Cal Poly's Asa Jackson repeats as Great West Preseason POY

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• Ten Cal Poly players named to the All-Time Great West Football Team

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  Jordan Beck, Chris Gocong, Kyle Shotwell and Ramses Barden dominated the Great West Conference during their playing days for the Cal Poly football team.

  Those four, and six other former Mustangs were named Wednesday to the All-Time Great West Football Team.

  The team was voted on mostly by current and former sports information directors at the Great West schools along with members of the Great West Conference office. The football portion of the conference began in 2004 and ended this year with all of its teams going into different leagues for next season, including Cal Poly, which will join the Big Sky Conference for football only in 2012. Over the course of the eight seasons the conference existed for football, it included Cal Poly, UC Davis, Southern Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota State and Northern Colorado.

• College Roundup: Cal Poly's Jackson third-team AP All-American

  College Roundup: Cal Poly's Jackson third-team AP All-American

  Cal Poly senior cornerback Asa Jackson has been selected to the Associated Press Football Championship Subdivision All-American third team, becoming the first Mustang to be honored by the news agency in three years.

  Named Cal Poly’s most valuable defensive player last week, Jackson became the first player in the history of the Great West conference to earn first-team defensive honors in four seasons.

  Jackson had 54 tackles in his senior season and two interceptions, both of which were returned for touchdowns.

• College Roundup: Media pick 7 Cal Poly players for Great West 1st team in football

  College Roundup: Media pick 7 Cal Poly players for Great West 1st team in football

  After only four Cal Poly football players were voted to the first team by conference coaches, seven Mustangs were named all-Great West Conference first-team selections Wednesday for a team chosen by the media.

  Senior fullback Jake Romanelli headlined a group including cornerback and punt returner Asa Jackson, tackle Scott Winnewisser, defensive tackle Erich Klemme, safety Greg Francis and long snapper Troy Shotwell — all seniors.

  Second-team selections for the co-champion Mustangs include junior quarterback Andre Broadous, senior running back and kick returner Mark Rodgers, junior center Geoff Hyde, senior defensive end Kyle Murphy, sophomore defensive tackle Sullivan Grosz, sophomore linebacker Johnny Millard and junior linebacker Kennith Jackson.

• Cal Poly football fullback Romanelli is team MVP

  Cal Poly football fullback Romanelli is team MVP

  Former Templeton High star is Cal Poly's football MVP; NFL could be next step

• College Roundup: Keddy named Big West Conference’s top volleyball player

  College Roundup: Keddy named Big West Conference’s top volleyball player

  Junior Jennifer Keddy was named Big West Player of the Year on Tuesday, after helping the Mustangs (12-17) close the Big West Conference volleyball season with a 7-9 conference record.

  Keddy led the conference with a 4.06 kill average and ranked third in hitting percentage (.339), third in blocks (1.22) and first in points per set (4.85).

  Keddy, along with sophomore Kristina Graven, also earned first-team all-Big West honors. It was the second time both had been selected.