Emory & Henry's star running back Caleb Jennings has been named a Division III First Team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association, one of a long list of prestigious honors for the celebrated Richlands, Va. athlete.
In recent days, Jennings was also named State Player of the Year in the College Division by the Virginia Sports Information Directors and State Offensive Player of the Year in the College Division by the Roanoke Times.
Last week, Jennings also was honored with the prestigious Lanier Award and the Offensive Player of the Year Award given by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. He was also named First Team All-ODAC and First Team All-State.
The E&H junior, who has become one of the most decorated E&H football athletes, ranked third nationally this year in all-purpose yards with 1,919 and seventh nationally in rushing with an average of 137.1 yards per game. He also led the ODAC in rushing, all-purpose yards and rushing touchdowns (14). He was twice named ODAC Offensive Player of the Week and was also named to the D3football Team of the Week.
In 2008, he was named to the honorable mention list of the All-American Team as a return specialist. During the past two seasons he has totaled 4,080 all-purpose yards. He helped lead the Wasps to a 7-3 season in 2009, the team's best record since 2000.
As a member of the First Team of the VaSID Virginia All-State Squad as both a running back and a return specialist, he helped his team to the lead position in the number of players named to the list of honorees. Punter T.J. Frazier also was named to the first team while four other players were named to the Second Team, including tight end Corey Shepherd, offensive lineman James Hairston, linebacker Ed Smith and defensive back Tyler Brown.