(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) - The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2012 All-Conference awards for football. A total of 90 student-athletes have earned All-Conference honors. Ferrum College's Tim Reynolds was named the Offensive Player of the Year while Christopher Newport University's Paul Dukes earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. LaGrange College's Andre Carter was named Defensive Player of the Year while Maryville College's Gabe Johnson earned Defensive Rookie of the Year accolades. Rounding out the individual awards was Greensboro College Head Coach Bill Young who was named the Coach of the Year. The USA South also recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team, consisting of one member from each competing school. 

All honors are determined by votes from the football coach at each institution.

Reynolds, a sophomore quarterback from Arlington, Virginia becomes the third straight Ferrum quarterback to collect offensive player of the year honors after former Panther Marcus Mayo earned the accolade the past two seasons. Reynolds led the Panther passing and rushing attack this season by averaging 255.9 yards of total offense per game and scoring 28 total touchdowns. He was 115-of-189 through the air for a league-best 60.8 percentage. On the ground, Reynolds averaged 87.6 yards per game which ranked fourth in the Conference with a USA South-best 15 touchdowns. For his efforts this season, Reynolds was named a First Team All-Conference selection at quarterback. Finally, he was named USA South Offensive Player of the Week three times this fall.

Dukes, a freshman running back from Norfolk, Virginia, averaged over 100 yards per game in Conference action this season. Overall, he carried the ball 140 times for 759 yards which was good for fifth in the league while scoring four touchdowns. Dukes had his best outing versus USA South foe Greensboro when he ran for a career-high 144 yards on 20 carries. For his efforts this season, he was a First Team All-Conference selection at running back and earned USA South Offensive Rookie of the Week honors five times.

Carter, a Villa Rica, Georgia junior linebacker collects the first-ever individual All-Conference honor in LaGrange's short history in the USA South. For the season, he compiled 79 total tackles, 53 of which were solo take downs which ranked tied for third in the Conference. Carter accumulated 15 tackles which resulted in a loss of yardage which was the second-most in the league this fall. Additionally, he forced three fumbles, recovered two fumbles, intercepted two passes and recorded a USA South-best two safeties. For his efforts, he was named a First Team All-Conference linebacker and Defensive Player of the Week once this fall.

Johnson, a freshman linebacker from Villa Rica, Georgia, led all USA South rookies with 61 total tackles and 35 assisted take downs this season. He also compiled 11.5 tackles which resulted in a loss of yardage which was the most among league rookies and ranked sixth overall. Additionally, Johnson forced two fumbles, recovered two fumbles, intercepted two passes and broke-up four throws this fall. His efforts this season earned him Honorable Mention All-Conference honors at linebacker and three USA South Defensive Rookie of the Week accolades.

Young, in just his first season at the helm, becomes the first Greensboro football coach to collect Conference Coach of the Year honors. Young took over a program which had lost 11 consecutive games and led The Pride to a 5-5 overall record with a 3-4 mark in Conference play, good for a fifth-place tie in the standings. Prior to the season, The Pride were unanimously picked in the Preseason Conference Coaches poll to finish last in the league. This fall marks just the second time in school history that Greensboro has finished a season with a .500 record.

Offensive Player of the Year	Offensive Rookie of the Year	Defensive  Player of the Year	Defensive Rookie of the Year	Coach of the Year
Tim Reynolds Ferrum	Paul Dukes Christopher Newport	Andre Carter LaGrange	Gabe Johnson Maryville	Bill Young Greensboro

The 2012 USA South Football All-Conference Team: