Monday, January 9, 2006

MORAVIAN’S SALVATORE DEWALT & CHRIS JACOUBS NAMED TO 2005
DON HANSEN’S FOOTBALL GAZETTE ALL-EAST REGION TEAMS

WESTMONT, IL --- Senior offensive lineman Salvatore DeWalt (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) and junior running back Chris Jacoubs (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven HS) of the Moravian College football team have been named to the 2005 Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette All-East Region Teams. DeWalt was named to the second team while Jacoubs was an honorable mention selection.

The duo helped the Greyhounds post a 7-4 record this season with a 5-4 slate in the Middle Atlantic Conference, which was good enough to tie for fourth place after the Greyhounds were selected second in the MAC preseason poll. Moravian also won the 2005 ECAC Southwest Bowl Championship with a 14-7 victory over Frostburg State (MD) University.

DeWalt, Moravian’s starting left guard, helped anchor the Greyhounds’ offensive line, which returned four starters this year. DeWalt helped the Moravian offense average 357.9 yards per game, including 197.5 yards per contest on the ground, which currently ranks 43rd in the nation. DeWalt and the rest of the offense line allowed just 13 sacks this season.

DeWalt, who was a 2005 Preseason All-American by Lindy's magazine, was on the All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team in 2004 and 2005. DeWalt was on the Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-East Region First Team and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Southeast All-Star First Team in 2004.

In his third season, Jacoubs has rewritten the Moravian record books. Jacoubs led Moravian with 1,014 yards and ten touchdowns on 228 carries this season. Jacoubs has 3,854 yards (first all-time at Moravian) in just 31 career games with 17 100-plus yard games in 26 starts, including four games over 200 yards. Jacoubs became the first player in school history to reach 3,000 rushing yards in a career against Susquehanna University and the only player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back-to-back seasons in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He is also first all-time with 216 points, 36 career touchdowns, and 786 career rushing attempts.

Jacoubs, who was the MAC Rookie of the Year in 2003 and on the All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team the last two years, was on the ECAC Division III Southeast All-Star First Team last season and the Rookie of the Year in 2003. Jacoubs was also on the Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-East Region Second Team last season.

The full Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-East Region Team can be viewed at http://www.donhansen.com/AA/2005/2005%20Div%20III%20East%20All-Region%20Team.pdf.