McClendon named a nominee for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the Allstate Insurance Company recently announced the nominees for the 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and Salisbury University junior linebacker Jamey McClendon (Chantilly, Va.) was one of 112 student-athletes selected.

The 112 nominees mark a new record for college football's most distinguished community service award. In late September, 22 of the 112 student-athletes will be named to the Good Works Team.

"For the third straight year, the AFCA is pleased to partner with Allstate in highlighting football student-athletes who have achieved outstanding success, both on and off the field," said Grant Teaff, AFCA Executive Director. "From the record total of nominees that were submitted from colleges and universities around the country, it is apparent that collegiate football is producing some of the best and brightest that our country has to offer."

McClendon has volunteered with the Beyond the Limits program through the Wicomico County Board of Education. The Chantilly, Va., native also participated in Leadership Training, TV Turnoff Week and Family Fun Nights at local elementary schools. The football program received an Award of Merit for the work done in the community by the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators in January.

McClendon enjoyed similar success on the field and in the classroom. In 2009, the linebacker totaled 15 tackles, including two for a loss of seven yards. McClendon was one of 41 members of the football program named to the Atlantic Central Football Conference All-Academic Team.

From the nominees submitted by sports information directors on behalf of their schools, a special voting panel consisting of former Good Works Team members and prominent college football media members is responsible for selecting two 11-player Good Works Teams – one comprised of players from the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and another representing players from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Divisions II, III, and the NAIA – to be announced in September. College Football Hall of Fame member and ESPN broadcaster Lou Holtz is returning for a third year to serve as spokesperson for the program and raise awareness for the stories of the nominees and team members.

The 2010 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team voting panel includes: former Good Works Team members Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia, 1997, 1998 teams), Mike Proman (Amherst, 2002 team), Mewelde Moore (Tulane, 2003 team), Brian Brenberg (St. Thomas, 2001 team), Zaid Abdul-Aleem (Duke, 1994 team); media members Lou Holtz (ESPN), Pat Forde (ESPN.com), Tom O'Toole (USA Today), Gary Shelton (St. Petersburg Times), Blair Kerkhoff (Kansas City Star); current AFCA President and Mount Union College Head Coach Larry Kehres; 1996 AFCA President Fisher DeBerry, former head coach at the United States Air Force Academy; and Allstate Vice President, Guy Hill.