United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(1/27/10)--Coast Guard Academy placed 14 student-athletes on the 2009 New England Football Conference (NEFC) All-Academic team.

Four seniors were named to the team led by offensive lineman Tony Borruso (Government) and offensive lineman Dave Zwirblis (Management), who earned NEFC All-Academic honors for the third straight season. Senior wide receiver Chris Clark (Operations Research and Computer Analysis) was named for the second straight season and classmate running back Matt Keith (Management) was named to the team for the first time.

The Bears placed a trio of juniors on the team as linebacker Paul Junghans (Mechanical Engineering), quarterback Jesse Karr (Operations Research and Computer Analysis) and defensive lineman Ryan Schmid (Marine and Environmental Sciences) all earned a spot on the team for the second straight season.

Justin Brooks earned All-ECAC honors for the first time.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(12/24/09)--Coast Guard senior right tackle Justin Brooks was named to the ECAC Division III Northeast All-Star first team.

Brooks was also earned first New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division honors for the third straight season as the Bears went 4-5 overall and 4-3 in division play.

This is the first time he has earned All-ECAC honors during his outstanding career.

The ECAC will honor the 25-player team in February at the annual Eastern College Football Awards Banquet at the Pegasus Restaurant at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J.

Coast Guard’s Pat Bennett and Jacob Shackleford were named to the ECAC Division III Northeast All-Star team in 2008.

Football - Bears Place Seven on All-Division Team

Justin Brooks earned NEFC All-Bogan Division first team honors for the third straight season.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(11/13/09)--Coast Guard placed three players on the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Bogan Division first team and seven players total, six on the offensive side of the ball, on the All-division team in voting by the eight head coaches in the NEFC’s Bogan Division.

Senior right tackle Justin Brooks, senior defensive lineman Doug Piper and sophomore kicker Jacob Shackleford all earn first team honors while senior right guard Ryan Fox, senior wide receiver Sam England, junior quarterback Jesse Karr and freshman tight end Casey Paris were all named to the second team.

Brooks earns first team honors for the third straight season and Shackleford earns first team honors for the second straight season while Piper earned All-conference honors for the first time in his career.