Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 22, 1995 TAG: 9511220068
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
On Tuesday, the Barbers received awards they could enjoy together.
The Barber brothers, from Cave Spring High School, were named first-team All-ACC - the first twins to be so recognized since Dave and Don Buckey of North Carolina State in 1975.
``I can't remember the last time we went to a banquet together, other than a team banquet,'' said Tiki Barber, a junior running back. ``I only got to hear what [the ACC banquet] was like last year.''
Tiki Barber, who rushed for a school-record 1,397 yards and 14 touchdowns this year, was the second-leading vote-getter behind Florida State running back Warrick Dunn. Dunn had 167 points, followed by Barber, Florida State quarterback Danny Kanell and North Carolina defensive tackle Marcus Jones with 165. (Complete team in Scoreboard. B2)
Ronde Barber, the ACC rookie of the year in 1994 as a redshirt freshman, was pleasantly surprised at his selection after his interceptions total fell from an ACC-high eight to four.
``I tried not to think about repeating,'' he said, ``but, when you look around the apartment and there's the All-ACC [award] from last year, it's kind of hard to avoid.
``I know it's numbers the voters look at most of the time, and I knew I hadn't lived up to what I did last year. As I looked around the conference, I could see there were some pretty good defensive backs.''
Ronde Barber was joined on the first team by one of his teammates in the Cavaliers' secondary, senior Percy Ellsworth. The Virginia safety was the second-leading vote-getter behind Jones on defense.
Other first-team selections from Virginia were senior offensive tackle Jason Augustino, punter Will Brice and kicker Rafael Garcia. Brice and Garcia are juniors.
Cavaliers on the second team were offensive tackle Chris Harrison, quarterback Mike Groh, defensive tackle Todd White and linebacker James Farrior. Groh and Harrison are in their final season of eligibility; the other two are juniors.
The six first-team selections were as many as Virginia had in the previous three seasons combined. UVa also had six first-team choices in 1990, when it was ranked No.1 in the country for three weeks.
Florida State, which shared the ACC championship with Virginia, had six first-team All-ACC players on offense and a total of seven. After Virginia, Clemson and North Carolina were next with four apiece.
The tightest battles took place on the defensive line, where Lamarick Simpson of Clemson took the last first-team spot by three points over UVa's White, and linebacker, where Wake Forest's Tucker Grace had the same margin over Georgia Tech's Ron Rogers.
Georgia Tech, which finished fourth in the ACC with a 5-3 conference record, joined N.C. State as the only teams without a first-team selection.
by CNB