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Kelley Named Champion's Choice Coach of the Year as Football Lands 13 on All-MASCAC Teams

Kelley Named Champion's Choice Coach of the Year as Football Lands 13 on All-MASCAC Teams

Framingham, Mass. – Framingham State University head football coach Tom Kelley has been named the 2018 Champion's Choice MASCAC Football Coach of the Year as the Rams have landed 13 players on the 2018 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Football All-Conference Teams.

Senior defensive backs Kenneth Bartolo (Malden, Mass.) and Rashaun Rivers (Westfield, Mass.), sophomore inside linebacker Anthony Behonick (Rutland, Mass.), junior defensive lineman Joshua Smiley (Springfield, Mass.) have been named to the first team defense, while senior offensive tackle Joshua Bessey (Malden, Mass.), senior running back Quron Wright (Worcester, Mass.), junior full back Rufus Rushins (Lynn, Mass.) and junior quarterback Adam Wojenski (Stratford, Conn.) have been named to the first team offense.

Junior outside linebacker Jack Sullivan (Dartmouth, Mass.), senior defensive lineman Eli Etienne (Moorestown, NJ) and junior defensive lineman Rufus Rushins (Lynn, Mass.) have been selected to the second team defense, while senior center Derrick Ayarza (Worcester, Mass.) and senior wide receiver Napoleon Miller (Dorchester, Mass.) have been named to the second team offense.

The Rams finished the 2018 regular season as the MASCAC Champions and received the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division III Football Championship.