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Dec. 3, 2008

Football: Brandon Summers, Kamryn Keys Pace Sweep of MVFC Newcomer Awards

    St. Louis, Mo. – Junior quarterback Brandon Summers and redshirt freshman tailback Kamryn Keys gave the Youngstown State football team a rare sweep as both captured the Missouri Valley Football Conference's Newcomer and Freshman-of-the-Year honors, the league announced on Wednesday.
    Only once previously have players from the same school received both awards in the same season (Southern Illinois in 2002).
    Joining Summers (Southfield, Mich.) and Keys (McKeesport, Pa.) on the All-Newcomer squads were junior wide receiver Donald Jones (Plainfield, N.J.), sophomore safety Andre Elliott (Maple Heights, Ohio) and junior defensive tackle Crispin Fernandez (Porterville, Calif.). YSU led the conference with five players named to the all-newcomer squad.

A YSU player has been tabbed Valley Football Newcomer of the Year three of the past four seasons. Marcus Mason earned the award in 2005, Ferlando Williams was the recipient in 2007 and Summers in 2008.
Summers, a transfer from Toledo, threw 18 TD passes, tying for the most in a regular season in YSU history, while playing in just 10 games. He completed 122-of-195 passes for 1,540 yards and ran for 190 yards on 77 attempts with three touchdowns. He set a YSU record with a pass efficiency of 152.18.

Keys, meanwhile, is the first YSU freshman to earn the top honor as Freshmen of the Year. Keys started six games and set a Youngstown State record for rushing yards by a freshman with 804 on 136 attempts. He averaged 5.9 yards per rush and had 100-yard games against North Dakota State, Missouri State, UNI and Indiana State.

QB - #6 Brandon Summers, 6-0, 210, Jr., Toledo/Southfield H.S.
Threw 18 touchdown passes, tying for the most in a regular season in school history…played in 10 of 12 games…completed 122-of-195 passes for 1,540 yards…ran for 190 yards on 77 attempts and scored three touchdowns…high rushing game was 64 yards against North Dakota State…set school single-game records for completions (32 against Liberty) and touchdown passes (4 at Illinois State)…had a career-high 347 yards passing at Illinois State…threw for 334 yards against Liberty…had 208 yards at WIU…threw 11 touchdowns and just two interceptions in final four games of the season…set school record for single-season completion percentage 62.6…had a school-record efficiency of 152.18...had rushing scores against Liberty, North Dakota State and Western Illinois.

RB - #9 Kamryn Keys, 5-11, 185, RFr., McKeesport H.S.
Played in 12 games, starting six…set school record for rushing yards by a freshman with 804 on 136 attempts…averaged 5.9 yards per rush…had 100-yard games against North Dakota State, Missouri State, UNI and Indiana State…had five touchdowns…averaged 67.0 yards per game…caught eight passes.

WR - #81 Donald Jones, 6-0, 200, Jr., Lackawanna JC/Plainfield H.S.
Caught 31 passes for 510 yards and seven touchdowns…caught a touchdown pass in each of the final four games, including two against Indiana State…had a reception in 11 of 12 games…had four receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown at Illinois State…had four grabs for 82 yards and a touchdown at WIU…caught a season-high six passes for 75 yards against the Sycamores…caught a 51-yard touchdown pass against UNI…in league play had 21 receptions, six of which were for touchdowns…had 50 yards or more in five games.

DT - # 90 Crispin Fernandez, 5-10, 270, Jr., Bakersfield CC/Monache H.S.
Only defensive player to start all 12 games…started both tackle and end during season…recorded 42 total tackles, including 20 solo stops…had at least four tackles in six games…posted a high of six stops at Missouri State…team leader with four sacks, three of which came in league play…had 6.5 tackles for losses…had five stops against Southern Illinois and Illinois State and four vs. WIU, Liberty and North Dakota State.

FS - #2 Andre Elliott, 6-2, 190, So., Gardner-Webb/Maple Heights, Ohio
Finished second on the team with 89 tackles, including 39 solos stops…had double figures in tackles three times…had 11 stops against North Dakota State and Liberty while finishing with 10 at Illinois State…credited with nine stops at Missouri State and South Dakota State…had at least seven tackles in eight games…forced fumbles against Liberty and Western Illinois…recovered a fumble against Central State…had three pass breakups…blocked a kick against Southern Illinois…sat out last year after transferring from Gardner-Webb.