Dec. 9, 2014
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall’s Conference USA football championship season of 2014 received a reaffirmation Tuesday, when the Thundering Herd was recognized with a conference-record 10 selections on the All-C-USA first team.
C-USA announced the all-conference teams and a 27-player All-Freshman Team as selected by the 13 C-USA team head coaches. Marshall had a total of 20 selections – 17 on all-conference (first or second team or honorable mention) and three on the All-Freshman squad.
The Herd (12-1) received 10 of the 28 first-team picks. No other team had more than three (UAB and FIU). Ten of the 13 C-USA schools had first-team representatives.
Marshall’s 10 all-conference first team picks tops the previous C-USA high of eight first-teamers, shared by Southern Miss in 1996, 1997 and 2003, and Louisville in 2001. All of those seasons occurred before the league split into divisions when the Herd and five other schools joined the league.
Marshall’s previous high for first-team honorees was four, in 2006, 2009 and 2013. The 10 are the most all-conference first-team picks for Marshall since the 1999 Herd had 13 in the Mid-American Conference on a 13-0 team that finished No. 10 in the national polls.
The conference’s seven major awards will be announced Wednesday.
The 10 players on the All-Conference USA first team from Coach Doc Holliday’s program are quarterback Rakeem Cato, running back Devon Johnson, offensive tackle Clint Van Horn, slot receiver Tommy Shuler, defensive tackle James Rouse, linebacker Neville Hewitt, cornerback Darryl Roberts, punter Tyler Williams and long snapper Matt Cincotta.
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Football. Herd Football Gets 20 All-Conference USA Selections