Metropolitan New York Football Writers Awards Announced
DANBURY, Conn - The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) will recognize the achievements of the student-athletes, coaches and officials at the annual Eastern College Football Awards Banquet on Feb. 23 at MetLife Stadium beginning at 6 p.m.
The ECAC is proud to partner with the Metropolitan New York Football Writers to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of various coaches and student-athletes across Divisions I, II and III. Below are the 2016-17 award winners presented by American Football Networks, Inc.
Vince Lombardi Foundation Coach of the Year
Monte Cater - Shepherd University
Bob Ford FCS Coach of the Year
Mike Houston - James Madison University
Jim Butterfield DIII Coach of the Year
Mike Welch - Ithaca College
Jimmie McDowell FBS Communications Award
Scott Strasemeier - United States Naval Academy
Kathy Slattery FCS Communications Award
Joe DiBari - Fordham University
American Football Networks JUCO Coach of the Year
Mark Duda - Lackawanna College
Bob Kenworthy DIII Communications Award
Roger Crosley - New England Football Writers
American Football Networks DII Player of the Year
Billy Brown - Shepherd University
American Football Networks DII Offensive Lineman of the Year
Jordan Morgan - Kutztown University
Jay Berwanger DIII Player of the Year
A.J. LiCata - Alfred University
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner DIII Offensive Lineman of the Year
Willie Britt - Muhlenberg College
Rocky Myers DIII Defensive Player of the Year
Austin Tennessee - Stevenson University
All Lambert and ECAC Major Award recipients, along with all ECAC Football All-Stars, will be honored at the banquet.
The 2016 ECAC Teams of the Year and Lambert Meadowlands Awards winners can be found
here.
A full list of major award winners can be found
here.
ABOUT THE ECAC
In the 77 years since its inception, the ECAC has emerged as the nation's largest Conference, ranging in location from Maine to Georgia, and westerly to Missouri. In 2015-16, the ECAC hosted nearly 100 championships in men's and women's sports as the sponsors of over 5,800 varsity teams and 111,000 student-athletes. For more information, visit
www.ecacsports.com.
ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK FOOTBALL WRITERS (MNYFW)
The Eastern Football Network (EFN), a subsidiary of American Football Networks, Inc. (AFN) founded in 1956, is affiliated with the Metropolitan New York Football Writers (MNYFW), New England College Football Writers (NECFW) and Philadelphia Area Football Writers (PFWA). The Eastern Football Network (EFN) has covered every college football program within the District of Columbia and the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia since 1988.
American Football Networks, Inc. is the Custodian-Operator of the Lambert Trophy, established in 1936 to honor the best college football team in the East. Over the last eight decades with the change in the landscape of college football, Lambert Cups have been created to recognize the top FCS, D-II and D-III programs. Selection panels conduct weekly polls for each award with the final selections the first week of January honored at the Eastern College Football Awards Banquet in February, hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ.
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