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Seven Bulldogs Earn Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Honors
07/20/2005
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Seven Mississippi State football players were voted to the pre-season Coaches All-SEC Team, the league office announced Wednesday.
Senior halfback Jerious Norwood (Brandon, Miss.) earned first-team all-league recognition from the conference head coaches. The 6-0, 202-pounder rushed 195 times for 1,050 yards, a 5.4-yard per carry average, and seven touchdowns in 2004. He is the league¹s leading returning rusher and ranked 28th nationally a year ago.
Senior defensive end Willie Evans (Waynesboro, Miss.) was voted second-team all-SEC on the defensive line. The 6-2, 259-pounder was second on the '04 MSU team in total tackles and led the club in both tackles for loss and quarterback sacks. His 67 tackles led all SEC linemen a year ago, and he ranked fourth in the league in tackles for loss (14.5) and tied for 10th in sacks (5.5).
A total of five Bulldogs were accorded third-team, all-SEC honors from the coaches. Sophomore tight end Eric Butler (Moss Point, Miss.), junior offensive lineman Brian Anderson (Butler, Ala.), and senior center Chris McNeil (Petal, Miss.) also represented the State offense. Junior linebacker Quinton Culberson (Jackson, Miss.) and senior defensive back Kevin Dockery (Hernando, Miss.) were selected from the MState defense.
A breakdown of total selections follows: Florida 12
Auburn 11
Tennessee 10
Alabama 9
Georgia 9
LSU 8
Mississippi State 7
Ole Miss 6
South Carolina 4
Arkansas 3
Kentucky 3
Vanderbilt 2

MSU 4th On SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
07/22/2005

STARKVILLE, Miss. -­ Mississippi State placed 29 first-year student-athletes on the 2005 Southeastern Conference Freshman Academic Honor Roll, the fourth-highest total among league teams in the sports in which MSU competes.
State trailed only South Carolina (49), Florida (42) and LSU (39) on the academic performance list recently released by the league office. Kentucky (28), Vanderbilt (27), Arkansas and Georgia (25), Alabama and Ole Miss (20), Tennessee (19) and Auburn (13) rounded out the ranking. Those figures represent honorees in MState-sponsored sports only.
The 2005 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2004-05 academic calendar.

Mayors Trophy to be held one more year at Smith Wills

Palmeiro's 3,000th career hit puts him in elite company

07/16/2005
Associated Press
SEATTLE - Rafael Palmeiro curled an RBI double to the leftfield corner, locking up his place in history.
Palmeiro became the 26th player to reach 3,000 career hits on Friday night, doubling in a run in the fifth inning before adding a sixth-inning single in Baltimore's 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Melvin Mora and Sal Fasano hit solo home runs for the Orioles, who remained one game behind first-place Boston in the AL East.
Palmeiro's milestone hit came off starter Joel Pineiro (3-5), who good-naturedly tossed the ball to Baltimore manager Lee Mazzilli as the Orioles rushed from their dugout to swarm Palmeiro at second base.
Palmeiro has 566 home runs over his 20-year career, joining Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray as the only players with 3,000 hits and 500 homers.
Palmeiro's double tied him with Roberto Clemente for 25th place on the career hits list. He passed Clemente with a clean single to center off reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa for hit No. 3,001.
Baltimore's slugger was cheered on each at-bat, and flashbulbs popped on every pitch with the record pending. Teammates mobbed him with hugs after his 3,000th hit, and he received a lengthy standing ovation from the Safeco Field crowd.
Palmeiro's sons were on hand to enjoy the night, too. Ten-year-old Preston Palmeiro documented the event with a video camera and another son, 15-year-old Patrick, was a Baltimore batboy.
Rickey Henderson was the most recent player to reach 3,000 hits, accomplishing the feat Oct. 7, 2001, for San Diego.

2005 Mississippi StateFootball Schedule
SEPTEMBER 3 Murray State 6:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 10 at Auburn 1:30 p.m. on JP sports
SEPTEMBER 17 at Tulane 7:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 24 Georgia TBA
OCTOBER 01 LSU TBA
OCTOBER 08 at Florida TBA
OCTOBER 22 Houston (HC) 1:30 p.m.
OCTOBER 29 at Kentucky TBA
NOVEMBER 05 Alabama TBA
NOVEMBER 19 at Arkansas (little rock) TBA
NOVEMBER 26 Ole Miss
DECEMBER 03 SEC Championship Georgia Dome Atlanta