CAPE COD, Mass. - Nine ACFC players, representing three ACFC schools, were named on Monday to the 2008 ECAC Division III Southwest All-Star Team.

Wesley College's Jon Lanouette, Pat Bell, Sean Matthews, Chet Turner and Larry Beavers were joined by Salisbury University representatives Jarrell Chandler, Paul Cynewski and Matthew Bookard.  Apprentice School's freshman linebacker Mana Ohia was named Rookie of the Year.

With five selections, the Wolverines tied Washington & Jefferson for the most student-athletes on the team.  Lanouette, Matthews, Turner and Beavers all made the team for the second straight year, while Bell earned his first selection.

Lanouette (Wilmington, Del./Newark) set the Wolverines' career record with 149 career receptions. The tight end tied for sixth all-time with 24 career touchdown receptions, while his 2,116 yards are sixth in school history. In 2008, he tied for the team lead with 30 receptions and six touchdown catches, while his 441 yards ranked second. Lanouette was named to the D3football.com All-America and All-South Region teams as well as the All-ACFC First Team in 2008.

Bell (Galloway, N.J./Holy Spirit) anchored Wesley's offensive line from the center position.  A three-year starter, he blocked for an offense that rang up nearly 4,300 yards of total offense and scored over 35 points per game.  Bell had earned a place on the All-ACFC First Team earlier this winter.

Matthews (Pennsauken, N.J./Roman Catholic {Pa.}), the Wolverines' middle linebacker, earned the honor after winning his first Atlantic Central Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year award. The conference's leading tackler with 92 stops, he came through in big games for the Wolverines. Against Route 13 rival Salisbury, for the ACFC championship, he recorded a season-high 16 tackles in Wesley's 36-21 victory. Matthews then averaged 11 tackles per game in the NCAA Playoffs, including 14 against Mary Hardin-Baylor. He is a two-time first team selection at linebacker after earning that in 2007 as well. was named to the D3football.com All-America and All-South Region teams as well as the All-ACFC First Team in 2008. He finished his career among Wesley's all-time leaders in tackles for loss.

A cornerback, Turner (New Castle, Del./Newark) intercepted three passes in 2008 and broke up four others.  A shutdown corner, he registered 27 tackles and was named to the All-ACFC First Team after the season.

Return specialist Beavers (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) adds another honor to go along with his second consecutive ACFC Special Teams Player of the Year honor after a run through the record books in 2008. The native of Annapolis, Md. now holds the NCAA Division III career marks for kick return touchdowns 10 and total runbacks for touchdowns 13. This year he is averaging almost 42 yards per kick return and 33 yards per punt return. He's returned kicks for touchdowns against Apprentice School kick and punt, consecutive kickoffs at Webber International, and a punt at Lake Erie College. His 98-yard kickoff return against Mary Hardin-Baylor set a school record for longest return and established the new Division III record with as his fifth kickoff return score of the year. He led Division III in kick return average at 39.5 and averaged over 29 yards per punt return.  Beavers was named to the D3football.com, American Football Coaches Association and Associated Press Little All-America teams and the D3football.com All-South Region teams as well as the All-ACFC First Team in 2008.

Bookard was very impressive for the Sea Gulls this past season and was a big part of Salisbury's 2008 ECAC Southwest Bowl Championship. Bookard made three interceptions and returned them back for touchdowns in three different games. The Lanham, Md., product recorded 3.5 sacks for 32 yards. The All-Atlantic Central Football Conference second team selection forced one fumble this season for the maroon and gold.

Chandler had a phenomenal season for the Sea Gulls this fall. He was named to the three different All-American teams including; the American Football Coaches Association first team, the D3football.com All-American first Team and the Associated Press Little All-American second team. The All-South Region first team selection ranks fourth in the nation for tackles for loss average per game (2.15) and 15th in the nation for sacks per game (0.95). The Salisbury, Md., product was ranked sixth in the ACFC in tackles (64) and tackles per game (6.40). While being honored as an All-ACFC first team selection in '08 as he was tied for first in sacks (9.5). Chandler also led the ACFC in tackles for loss average per game and was second in tackle for loss yards (90).

Cynewski, an All-ACFC first team selection, shared the lead for sacks in the conference with Chandler as they both tallied 9.5 sacks on the season. Cynewski ranks second in the conference in tackles for loss with a 1.59 average per game. The Moorestown, N.J., native led the ACFC in tackle for loss yards with 102 and recorded 42 tackles, six quarterback hurries, one forced fumble and one blocked kick this season.

Apprentice School freshman linebacker Mana Ohia was named the 2008 ECAC Division III Southwest Rookie Of The Year. Ohia recorded 38 total tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss, playing only six games this season. The native of Honolulu, Hawaii also notched two sacks and blocked two field goal attempts. He was named ACFC Rookie of the Year earlier in the off-season.

The ECAC will honor the players and rookies of the year in each division and region on February 24, 2009 at the annual Eastern College Football Awards Banquet presented by FieldTurf Tarkett, an event held in the Pegasus Restaurant at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J.

2008 ECAC All-Southwest Region Team