Cornell football - 2 on All-Ivy 2nd team

Soft year for All-Ivy honors. For Cornell, Tim Bax (safety) and Steve Valenta (offensive line) were second team. Also five HMs. No first-team.


Cornell release: [www.cornellbigred.com]

Cornell release
Juniors Tim Bax and Steve Valenta headlined seven Cornell football players selected to the 2007 All-Ivy League football team when the squads were released on Monday afternoon by the league office. Both Bax (safety) and Valenta (offensive line) were second team picks in a vote by the league's eight head coaches after helping Cornell to a 5-5 finish (2-5 Ivy). Bax and Valenta were joined by senior offensive linemen Ted Sonnenberg and Brian McGuire, senior linebacker Doug Lempa, junior wide receiver Zac Canty and junior linebacker Graham Rihn as honorable mention selections.

The teams:
2007 ALL-IVY FOOTBALL
*Unanimous

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
WR -- Buddy Farnham, Brown (Soph., Andover, Mass.)
WR -- Corey Mazza, Harvard (Sr., Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
WR -- Austin Knowlin, Columbia (Soph., Newington, Conn.)
TE -- Langston Johnson, Yale (Sr., Los Altos, Calif.)
OL -- Jeff Monaco, Yale (Sr., McDonald, Pa.)
OL -- Andrew Brecher, Harvard (Sr., Needham, Mass.)
OL -- Brian Brazinski, Penn (Sr., Basking Ridge, N.J.)
OL -- David Paine, Harvard (Sr., South Attleboro, Mass.)
OL -- James Williams, Harvard (Soph., Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
QB -- Chris Pizzotti, Harvard (Sr., Reading, Mass.)
RB -- *Mike McLeod, Yale (Jr., New Britain, Conn.)
RB -- Joe Sandberg, Penn (Sr., Oradell, N.J.)
K -- Steve Morgan, Brown (Sr., New Albany, Ohio)

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- *Brad Bagdis, Harvard (Sr., Paxton, Mass.)
DL -- Naheem Harris, Penn (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
DL -- Matt Curtis, Harvard (Jr., Peabody, Mass.)
DL -- Brandt Hollander, Yale (Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.)
LB -- Bobby Abare, Yale (Jr., Acton, Mass.)
LB -- Glenn Dorris, Harvard (Jr., Marietta, Ga.)
LB -- Justin Cottrell, Dartmouth (Sr., Somers Point, N.J.)
LB -- Tim Boardman, Princeton (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.)
DB -- *Steven Williams, Harvard (Sr., San Antonio, Texas)
DB -- Andrew Berry, Harvard (Jr., Bel Air, Md.)
DB -- Chris Wynn, Penn (Soph., Flemington, N.J.)
DB -- Doug Hewlett, Harvard (Sr., Wellington, Fla.)
P -- Ryan Coyle, Princeton (Jr., Princeton, N.J.)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
*Mike McLeod, Yale (RB, Jr., New Britain, Conn.)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Alex Gross, Columbia (LB, Fr., Kettering, Ohio)

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
WR -- Bobby Sewall, Brown (Soph., Portsmouth, R.I.)
WR -- Paul Raymond, Brown (Sr., Miami, Fla.)
WR -- Brian Evans, Dartmouth (Sr., Fairfield, Texas)
TE -- Colin Cloherty, Brown (Jr., Bethesda, Md.)
OL -- Paul Jasinowski, Brown (Soph., Washington, D.C.)
OL -- Steve Valenta, Cornell (Jr., Orland Park, Ill.)
OL -- James Tull, Brown (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio)
OL -- Taylor Layman, Dartmouth (Sr., Brentwood, Tenn.)
OL -- Darius Dale, Yale (Jr., Seattle, Wash.)
QB -- Michael Dougherty, Brown (Jr., Davie, Fla.)
RB -- Cheng Ho, Harvard (Soph., Augusta, Ga.)
RB -- Rob Toresco, Princeton (Sr., Flemington, N.J.)
RB -- Joe Fucillo, Yale (Sr., Rockville, Md.)
K -- Alan Kimball, Yale (Sr., Olathe, Kan.)

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
DL -- Jim Develin, Brown (Soph., Gilbertsville, Pa.)
DL -- Jared Hamilton, Yale (Sr., Alpine, Utah)
DL -- Kai Brown, Brown (Sr., Bellevue, Wash.)
DL -- Peter Ajayi, Harvard (Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y.)
LB -- Eric Schultz, Harvard (Jr., Alpharetta, Ga.)
LB -- Joe Anastasio, Penn (Sr., Camp Hill, Pa.)
LB -- Jay Colabella, Penn (Jr., West Harrison, N.Y.)
LB -- Brady Hart, Yale (Jr., State College, Pa.)
DB -- Tim Bax, Cornell (Jr., Chicago, Ill.)
DB -- John Hopkins, Harvard (Sr., The Woodlands, Texas)
DB -- John Pircon, Dartmouth (Sr., Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
DB -- Steve Santoro, Yale (Jr., Airmont, N.Y.)
P -- Jon Rocholl, Columbia (Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.)

HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE
WR -- Matt Luft, Harvard (Soph., Thousands Oaks, Calif.)
WR -- Zac Canty, Cornell (Jr., Naperville, Ill.)
WR -- Braden Lepisto, Penn (Sr., Agoura Hills, Calif.)
WR -- Brendan Circle, Princeton (Sr., Villa Park, Calif.)
TE -- Jason Miller, Harvard (Jr., Zionsville, Ind.)
OL -- Ben Goeke, Dartmouth (Sr., Chevy Chase, Md.)
OL -- Ted Sonnenberg, Cornell (Sr., Holgate, Ohio)
OL -- Chris Kovalcik, Penn (Jr., Westwood, Mass.)
OL -- A.J. Tracey, Brown (Sr., Midwest City, Okla.)
OL -- Ty Davis, Yale (Jr., Fresno, Calif.)
OL -- Brian McGuire, Cornell (Sr., Princeton Junction, N.J.)
QB -- Craig Hormann, Columbia (Sr., Indianapolis, Ind.)
RB -- Nick Cisler, Penn (Sr., Grand Rapids, Mich.)
RB -- Noah Van Niel, Harvard (Sr., Newton, Mass.)

HONORABLE MENTION DEFENSE
DL -- Tom Stone, Penn (Sr., Harrisburg, Pa.)
DL -- Kirk Porter, Yale (Sr., Silver Spring, Md.)
DL -- Pete Buchignani, Princeton (Jr., Bloomington, Ill.)\
DL -- Chuks Obi, Harvard (Soph., Tracy, Calif.)
DL -- Phillip Mitchell, Columbia (Jr., Knoxville, Tenn.)
DL -- Cullen Gilchrist, Dartmouth (Sr., Dartmouth, Mass.)
DL -- Carl Ehrlich, Harvard (Jr., Bethesda, Md.)
DL -- Matt Koch, Princeton (Jr., Ponte Verde, Fla.)
LB -- Doug Lempa, Cornell (Sr., Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.)
LB -- Frank Nuzzo, Brown (Jr., Everett, Mass.)
LB -- Jon May, Brown (Jr., Naples, Fla.)
LB -- Graham Rihn, Cornell (Jr., Allison Park, Pa.)
DB -- Pat Kimener, Penn (Sr., Grayslake, Ill.)
DB -- Darrell Harrison, Brown (Jr., New York, N.Y.)
DB -- Nick Solakian, Yale (Sr., Santa Barbara, Calif.)
DB -- Paul Rice, Yale (Soph., Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
DB -- Tyson Maugle, Penn (Jr., Duncansville, Pa.)
P -- Steve Morgan, Brown (Sr., New Albany, Ohio)
P -- Tom Mante, Yale (Soph., Westford, Mass.)