Anzevino Named To Rimington Watch List For Second Straight Year

KENT, Ohio – Kent State fifth-year senior center Chris Anzevino (Warren, Ohio) has been named to the Rimington Trophy 2011 Spring Watch List. Recognized for the second year in a row, Anzevino is one of 42 players on the preliminary list for the trophy that is awarded annually to the top center in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

The 6-2, 305-pound Anzevino was a third team All-MAC honoree in 2011 and has started all 36 games for the Golden Flashes over the past three seasons.

Joining Anzevino on the list are Eloy Atkinson (UTEP), Mario Benavides (Louisville), Philiip Blake (Baylor), Ben Bojicic (Bowling Green), Colin Boss (Middle Tennessee State), Mike Brewster (Ohio State), Terence Brown (BYU), Ben Burkett (Northwestern), Thomas Byrd (Boise State), Mike Caputo (Nebraska), Nick Carlson (Wyoming), Tom Castilaw (Arkansas State), Braxton Cave (Notre Dame), Trent Dupy (Tulsa), Dillon Farrell (New Mexico), James Ferentz (Iowa), Dalton Freeman (Clemson), Kevin Galeher (Western Michigan), Grant Garner (Oklahoma State), Garth Gerhart (Arizona State), Jeremiah Hatch (Kansas), A.J. Hawkins (Mississippi), Cam Holland (North Carolina), Tyler Horn (Miami), Grant Johnson (Oregon State), T.J. Johnson (South Carolina), Ben Jones (Georgia), Peter Konz (Wisconsin), Tyler Larsen (Utah State), P.J. Lonergan (LSU), Joe Madsen (West Virginia), Kai Maiava (UCLA), Blake McJunkin (SMU), David Molk (Michigan), Brian Moore (Duke), Weston Richburg (Colorado State), Matt Smith (Kentucky), Darion Smith (UAB), Travis Swanson (Arkansas), William Vlachos (Alabama) and Scott Wedige (Northern Illinois).

Created with the support of the Boomer Esiason Foundation, the award was established in 2000 in honor of Dave Rimington. A two-time All-American at Nebraska, he is the only player to have won the Outland Trophy twice. A member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America Hall of Fame, Rimington was a first round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1983, where he was a teammate of Esiason's for four years.

Proceeds from the Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet will benefit cystic fibrosis research.

Under the direction of first-year head coach Darrell Hazell, Kent State opens the 2011 campaign at Alabama Sept. 3, before kicking off its six-game home slate Sept. 10 against Louisiana. Call (330) 672-2244 for season ticket information.