Marquis and Gorman named to All-Centennial football squad; Stubbs an Honorable Mention

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – After three years as an honorable mention selection, Juniata College senior Jason Marquis (Jeannette, Pa./Jeannette) finally earned a spot on the All-Centennial Conference football team, which was unveiled Tuesday morning.

Marquis, a defensive lineman, was a Second Team All-Centennial honoree.  Sophomore linebacker Kevin Gorman (Waverly, N.Y./Waverly Central) joined Marquis on the All-Centennial Second Team, while kick and punt returner Nicholas Stubbs (Hagerstown, Md./South Hagerstown) earned a spot on the Honorable Mention squad among the league's specialists.

Marquis finished the season with 41 total tackles, 24 of which were solo stops, and recorded 4.0 tackles for loss of 16 yards. He recorded a season-high eight tackles against Dickinson College, and nearly matched the feat with seven tackles versus Johns Hopkins.

For his career, Marquis logged 196 career tackles, 118 of which were unassisted, and logged 21.0 tackles for loss of 65 yards.  He finished his career with 6.0 sacks.

Gorman led the Eagles in total tackles in 2011, recording 76 tackles with 45 unassisted stops.  He had 11.5 tackles for loss of 31 yards, with 4.0 sacks and three pass breakups.

Through two seasons at Juniata, Gorman has 156 total tackles, 95 of which have been unassisted, with 20.5 TFL and 6.0 sacks.

Stubbs recorded 33 tackles in his rookie collegiate campaign, with 26 unassisted tackles.  He moved to the offensive side of the ball halfway through the season, and recorded 129 net yards rushing on 26 carries, an average of 5.0 yards per carry.

As the Eagles' primary kick and punt returner, Stubbs was responsible for some of the biggest thrills of the 2011 season.  He recorded both a punt return and a kick return for touchdowns against Franklin & Marshall, and averaged 9.3 yards per punt return and 21.0 yards per kick return this season.

Stubbs also recorded a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, and an interception return for a touchdown this season; research has yet to find any other Division III institution with a football player who has scored a touchdown five different ways in a single season.

Marquis and Gorman are just the fourth and fifth Juniata players to earn outright All-Centennial Conference honors, joining Lance Tippett (2007, First Team), Tyler Templeton (2007, Second Team), and Andy Miller (2009, Second Team).

Juniata finished the season with a 1-9 mark, 1-8 in the Centennial, however the Eagles' win was a 17-16 victory over archrival Susquehanna University. The Crusaders entered the game with a  6-3 overall mark, 5-3 in the Centennial.

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