WSSU's Keaton, Cooper named AP Little All-America

WINSTON SALEM, North Carolina -- Individual awards keep flooding in for players on the best Winston-Salem State football team in school history.

Senior rover Alton Keaton was named a first-team selection Friday on The Associated Press Little All-America team, which honors players from NCAA Division II and Division III teams and from the NAIA, and running back Nic Cooper made the second team.

Keaton, a 5-foot-8, 180-pound spark plug, also was named the CIAA's defensive player of the year. He led the 13-1 Rams in tackles with 104. The All-America honor came as news Friday to Keaton when he was reached by telephone at his hotel room in Atlanta, where he's preparing for Sunday's HBCU All-Star Game.

"It's a great accomplishment, and it's a great feeling to know my hard work paid off," he said.

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