Dec. 3, 2008
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Four homegrown Miami University football players -- Clayton Mullins (Fairborn), Joey Hudson (Piqua), Jake Richardson (Oxford) and Nate Parseghian (Sylvania) -- have been named to the Mid-American Conference's 2008 first-team football squad.
In addition, Joe Coniglio (Rockford, IL), Robbie Wilson (Cincinnati) and Eugene Harris (Atlanta, GA) have been accorded third-team all-MAC honors. It's the most first-team Miami selections since 2005 when five RedHawks were honored.
Mullins, a senior linebacker, earned first-team laurels for the second consecutive year. He is the first Miamian to achieve that feat since defensive end Marcus Johnson in 2004 and 2005. Mullins recorded 105 tackles in 2008, the eighth-best total among MAC players. He ended his career with a total of 343 stops.
Hudson won first-team honors for the first time in his career after earning second-team kudos each of the last two seasons. The senior linebacker collected a career-high 109 tackles this past season and ranked fifth among all MAC players. He also recorded eight tackles for loss and one interception. Hudson ended his RedHawk career with 317 tackles.
Richardson also became a first-team all-MAC selection for the first time. He led the league in punting with a 45.4 average and ranked fourth nationally. The senior's average is Miami's all-time single-season record and his career average of 42.8 also ranks No. 1 in the school's record book.
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Parseghian, a senior placekicker, was selected as the MAC's top kicker. He ended the 2008 season hitting 20-of-23 field goal attempts (.870), tying Miami's record for single-season field goals (20, with Gary Gussman in 1987) and bettering Gussman's single-season mark for accuracy (.870, previous mark was .800, 20-25). Parseghian wound up his career by successfully converting 35-of-49 field goals.
A senior defensive end, Coniglio won third-team all-MAC honors for the second straight year. He wound up 2008 with 24 tackles, including 5.5 tackles for loss and four quarterback sacks. Coniglio also recorded his first career interception.
Wilson, a senior strong safety (Apache), earned third-team all-MAC honors. He was the team's third-leading tackler of 2008 with 77 stops. He intercepted a Miami-best three passes and broke up six other attempts. Wilson ended his career with seven interceptions.
Harris, Miami's seventh and final honoree, was the league's third-team punt returner. He averaged 9.1 yards per return in 20 attempts. Two of his returns--a 63-yarder vs. Northern Illinois and a 44-yarder vs. Charleston Southern--went for touchdowns. As a receiver, Harris caught 33 passes for 286 yards and one TD.
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