CIAA Football Launches 2010 Football with Preseason Picks and Predicted Order of Finish

Petersburg, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its

Pre-season All-CIAA Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish at the Football Press Conference and Luncheon on Thursday.

This year's press conference featured the 2010 season theme, “Fear the Thirteen- Triskaidekaphobia.” With the return of Lincoln University (PA) and Winston-Salem State University to the conference, the CIAA has increased its number of football playing schools to thirteen.  The 1980 season was the leagues’ last year to host as many schools.

Each football coach was interviewed by Stan Lewter of the Urban Sports and Entertainment Group as they shared their outlooks for the upcoming year.

The All-CIAA Pre-Season Team is listed below:

2010 Preseason All-CIAA Picks

OFFENSE

TIGHT END

Karvin Gwaltney               ECSU SR           6’4          240         Sports Management                      Ivor, VA

LINEMEN

Reginald Berry                   BSU        JR            6’3          325         Broadcast Journalism                 Washington, DC

Larry McDonald                FSU        JR            6’2          295         Physical Education                      Mebane, NC

Dillon Kestner                    FSU        SR           6’2          295         Business Administration             Durham, NC

Markus McElveen               SU          SR           6’3          311         Therapeutic Recreation              Norwalk, CT

David Mims                        VUU      SR           6’8          350         Business/Secondary Ed.              Charlotte, NC

WIDE RECEIVERS

Dexter Manley                 ECSU SR           6’3          200         Criminal Justice                             Chesapeake, VA

Jeremy Franklin                JCSU      SR           6’3          210         Sports Management                      Cassleberry, FL

QUARTERBACK

Creven Powell                   ECSU JR            6’3          190         Criminal Justice                            Elizabeth City, NC

RUNNING BACKS

Rodney Webb                   BSU        SR           5’9          208         Communications                           Baltimore, MD

Raymond Williams           SU          SR           6’0          190         Recreation                                     Cleveland, OH

KICK RETURNER

James Proctor                   BSU        JR            5’9          165         Computer Technology                Capital Heights, MD

PLACE KICKER

Austin Turner                    FSU        JR            6’2          215         History                                         San Diego, CA

DEFENSE

LINEMEN

Alex Payton                        BSU        SR           6’3          240         History Education                      Rockville, MD

Malcolm Jenkins               ECSU SR           6’4          245         Sports Management                     Florence, NJ

DeMarcus Roberson       SU          JR            6’4          260         Recreation                                      Chapel Hill, NC

Zach Hope                           VUU      SR           5’10        240         Business                                     Long Beach, CA

LINEBACKERS

Steven Stanback              SAC        SR           6’1          220         Criminal Justice                            Temple Hills, MD

Jarvis Stokes                      SPC        SR           6’3          220         N/A                                                        Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Fred Sparkman                 SU          SR           6’2          220         Recreation                                     Columbia, TN

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Terence Peete                  BSU        SR           6’4          240         Pedology                                        Memphis, TN

Alkeem Deloatch             LC           SR           5’7          183         Criminal Justice                             Weldon, NC

Dominic Tolson                 SPC        JR            6’1          210         N/A                                              Greenbelt, MD

Andre LeBlanc                   VUU      SR           6’0          205         Business/Secondary Ed.               Lithonia, GA

PUNTER

Austin Turner                    FSU        JR            6’2          215         History                                          San Diego, CA

PUNT RETURNER

Dominique Budd              BSU        JR            5’9          175         Social Work                                  Silver Spring, MD