[Students] A&M-Commerce Football Earns Multiple Honors from Lone Star Conference

[Daniel Kambel]

11 members of the Lone Star Conference North Division champion Texas A&M
University-Commerce football team and four were selected for individual
awards as Lone Star Conference officials announced the annual football
awards on Thursday.
 
The Lions won its first outright divisional title since 1990 with a perfect
5-0 record in the LSC North. Earning first team offense all-Lone Star
Conference honors were running back Marcus Graham, offensive linemen R.J.
Brisbon and David Sudderth and kicker Ahmed Abo-Mahmood. The Lions also had
four selections on the defensive side including defensive tackle William
Green, inside linebacker Cory Whitfield, defensive back Israel Hughes and
safety Alex Contreras.
 
Also earning individual recognition in the North Divison was Brisbon, who
was selected as the co-Offensive Lineman of the Year, Green as the Defensive
Lineman of the Year and Whitfield as the Linebacker of the Year. Plus, Head
Coach Guy Morriss was selected as the Coach of the Year. The recognition by
Morriss is the first time since Eddie Vowell was honored in 1990. It also
marks the third-straight year that the Lions have had the Defensive Lineman
of the Year. It is the second-straight year that Brisbon has earned
recognition as the Offensive Lineman of the Year.
 
Quarterback Adam Farkes, tight end Reid Herchenbach and inside linebacker
Stephen DeGrate earned honorable mention recognition.