Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami Football Names Clayton Mullins Team MVP for 2007
1/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 20, 2008
OXFORD - Clayton Mullins, Miami University's leading tackler this past season, has been named as RedHawk football's Most Valuable Player for 2007. The presentation was made Sunday (Jan. 20) at the team's annual football banquet, held at MU's Shriver Center.
Mullins, a junior linebacker who hails from Fairborn High School, was named the Mid-American Conference's Defensive Player of the Year last November. He was the MAC's top tackler last fall, totaling 143 stops, an average of 11 per game.
Coach Shane Montgomery's 2007 squad recorded a 6-7 overall record, sharing the MAC East Division title and earning a berth in the MAC Championship Game at Detroit's Ford Field for the third time in the last five years.
Other individual award winners included:
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING: Jeff Thompson (So., DB, Worthington)
JOHN BAUMES FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Eugene Harris (R-Fr., WR/PR, Atlanta, GA)
JOHN SCHERZ OUTSTANDING WALK-ON: Mike Rummler (R-Fr., long snapper, Cincinnati)
TRENCH WARRIOR: Steve Meister (Sr., OC, Allison Park, PA)
VIC WALTZ OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: Joe Coniglio (Jr., DE, Rockford, IL)
KEITH SWAILES OUTSTANDING JUNIOR: Joey Hudson (Jr., MLB, Piqua)
SPECIAL TEAMS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jake Richardson (Jr., P, Oxford)
CAPTAINS AWARD: Mike Kokal (Sr., QB, Warren); Brandon Murphy (Sr., TB, Strongsville); Joey Hudson; Steve Meister
OFFENSIVE SCOUT OF THE YEAR: Mitch Anderson (R-Fr., WR, Canton)
DEFENSIVE SCOUT OF THE YEAR: Matt Kajmowicz (Fr., DL, Hinsdale, IL)
SOARING HAWKS: Cory Jones (Sr., RB, Florence, MS); Austin Sykes (Sr., TB, Coraopolis, PA); Jerrid Gaines (Sr., DB, Springfi eld); Charlie Norden (Sr., OT, Dublin); Craig Mester (Sr., DE, Grand Rapids, MI)
GAME BALL WINNERS: Ball State: Brandon Murphy (off ense), Caleb Bostic (defense, So., LB, Galloway), Eugene Harris (special teams)
Cincinnati: Joey Hudson (defense)
Syracuse: Cory Jones (off ense), Clayton Mullins (defense), Jake Richardson (special teams)
Kent State: Jake O'Connell (offense, Jr., TE, Naples, FL), Robbie Wilson (defense, Jr., DB, Cincinnati), Nate Parseghian (special teams, Jr., PK, Sylvania)
Bowling Green: Austin Sykes (offense), Steve Meister (offense), Dave DiFranco (offense, Jr., OL, LaGrange), Joey Hudson (defense), Ryan Kennedy (special teams, Fr., LB, Libertyville, IL)
Buffalo: Cory Jones (offense), Daniel Raudabaugh (offense), Jeff Thompson (defense), Joe Coniglio (defense)
Akron: Clayton Mullins (defense), Craig Mester (defense)
2007 VARSITY LETTER WINNERS: Ben Bennett (So., DB, Capitol Heights, MD); Caleb Bostic; Wendell Brunson (So., DB, Fort Pierce, FL); Martin Channels (So., DL, Xenia); Joe Coniglio; Trevor Cook (So., PK, Sioux Falls, SD); Morris Council (Fr., DL, Decatur, GA); Tom Crabtree (Jr., TE, Carroll); Travis Craven (So., DL, Fort Wayne, IN); David Davis (Fr., LB, Decatur, GA); Nick DeBartalo (Jr., DL, Pittsburgh, PA); Kyle Decker (Jr., Holder, Granville); Dave DiFranco; Peris Edwards (R-Fr., DB, Toledo); Jared Elliott (Jr., WR, Franklin, TN); Jordan Gaff ord (So., DB, Columbus); Jerrid Gaines; Chris Givens (Fr., WR, Chillicothe); Bob Gulley (R-Fr., OL, Berea); Eugene Harris; Ben Huddle (Jr., DL, Columbus); Joey Hudson; Cory Jones; Ryan Kennedy; Mike Kokal; Pat LaMonica (Sr., WR, Dublin); Kyle Lovas (Sr., OL, Westerville); Nate Mahon (Sr., TE, Hamilton); Mickey Mann (Jr., LB, Amherst); Zach Marshall (So., OL, Cincinnati); Sean McVay (Jr., WR, Marietta, GA); Steve Meister; Thomas Merriweather (Fr., RB, Florissant, MO); Craig Mester; Clayton Mullins; Brandon Murphy; Charlie Norden; Jake O'Connell; Brian Palascak (Jr., DB, Chicago, IL); Nathan Parseghian; Mark Paun (So., DL, Strongsville); Donovan Potter (R-Fr., WR, Trotwood); Daniel Raudabaugh; Sean Redwine (R-Fr., DL, Reading, OH); Jake Richardson; Armand Robinson (R-Fr., WR, Reynoldsburg); Jamal Rogers (Fr., WR, Fort Myers, FL); Mike Rummler; Josh Satterthwait (Jr., OL, Roswell, GA); Pat Shepard (Jr., TE, Pittsburgh, PA); Chris Shula (Jr., LB, Cooper City, FL); Brandon Stephens (R-Fr., DB, Strongsville); Jordan Stevens (R-Fr., DL, Monroeville, PA); Alex Stewart (R-Fr., DL, Westerville); Steve Sutter (Jr., OL, Saint Henry); D.J. Svabik (R-Fr., DL, Van Wert); Austin Sykes; Jeff Thompson; Pete Walters (Sr., OL, Columbus); Robbie Wilson; Dustin Woods (So., WR, Cincinnati).
--MURedHawks.com--
