Bowling Green State University Athletics
Five Falcons Earn All-MAC Recognition
December 02, 2002 | Football
Dec. 2, 2002
Cleveland, Ohio - Five players from the 2002 Bowling Green State University football team were among the 60 players honored today by the league's football coaches by being selected either first of second-team All-MAC.
Senior wide receiver Robert Redd was the Falcons lone first-team selection on offense, despite seeing the Falcons set league records for points scored and touchdowns. Redd set a BGSU record this season 83 receptions and his 973 yards was the second-most in school history. He also had nine TD catches.
Senior offensive tackle Dennis Wendel was a second-team selection at offensive line. Defensively, junior cornerback Janssen Patton (63 tackles, three interceptions) earned second-team honors for the second straight year. Senior nose tackle Alex Glantzis (59 tackles, 7 QB hurries) was named to the second-team as was senior linebacker Chris Haneline (95 tackles, 9 TFLs).
Eight members are repeat first-team selections from last year - Marshall quarterback Byron Leftwich, Ball State running back Marcus Merriweather, Redd, Marshall wide receiver Darius Watts, Marshall offensive lineman Steve Sciullo and Western Michigan tight end Mobolaji Afariogun on offense, and outside linebacker Matt Robillard of Miami and defensive back Vince Thompson of Northern Illinois on the defensive side of the ball.
MAC West Division co-champion Northern Illinois led the way with six first team selections while MAC Championship game participants Marshall and Toledo had four each. MAC newcomer University of Central Florida placed three on the first team as did Western Michigan. Marshall and Northern Illinois led all schools with 11 overall all-MAC honorees. Toledo placed eight players on this year's all-conference selections and UCF six.
First Team Offense TE-Mobolaji Afariogun, Western Michigan (Sr., Detroit, Mich.)##$$ C-Chris Tuminello, Toledo (Sr., Boardman, Ohio) OL-Steve Sciullo, Marshall (Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa.)++ OL-Nick Kaczur, Toledo (So., Brantford, Ontario)## OL-Tim Vincent, Northern Illinois (Sr., Galena, Ill.)## OL-Kyle Croskey, Central Michigan (Sr., East Lansing, Mich.) WR-Darius Watts, Marshall (Jr., College Park, Ga.)++ WR-Robert Redd, Bowling Green (Sr., Dayton, Ohio)++ WR-Kevin Walter, Eastern Michigan (Jr., Libertyville, Ill.)&& QB-Byron Leftwich, Marshall (Sr., Washington, D.C.)++ RB-Michael Turner, Northern Illinois (Jr., North Chicago, Ill.) RB-Marcus Merriweather, Ball State (Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind.)++ RB-Chad Brinker, Ohio (Sr., Martins Ferry, Ohio) PK-Jared Parseghian, Miami (So., Sylvania, Ohio)First Team Defense OLB-Larry Williams, Northern Illinois (Sr., Chicago, Ill.)&& OLB-Matt Robillard, Miami (Sr., Milford, Conn.)++ ILB-Tom Ward, Toledo (Sr., Defiance, Ohio) ILB-David Gardner, Toledo (Sr., Ellwood, Pa.) DL-Jason Babin, Western Michigan (Jr., Paw Paw, Mich.)## DL-Chris Browning, Western Michigan (Sr., Batavia, Ill.) DL-Elton Patterson, UCF (Sr., Tallahassee, Fla.) DL- Travis Moore, Northern Illinois (So., Robbins, Ill.) DB-Vince Thompson, Northern Illinois (Sr., Chicago, Ill.)++ DB- Randee Drew, Northern Illinois (Jr., Milwaukee, Wis.) DB-Asante Samuel, UCF, (Sr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) DB-Atari Bigby, UCF (So., Miami, Fla.) P-Curtis Head, Marshall (Jr., Shelbyville, Ky.)##
Second Team Offense (tie)TE-Craig Bartoszek, Buffalo (Sr., Salamanca, N.Y.)&& (tie)TE-Matt Dunker, Northern Illinois (Sr., Marengo, Ill.) C-Todd Ghilani, Northern Illinois (Jr., Elkhorn, Wis.) OL-David Miller, Ball State (Sr., Goshen, Ind.) OL-Dennis Wendel, Bowling Green (Sr., St. Henry, Ohio) OL-Stephen Peretta, Marshall (Sr., Garden City, N.Y.)## OL-Erik Faasen, Toledo (Jr., Belding, Mich.) WR-Jimmy Fryzel, UCF (Sr., Lakeland, Fla.) WR-Doug Gabriel, UCF (Sr., Orlando, Fla.) WR-Carl Ford, Toledo (Sr., Monroe, Mich.) QB-Ben Roethlisberger, Miami (So., Findlay, Ohio)## RB-Robbie Mixon, Central Michigan (Sr., Detroit, Mich.) RB-Ime Akpan, Eastern Michigan (Sr., Novi, Mich.) RB-Luke Clemens, Miami (Jr., Dayton, Ohio) PK-Steve Azar, Northern Illinois (So., Colorado Springs, Colo.)++^^
Second Team Defense OLB-Justin Beriault, Ball State (So., Indianapolis, Ind.) OLB-Brian Atkinson, Northern Illinois (So. Chicago, Ill.) ILB-Chris Haneline, Bowling Green (Sr., North Olmsted, Ohio) ILB-Nick Duffy, Northern Illinois (Jr., Wheaton, Ill.) DL-Alex Glantzis, Bowling Green (Sr., Mentor, Ohio) DL-Orlando Washington, Marshall (Jr., Accoville, W.Va.)## DL-Jamus Martin, Marshall (So., Martinsville, W.Va.) DL-Toriano Brown, Marshall (Jr., Batesville, Miss.) DB-Janssen Patton, Bowling Green (Jr., Stone Mountain, Ga.)## DB-Chris Crocker, Marshall (Sr., Chesapeake, Va.)++ DB-Bop White, Ohio (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio) DB-Brandon Hefflin, Toledo (Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) (tie) P-Ryan Flinn, UCF (Sr., Lehigh Acres, Fla.) (tie) P-David Rysko, Eastern Michigan (Jr., Rockford, Mich.)
Honorable Mention (top four remaining vote totals for a total of 60 all-MAC selections) WR-Josh Davis, Marshall (So., Hickory Grove, S.C.) OLB-Keon Jackson, Toledo (Fr., East Chicago, Ind.) ILB-Duran Smith, Marshall (Sr., Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.) ILB-Bryan Lape, Western Michigan (Sr., Jackson, Mich.)
++(2001 first-team all-MAC), ## (2001 second-team all-MAC), && (2001 honorable mention all-MAC), $$ (2000 first-team all-MAC), ^^ (2000 honorable mention all-MAC),
