SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Southeastern running back Baylen Laury was tabbed the Lone Star Conference North Division’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while the 2010 squad was picked to finish second in the division.
The Savage Storm return 12 starters and 35 letterwinners from a team that posted a 7-4 record a season ago. SE did pick up three first place vote, and a total of 13 points behind first-place Texas A&M-Commerce.
Laury, a 5-10, 185-pound senior from Forney, Texas, was a second-team all-LSC North Division pick in 2009. He rushed for 637 yards and four scores, while adding 41 catches for 355 yards and three TD’s last season.
TAMUC is favored to repeat as Lone Star Conference North Division champions, according to the annual preseason poll, after winning its last five games of the 2009 season.
The Lions received first-place votes on 12 of the 19 ballots cast by LSC coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives.
A&M-C, who posted a perfect 5-0 mark in the division last season, totaled 123 points in the poll to end up in front of SE.
Central Oklahoma (95) was third with two first-place nods, Eastern New Mexico (76) was fourth including two first-place tallies, Northeastern State (63) fifth, Southwestern Oklahoma (40) sixth and East Central (25) rounded out the poll.
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