SEWANEE, Ga. - After the Majors' magical run to the Division III Football Playoffs came to an end on Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh, Pa., the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced that 14 Millsaps student-athletes were named to the All-Conference first and second teams, including two Player of the Year selections and Coach of the Year.

The 15 total selections (14 players) are the most Millsaps has recorded on an All-Conference team since the 1996 season (13 selections) and prior to that, the 1992 season (11 selections).

The 2006 SCAC football season will go down in history as the year that Millsaps College stepped up and ended one the more remarkable streaks in all of Division III.

In a battle of undefeated conference teams, Millsaps defeated No. 14 Trinity University, 34-12, in the regular season finale for both teams to claim its first outright league title since 1991 and snap the Tigers' 13-year string of SCAC football championships.

That achievement did not go unrewarded as, in exclusive voting by the head coaches of the SCAC, sophomore Juan Joseph was selected the league's Offensive Player-of-the-Year, teammate Chris Jackson was named the Special Teams Player-of-the-Year and first-year head coach Mike DuBose was voted the league's Coach-of-the-Year.

Joseph a 6-2, 178-pound quarterback from Edgard, La., set single-season school records for passing yards (2,495), completions (224), attempts (374) and touchdown passes (21) in his first year as a starter. He led the SCAC in both passing yards (251.7 yards per game) and total offense (256.1 yards per game) and was third in the league in pass efficiency rating (129.84).

A three-time SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week selection during the season, Joseph is the first Millsaps player to win the league's Offensive POTY award since Brad Madden was so honored in 1996.

In his only year in a Millsaps uniform, Jackson a 6-2, 205-pound senior wide receiver and return specialist from Phenix City, Ala., probably locked up the league's Special Teams Player-of-the-Year award in the SCAC-clinching victory over No. 14 Trinity in the season finale.

Jackson had two first-half, touchdown punt returns (67 and 51 yards) in the win – becoming just the second player in league history to take two punts to the end zone in a single game. But besides leading the league in kick returns (22.7 yards per return), Jackson also led all SCAC receivers with 59 receptions for 661 yards and nine TDs. He also led the league with 156.4 all-purpose yards per game (22nd in the nation).

In his first season as the head coach at Millsaps, Mike DuBose guided the Majors to a 7-4 overall mark, a perfect 6-0 league mark and the 2006 SCAC Football title.

Since joining the league in 1989, Millsaps had never run the table unscathed in conference play and had won seven or more games just twice. After the Majors' lost their first three games of the season, a conference championship seemed to be anything but a pipe dream. But Millsaps rebounded behind a defense that, after allowing 42.7 points in the first three games, stiffened to allow just 10.8 points per game while surrendering no more than 18 points in any game over the course of the season-ending 7-0 run.

Before this season, DuBose last coached at the collegiate level at his alma mater, the University of Alabama. From 1997-2000, the Crimson Tide posted a 24-23 record, including a berth in the inaugural Music City Bowl in 1998 and an SEC Championship and Orange Bowl berth in 1999.

Below is a complete list of 2006 Millsaps selections:

SCAC Offensive Player of the Year:
Juan Joseph, QB, So., Edgard, La.

SCAC Special Teams Player of the Year:
Chris Jackson, WR/KR, Sr., Phenix City, Ala.

SCAC Coach of the Year:
Mike DuBose, First season (7-4, 6-0 SCAC)

All-SCAC First Team:
Conell Phillips, Jr.
Chris Jackson
Tyson Roy
Juan Joseph
Casey Younger
Shawn Gillenwater
Marcus Harris

All-SCAC Second Team:
James Antonini
Josh Hanna
William Lawrimore
Cedric Lawrence
Lee Klein
Ronnie Wheat
Michael Sims

SCAC Honorable Mentions:
Denarold Anderson
Canaan Farris
Kennedy Griffin
Kirk Jackson
Neil Woodall

\#2 Tyson Roy, RB, Jr., 5-7/188, Baton Rouge, La.
• Team Captain
• 2004 All-SCAC First Team
• 2005 All-SCAC Second Team
• Vital part in the Majors offensive attack
• 2006 SCAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 3)
• 2006 d3football.com National Team of the Week (Week 3)
• Team-leader in rushing yards (698), carries (98) and rushing TDs (6)
• Second-leading receiver with 27 receptions for 342 yards and one TD
• Had a season-high 159 yards rushing in a 52-10 win over Lincoln (Mo.)
• Sixth in the conference in total TDs (7)
• Fifth in the conference in rushing yards

\#11 Juan Joseph, QB, So., 6-2/178, Edgard, La.
• First year starter for the Majors
• Does a great job checking on the field and getting out of bad situations
• Smart, strong, incredible vision, unbelievable ability
• 2006 SCAC Offensive Player of the Week (Weeks 5, 6, 8)
• 2006 Football Gazette Team of the Week (Week 5)
• Ranked No. 14 in the nation in total offense (268.6 yards/gm)
• Surpassed the 270-yard mark and threw three or more TDs in 5-of-9 games
• Set the single-season school record in passing yards (2,265), completions (200), attempts (337) and TD passes (21)
• Set the single-game school record in completions (28) and attempts (49)
• Tied a school record with five TD passes in a 52-10 win over Lincoln (Mo.)
• Leads the conference in passing average/game and total offense
• Third in the conference in pass efficiency (129.84)
• 200-of-337 for 2,265 yards (59.3 percent), 21 TDs and 11 INTs in only nine games
• Has only thrown four interceptions in the last seven games

\#50 Shawn Gillenwater, LB, Jr., 6-0/235, Southaven, Miss.
• A beast on the football field and the leader of a strong linebacker core
• 2006 d3football.com National Team of the Week (Week 5)
• Ranked seventh in the conference in total tackles (81)
• Tied for fifth in the conference in tackles-for-loss (12)
• 81 total tackles (35 solo), 12 tackles-for-loss, 3.5 sacks, two INTs, two passes defended, one QB hit, one recovered fumble and one forced fumble on the year
• Recorded double-digit tackles in three games on the season
• Recorded a season-high 11 tackles in a 26-11 win at Austin College

\#7 Marcus Harris, DB, So., 5-9/170, Vicksburg, Miss.
• The glue to a solid defensive secondary
• 2006 SCAC Defensive Player of the Week (Weeks 8, 9)
• 2006 d3football.com National Team of the Week (Weeks 8, 9, 11)
• Ranked No. 5 in the nation in passes defended/game (2.0)
• Leads the conference in passes defended (20)
• Second in the conference and first on the team in interceptions (5)
• First on the team in solo tackles (33), third on the team in total tackles (49)
• Recorded a season-high three INTs at Sewanee
• Had a 49 yard interception return for a touchdown against DePauw
• Had a season-high nine tackles (eight solo) against Huntingdon College

\#63 Conell Phillips Jr., OL, Sr., 6-0/295, Byhalia, Miss.
• Team Captain
• 2004, 2005 All-SCAC First Team Selection
• Started all 10 games this season
• Graded out near 93 percent all season
• Undisputed leader and anchor of an offensive line that's given up a conference-best four sacks all year in 374 total pass attempts
• Top run blocker and pass protector on a young offensive line (3 freshman, junior, senior)
• Plays with great leverage, makes the calls up and down the line of scrimmage and plays with a great desire to win
• An ideal student-athlete that resembles everything Millsaps is about

\#35 Michael Sims, DB, So., 6-1/175, Louisville, Miss.
• Second in the conference and on the team in passes defended (11) behind fellow teammate Marcus Harris
• Sixth on the team in solo tackles (21)
• Had a season-high six solo tackles and four pass breakups against Centre College
• Tied for third on the team in interceptions (3)

\#14 Ronnie Wheat, LB , Jr., 6-0/210, Vancleave, Miss.
• An emotional leader on a solid linebacker core
• 2006 SCAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 11)
• 2006 d3football.com Team of the Week (Week 9)
• Has three interceptions on the season for a league-best 92 yards
• Recorded back-to-back games returning an interception for a touchdown
• Had a season-high nine tackles against Austin College
• 35 tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, three INTs, five pass breakups and one safety in only seven games on the season
• Had a career-long 73 yard interception return in a 34-12 win over No. 14 Trinity
• Has come on strong the final seven games of the season after sitting out the first three games due to injury

\#8 Chris Jackson, WR, Sr., 6-2/205, Phenix City, Ala.
• Undoubtedly the key ingredient in a well-balanced offensive scheme
• Has the ability to always make the first defender miss
• Played in all but one game in his only year in a Millsaps uniform
• 2006 d3football.com National Team of the Week (Weeks 2, 11)
• 2006 SCAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 11)
• 2006 Football Gazette Team of the Week (Week 11)
• Ranked No. 14 in the nation in receptions/game (6.8)
• Ranked No. 22 in the nation in all purpose yards (156.4/game)
• Leads the SCAC in receptions (59), receiving yards (661), receiving touchdowns (9), all purpose yards (156.4 per game) and kick returns (22.7 yards per return)
• 15 punt returns for 260 yards (17.3 yards per return), including two punt returns for a touchdown against No. 14 Trinity University
• 21 kick returns for 476 yards (22.7 yards per return), including a 99 yard kick return for a touchdown against Louisiana College in Week 2
• Recorded double-digit catches in back-to-back games on the season
• Recorded two multi-touchdown games
• Had a season-long 71 yard touchdown reception against Centre College

\#90 Casey Younger, DL, Jr., 6-1/245, Vicksburg, Miss.
• Team Captain
• A force to be reckoned with on the defensive line
• 2006 d3football.com National Team of the Week (Week 6)
• Had a season-high nine tackles (six solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a blocked point after attempt against Centre College
• Ranks first on the team in QB hits and forced fumbles
• Second on the team in tackles (63) and tackles-for-loss (10.5)
• Recorded seven or more tackles in 5-of-10 games on the season
• Ranks in the Top 20 in the conference in total tackles

\#13 Cedric Lawrence DL, Jr. 6-2/225, Batesville, Miss.
• Conference-leader in fumbles recovered (4)
• Also returned a fumble for a touchdown in a 38-12 win over Centre College
• 45 tackles, 11 tackles-for-loss, 3.0 sacks, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and one blocked point after attempt
• Had a season-high nine tackles (six solo), 2.5 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sack and a blocked point after attempt in a 14-6 win at Rhodes
• Ranked ninth in the conference in tackles-for-loss (11)
• Ranked fourth on the team in solo tackles (22)
• Has recorded a tackle-for-loss in 6-of-9 games on the season
• Had a season-high three fumble recoveries against Centre College

\#82 Josh Hanna, WR, Sr., 6-0/170, Booneville, Miss.
• 2003, 2004, 2005 Honorable Mention
• A reliable receiver on a well balanced receiving core
• Has started in every game of his Millsaps career, averaging 21.3 yards-per-catch
• Has 24 catches for 308 yards and 2 TDs on the year
• Averages 12.8 yards-per-catch
• Seventh in the SCAC in receiving yards/game
• Also used on special teams returning kicks and punts
• Seven kick returns for 178 yards (25.4 average), five punt returns for 41 yards (8.2 avg)

\#64 James Antonini, OL, Jr., 6-0/280, Santa Rosa, Calif.
• Has not given up a sack all year in 374 pass attempts
• Started in all 10 games on the season
• Graded out near 86 percent all season
• Provided valuable leadership on a young offensive line
• Has helped pave the way for the conference's No. 1 offense

\#47 Lee Klein, LB, Fr., 5-11/205, Lakeshore, Miss.
• Leads all freshmen with 59 total tackles and 3.5 tackles-for-loss
• Leads the conference among freshman linebackers in total tackles
• Has played in all but one game in his first season with Millsaps
• Fifth on the team in total tackles

\#37 William Lawrimore, P/K, Fr., 5-8/164, Tampa, Fla.
• Primarily a punter, but has been used on both sides this season
• 46 punts for 1,490 yards (32.4 average)
• 14 punts inside the 20 yardline
• Booted a season-long 50 yard punt against Mississippi College
• 1-for-2 on field goal attempts
• 5-for-7 on point after attempts