2012 ASC Football Composite Schedule
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RICHARDSON, Texas ––
Mary Hardin-Baylor is the unanimous choice to win its eighth straight American Southwest Conference football title in 2012 after a vote of the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media members, the ASC office announced on Monday (August 6). Earning preseason player of the year honors were Mary Hardin-Baylor quarterback
LiDarral Bailey and linebacker
Javicz Jones, and Texas Lutheran place kicker
Allen Cain – all seniors.
Mary Hardin-Baylor, which went 12-1 overall (8-0 in ASC) and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III playoffs last season, totaled all 192 points and 24 first-place votes in the annual preseason poll. Head coach Pete Fredenburg’s Cru has won at least a share of the conference title in nine of the last 10 seasons, going 79-4 over that time frame in ASC games. UMHB has also won at least one playoff game in each of the past eight years, advancing as far as the national title game in 2004.
Louisiana College (7-3, 5-3 in ASC) was picked as the conference runner-up. Head coach Dennis Dunn’s Wildcats, who have posted four straight winning seasons and earned a top-25 national ranking for the first time in program history in 2011, totaled 157 points.
Seven-time ASC champion Hardin-Simmons (6-4, 4-4 ASC), which ended last season winning four of its last five games, was predicted to finish third with 149 points. East Texas Baptist (5-5, 4-4 ASC) was the fourth-place pick with 98 points, just one point ahead of Texas Lutheran (5-5, 4-4 ASC).
Mississippi College (3-7, 2-6 ASC) was the selection for sixth place with 90 points, followed by Sul Ross State (2-8, 1-7 ASC) and Howard Payne (1-9, 1-7 ASC) with 43 and 38 points, respectively.
Bailey (
Bremond, Texas / BHS), a 5-11, 170-pound senior, was named ASC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year after directing the league’s top-scoring offense last season at 43.4 points per game. He threw for 1,862 yards and 17 touchdowns and ran for 13 more scores while averaging 5.1 yards per carry.
Jones (
Katy, Texas / Morton Ranch HS), a 6-0, 200-pound senior, was named ASC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. In 2011, he averaged a league-high 10.8 tackles per game and added 5.5 sacks and 17 stops for loss. He went on to earn conference defensive player of the year and all-American honors.
Cain (
San Antonio, Texas / Stevens HS), a 6-2, 170-pound senior, was named ASC Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year after leading all of NCAA Division III with 17 field goals made last season. The all-American’s mark also set a conference single-season record. In addition, Cain went 32-for-32 on extra-points.
The 2012 season – the 17th in ASC history – begins Aug. 30 when Mississippi College travels across town to Jackson, Miss., to face non-conference rival Millsaps in the “Backyard Brawl.” East Texas Baptist, Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, Louisiana College, Sul Ross State and Texas Lutheran have their opener on Sept. 1, while Mary Hardin-Baylor begins its slate on Sept. 8. The NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs are scheduled for a November 17 start, with the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl national championship game on tap for December 15 in Salem, Va.
NOTES: The only new head coach in the league in Howard Payne’s
Roger Geise, who has been on the Yellow Jackets staff for the past seven years as defensive line coach (2005-07) and defensive coordinator (2008-11). . . . Former league member McMurry finished 9-3 overall (7-1 ASC) and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs last season. . . . . Mary Hardin-Baylor is ranked No. 4 in the D3football.com Preseason Top 25 Poll, while Louisiana College is receiving votes. . . . Mary Hardin-Baylor is just the second unanimous preseason pick for the ASC title in the poll’s 15-year history, joining Hardin-Simmons in 2001. The Cowboys went on to claim the conference title that season. . . . The league’s preseason pick has gone on to win at least a share of the conference crown 10 times. . . . .Jones is the sixth player to earn multiple ASC preseason individual honors, joining Hardin-Simmons QB
Justin Feaster (2009-10), Louisiana College RET
Jordan Rideaux (2009-10), Texas Lutheran PK
Holt Storrie (2005, 2007), Mary Hardin-Baylor LB
Preston Meyer (2001-02) and McMurry QB
Braxton Shaver (1998-99). . . . To talk about ASC Football on Twitter this season, use hashtag:
#ASCfb.
2012 ASC PRESEASON FOOTBALL POLL
[Voted on by ASC Head Coaches, Sports Information Directors, Media Members]
|
|
Team (first place votes) |
Points |
2011 Record |
|
1 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor (24) |
192 |
12-1, 8-0 ASC (1st) |
|
2 |
Louisiana College |
157 |
7-3, 5-3 ASC (3rd) |
|
3 |
Hardin-Simmons |
149 |
6-4, 4-4 ASC (T4th) |
|
4 |
East Texas Baptist |
98 |
5-5, 4-4 ASC (T4th) |
|
5 |
Texas Lutheran |
97 |
5-5, 4-4 ASC (T4th) |
|
6 |
Mississippi College |
90 |
3-7, 2-6 ASC (7th) |
|
7 |
Sul Ross State |
43 |
2-8, 1-7 ASC (T8th) |
|
8 |
Howard Payne |
38 |
1-9, 1-7 ASC (T8th) |
|
*Former league member McMurry was 9-3, 7-1 ASC (2nd) last season. |
ALL-TIME ASC PRESEASON FOOTBALL TOP PICKS
Season Team Points (1st votes)
2012 Mary Hardin-Baylor 192 (24/24)
2011 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 239 (23/27)
2010 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 237 (21/27)
2009 Mary Hardin-Baylor& 235 (21/27)
2008 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 240 (24/27)
2007 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 239 (24/27)
2006 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 216 (18/26)
2005 Mary Hardin-Baylor+ 265 (21.5/27)
2004 Mary Hardin-Baylor 245 (9/27)
2003 Mary Hardin-Baylor& 239 (13/26)
2002 Hardin-Simmons 94 (5/10)
2001 Hardin-Simmons+ 100 (10/10)
2000 Hardin-Simmons+ 81 (9/10)
1999 Hardin-Simmons+ 46 (4/6)
1998 Mississippi College 80 (5/11)
1997 no poll
1996 no poll
+Went on to win outright conference title
&Went on to win at least share of conference title
2012 ASC PRESEASON FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
[Voted on by ASC Head Coaches, Sports Information Directors, Media Members]
Offensive LiDarral Bailey, QB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Defensive Javicz Jones, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
Special Teams Allen Cain, PK, Sr., Texas Lutheran
ALL-TIME ASC FOOTBALL PRESEASON AWARD RECIPIENTS
ASC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year
2012 LiDarral Bailey, QB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2011 Jake Mullin, QB, Sr., McMurry
2010 Justin Feaster, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2009 Justin Feaster, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2008 Adam Shaffer, QB, Jr., Mississippi College
2007 T.J. Barber, RB, Sr., Sul Ross State
2006 Jordan Neal, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2005 Justin Bryson, RB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2004 RoShawn Johnson, RB, Jr., East Texas Baptist
2003 Adam King, QB, Jr., Howard Payne
2002 Dustin Proctor, QB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2001 Kirk Rogers, WR, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2000 Richard Green, RB, Sr., Howard Payne
1999 Braxton Shaver, QB, Sr., McMurry
1998 Braxton Shaver, QB, Sr., McMurry
1997 no award
1996 no award
ASC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
2012 Javicz Jones, LB, Sr.., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2011 Javicz Jones, LB, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2010 Hank Hornsby, DE, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
2009 Austin Sturrock, DE, Sr., East Texas Baptist
2008 Eric Henri, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2007 Jerrell Freeman, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2006 Chad Glover, DE, Sr., East Texas Baptist
2005 Will Galusha, DB, Jr., Hardin-Simmons
2004 Littleton Dean, DT, Sr., East Texas Baptist
2003 Alex Hansen, CB, Jr., Hardin-Simmons
2002 Preston Meyer, LB, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2001 Preston Meyer, LB, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2000 (co) Jared Sanderson, LB, Jr., Hardin-Simmons,
(co) Mike Tates, LB, Sr., Howard Payne
1999 David Rausch, DB, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
1998 Bryant Shaw, DE, Jr., Mississippi College
1997 no award
1996 no award
ASC Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year
2012 Allen Cain, PK, Sr., Texas Lutheran
2011 Darnell Williams, RET, Sr., Louisiana College
2010 Jordan Rideaux, RET, Sr., Louisiana College
2009 Jordan Rideaux, RET, Jr., Louisiana College
2008 Kyle Pope, PK, Jr., East Texas Baptist
2007 Holt Storrie, PK, Sr., Texas Lutheran
2006 Will Galusha, Sr., RET, Hardin-Simmons
2005 Holt Storrie, PK, So., Texas Lutheran
2004 (co) Brian Malbrough, RET, Sr., McMurry
(co) P.J. Williams, RET, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
2003 Scott Verhalen, P, Sr., East Texas Baptist
2002 no award
2001 no award
2000 no award
1999 no award
1998 no award
1997 no award
1996 no award