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ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNER
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 11, 2009
CONTACT: JEFF HODGES - (256) 765-4595
JOIQUE BELL WINS 2009 HARLON HILL TROPHY AS DIVISION II
FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
FLORENCE, Ala.
-- Wayne State
(Mich.) University senior running back Joique Bell
claimed the Harlon Hill Trophy Friday as the 2009
Division II College Football Player of the Year.
Bell received 138 total points and held a
commanding 42-point margin in the voting. West Liberty (W.V.)
University junior quarterback Zach Amedro finished
second in the voting with 96 total points and Arkansas
Tech University senior quarterback Nick Graziano was
third with 59 points.
The award winner is
determined in voting by the Division II sports
information directors and was presented in front of a
crowd of 400 at the 24th annual Harlon Hill Trophy award
banquet at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center.
The Harlon Hill Trophy
is sponsored by the City of Florence,
Florence-Lauderdale Tourism, Opti-Net, Marriott Shoals
Hotel and Spa and Herff Jones.
Bell, a senior from Benton
Harbor, Mich., received 31 first-place votes in the
balloting to 16 for Amedro.
With Bell's selection, it marks the fourth
straight year that the Hill Trophy has gone to a running
back, after a streak of seven straight wins by
quarterbacks from 1999 to 2005. At the conclusion of the
Division II regular season, Bell led all four NCAA
divisions in rushing yards per game (189.45), scoring
(17.5 points per game) and all-purpose yards (217.5 per
game).
He is the 2009 Great
Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the
Year as voted by the league's coaches. He is also a
four-time first-team All-GLIAC selection and finished
his career with 6,728 career rushing yards, sixth best
in Division II history and eighth best in NCAA history
for all divisions.
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