TUSKEGEE, Alabama -- Tuskegee running back Derrick
Washington was named
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's 2012 Player of the Year
Tuesday.
If the 6-foot, 215-pound transfer hadn't already done enough to lock his name in the hearts and minds of voters a couple weeks ago, the Missouri transfer's performance in the Tigers last two games had to remove all doubt from even the staunchest dissenter.
First, he
rushed for 208 yards in a 27-17 win against Miles College in a battle of
conference unbeaten to punch his team's ticket to the SIAC title game in
Atlanta. Then, he topped that performance going for 224 yards and a pair of
scores while catching a couple of passing for 107 and another score to lead
Tuskegee to
a 55-24 win against Fort Valley State (Ga.) in the conference championship game
this past Saturday.
It's a blessing man," Washington said, following the Tuskegee's win against the
Wildcats. "To come from where I came from this year and to end it with a
championship, it's really a blessing and I really can't explain it.
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