Six Bowie State Bulldogs Selected To Pre-Season All-CIAA Squad

Bowie State University head football coach Damon Wilson

Bowie, MD - The 2010 CIAA Predicted Order of Finish and Preseason All-CIAA Team were announced at the annual Football Kick-Off Press Conference held Thursday morning at Jones Dining Hall on the campus of Virginia State University. The Order of Finish and Preseason All-CIAA Team are voted on by the CIAA Football Coaches Association.

The Bulldogs, who finished at 6-5 overall in 2009 and in a three-way tie in the Division (5-2), were picked to finish third overall out of the 13 CIAA teams.

Six BSU student-athletes received preseason honors; Seniors Terence Peete, Jr. (Memphis, TN, Northwest) (Defensive Back), Alexander Payton (Rockville, MD, Richard Montgomery) (Defensive Line), Rodney Webb (Baltimore, MD, Milford Mill Academy) (Running Back), juniors Reginald Berry (Washington, DC, James Madison Univ.) (Offensive Line), James Proctor, Jr. (Capital Heights, MD, Suitland) (Kick Returner) and Clifton Budd (Silver Spring, MD, Sherwood) (Punt Returner).

The Bulldogs will kick off the season on August 28th on the road against Seton Hill University, in Greensburg, PA.



Bowie State Defense ranked #1 in NCAA Division II 2009 Total Defense. The "Darkside" as they are known also finished top 3 in NCAA Division II in 3 other categories and top 15 in 10 other categories.

The complete predicted order of finish is as follows:

Northern Division
Bowie State
Elizabeth City State
Virginia Union
Virginia State
Chowan
Saint Paul’s
Lincoln (Pa.)

Southern Division
Fayetteville State
Shaw
Winston-Salem State
Saint Augustine’s
Johnson C. Smith
Livingstone

The Bulldogs junior defensive back Kenneth Turner was named to Lindy's Pre-Season Division II All-America Second Team. Turner, from Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland was a member of the 2009 All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA) Defensive Second Team. Tuner topped the CIAA in Passes Defended (14), tied for third in conference interceptions (5) and ranked sixth on the team in total tackles (32).

The Bulldogs home games are:

9-25 vs. Virginia Union - 1:00PM
10-2 vs. Virginia State - 1:00PM
10-16 vs. Lincoln (PA) - 1:00PM
10-23 vs. Elizabeth City State - 1:00PM

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