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Princeton University Athletics
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Seven Football Players Earn All-Ivy Distinction
November 24, 2009 | Football
Seven Princeton football players, including a pair of veteran offensive linemen, ended their 2009 seasons with All-Ivy League honors. Four players earned second-team honors, including junior linebacker Steven Cody, who led the league and ranked fifth in the nation in tackles.
Cody joined seniors Andrew Hauser, Dan Kopolovich and Mark Paski with second-team All-Ivy distinction, while juniors Trey Peacock and Matt Boyer and senior Joel Karacozoff earned All-Ivy honorable mention.
Cody led Princeton in tackles for the second straight season with 104 stops and averaged an Ivy League best 11.6 tackles per game. Cody recorded 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, seven passes defensed and two interceptions, including one he returned for a 77-yard touchdown in Princeton's 17-14 victory at Lehigh. His 10-tackle, two-sack effort in the 23-11 win at Dartmouth earned him Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Kopolovich was the No. 2 tackler at Princeton with 74 stops, including 42 solo ones. An unselfish and versatile player, Kopolovich played more snaps in 2009 than any of his teammates and led the team with 11 passes defensed. He recorded 10 break-ups, including ones on potential game-tying or game-winning drives in Princeton victories over both Lehigh and Yale, and he added his first interception of the season in the win over the Bulldogs.
Senior offensive linemen Mark Paski and Andrew Hauser were fittingly put together on the second team. They have played together in 34 of their 40 games at Princeton; Hauser earned a starting role midway through his freshman season, while Paski became the first Princeton offensive lineman to start every game of his Tiger career. They were starters during Princeton's 2006 Ivy League championship season.
Leading the All-Ivy honorable mention trio is Karacozoff, who led all defensive linemen with 43 tackles. An impact player since his sophomore season, Karacozoff recorded 43 tackles, three for loss, 2.5 sacks and five passes defensed. Karacozoff's final series at home provided one of his biggest plays, as it was his sack of Patrick Witt that basically ended Princeton's 24-17 win over Yale.
Boyer came on strong during the second half of the season and recorded 40 tackles, including five for loss. He also recorded five pass break-ups and had arguably his best effort in the season-ending 23-11 win at Dartmouth, when he spent much of the game in the Big Green backfield.
Peacock led Princeton with 48 receptions and averaged 52.7 yards per game. He recorded three touchdowns, including two in the 17-14 win over Cornell. His 78-yard touchdown catch against the Big Red was the Tigers' longest play of the season and provided the late winning margin against the Big Red.
2009 IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL POSTSEASON AWARDS
CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
Buddy Farnham, Brown
Jake Lewko, Penn
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Treavor Scales, Harvard
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
OL -- Mark Callahan, Brown
OL -- Paul Jasinowki, Brown*
OL -- Jeff Adams, Columbia
OL -- Ben Sessions, Harvard
OL -- James Williams, Harvard*
OL -- Joe D'Orazio, Penn*
QB -- Kyle Newhall-Caballero, Brown
RB -- Nick Schwieger, Dartmouth
RB -- Gino Gordon, Harvard
WR -- Buddy Farnham, Brown
WR -- Bobby Sewall, Brown
WR -- Austin Knowlin, Columbia
TE -- John Sheffield, Yale
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- James Develin, Brown*
DL -- David Howard, Brown
DL -- Lou Miller, Columbia*
DL -- Joe Goniprow, Penn*
LB -- Kelly Cox, Brown
LB -- Jake Lewko, Penn*
LB -- Chris Costello, Cornell
LB -- Paul Rice, Yale
DB -- Chris Perkins, Brown
DB -- Derrick Barker, Harvard
DB -- Colin Zych, Harvard
DB -- Jonathan Moore, Penn
DB -- Chris Wynn, Penn
DB -- Adam Money, Yale
FIRST TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- Andrew Samson, Penn
P -- Tom Mante, Yale*
RS -- Buddy Farnham, Brown
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
OL -- Tim Danser, Brown
OL -- Ben Osborne, Harvard
OL -- Alex Spisak, Harvard
OL -- Luis Ruffolo, Penn
OL -- Andrew Hauser, Princeton
OL -- Mark Paski, Princeton
QB -- Collier Winters, Harvard
RB -- Zachary Tronti, Brown
RB -- Treavor Scales, Harvard
RB -- Luke DeLuca, Penn
RB -- Lyle Marsh, Penn
WR -- Bryan Walters, Cornell
WR -- Chris Lorditch, Harvard
TE -- Andrew Kennedy, Columbia
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- Tom McCarthy, Yale
DL -- Carl Ehrlich, Harvard
DL -- Chucks Obi, Harvard
DL -- Josue Ortis, Harvard
DL -- Owen Thomas, Penn
LB -- Sean Hayes, Harvard
LB -- Jon Takamura, Harvard
LB -- Zach Heller, Penn
LB -- Steven Cody, Princeton
DB -- David Clement, Brown
DB -- A.J. Cruz, Brown
DB -- Adam Mehrer, Columbia
DB -- Shawn Abuhoff, Dartmouth
DB -- Pete Pidermann, Dartmouth
DB -- Kevin Gray, Penn
DB -- Dan Kopolovich, Princeton
SECOND TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- Tom Mante, Yale
P -- Nate Lovett, Brown
RS -- Bryan Walters, Cornell
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
OL -- Quentin Bernhard, Cornell
OL -- Andrew Bohl, Cornell
OL -- Alex Toth, Dartmouth
OL -- Greg Van Roten, Penn
QB -- M.A. Olawale, Columbia
QB -- Kyle Olson, Penn
WR -- Tanner Scott, Dartmouth
WR -- Kyle Derham, Penn
WR -- Trey Peacock, Princeton
TE -- John Gallagher, Dartmouth
TE -- Nicolai Schwarzkopf, Harvard
TE -- Luke Nawrocki, Penn
HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
DL -- Victor Ojukwu, Harvard
DL -- Matt Boyer, Princeton
DL -- Joel Karacozoff, Princeton
DL -- Joe Young, Yale
LB -- Corey Cameron, Columbia
LB -- Brian Levine, Penn
LB -- Erik Rask, Penn
LB -- Travis Henry, Yale
LB -- Sean Williams, Yale
DB -- Andrew Shalbrack, Columbia
DB -- Rashad Campbell, Cornell
DB -- Ryan Barnes, Harvard
HONORABLE SPECIAL TEAMS
PK -- Foley Schmidt, Dartmouth
PK -- Patrick Long, Harvard
P -- Drew Alston, Cornell
RS -- Austin Knowlin, Columbia
* - Unanimous Selection