D3football.com All-East Region Team

Six Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football student-athletes have received D3football.com All-East Region honors as announced by the organization yesterday.

Matthew Green of Bridgewater State, Olajuwon Dickerson, Kevin Donahue and Nick Stanfield of Framingham State and Casey Hippert and Bryan Narcisse of Worcester State were named to either the first, second or third team. The teams, selected in balloting by East Region sports information directors and D3football.com staff, werechosen from 228 nominations by Division III member schools. A total of 78 players were chosen.

Green hauled in 64 passes for 900 yards and seven touchdowns during the 2014 campaign for Bridgewater State. The Stoughton, Massachusetts product led the MASCAC in receiving yards per game (112.5). He also finished third in the conference in receptions and receiving yards (despite missing two games to injury) as well as sixth in yards per catch (14.1) and receiving touchdowns.

Dickerson was one of the anchors of the Rams defensive front and earned first team All-MASCAC honors in his final season with the Rams.  Dickerson recorded 51 tackles with 38 solo and 18.5 tackles for a loss.  Dickerson led the Rams with seven sacks on the year.

Donahue, the 2014 MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year and first team all-conference honoree, was previously named to the New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England team as he led the Rams defense that surrendered just 16.9 points per game.  Donahue was the Rams leading tackler in 2014 with 95 stops including a school record 77 solo. He recorded 11.5 tackles for a loss with four sacks, five pass breakups and a forced fumble.

Stanfield, who was also an NEFW All-New England Selection, continues to accrue honors this season after being named the MASCAC Offensive Lineman of the Year and first team All-MASCAC.  Stanfield was the anchor of the Rams offensive line starting all 11 game this season.  The Rams had the second most potent offense in the conference averaging 423 yards per contest and scoring over 34 points per game.  The Rams offensive line led by Stanfield allowed just eight sacks on the year.

Narcisse finished his final campaign with 83 tackles (53 solo) while leading the region in sacks (12.5) and tackles for a loss (21.0). Entering the week of the Division III National Semifinals, Narcisse is still ranked among the nation's best with the fourth-highest average sacks (1.25) and the ninth best average tackles for a loss (2.1) while his solo tackles per game are 75th (5.6).

With team-highs of 50 receptions for 764 yards and five touchdowns, Hippert was among the top ten in the MASCAC in each category and he was sixth in the league with 84.9 yards per contest. In the latest NCAA Division III rankings, Hippert was second at his position in total receiving yards and average receiving yards.

Hippert currently sits with the second-highest receiving yards in a season (2,598 yards), the third-most receptions (159) and he is fourth with 20 touchdown catches for the Lancers. Hippert earns D3football.com Second-team honors for the second consecutive year and he was the lone tight-end to receive a nod on the Division II/III New England Writers team. 

Portions of this release courtesy of Bridgewater, Framingham and Worcester State Sports Information

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