Central Washington Game Part Of 2009 TV Package

Central Washington's Sept. 3 football game at Minnesota Duluth will be televised nationally by the CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV).

The game is the second of six Division II football games scheduled to be televised by the network. Kickoff will be at 5 p.m. Pacific time.

Division II and CBS College Sports also televise an annual package of men's and women's basketball games. Last February the women's basketball game between Seattle Pacific and Northwest Nazarene was part of the package. The 2009-10 television schedule will be announced at a later date.

Reilly, Cox, Bennett Receive Top GNAC Football Awards

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Central Washington quarterback Mike Reilly and Western Oregon defensive tackle Matt Cox have been selected the 2008 Offensive and Defensive Players-of-the-Year, respectively, in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

First-year CWU head coach Blaine Bennett, who guided the Wildcats to a 10-1 record, including a perfect 9-0 mark against Division II schools, was voted the GNAC Coach-of-the-Year . It is the second Coach-of-the-Year award for Bennett, who earned Columbia Football Association honors in 1997 at Western Oregon.

Reilly set numerous GNAC and Central Washington school records this season in throwing for 3,286 yards and 32 touchdowns and finishing with 3,660 yards in total offense. He currently ranks fourth all-time in NCAA Division II history in total offense with 13,250 yards and third in passing with 12,028. He needs just 325 more yards to equal Jon Kitna's school career passing record of 12,353.

Cox led the GNAC in tackles for losses with 20 and quarterback sacks with 11. He finished his career with 58 ½ TFLs, more than any other player in conference history.

Two other players also earned special awards. Western Washington running back Randall Eldridge, who leads the GNAC in rushing averaging 83.9 yards per contest, was voted the GNAC Newcomer-of-the-Year . Central Washington defensive end Andrew Oney was selected the GNAC Freshman-of-the-Year . Oney finished the regular season with eight tackles for losses, including 5 ½ sacks.

Central Washington, which is ranked eighth in this week's American Football Coaches Association national poll, led the conference all-star selections, earning 10 spots on the first team, including six on offense and four on defense.

Defensive back Courtney Smith accounted for two of the 10 being selected to the first team as both a kick returner and defensive back.

Western Oregon and Western Washington, which tied for second in the GNAC, had seven and six first team selections, respectively, while Dixie State and Humboldt State had three each.

A total of 16 of the 29 first-team selections were unanimous, including 10 on offense.

In addition to Reilly, who was a unanimous pick as Offensive Player-of-the-Year, and Eldridge, running back Ben Kuenzi of Western Oregon, wide receivers Johnny Spevak of Central Washington and Isaiah Smith of Western Oregon, CWU tight end Jared Bronson, kicker Garrett Rolsma of CWU and offensive lineman Taylor Boggs of Humboldt State, Cody Perkins of Western Oregon and Ryan Delrosal of Dixie State, also were unanimous offensive picks.