SIX MORAVIAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS NAMED TO CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

LANCASTER, PA --- Seniors kicker Brian Reckenbeil (Branchburg, NJ/Somerville HS), running back Tyler McCambridge (Northampton, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS) and defensive back Carl Robinson (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley HS), junior linebacker Michael Bishop (Nazareth, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) and sophomores linebacker Michael Crann (Columbia, NJ/North Warren Regional HS) and wide receiver Alex Hersch (Macungie, PA/Emmaus HS) have been named to the 2008 Centennial Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll.

The Centennial Conference recognized 300 student-athletes for performance in the classroom and field of play including 49 football players.  To be nominated for the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, a student must meet the following criteria: be a starter or key reserve on the team, a sophomore or higher in class standing and have a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher.

Reckenbeil, who was named to the All-Centennial Conference First Team and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team this fall, has continued to rewrite the Moravian record books with the best season as a kicker in school history, setting the school mark with 67 points on 28-of-28 extra-points and 13-of-19 field goals with a school record and career long of 47 yards.  Reckenbeil, pictured at right, is the all-time leading scorer at Moravian among all players with 221 career points, and he has made 98 extra-points and 41 field goals in four seasons.  Reckenbeil, who was on the All-Centennial Conference Second Team a year ago, has set the conference record with 57 straight extra-points over the last two seasons, and he has made 66 straight dating back to September 2006.  Reckenbeil is majoring in biology.

McCambridge, who has missed two of the last three games with an injury, has a team high 812 yards and nine touchdowns on 138 carries that included a career long run of 79 yards at Gettysburg College, the fifth longest run in school history.  McCambridge, who was on the All-Centennial Conference Second Team and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team this fall, is currently seventh in school history with 2,132 career rushing yards and fifth in career rushing attempts with 444.  McCambridge, who has 18 career rushing touchdowns, needs just 46 yards to move into sixth all-time, and he has caught the second longest touchdown pass in school history this season covering 80 yards against Johns Hopkins University.  McCambridge, who was on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2007, is majoring in biology.

Robinson, who was named to the All-Centennial Conference First Team this season, leads the Moravian defense for the second straight year with five interceptions.  Robinson, who was a member of the All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention and Centennial Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll last fall, has made 60 tackles to go along with a sack, three tackles for loss, a total of 12 passes defended including the five interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.  Robinson, pictured at right, has 14 career interceptions for Moravian and has started the last three seasons as a safety for Moravian.  Robinson is majoring in mathematics and secondary education.

Bishop, pictured at left, has contributed seven tackles and a fumble recovery in his second season with Moravian.  Bishop is majoring in accounting.

Crann, pictured at right, has nine tackles to go with a forced fumble.  Crann has not declared a major.

Hersch, pictured at bottom left, has 12 receptions for 168 yards and a touchdown, and he has returned seven kickoffs for 116 yards, 16.6 yards per return, and 15 punts for 112 yards, an average of 7.5 yards a return.  Hersch has not declared a major.

The Greyhounds will close out the 2008 season by hosting Salisbury University in the 2008 ECAC Division III Southwest Bowl on Saturday, November 22nd with kickoff slated for 12:00 p.m. at Rocco Calvo Field.  Moravian was 6-2 and tied for second in the Centennial Conference this fall.