PAXTON, Mass. – Upon completing their inaugural season, the Anna Maria College football team had four players earn a spot on the 2009 All-Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Team. Freshman Jamal Mitchell (Shelton, Conn.) earned All-ECFC First Team honors while sophomore Richard Brandt (Natick, Mass.), and freshmen Nate Adames (Salem, N.H.), and Domenique Concepcion (Middlebury, Conn.) were each selected to the All-ECFC Second Team.

 

Kicker Jamal Mitchell had a flawless freshman season, making all fourteen kicks he attempted on the year. He was a perfect 13-for-13 on extra point attempts and was good from 29 yards out on his only field goal try. He also handled the kick-off duties for AMC, averaging 44.3 yards per attempt.

 

Linebacker Richard Brandt led the ECFC in tackling this year, averaging 9.9 tackles per game. He finished the season with a team-high 89 stops, while also grabbing two interceptions and a fumble recovery. He had double-digit tackles in six of AMC’s nine contests this year, including a 19-tackle performance versus Malone in which he also intercepted a pass and forced a fumble.

 

Starting tailback Nate Adames led the team in scoring, rushing, and total offense during his freshman campaign. He finished the year with 632 rushing yards for a team-best four touchdowns, adding 12 receptions as well. He had four 100+ rushing yard performances this season, including a 151-yard effort versus Castleton State in which he added three receptions for 31 yards and two scores. This performance led to his selection as the ECFC Offensive Player of the Week on October 19^th, making him the first AMCAT in the program’s short history to earn a conference award.

 

Leading wide receiver Domenique Concepcion paced the AMCATS with 29 catches and 432 receiving yards this season. He also had a team-high three touchdown catches on the year and finished third in the conference in both catches per game (3.7) and receiving yards per game (48.0). Concepcion had at least one catch in every single game this year, including five receptions for 78 yards and a touchdown versus Fitchburg State.

 

These four players are part of a solid foundation that the program will look to build upon in the future as the team continues to grow.