2014 AFCA/NCAA Division II All-America team

ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T senior cornerback Will Brown (Hazelwood, Mo./Hazelwood West) was selected today to the American Football Coaches Association's All-America team for the 2014 season, the first Miner to receive that honor from the AFCA in 21 years.

Brown has earned numerous honors following a campaign in which he was named to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference first team and to the second team for Super Region Four on the Daktronics/Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association squad. 

During the 2014 season, Brown led the GLVC with a league-record seven interceptions and also lead the conference with 11 pass breakups.  Brown, who had 56 tackles during the year, is currently tied for seventh in the nation in interceptions and tied for 11^th in passes defended.

Of the seven interceptions Brown recorded during the season, the Miners scored touchdowns after four of them, including one Brown returned for a score to clinch Missouri S&T's October win over Lindenwood-Belleville.

Brown is the only player from a Great Lakes Valley Conference school named to the AFCA's All-America team and one of seven individuals from Super Region Four to be selected. 

He is also the first from S&T chosen to the coaches' All-America team since Eivind Listerud was selected in 1993, which at the time was sponsored by Eastman Kodak.  He is the fifth Miner in history to land a spot on the coaches' All-America team along with Listerud, Frank Winfield (1969), Merle Dillow (1974) and Bill Grantham (1980).

It also marks the third consecutive year and ninth time in the last 12 seasons in which a Miner player has been selected to an All-America squad; Eddie Rascon (Canutillo, Texas/Canutillo) and Chris Emesih (Houston, Texas/Westfield) earned the honors in each of the last two years from Beyond College Sports.

In addition to the AFCA honor, Brown also landed a spot on the Beyond College Sports all-region team for Super Region Four along with teammate Daleroy Davey (Kansas City, Kan./Turner).  Brown was a first team pick at cornerback, while Davey was named to the third team on the defensive line.

Davey finished the 2014 season ranked among the national leaders in quarterback sacks with 13, good for seventh at the Division II level.  He also led S&T with 19 tackles for a loss among his 47 stops and added three pass breakups and two forced fumbles.