(07/20/10)

  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Despite winning the Lone Star Conference title in 2009, the Texas A&M-Kingsville football team was picked fifth in the 2010 LSC South Division preseason poll announced on Tuesday.

The Javelinas are coming off a 9-3 season that saw them win their 26th LSC title, advance to the NCAA Division II Playoffs and finish the season ranked 16th in the nation. The team returns seven starters on offense and eight on defense. The top man returning is senior running back Fred “Hollywood” Winborn (N. Hollywood, CA/Grant HS) who gained 1,295 yards on the ground and scored 19 touchdowns, both top marks in the conference. The defense is led by senior safety DeIra Glover (Hempstead/Hempstead HS) who led the team in tackles while scoring four defensive touchdowns.

The LSC South Division features five teams ranked in the top 25 preseason poll.

West Texas A&M is the top choice to win the Lone Star Conference South Division in 2010, according to the annual preseason poll.

WTAMU, who posted a 7-5 overall and 4-2 divisional record in 2009, earned first-place votes on nine of the 19 ballots to finish with 105 total points in front of Abilene Christian’s 103-point tally with three first-place tallies in the poll of LSC head coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives.

The Buffaloes were South Division co-champions and represented the league in the inaugural Kanza Bowl in Topeka, Kan.

Midwestern State finished third with 91 points and three first-place votes, Tarleton State was fourth (87, two first-place), Texas A&M-Kingsville fifth (84, two first-place), Angelo State sixth (42) and Incarnate Word seventh (20).

In 2009, MSU, the Javelinas and Tarleton shared the LSC football title and were also South Division co-champions with identical 4-2 marks along with WTAMU.

The LSC continued its regular participation in the postseason with four teams – MSU, Kingsville, Tarleton and ACU - selected to play in the NCAA Division II playoffs last season.
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