| News from Arkansas State University For Release: July 3, 2002 |
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| News from Arkansas State University For Release: July 3, 2002 |
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Huckaby named to All-American Eagles for second year Arkansas State University’s Matt Huckaby capped a stellar 2001-2002 year, which saw him represent the United States Rugby Eagle squad in Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong. An open-side flanker, Huckaby is one of only two players selected from Division II rugby teams for the All-American squad. Huckaby, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish, used his first selection in 2001 as a springboard for representing the United States on the national team, the Eagles, with his stellar play on the College All-American team in Ireland. He is the Rugby Tribe’s second All-American, with Yves Pichavant earning the honor in 2000. The Selection Advisory Panel that attended the All-Star Championship was led by All-American Coach Larry Naifeh and included national team head coach Tom Billup; Mike Flanagan, highly successful coach of the powerhouse U.S. Naval Academy; Eagle captain and former All-American ('89-'90) Dave Hodges; Eagle, Oxford Blue, and former All-American ('91-'93) Ray Lehner. The All-American program is soon expected to announce tour plans for the autumn. The 2002 Collegiate All-Americans are Andrew Armstrong, University of California; Todd Clever, University of Nevada - Reno; Ryan Connell, Ohio State University; Joshua Dean, United States Air Force Academy; Thomas Dolan, University of Arizona; Johnathan Eccles, United States Air Force Academy; Matt Huckaby, Arkansas State University; Andrew Klutman, United States Military Academy; Matthew Lathrop, Texas A & M University; Mike MacDonald, University of California; Chris Miller, University of California; Zachary Pulliam, Ohio State University; Kort Schubert, University of California; Greg Smith, San Diego State University; Marty Snider, Ohio State University; Grant Statton, University of Wyoming; Marc Tausend, University of California; Jon Vitale, Ohio State University; Jacob Waasdorp, University of California; Eric Andersen, University of California; Paul Emerick, University of Northern Iowa; Kimball Kjar, Brigham Young University; Jonathan Gray, University of Arizona; David Guest, University of California; Wes Hanson Smith, University of Washington; Alex Houser, University of California; Nicolas Juron, United States Naval Academy; Mike Morgan, University of Utah; Cayo Nicolau, Middle Tennessee; State University; Michael Sahag, United States Naval Academy; Matt Sherman, University of California; Ned Stearns, Brigham Young University; Mark Verlatti, University of California. # # # |
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