Wednesday, November 29, 2006

TUSUCLUM’S BUJNAK, GREGORY EARN ALL-REGION FOOTBALL HONORS

Michael Bujnak	John Gregory

SEARCY, Ark. --- Tusculum College’s Michael Bujnak and John Gregory have been named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Football Team announced College officials Wednesday.

Bujnak, a senior offensive tackle from Belleville, Ill., was named to the All-Region Second Team. The 6-6, 300-pound product from Belleville, Ill., earned All-South Atlantic Conference First Team recognition earlier this month. The Eastern Illinois transfer has started in every collegiate game he has played in, including the last two seasons at Tusculum. While at EIU, he was named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference team on two occasions.

Gregory, a rookie punter from Ooltewah, Tenn., had a fine debut season leading the SAC in punting, averaging 40.9 yards per kick as he earned All-Region Second Team accolades. The 6-2, 210-pounder earned All-SAC First Team honors and accounted for 2,866 punting yards on his 70 attempts, both second all-time in a season at Tusculum while his average is fourth-best. Gregory was named SAC Special Teams Player of the Week three times this season and was selected as national special team player of the week by D2football.com and Football Gazette.

Tusculum posted a 6-5 record, its sixth winning season in the last seven years.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference which is comprised of nine colleges and universities in Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

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