THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, December 22, 1995 TAG: 9512220563
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: FROM, STAFF, WIRE REPORTS
LENGTH: Short : 48 lines
James Roe, who set three career Division II receiving records this season at Norfolk State University, has been named to the Associated Press Little All-America first team. NSU quarterback Aaron Sparrow was named to the third team.
Roe set career marks for games with a touchdown reception (26), consecutive games with a touchdown reception (15) and career receiving yards (4,468).
As a senior, Roe had 64 receptions for 1,248 yards and 15 TDs.
Fort Hays State quarterback Shawn Behr, who led Division II in passing, and CIAA rushing champion Richard Huntley of Winston-Salem State headline the team, which was announced Thursday and includes players from NCAA Divisions II and III plus the NAIA.
Behr threw for 3,158 yards and 31 touchdowns, completed 60 percent and had only six passes intercepted during the regular season. Third-teamer Sparrow passed for 3,434 yards and 32 touchdowns and led Division II in total offense with 330 yards per game.
Huntley led Division II in rushing with 189 yards per game and scored 17 touchdowns.
The other back, Brad Olson of Lawrence, was the leading rusher in Division III with 196 yards per game and scored 16 TDs.
Chris Perry of Adams State and Ben Fox of Hanover join Roe on the receiving squad.
Perry made 88 catches for a Division II-best 1,719 yards and 21 touchdowns. Fox was the top pass-catcher in Division III with 95 for 1,087 yards and 15 scores.
All-purpose back Steve Papin of Portland State averaged a Division II-best 218 yards per game with his running, receiving and returning.
Division II champ North Alabama placed three players - offensive lineman Jon Thompson, defensive lineman Israel Raybon and linebacker Ronald McKinnon, who won the Harlon Hill Trophy as Division II player of the year.
McKinnon, Thompson and defensive lineman Jeff Turnage of Indiana, Pa., made the team for the second straight year.
Among the linebackers is the late Greg Stokes of Angelo State. Stokes, the Lone Star Conference defensive lineman of the year, was killed in a car accident on Nov. 5, six days before his team's final game. by CNB