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[email protected] web site: www.gliac.org/mens/football/ November 9, 2005 For immediate release SVSU’s John DiGiorgio Named 2005 GLIAC Football Player of the Year 2005 GLIAC Football Postseason Awards Player of the Year: John DiGiorgio, Saginaw Valley State University Freshman of the Year: Luke Krombach, Northwood University Offensive Back of the Year: Cullen Finnerty, Grand Valley State University Offensive Lineman of the Year: Josh Bourke, Grand Valley State University Defensive Back of the Year: Devin Conwell, Ashland University Defensive Lineman of the Year: Michael McFadden, Grand Valley State University Coach of the Year: Lee Owens, Ashland University BAY CITY, Mich. -- Saginaw Valley State University senior linebacker John DiGiorgio (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower) was named the 2005 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Football “Player of the Year” in balloting conducted by the league’s head coaches. Northwood University offensive center Luke Krombach (Grayslake, Ill./Carmel) was voted “Freshman of the Year” while Ashland University’s Lee Owens garnered “Coach of the Year” honors. The rest of the GLIAC’s postseason awards were chosen as follows: junior quarterback Cullen Finnerty (Brighton, Mich.) of Grand Valley State University was named “Offensive Back of the Year;” senior safety Devin Conwell (Baltimore, Md./Montgomery C.C.) of Ashland earned “Defensive Back of the Year” honors; senior tackle Josh Bourke (Tecumseh, Ontario/Orchard Lake St. Marys) of Grand Valley State was named “Offensive Lineman of the Year;” while fellow Laker, junior Michael McFadden (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage), earned the League’s “Defensive Lineman of the Year” title.