U-32 grad earns football honors
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Staff and Wire Reports - Published: November 19, 2009
EASTON, Mass. – Five members of the Saint Anselm football team have been honored by the Northeast-10 as members of the 2009 Northeast-10 All-Conference Teams, as voted by the league's head coaches. Leading the way is rookie Ethan Sylvain of East Montpelier, who was voted as the league's Co-Freshman of the Year and earned Second Team All-Conference honors.
Joining Sylvain on the All-Conference Teams was sophomore Marc Wilson as a First Team selection at wide receiver and senior Dan Bohenek, a Second Team selection at linebacker. Also voted to the All-Rookie team with Sylvain was freshman quarterback Michael Pierce and rookie linebacker Chris Bent.
Sylvain, the second-leading freshman tackler in the Northeast-10 with 8.1 tackles per game, was a two-time Northeast-10 Freshman of the Week during the season. In addition to the Freshman of the Year honor, Sylvain was the only freshman on either All-Conference team.
Sylvain, who graduated from U-32 in 2008 and went on to Bridgton Academy before spending this past season at Saint Anselm, finished the season ranked 10th in the Northeast-10 with 81 total tackles, including 41 solo stops and 40 assisted tackles. Sylvain also had four interceptions, including a pair of two-interception games, to go along with 3.5 tackles for a loss, one sack, four pass breakups, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles. Sylvain and his freshman teammates Bent and Mike Hobbs, ended the 2009 season as the top three freshman tacklers in the conference. Sylvain shared the NE-10 freshman award with Jareed Gaines of Stonehill, who ranked 40th in the Northeast-10 in tackles per game with 5.1.
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