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Six Lightning Players Garner 20007 All-af2 Honors

August 14, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Stockton Lightning News Release


STOCKTON, Calif. - Stockton Lightning WR/DB Kenyatte Morgan has been named to the American Conference's All-af2 First Team for Special Teams, highlighting a league-high tying six All-af2 selections for Stockton, the arenafootball2 League Office announced today.

The Lightning tied the Arkansas Twisters, Florida Firecats and Tulsa Talons for the highest amount of players named to the all-af2 team. Below is a look at this years American Conference All-af2 team, with Stocktons honorees highlighted in bold:

AMERICAN CONFERENCE ALL-af2

POSITION FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM

QB Ryan Vena - W-B/ScrantonBrian Baker - Tri-Cities

FB Tim Murphy - Mahoning ValleyDemetrius Forney - Louisville

WR Josh Richey - Everett Tiger Jones - Louisville

WR Antwone Savage - Spokane J.R. Thomas - Tri-Cities

WR Bakari Brown - Albany Sale Key - Stockton

C Beau Elliott - W-B/ScrantonRico Ochoa - Spokane

OL Chris Jahnke - Quad City Anthony Bolden - Stockton

OL Zack Love - W-B/ScrantonJimmy Williams - Manchester

DL Durrand Roundtree - AlbanyJermaine Petty - Quad City

DL Ben McCombs - Bakersfield Eddie Yauch - Louisville

DL Maurice Fountain - Manchester Devin Parks - Spokane

MLB Kamau Jackson - Cincinnati Jason Hunt - Stockton

JLB Lawrence Matthews - Louisville Carl Walker - Stockton

DB Nathan Munson - BakersfieldMaurice Taylor - Mahoning Valley

DB Chris Royal - W-B/ScrantonRonnie Amadi - Green Bay

DB Rob Keefe - Spokane Jamie Hattley - Tri-Cities

K David Davis - W-B/ScrantonAlex Walls - Stockton

ST Kenyatte Morgan - Stockton Aleric Clark - Central Valley

WR Sale Key, OL Anthony Bolden, LB Jason Hunt, LB Carl Walker, and kicker Alex Walls each earned second-team selections and their first All-af2 team selection in their career.

Morgan, 30, garners All-af2 First Team honors for the third time in his af2 career, ranking third in the af2 this year with 1,540 kick return yards and fourth 2,659 all-purpose yards while currently standing as the af2s all-time leader with 5,294 kick-return yards. The fourth-year veteran led the Lightning with 2,659 all-purpose yards, breaking the Lightning single-season record.

Against the Everett Hawks on May 14, Morgan tallied 237 kick-return yards and 359 all-purpose yards (second best output in the af2 for 2007), a Lightning record that guided Stockton to a 55-54 win in Washington.

Key, 25, appeared in all 16 games during his first full af2 season while ranking among a throng of af2 receiving leaders, placing 10th in scoring (222 points), eighth with 1,584 receiving yards, seventh with 129 receptions and tying for sixth with 37 touchdown receptions - figures that led the Lightning in all categories.

Bolden, 26, garners his first All-af2 selection as a second-team honoree, serving as a part of the Lightning pass-protection scheme that tied for seventh with just 14 sacks allowed. The 6-foot-3, 320-pound product of Temple University found a useful role as an occasional tight end, registering eight catches for 37 yards and two touchdown receptions.

A rookie who succeeded in his second attempt to make the Lightning roster out of training camp, Hunt ranked seventh in the af2 and led the Lightning with 11.5 sacks while tying for seventh and leading the Lightning with 13.5 tackles-for-loss - both currently standing as Lightning single-season records. The Modesto, Calif. native tied a Lightning single-game record with three sacks against Tri-Cities on May 5.

As a rookie formerly of national college power Miami, Walker earns his first All-af2 selection following a 2007 season where the 25-year old ranked third on the Lightning with 55 tackles and tied for third on the team with eight pass breakups, primarily serving the team in the jack linebacker position. Walkers best output came against Spokane on April 28 as the Florida native tallied a team-high tying seven take-downs with DB Travis Seaton.

Walls, 27, collects his first All-af2 honors in his fourth season of af2 competition, ranking among a throng of af2 top-10 leaders, leading the league with a 73.9 field goal percentage, ranking second with 139 points, eighth with an 83.8 point-after kick percentage and tying for second with 17 field goals. Walls hammered two buzzer-beating 39-yard field goals this season, helping the Lightning upend rival Central Valley in a 50-47 triumph in the week 3 home opener, followed by a 55-54 victory on May 14 at Everett.

The product of Tennessee currently stands second on the af2s all-time active field goal list and third overall with 41 field goals.

Complete listings of the arenafootball2 leagues 2007 First and Second Team honorees can be found at www.af2.com .

Season tickets for the 2008 Lightning regular season are on sale now. For more information on season tickets, merchandise, or other information, please call the Lightning at (209) 373-1500 or visit www.stocktonlightning.com .

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