Nov. 12, 2001

BALTIMORE, Md. -- The Johns Hopkins University football team, which posted a 6-3 record, including a 4-2 mark in the Centennial Conference, placed 11 players on the 2001 All-Centennial Football Team, which was announced today by Steve Ulrich, Executive Secretary of the league. The Blue Jays had four first-team selections, three second-team selections, and four honorable mention selections.

Leading the way for the Blue Jays was senior defensive end Erich Hellmold (Sayville, NY/Sayville), who was the only Johns Hopkins player to earn unanimous First Team All-Centennial status and the only defensive player to garner top honors. Hellmold, who had earned Second Team All-Centennial honors as a sophomore and junior, posted 27 tackles, including nine for losses and 2.5 sacks on the year. He missed the opening game of the season with an injury, but his nine tackles for losses still ranked second on the team. He is the first JHU defensive lineman since 1998 to earn First Team All-CC honors and he is the eighth to garner top honors since the league was formed in 1983.

Senior wide receiver Zach Baylin (Wilmington, DE/Tatnall) becomes the first Johns Hopkins wide receiver to twice earn First Team All-Centennial status as he is a repeat selection to the top squad. Baylin led the Centennial in receptions for the third straight season as he posted a team-high 59 receptions for 651 yards and five touchdowns on the year. He is just the second wide receiver in Centennial history to lead the league in receptions three times and finishes his career ranked second all-time at JHU in receptions (191) and fourth in receiving yards (2,049) and touchdown receptions (19).

Junior center Kevin Kostibos (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park) joins Baylin as a First Team All-Centennial selection after garnering Second Team status as a sophomore. Kostibos anchored an offensive line that started just one senior and paved the way for an offense that averaged nearly 23 points and over 365 yards of total offense per game. Since the inception of the Centennial Conference in 1983, Kostibos is just the seventh Johns Hopkins offensive lineman to garner First Team All-Centennial honors and the first center to be named to the elite squad since 1995.

Rounding out Hopkins' First Team All-Centennial selections is senior place kicker Matt Andrade (Wyoming, DE/Caesar Rodney). Andrade was 26-for-26 on extra points this season and 8-for-16 on field goals to account for 50 points on the year. His 26-for-26 showing on extra points extended his consecutive streak of successful extra points to 27, tying the Centennial Conference record. In addition, he led all CC place kickers in points (50), points per game (5.6), field goals (8), field goals per game (0.89), and extra point percentage (100.0). He is just the second Johns Hopkins place kicker to earn First Team All-Centennial honors.

The Johns Hopkins defense, which led the league in scoring defense (14.0 ppg.), total defense (247.7), pass efficiency defense (64.2), and passing yards allowed per game (90.9), placed three players on the second team and one on the honorable mention squad, in addition to Hellmold's selection to the first team.

Junior defensive lineman Pat Doyle (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Bishop Hoban), senior linebacker Marc Della Pia (West Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell), and senior cornerback Joe Angelosante (Ridgefield Park, NJ/Ridgefield Park) all garnered second team status, while senior Craig Reinert (Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan) earned honorable mention honors.

From his defensive tackle position, Doyle posted a career-high 32 tackles, including two sacks and eight tackles for losses. His eight tackles for losses tied for third on the team, while his 32 tackles ranked second among defensive linemen.

Della Pia made it three straight years of leading the team in tackles as his 59 tackles on the season once again paced the squad. Della Pia, who earned Honorable Mention All-Centennial status as a sophomore, also had four tackles for losses, one sack, and one interception on the year. His interception with less than two minutes to play sealed Hopkins' 21-14 season-ending win over ninth-ranked Western Maryland.

Angelosante spearheaded a secondary that did not allow a touchdown pass all season (first time since 1980 an NCAA Division III team has not allowed a TD pass for an entire season). Angelonsante finished fifth on the team with 38 tackles on the year and tied for the team-lead with three interceptions.

Reinert, who garnered Second Team All-Centennial honors as a junior, missed two full games plus part of another with an injury, but still managed to post 23 tackles on the year.

Rounding out the Blue Jay honorees were three honorable mention selections on offense. Senior quarterback Rob Heleniak (Philadelphia, PA/Germantown Academy), senior running back Scott Martorana (Long Valley, NJ/W. Morris Central), and junior offensive tackle Leif Glynn (Croton, NY/Croton-Harmon) all garnered honorable mention status for their efforts.

Heleniak was 159-of-296 for 1,651 yards and 12 touchdowns against 16 interceptions on the year. His 1,651 yards and 183.4 yards per game both led the league, while his 103.5 efficiency rating ranked fourth overall. He also finished third in total offense (182.4 ypg.). His 159 completions rank as the third-highest single-season total in school history, while his 296 attempts rank fourth.

Martorana missed three full games with injuries, but still led the team with 548 yards rushing and six rushing touchdowns. He also finished third on the team in receptions (17) and second in all-purpose yards (653). His 91.3 yards per game rushing and 108.3 all-purpose yards per game led the team, while his 91.3 yards per game also rank as the seventh-highest single-season average in school history.

In his first season as a starter, Glynn gave the Blue Jays a large presence at right tackle and helped lead the way for an offense that averaged nearly 23 points and over 365 yards of total offense per game.

The 6-3 record marks the eighth time in 12 seasons under head coach Jim Margraff that the Blue Jays have posted a winning record. Prior to Margraff's arrival in 1990, Johns Hopkins had posted just seven winning seasons in 18 years. Margraff became Hopkins' all-time winningest football coach when the Blue Jays knocked off Washington & Lee, 34-3 in the season-opener earlier this season.

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