The Atlantic Central Football Conference office announced its
2007 All-ACFC teams on Thursday and the Apprentice School had seven
players named to either the first or second team.
Highlighting that was
senior Travis Reid who became the first Apprentice School player to
be named Offensive Player of the Year in the ACFC. The senior
from Goose Creek, S.C. earned his second straight first-team
selection after a season for the record books. He became the
first Apprentice School player in the 87-year history of football
at the school to catch over 1,000 yards in passes as he finished
with 1,049. Reid set school career records for catches (169),
yards (2.895) and touchdowns (33). His 104.9 yards per game
average broke the ACFC record for a single season.
Another two-time
first team honoree was center Jonathon Gladden. The
Charlotte, N.C. native has only missed one game in his four-year
career after coming from Independence High School where his teams
never lost in his four years. Gladden was recently named to
the First Team Academic All-District III team by the College Sports
Information Directors Association for the second straight
year. That puts him on the ballot for Academic All-American
honors to be announced later this month.
In the defensive
backfield, senior Quentin Forbes joins Reid and Gladden as two-time
first team selections. Forbes, a native of Chesapeake,
returned an interception 42-yards in the four-overtime heartbreaker
against Chowan last Saturday. Had 12 tackles at
19th-ranked Salisbury and 10 tackles against
Chowan. He was tied for the team lead in tackles (65) which
ranked him 12th in the ACFC. Forbes was tied for
eighth in passes defended and was ninth in tackles for a loss.
Four players were
named to the second team All-ACFC with linebackers Jeremy Smith and
Desmond Isaac starting that group. Smith, from Pelham, Ga.,
shared the team lead in tackles with Forbes and had a career high
14 against SUNY Brockport. Isaac, from St. Stephen, SC, moved
into the starting lineup at midseason and developed into a
ball-hawking linebacker. A two-time ACFC Rookie of the Week
honoree after eight tackles against Wesley and nine against SUNY
Brockport.
Senior Franako Smith
earned second team honors in the defensive backfield. The
native of Americus, Ga., had a season-high eight tackles against
Emory & Henry and two interceptions against Morrisville State -
returning one for a touchdown. Also earning second team
honors was punter Phil Caralla. The Tampa, Fla. native
averaged 35.6 yards per punt and did not have one blocked in his 56
punts this year. He hit a season-best 56 yarder against
Fairmont State and had 53 yard punts against Southern Virginia and
SUNY Brockport.
Earning honorable
mention awards were quarterback Kyle Franklin and kicker Matt
Edelen. Franklin finished his career with a streak of 230
passes without an intercpetion, while Edelen nailed 91.2% of his
extra-point attempts (31-of-34) to set school season records in
those categories.
