Seven MASCAC Student-Athletes Earn New England Football Writers All New England Honors
Seven student-athletes from the MASCAC were named to the New England Football Writers (NEFW) All New England team as was announced by the organization yesterday.
Seven student-athletes from the MASCAC were named to the New England Football Writers (NEFW) All New England team as was announced by the organization yesterday.
Steven Silvia of Bridgewater State, Brian Callery and Cully Curran of Framingham State, Hugh Wells of Massachusetts Maritime, Dante Aviles-Santos and Angel Sanchez of UMass Dartmouth and Chad Blaszky of WestConn received All New England honors.
In 11 games this season, Silvia recorded 93 tackles (58 solo) with 13 tackles for loss, 2 1/2 sacks, four pass breakups and a fumble recovery. Silvia ranked second in the MASCAC in both solo tackles and tackles for loss, and third in total tackles. He is aiso currently 43rd in all of Division III in solo tackles.
Callery, the 2022 MASCAC Offensive Lineman of the Year, earns his first All-New England honors after an outstanding junior season. Callery, a first team All-MASCAC selection, started all 10 games for the Rams as the Rams finished the year second in the MASCAC in rushing yards, rushing yards per game, yards per rush and rushing first downs.
Curran, a 2021 NEFW All-New England selection and a 2022 first team All-MASCAC selection, finished the season with 64 total tackles including 49 solo stops with 6.5 tackles for a loss to go along with nine pass breakups.
This season, Wells racked up a league-high 10 sacks and 20 tackles for loss and totaled 59 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, an interception, four pass breakups and a blocked field goal on special teams. He was named to the MASCAC First Team last week.
Sanchez finished the season third in the nation in receiving yards per game (131.2) and sixth in the country in total receiving yards (1,181) with nine touchdown catches. Sanchez put up over 100-yards receiving in seven games this season, including 191 yards and a TD at Mass. Maritime. (Oct. 6).
Aviles-Santos, the MASCAC Offensive Player of the Year, completed 219 of 362 passes (.605 completion percentage), throwing for 3,189 yards and 28 touchdowns with only eight interceptions. He was named the NEFW Gold Helmet Award Winner last week which goes to the best season honoree.
Blaszky earned MASCAC All-Conference accolades after rushing for 1,306 yards on 260 carries and scoring eight touchdowns. He averaged 5.0 yards per carry and 130.6 rushing yards per game in his final season.