Thursday, December 6, 2001

PENCE NAMED HONORABLE MENTION ECAC ALL-STAR

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Junior defensive back Jarrod Pence (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) of the Moravian College football team has been named as a 2001 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Southeast Football Honorable Mention All-Star. 

The team was announced on December 5^th and was voted on by the football coaches from the ECAC Division III Southeast Football Region, which consists of the Middle Atlantic Conference, the New Jersey Athletic Conference and several independent schools.

Pence helped lead the Greyhounds to a 5-5 overall record this season with victories in the squad's last two games.  Moravian has a 93-59-1 record under head coach Scot Dapp, who has completed his 15th year at the school, and Dapp has had 12 winning seasons during his tenure.

Pence was one of 41 players selected to the first team and honorable mention in the Southeast Region.  The MAC had 17 players selected to the All-ECAC Teams with Widener University wide receiver Jim Jones and Rowan University quarterback Tony Racioppi named the Southeast Co-Players of the Year, and William Paterson (NJ) University wide receiver Brian Lowenstein tabbed as the Southeast Rookie of the Year.

Pence, who moved to cornerback this season after two years at safety, was a MAC First Team All-Star and Football Gazette Third Team All-Region selection this season.  Pence led Moravian and the MAC with 36 pass break-ups this season with a team high five interceptions.  Pence also added 51 tackles with 33 solo stops, two tackles for loss and one forced fumble.  Pence had seven tackles, a forced fumble and a school record tying three interceptions in Moravian's 17-7 victory over rival Muhlenberg College.