College

Second Team Defense

DL	Kevin Rhodes	Kentucky State	6-1	235	Sr.	Kankakee, IL
DL	Damon Tolson	Tuskegee	6-6	290	Jr.	Washington, DC
DL	Avo Adwater	Albany State	6-3	265	Sr.	Litnonia, GA
DL	Gvonie Jeffries	Lane				St. Louis, MO
LB	Vernell Rogers	Kentucky State	6-4	220	So.	Cincinnati, OH
LB	John Deloach	Fort Valley State	6-1	230	Jr.	West Palm Beach, FL
LB	Grian Grier	Albany State	6-0	226	Sr.	Union City, GA
CB	Cary Scott	Kentucky State	6-1	200	Sr.	Savannah, GA
CB	Eric Hall	Albany State	6-0	187	Sr.	Lithonia, GA
FS	Shaun Caldwell	Morehouse	6-2	1195	Sr.	Olney, MD
SS	Tommy Jackson	Albany State	6-1	215	So.	Quitman, GA
PU	Eric Bren	Lane				Covington, TN

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