
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, December 2, 1994                   TAG: 9412020072
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                 LENGTH: Short

FREDERICK EARNS DUDLEY

Virginia's Mike Frederick won the fifth annual Dudley Award on Thursday night, making him the first defensive player to receive the state's top individual college football honor.

``I'm shocked. Everybody told me on the way down in the car that I didn't need to worry about anything because no defensive player has ever won this award,'' Frederick said.

The Cavaliers' 6-foot-6, 256-pound redshirt senior defensive end won in the most fractured voting in the history of the award. Five different players received first-place votes in balloting by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters from across the state.

Frederick, who was named on 11 of the 13 possible ballots, received four first-place votes and wound up with 33 total points.

Mike Cawley, James Madison's record-setting quarterback who led the Dukes into the second round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, was named on five ballots, including four first-place votes. He finished second with 23 points.

William & Mary quarterback Shawn Knight, who was second in last year's voting, finished third this time. Knight was named on five ballots, including three first-place votes, and had 17 points.

``I don't really understand why I'm here,'' Frederick said. ``But I'm very thankful that somebody recognized that people can do some outstanding things on defense too.''

by CNB