Youngstown State senior wide receiver Donald Jones and senior defensive tackle Mychal Savage earned first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors, the league announced on Wednesday. Junior guard Eric Rodemoyer and senior cornerback Lenny Wicks earned second-team accolades while senior quarterback Brandon Summers, junior free safety Andre Elliott and junior wide receiver Dominique Barnes were honorable-mention selections.
Savage is a three-time first-team all-conference selection after earning honors in 2006, 2007 and 2009. He is the second defensive player in school history to be named first-team all-league three times joining - James Terry (2005-07) and Dwyte Smiley (1997-99).
Jones caught a school-record 77 passes en route to being just the second wide receiver in school history (Ferlando Williams in 2007) named to the MVFC's first-team all-conference squad. Jones finished with 790 yards and six touchdowns during his senior campaign.
YSU had an offensive linemen named all-conference for the fifth consecutive year with Rodemoyer making the second team. Wicks is the first YSU corner since 2006 (Jason Perry and Codera Jackson) to earn all-league accolades.
Senior quarterback Brandon Summers ended his career as a two-time honorable-mention all-league selection. This year he set the school record for single-season completions. Barnes and Elliott both had outstanding junior seasons and will get a crack at first or second team honors their senior campaigns. Barnes has a reception in 23 consecutive games - seven shy of the school mark - while Elliott has 152 career tackles in his two seasons with the program.
YSU has had at least seven players earn all-conference honors in five of the past six years.
Courtesy: YSU Sports Information Department
