 Former
Delaware Football Standout Jason Nerys to
Earn ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award
this Sunday
DATE:
September 23, 2004
HYANNIS,
MA -- Jason Nerys, an All-American
offensive lineman who led the University
of Delaware to the 2003 NCAA I-AA football
national title and is currently a member
of the New York Jets practice squad, will
be honored this Sunday, Sept. 26 at the
Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Fall Convention.
Nerys
(pronounced "near-ease") will be one of
six student-athletes honored with the ECAC
Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award, presented
each year to a male and female
student-athlete at an ECAC member
institution in each of the three NCAA
divisions for outstanding accomplishments
on the playing field and in the classroom.
The honors dinner will be held at the
Sheraton Hyannis Resort on Cape Cod.
A native
of Waldwick, NJ (Don Bosco Prep), Nerys
enjoyed an outstanding career on the
football field and in the classroom at the
University of Delaware and earned his
degree in fitness management this past
May. He signed a free agent contract with
the New York Jets in May and is currently
on the National Football League team's
practice squad.
A
four-year letterwinner and three-year
starter as an offensive guard, Nerys
served as a co-captain for the 2003 Blue
Hen football team that posted a 15-1
record and captured the NCAA I-AA national
title with a 40-0 win over Colgate.
Delaware also was co-champion of the
Atlantic 10 Football Conference and earned
the Lambert Cup Trophy and ECAC Team of
the Year Award as the top I-AA team in the
East.
Nerys was
as consensus first team All-American,
earning a spot on The Sports Network, the
Associated Press, College Sports
Television (CSTV), and I-AA.Com
All-American teams. He also was a first
team All-East (ECAC) and first team
All-Atlantic 10 selection. Also a second
team All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2002, he
started the final 38 games of his career.
In the
classroom, Nerys graduated with a 3.4
grade point index and earned a host of
awards. He was named to the Atlantic 10
Academic All-Conference team three times
during his career and was named to the
Verizon/College Sports Information
Directors of American District 2
All-Academic second team twice. In
addition, he earned the National
Association of College Directors of
Athletics Scholar-Athlete Award in 2003
and was a nominee for the National
Football Foundation and College Hall of
Fame Post-Graduate Scholarship. He earned
the Delaware football team's Newark Elks
Club Scholar-Athlete Award as the senior
with the highest grade point index. He
also was active as a student volunteer
with Special Olympics Delaware.
Other ECAC
Robbins Award recipients are Meghan Ramsey
of Lafayette, James Newman of Assumption,
Kerri Stone of the College of St. Rose,
Paul Whiting of Amherst College, and
Amanda Laytham of Ithaca College. Also
honored at the awards dinner will be Sue
Crosby-Tangen of Bridgewater State
(Katherine Ley Award), Dr. Michael Mould
of College Misericordia and Susan Bassett
of William Smith College (ECAC Jostens
Administrators of the Year Award), Karen
Olander of Springfield College and the
late Dan Allen of Holy Cross (ECAC Alumni
Award of Valor), and Rebecca Gutwin of
William Smith College and Tom Cleaver of
Middlebury College (ECAC Award of Valor).
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