Justin HoustonRecord-smashing Tusculum College wide receiver Justin Houston from Bradley Central High School made the 2015 USA College Football Division II All-America first team while two Pioneers teammates, fellow wideout Ken Funnye and offensive tackle Billy Munker, were second-team selections. All three are seniors. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound Houston is a two-time All-American who led the South Atlantic Conference in pass receptions for the third year in a row – this time with 106, four short of his school record from 2013, and he tied a Pioneers single-season record with nine touchdown catches this season. His career total of 322 receptions is a TC and SAC record and fourth all-time in NCAA Division II, and he has the school career records also for receiving yards (3,182), 100-yard receiving games (13), kickoff returns (68) and all-purpose yards (4,622).
‘ Four Cleveland State athletes – softball players Haley Hodgson and Madison Stiner, basketball player Jaclyn Griffith and baseball player Ryan Mahaffey – had 4.0 grade point averages for the fall semester, the school announced Wednesday. Thirty-five of the 80 players in the four sports had GPAs of at least 3.0, including 14 from 3.50 to 3.99, and the 80 had an aggregate GPA of 2.88. That’s an increase from past years. The softball team GPA was 3.23.
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