Dec. 7, 2007

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - UMass senior captains Matt Austin and Jason Hatchell have been named to the 2007 Walter Camp All-American Team. The teammates helped the Minutemen to the CAA Championship and NCAA Quarterfinals. Austin started all 13 games and was a key to the offensive line. Hatchell had his third season with more than 100 tackles as he finished among the all-time greats in tackles at UMass.

Austin had had a decorated career at UMass. As a senior he has already been named to the CAA First-Team and New England Writers All-Star Team. He started 43 career games including the final 18 in a row, playing four different positions on the offensive line. UMass averaged 401 yards of total offense in 2007 as Matt Lawrence had 10 games with more than 100 yards rushing.

A Buck Buchanan Award Finalist, Hatchell has also been named a CAA First-Teammer and a New England Writers All-Star in 2007. He racked up his third season with 100-plus tackles with 115 in 2007. He led UMass in tackles in 22 of the last 39 games. He finished his career with 360 tackles, sixth all-time at UMass. His 206 assisted tackles is third all-time at UMass. He was ninth in the CAA in tackles per game in 2007 with 8.77 along with 7.0 TFLs, eight passes defended, two fumble recoveries and first two career interceptions.

2007 Walter Camp Football Championship Subdivision All-America Team
OFFENSE
WR Terrell Hudgins Elon University Soph. 6-2 226 Rocky Mount, NC
WR Ramses Barden Cal Poly Jr. 6-6 228 Altadena, CA
TE Matt Champa Dayton Sr. 6-2 219 Sagamore Hills, OH
OL Kerry Brown Appalachian State Sr. 6-6 310 Marietta, GA
OL Mike Byrne Delaware Sr. 6-6 295 Lititz, PA
OL Matt Austin Massachusetts Sr. 6-5 285 Reading, MA
OL Nate Safe North Dakota State Sr. 6-5 310 Cannon Falls, MN
OL Chad Rinehart Northern Iowa Sr. 6-5 308 Boone, IA
C Brennan Carvalho# Portland State Sr. 6-1 310 Kapaa, Hawaii
QB Ricky Santos % New Hampshire Sr. 6-2 215 Bellingham, MA
RB Omar Cuff Delaware Sr. 5-10 195 Landover, MD
RB Tim Hightower Richmond Sr. 6-1 225 Waldorf, MD
PK Dan Carpenter Montana Sr. 6-2 207 Helena, MT

DEFENSE
DL Kroy Biermann# Montana Sr. 6-3 241 Hardin, MT
DL Bryan Smith# McNeese State Sr. 6-3 230 Newton, TX
DL Brian Johnson Gardner-Webb Sr. 6-5 280 San Diego, CA
DL Eric Bakhtiari San Diego Sr. 6-4 260 Burlingame, CA
LB Kye Stewart Illinois State Sr. 6-0 210 Nashville, TN
LB Bobby Daly Montana State Jr. 6-1 215 Helena, MT
LB Jason Hatchell Massachusetts Sr. 6-0 240 Mullica Hill, NJ
LB Joe Mays North Dakota State Sr. 5-11 243 Chicago, IL
DB Corey Lynch Appalachian State Sr. 6-0 205 Cape Coral, FL
DB Tony LeZotte@ James Madison Sr. 6-0 200 Augusta, GA
DB Ladarius Webb Nicholls State Jr. 5-11 205 Opelika, AL
DB Derrick Huff Eastern Kentucky Sr. 5-11 188 Hamilton, OH
P Chris MacDonald Texas State Sr. 6-4 215 Mesa, AZ
KR Jeremy Gilchrist Hampton Jr. 5-10 174 Virginia Beach, VA

# 2006 Walter Camp FCS (then Division I-AA) All-America selection
% 2005 and 2006 Walter Camp FCS (then Division I-AA) All-America selection
@ 2005 Walter Camp FCS (then Division I-AA) All-America selection