YSUsports.com - Tom Zetts Named First-Team Academic All-Gateway

Nov. 28, 2005
Football: Tom Zetts Named First-Team Academic All-Gateway
    St. Louis, Mo. – Sophomore quarterback Tom Zetts (Boardman, Ohio) was named first-team Academic All-Gateway while a total of five Penguins were named academic all-conference, the league announced on Monday.
    Junior center Ryan Jewell (Warren, Ohio) and senior defensive end Justin Scholes (Mentor, Ohio) were named second-team Academic All-Gateway while senior long snapper/short snapper Tanner Dunlap (Zanesville, Ohio) and senior wide receiver Jameson Evans (Shaker Heights, Ohio) were tabbed honorable-mention.
    YSU five selections to the all-academic team tied Western Illinois for second most in the Gateway. Southern Illinois had a league-high eight selections. The Gateway Conference will announce the all-conference team on Tuesday and the all-newcomer team on Wednesday.

QB Tom Zetts, 6-1, 205, Redshirt Sophomore, Secondary Education-Integrate Mathematics
Started all 11 games as YSU’s quarterback in 2005…completed 154-of-258 passes for a percentage of 59.7…has thrown for 1,949 yards, averaging 177.2 per contest…threw 14 touchdowns passes for the season, including a school-record-tying four at Liberty…had three touchdown pass versus WKU…season and career-high 291 yards at Southern Illinois…tied the school record with six 200-plus yard passing games (Ron Jaworski, 1972)…directed the Penguins to an 8-3 mark and 5-2 league record.

LS/SS Tanner Dunlap, 5-9, 200, Redshirt Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Started all but one game during his four year career as the Penguins’ snapper on punts and placement kicks…started every game this season at his position…one of just two Division I-AA players to participate in ROTC and play football…recorded three tackles...YSU has missed just three PAT kicks the past three years…named Special Teams Player of the Game at Pittsburgh...also a platoon leader in the National Guard in charge of 45 troops.

WR Jameson Evans, 6-3, 209, Senior, Sociology
Played in 10 games and started four contests…second on the team in receptions with 27 and yards with 368…averaged 13.8 yards per catch…in Gateway play had 21 catches for 285 yards…caught a touchdown pass at Liberty…had career-high six catches for career-best 74 yards at SIU…had 65 yards on four grabs at Indiana State, including season-long 38-yarder…had a reception in nine of 10 games played...transferred from Purdue prior to the 2004 season.

C Ryan Jewell, 6-4, 290, Redshirt Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Named 2005 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-District IV…started 10 games at center…missed season finale against WKU because of an injury…named YSU Offensive Lineman of the Game at team-high three times (Slippery Rock, Illinois State, Western Illinois)…named offensive player of the game at Pittsburgh…led offensive line with four winning performances…YSU averaged 191.6 yards rushing and 190.6 yards passing along with 27.8 points per game.

DE Justin Scholes, 6-1, 240, Redshirt Senior, Mechanical Engineering
Named 2004 and 2005 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-District IV…named second-team academic All-Gateway in 2004…started all 11 games at defensive end…team leader with 5.5 sacks and tied for the team lead with 10.5 tackles for losses…recorded 41 total tackles, including 24 solo stops…had a team-high four forced fumbles…had two sacks at Southern Illinois…had season-high six tackles against Missouri State and Illinois State…of his 41 tackles, 30 came in Gateway play.