Dec. 19, 2006

BALTIMORE, MD -- Johns Hopkins senior Ben Scott (Pittsburgh, PA/Shady Side Academy) grabbed a pair of All-America honors recently as he was named a Second Team d3football.com All-American as a punter and a Third Team d3football.com All-American as a place-kicker. Scott, who had previously been named to the AFCA Division III All-America Team as a punter, joins David Perna (honorable mention ? offensive line ? 1999) and Matt Campbell (third team ? defensive back ? 2003) as the only Johns Hopkins players to earn All-America honors from d3football.com, which first selected a team in 1999.

Scott averaged 41.6 yards per punt and dropped a school-record 23 of his 53 punts inside the opposition's 20-yard line during the 2006 season. He had nine punts over 50 yards and three punts over 60 yards this season. His 41.6 yards per punt narrowly missed the school single-season record of 41.8 by Joe Cowan in 1967. He finished third in the nation in punting average and twice earned First Team All-Centennial honors as a punter (2005, 2006).

In addition to his exploits as a punter, Scott has also been one of the top place-kickers in the country over the last three years. He hit 13-of-19 field goals and 16-of-17 extra points this season and ended his career tied for third in Division III history with 43 field goals. He is believed to be the only player in Division III history to hit 13 or more field goals in three different seasons and finished the season ranked third in the nation in field goals per game. He was the only player in the nation at any level to rank in the top five in punting average and field goals per game in 2006. Scott earned First Team All-Centennial honors this season as a place-kicker after earning second team honors as a sophomore and junior.

Scott also recently played for the AFCA Division III all-star team that represented the United States against the Mexican National Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl on December 16 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Scott averaged 42.9 yards on eight punts in a 28-7 United States victory. He dropped two of his eight punts inside Mexico's 20-yard line and had a 61-yard punt on his first punt of the game. He is the first Johns Hopkins football player selected to play in the Aztec Bowl, which has featured a United States All-Star Team since 1997.

Ben Scott's 2006 Honors & Awards
? First Team AFCA All-American (punter)
? Second Team d3football.com All-American (punter)
? Third Team d3football.com All-American (place-kicker)
? d3football.com First Team All-South Region (punter)
? d3football.com Second Team All-South Region (place-kicker)
? Aztec Bowl Participant
? First Team All-Centennial (punter)
? First Team All-Centennial (place-kicker)
? Centennial Special Teams Player of the Week (10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12),
? Centennial Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (9/10)
? d3football.com Team of the Week (9/10)
? Don Hansen's Football Gazette National Special Teams Player of the Week (9/10, 10/15)

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