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News Release P.O. Box 3, Centerville, Massachusetts 02632 508/771-5060 508/771-9481 (fax) www.ecac.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 18, 2006 Contact: Ciaran Cullen Bushnell Communications Assistant ECAC ANNOUNCES DIVISION III NORTHEAST FOOTBALL ALL-STARS CAPE COD, Mass. -- The Interim Commissioner of the ECAC Steve Bamford has announced the ECAC Division III Northeast Football All-Stars. Williams College junior quarterback Patrick Lucey has been named ECAC Northeast Player of the Year, in addition to first team offensive honors. The New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Offensive Player of the Year led the Ephs to an 8-0 record this season and the NESCAC Championship. Lucey threw for 1,528 yards on the season with 14 passing touchdowns and ended the season with a 165.8 passing efficiency rating. United States Coast Guard Academy freshman defensive back Steve Arguellas has earned ECAC Northeast Rookie of the Year honors for his debut while being named to the defensive first team and the special teams first team. Arguellas ended the year with 59 total tackles and a nation;s best 11 interceptions. He averaged 24.9 kick return yards per game and 22.6 punt return yards. The ECAC will honor seven football players of the year and rookies of the year this month. These include one each in Division I-A, I-AA and II and four in the Division III (Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest). Throughout the season, the conference honored more than 150 players of the week in the publicity bureau. Lucey and Arguellas will be honored at the annual Eastern College Football Awards Banquet presented by FieldTurf Tarkett in February 2007. The annual event honors the top football playing institutions and student-athletes in the East. The banquet will feature the presentation of the Lambert Meadowlands Awards, the ECAC Players of the Year and Rookies of the Year, the ECAC Teams of the Year, as well as the Red Hill Awards which recognize the ECAC Football Officials of the Year. 2006 ECAC Division III Northeast All-Stars PLAYER OF THE YEAR: PATRICK LUCEY, WILLIAMS COLLEGE DL - KEVIN RYAN, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE DL - TOM PINTO, CURRY COLLEGE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: STEVE ARGUELLAS, U.S. COAST GUARD DL - MIKE SIRIGNANO, BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE ACADEMY DL - ANTHONY FIGUEIREDO, WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE LB - SEAN CROWLEY, CURRY COLLEGE FIRST TEAM OFFENSE LB - BRYAN MEUSE, NICHOLS COLLEGE OL - RYAN SIFFLARD, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY LB - JACK GILL, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY OL - JOE FELLINI, PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY LB - CHRIS DECEMBRELE, TUFTS UNIVERSITY OL - CHRIS KENNEY, WILLIAMS COLLEGE OL - BRIAN MORRILL, CURRY COLLEGE FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS OL - ROB CUNNINGHAM, UMASS-DARTMOUTH P - JESSE HARMS, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY OL - JOHN MIHALKO, TRINITY COLLEGE K - STEVE HAUSCHKA, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE WR -KEVIN MICULCY, WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE RS - STEVE ARGUELLAS, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY WR - JON DRENCKHAHN, WILLIAMS COLLEGE QB - PATRICK LUCEY, WILLIAMS COLLEGE HONORABLE MENTION RB - JARRAD JORDAN, CURRY COLLEGE DB - JOHN BASCON, BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE RB - J.T. HAROLD, UMASS-DARTMOUTH DB - ZANE FYFE, BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE TE - CHARLES GRYSKA, UMASS-DARTMOUTH QB - CHRISTIAN GEORGE, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY DL - TERENCE RYAN, BATES COLLEGE FIRST TEAM DEFENSE LB - DAN DUFOUR, CURRY COLLEGE DB - STEVE ARGUELLAS, U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY RS - MARK HANNON, AMHERST COLLEGE DB - PAT CRONIN, CURRY COLLEGE DB - MIKE SOULES, TRINITY COLLEGE DB - ELLIOTT MOFFIE, WILLIAMS COLLEGE.