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Wendell
Brown and Brian Jackson Named MAC Players of the Week (11/20/2006) |
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FROM BALL STATE
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
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| MUNCIE, Ind.
-- Wendell Brown (Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King H.S.),
a junior linebacker on the Ball State University football
team, and Brian Jackson (Dothan, Ala./Northview H.S.),
a senior placekicker for the Cardinals, have been named
the Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive and
Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively. |
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honored for their performances in Ball State’s 20-17 win
at Toledo last Tuesday. |
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Brown
led Ball State’s defense with 12 tackles, three tackles
for loss, one sack and one pass breakup in the Cardinals
win. The victory marked Ball State’s first win at Toledo
since the 1991 season. |
| Jackson,
who is one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award as
the nation’s top placekicker, nailed an 18-yard field
goal with 1:55 left in the third period to give Ball State
a 17-14 lead, and then connected on a 27-yard field goal
with 6:27 to play in the game to give the Cardinals the
20-17 victory. |
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This marked the first time in Brown’s
career that he has received the honor, while Jackson received
the weekly award from the conference for the second time
this season. |
| Ball State is
4-7 overall and 4-3 in the MAC and will complete the 2006
season with a Friday home game vs. Kent State at Scheumann
Stadium. |
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