A chronological listing of the honors and awards received by
Tennessee Tech's student-athletes during
2011-12:
Updated September 26, 2011
June
9 - - FB/Tim Benford, CFPA Preseason Watch List for
Receivers
14 - FB/Marcus Edwards, CFPA Preseason Watch List for
Linebackers
22 - FB/Marcus Edwards, Preseason All-America by Consensus Draft
Services
July
5 - FB/Nick Campbell, CFPA Preseason Watch List for Punters
25 - FB/Tim Benford, Preseason all-OVC
25 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, Preseason all-OVC
27 - VB/Kelsey Gray, Preseason all-OVC
28 - FB/Dustin Dillehay, NSCA Strength All-America
28 - WBB/ Tacarra Hayes, NSCA Strength All-America
August
30 - SOC/Becca Toler, OVC Goalkeeper of the Week
September
6- SOC/Lindsey Reed, OVC Defensive Player of the Week
12 - FB/Tim Benford, CFPA Weekly Performance Award
12 - FB/Tre Lamb/CFPA Weekly Performance Award
18 - FB/Richmond Tooley, OVC Defensive Player of the Week
19 - FB/Tim Benford,CFPA Weekly Performance Award
25 - FB/Dontey Gay, OVC Offensive Player of the Week
25 - FB/Cody Forbes, OVC co-Special Teams Player of the Week
26 - FB/Dontey Gay,CFPA Weekly Performance Award
26 - FB/Tre Lamb, CFPA Weekly Performance Award
29 - SB/National Division I Academic Champions, National Fastpitch
Coaches Association (NFCA)
October
4 - MG/Tyler Cassetty, Murray State all-tournament team
6- MBB/Kevin Murphy, College Sports Madness OVC Preseason Player
of the Year
6- MBB/Kevin Murphy, College Sports Madness Preseason Second-Team
All Mid-Major
6- MBB/Zac Swansey, College Sports Madness Preseason Second-Team
All-OVC
6- MBB/Jud Dillard, College Sports Madness Preseason Fourth-Team
All-OVC
7 - FB/Tim Benford, National Watch List, Beyond Sports College
Network's watch list
7- MBB/Kevin Murphy, CBSSports.com OVC Preseason Player of the
Year
7- MBB/Kevin Murphy, Sporting News OVC Preseason Player of the
Year
10 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, College Sports Madness Mid Major
All-American Third Team
10 - WBB/T'Keyah Williams, College Sports Madness Preseason OVC
Freshman of the Year
16 - FB/Zach Sharp, OVC Special Teams Player of the Week
18- SOC/Leigh Heffner, OVC Defensive Player of the Week
25 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, OVC Preseason Player of the Year
25 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, OVC Preseason Player of the Year
25- MBB/Zac Swansey, Preseason All-OVC
27- MBB/Zac Swansey, USA Today OVC Preseason Player of the
Year
27- MBB/Kevin Murphy, USA Today Preseason All-OVC
30 - FB/Nick Campbell, OVC Special Teams Player of the Week
30 - FB/Corey Watson, OVC Defensive Player of the Week
November
2 - SOC/Leigh Heffner, All-OVC Second
Team
4 - MBB/Ryon Riggins, ESPN.com Incoming Sleeper
7 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, CBSSports.com Top 30 Under the Radar
Players
10 - FB/Corey Watson, CoSIDA Academic All-District
10 - FB/James Normand, CoSIDA Academic All-District
16 - VB/Ellen Conti, OVC All-Newcomer Team
20 - FB/Dontey Gay, OVC Co-Offensive Player of the Week
20 - FB/Richmond Tooley, OVC Defensive Player of the Week
21 - FB/Tre Lamb, OVC Player of the Week, College Sports
Madness
21 - FB/Dontey Gay, College Sports Performance Awards honorable
mention
22- FB/Tim Benford, OVC Offensive Player of the Year
22 - FB/Tim Benford, First-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, First-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Tim Richmond Tooley, First-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Marcus Edwards, First-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Dontey Gay, Second-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Travis Adkins, Second-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Nick Campbell, Second-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Will Johnson, Second-team all-OVC
22 - FB/Austin Tallant, OVC All-Newcomer team
December
2 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, CollegeHoops.net November
All-OVC
2 - MBB/Jud Dillard, CollegeHoops.net November All-OVC
6 - FB/Corey Watson, College Sports Madness all-OVC team
6 - FB/Dontey Gay, College Sports Madness all-OVC team
6 - FB/Tim Benford, College Sports Madness all-OVC team
6 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, College Sports Madness all-OVC team
7 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, College Sports Madness, All-America
team
13 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, CollegeHoops.net Mid-Major Player of the
Week
13 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, OVC Player of the Week
16 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, AP All-America team
19 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, OVC Player of the Week
19 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, CollegeSportsMadness.com OVC Player of the
Week
19 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, The Sports Network All-America team
19 - FB/Tim Benford, The Sports Network All-America team
22 - FB/Tim Benford, Phil Steele's Football All-America team
22 - FB/Scott Schweitzer, Phil Steele's Football All-America
team
27 - SB/Holly Thomas, College Sports Madness preseason All-OVC
team
27 - SB/Melody Christian, College Sports Madness preseason All-OVC
team
January
3 - FB/Corey Watson, FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team
9 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, CollegeSportsMadness.com OVC Player of the
Week
10 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, OVC Player of the Week
10 - WBB/Jala Harris, OVC Newcomer of the Week
21 - FB/Tim Benford selected to play in East-West Shrine Game
February
2 - WBB/Molly Heady, Academic All-District
6 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, OVC Player of the Week
9 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, Capital One Impact Performance of the
Week
13 - WBB/Jala Harris, OVC Newcomer of the Week
17 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, Lou Henson Player of the Year Award
finalist
20 - MBB/Jud Dillard, OVC Player of the Week
27 - WBB/Jala Harris, OVC Newcomer of the Week
27 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, College Sports Madnesss All-OVC First
Team
27 - MBB/Jud Dillard, College Sports Madnesss All-OVC First
Team
March
2 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, College Sports Madnesss All-OVC
Second Team
2 - WBB/Jala Harris, College Sports Madnesss All-OVC Third
Team
5 - WBB/Jala Harris, OVC All-Tournament Team
5 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes, OVC All-Tournament Team
5 - MBB/Kevin Murphy, OVC All-Tournament Team
19 - BSB/Zach Stephens, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player
of the Week
20 - BSB/Seth Lucio, OVC Pitcher of the Week
20 - BSB/Zach Stephens, OVC Player of the Week
28 - MT/Alejandro Augusto, OVC co-Player of the Week
29 - WBB/Tacarra Hayes invited to NCAA "So you want to be a
coach"
30 - MBB/Kevin Murphy selected to play in Reece's All-Star
Game
April
2 - BSB/Tristan Archer, OVC Pitcher of the Week
3 - WG/Amber Shepherd, Belmont Invitational all-tournament
4 - WG/Amber Shepherd, OVC co-Golfer of the Week
19 - MT/Syrym Abdukhalikov, All-OVC First Team
19 - MT/Alejandro Augusto, All-OVC Second Team
19 - MT/Alejndro Auguston, Co-Freshman of the Year
May
9 - SB/Holly Thomas, All-OVC First Team
12 - SB/Holly Thomas, OVC All-Tournament Team
12 - SB/Brooke Basten, OVC All-Tournament Team
12 - SB/Kendall Hooper, OVC All-Tournament Team
21 - BSB/Tristan Archer, OVC Pitcher of the Week
22 - BSB/Ben Burgess, All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB/Zach Stephens, All-OVC Second Team
22 - BSB/Dylan Bosheer, All-OVC Freshman Team
22 - BSB/Seth Lucio, All-OVC Freshman Team
22 - BSB/David Hess, All-OVC Freshman Team
