USD Football 2007

PFL Commissioner: Administrative Assistant: Office Phone: Media Relations Contact:

Patty Viverito Maxine Day (314) 421-2268 Cody Bush (931) 221-7561 BushC@apsu.edu (931) 221-7562 pioneer-football.org

Bush's Phone: Bush's Email: Office Fax: PFL Website:

The 2007 season marks the 15th year for the Pioneer Football League, which returns to a non-divisional format for the second season since the 2000 season. After live seasons playing a North-South divisional format, the league saw its numbers reduced to eight after the 2005 season (Austin Peay leaving the conference to return to scholarship football) and those remaining members voted to adopt a full-round robin scheduling format for 2006. Additionally, the PFL champion will participate in the Gridiron Classic versus the champion of the Northeast Conference for the second straight year. The PFL, a non-scholarship NCAA Division I-AA football conference, is one of only three conferences that sponsor football as its only sport (the Gateway Football Conference and Great West Football Conferences being the others). However, the PFL is a truly national conference with members on each coast and throughout the nation's heartland. The league still retains four of its charter members - Butler University, the University of Dayton, Drake University and Valparaiso University, plus the University of San Diego Goining in 1992) - which were joined in 2001 by four new teams, three of which remain today - Da– vidson College, Jacksonville University and Morehead State University. In January 1991 the NCAA passed legislation to require Division I institutions to sponsor all intercollegiate sports at the Division I level. The live charter members (Evansville the fifth before dropping football in 1997), each dedicated to the enhancement and sound management of intercollegiate football as an integral part of the student-athletes' collegiate experience, joined together to form the Pioneer Football League. From the league's inception it has been a proponent of the creation of a non-scholarship football classification within Division I and adopted the moniker of Pioneer based on the intent to become the first league in that new division. The PFL is comprised of NCAA Division I universities that previously sponsored intercollegiate football at other levels with the exception of Jacksonville, which started a non-scholarship program in 1998. All are currently committed to the non-scholarship football model. The PFL began play in 1993 with Dayton winning the league's first crown. T he league spent its first season in 1993 under the administrative guidance of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, and the of/ice moved to St. Louis in 1994 when current commissioner Patty Viverito was named the PFL commissioner, a leadership position she continues to /ill.

'06 fIRST-TEAl\I ALL-PFL OFFENSE Brett Dioguardi, WR, Davidson ick Ruhe, WR, Dayton Chris Ramsey, TE, San Diego Josh Johnson, QB, San Diego Jordan PaoPao, OL, San Diego Grant Jennings, OL, Morehead State Mike Iafrate, OL, Davidson Matt Haas, OL, Drake Gabe DeAnda, OL, San Diego DEFENSE Eric Bakhtiari, DL, San Diego Kevin Jennings, DL, Drake Jimmy Riker, DL, Valparaiso Chris Marzotto, DL, Butler John Hope, LB, Dayton James Adams, LB, Drake Kyson Hawkins, LB, San Diego iel Andrews, LB, Davidson Josh Brisco, DB, San Diego Chase McBride, DB, San Diego Patrick FitzGerald, DB, Davidson Jacob Craig, Db, Drake Andy Green, DB, Drake Robeson oel, DB, Jacksonville David Hyland, Db, Morehead State SPECIAL TEAMS Brad Smith, PK, Davidson Cyrus Maddox, P, Davidson ick Feldman, RS, Morehead State Willie Cashmore, FB, Drake JT Rogan, RB, San Diego Scott Phaydavong, RB, Drake

'06 SECOND-TEAl\I ALL-PrL

'06 PrL ALL-,\CADEl\IIC TEAl\I

OFFENSE Wes Doyle, WR, San Diego Ben Hannula, WR, San Diego Dan Marx, TE, Drake Ryan Alexander, QB, Davidson Jon Polk, FB, San Diego Jerry Brant, RB,Jacksonville Jabari McGee, RB, Morehead State Pat Rich, OL, Jacksonville Mike Schilling, OL, Valparaiso Matt Huber, OL, Drake Anthony Swope, OL, Drake Josue Sanchez, OL, Jacksonville Spencer Hollison, OL, San Diego DEFENSE Jim Walter, DL, Davidson Kyle Sand, DL, Morehead State Ryan Young, DL, Jacksonville Jake Ramos, DL, Drake Eric Stern, DL, San Diego Nick Ross, LB, Drake Mike Marzotto, LB, Butler Charlie Thompson, DB, Valparaiso Patrick O'Neill, DB, San Diego Matt Easton, DB, Davidson Tyler Marley, DB, Drake SPECIAL TEAMS Logan Rees, PK, Drake Mason Webb, P, Morehead State Nick Ruhe, RS, Dayton Brian Kelly, LB, Dayton Brian Conway, LB, Drake

SAN DIEGO FIRST TEAM

OFFENSE Wes Doyle, WR, Business Administration, 3.62 Ben Hannula, WR, Business Administration, 3.56 Jordan PaoPao, OL, Accounting, 3.08 DEFENSE Kyson Hawkins, LB, Business Administration, 3.66 Patrick O'Neill, DB, Business Administration, 3.80

SAN DIEGO SECOND TEAM

OFFENSE Clayton Austin, OL, Accounting, 3.19 Jon Polk, RB, Political Science, 3.15 DEFENSE Josh Brisco, DB, Communications, 3.00

Chris Gianelli, DL, Electrical Engineering, 3.46 Chase McBride, DB, Business Administration, 3.26

SPECIAL TEAMS Mark Cianciulli, RS, Business/Real Estate, 3.57