Dec. 29, 2003
Pocatello, ID -- 2003 Buck Buchanan winner Jared Allen has earned another honor, being named to the inaugural College Sports Television All-America squad. The honor makes Allen four-for-four in earning top All-American Honors.
Allen previously was named a first team All-American by the Sports Network, by the Associated Press, and by the American Football COaches Association. He is expected to earn first team honors as well from the Walter Camp Foundation and the Football Gazette.
The CSTV All-America team, selected by the CSTV and CSTV.com editorial staff, was announced last night within the CSTV Primetime live studio show originating from the CSTV Fieldhouse in New York.
CSTV, the first 24-hour college sports network, is available to more than 15 million homes nationally on cable and satellite. The network is available on Adelphia and Insight cable systems, among others, and is also available on DirecTV (channel 610). For information on CSTV availability in particular markets, consumers can log on to www.cstv.com or call their cable or satellite operator.
2003 CSTV Division I-AA Football All-America Team
OFFENSE
QB Andy Hall, Delaware, Senior
RB Jamaal Branch, Colgate, Junior
RB Germaine Bennett, Delaware, Senior
WR Javarus Dudley, Fordham, Senior
WR Efrem Hill, Samford, Junior
TE Adam Bergen, Lehigh, Junior
OL Buster Ashley, Western Kentucky, Junior
OL Eric Deutsch, Wofford, Senior
OL Dwight Hudler, McNeese State, Senior
OL Dylan McFarland, Montana, Senior
OL Jason Nerys, Delaware, Senior
DEFENSE
DL Shawn Johnson, Delaware, Senior
DL Steve Baggs, Bethune-Cookman, Senior
DL Jared Allen, Idaho State, Senior
DL K.T. Stovall, Appalachian State, Senior
LB Boomer Grigsby, Illinois State, Junior
LB Dante Balestracci, Harvard, Senior
LB Lee Russell, Western Illinois, Senior
DB Kane Ioane, Montana State, Senior
DB Matt Nelson, Wofford, Senior
DB Brent Hafford, Stephen F. Austin, Senior
DB Tyrone Parsons, Alcorn State, Senior
SPECIALISTS
PK: Chris Snyder, Montana, Senior
P: Mark Gould, Northern Arizona, Senior
AP: B.J. Sams, McNeese State, Senior
CSTV: College Sports Television televises regular season and championship event coverage in football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse and other sports from the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Sky, Big Ten, Big 12, Big West and Conference USA, as well as the Horizon League, Ivy League, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC and West Coast Conferences. CSTV also has programming agreements with the NCAA, U.S. Olympic Committee and NAIA. The network presents NCAA postseason action in baseball, lacrosse, women's ice hockey, field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's water polo, gymnastics and track & field. For more information on CSTV, log on to www.cstv.com.
College Sports Television was co-founded by President/CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Stephen Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN and which is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company's successful foray into the college market. For more information on College Sports Television, log on to www.cstv.com.
