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Jeffs Dominate ECAC Northeast All-Star Squad
December 12 - Amherst placed six players on the ECAC Division III Northeast Football All-Star Team, which was announced on Thursday, including first-team selections Rob Vernicek, Jeremy Carroll and Pat Hayes. Junior Fletcher Ladd and sophomores Jay Wagstaff and David Bodner earned second-team honors, tying the Jeffs with Williams, Middlebury and Springfield Colleges for the most selections in the region. Full
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Vernicek Named Division II/III All-Region by New England Football Writers
November 25 - Amherst senior left tackle Rob Vernicek was one of 28 players named to the 2002 All-New England Division II/III All-Star Team, as selected by the New England Football Writers. A three-time All-NESCAC selection and a first-team pick this fall, the 6’ 6”, 285-pound Vernicek finished his career as one of the best offensive linemen in Amherst history. Full
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Football Rakes in All-NESCAC Honors
November 15 - Nine different Amherst College football players were named to the All-NESCAC first and second teams on Friday morning. In all, Amherst, which finished with a 6-2 record, capped by an improbable 45-34 upset win over previously undefeated Williams College, placed six players on the first team and three on the second, with five selections on offense. Full
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Jeffs Dominate Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
November 14 - Amherst placed four players on the 2002 Verizon/CoSIDA College Division Academic All-District Football Team on Thursday – the most of any school in the region – including first-team selections Fletcher Ladd, J.P. Zito and Brendan Carolan, who now move on to the national ballot for Academic All-America consideration. Amherst junior defensive back Paul Whiting was a Second-Team Academic All-District selection for the second consecutive season. Full
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Zito, Otieno Earn NESCAC Player of the Week Honors
November 12 - Senior wide receiver J.P. Zito saved perhaps the best game of his career for his collegiate finale on Saturday, torching visiting arch-rival Williams College for seven catches, 179 receiving yards and a trio of touchdown grabs in a dramatic and improbable 45-35 win over the previously undefeated Ephs, earning NESCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week honors. Amherst first-year tailback Ngai Otieno got in on the act as well, earning NESCAC Football Rookie of the Week honors after rushing for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Full
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Football Upsets Heavily Favored Williams, 45-35
November 9 - They say new goal posts can cost as much as $8,000. Amherst College will have to find room in its budget. The Jeffs pulled one of their most stunning upsets in recent memory on Saturday, shocking previously undefeated Williams College 45-35 in front of a Homecoming crowd over 8,000 strong, after which the student body uprooted the goal post from Pratt Field's west end zone and marched triumphantly through campus. Full
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Football Captains Hayes & Ryan Find Common Ground on the Gridiron
November 7 - Jeff Ryan and Pat Hayes met on the first day of preseason training camp freshman year and liked each other immediately. They had a lot in common. Ryan had missed most of his senior year of football at Belmont Hill with a broken leg, and Hayes' career at East Bridgewater High was similarly abbreviated by a series of nagging shoulder injuries. They trickled through the Division I recruiting cracks and surfaced at Amherst, bound by anxiety. After a year away from the gridiron, neither knew what to expect and each had something to prove. Full
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Jeffs Look to Salvage Season with Homecoming Win Over Unbeaten Williams
November 4 - Coming off a heartbreaking 21-14 loss at Trinity, the 5-2 Jeffs can salvage their season with a Homecoming win over undefeated arch-rival Williams on Saturday. Amherst boasts the top rushing offense in the NESCAC, while Williams claims the conference's top passing attack, in what should be yet another exciting chapter in the annals of the "Biggest Little Game in America." Full
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