Ten named All-Centennial; Rountree and Jaramillo named first-team

LANCASTER, Pa. – Ten members of the Ursinus College football team were named All-Conference on Monday afternoon. The team was voted upon by the head coaches in the Centennial Conference at their annual meeting.

Two members of the squad were named first team as junior offensive lineman Victor Jaramillo (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) and freshman defensive back Chris Rountree (Lawnside, N.J./Haddon Heights) were named first-team.

Sophomore wide receiver Al Desiderio (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) was named second-team wide receiver and kick returner, while offensive lineman Anthony Figueroa (Bridgeton, N.J./Cumberland Regional) also received second-team honors.

Defensively, senior defensive lineman Mark Worrilow (Wilmington, Del./The Charter School), sophomore linebacker Greg Martell (Levittown, Pa./Neshaminy) and sophomore defensive back JoeHenry (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) earned second-team honors.

Junior defensive lineman Tony Stefanoni (Lumberton, N.J./Holy Cross), junior linebacker Joe Galie (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville) and freshman punter Derek Giannetti (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) were named honorable mention.

Jaramillo and Figueroa were part of an offensive line that gained on average 330 yards of total offense per game.

Rountree became the first player in Ursinus history to achieve first-team honors in the Centennial as a freshman. Rountree led the Centennial Conference with seven interceptions and had a team-high ten pass breakups. He also was second in the Centennial in passes defended.

Desiderio had a team-high 738 yards receiving and grabbed five touchdowns. He was fourth in the Centennial in yards per game. As a kick returner, he averaged 24.4 yards per kick return with one 77-yard touchdown run, and had 16.2 yards per punt return with a long of 90 yards. He was a honorable mention kick returner in 2008.

Worrilow, serving as a captain this season, registered 28 tackles and four tackles for loss. He was a repeat second-team pick from a year ago.

Martell has a team-high 65 tackles with a team-best 45 solo tackles. He was also a All-Centennial All-Academic selection, having a GPA higher than 3.4.

Henry is right behind Martell in tackles with 56, but, has a team-high nine tackles for losses of 31 yards.

Stefanoni has registered 38 tackles, which is fourth-best on the squad and has a team-high four sacks.

Galie, a repeat All-Conference honorable mention selection, had the third-best tackle total on the squad with 49. He was an All-Conference All-Academic selection.

Giannetti averaged 37.5 yards per punt on 53 attempts this season, with 18 of his punts landing inside the 20 yard line. He was second in the conference in punting, just .2 yards behind Brian Betley of Gettysburg.

Ursinus will take on Kean University Saturday afternoon at high noon in the ECAC Southwest Bowl.