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FRANTZ SIMEON NAMED TECH MALE
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech has
named senior receiver/return specialist Frantz Simeon
(Belle Glade, Fla.) as this week's fourth Male
Student-Athlete of the Week for the 2009-10 school year.
Simeon earns this week's honor after his
outstanding performance in the Wonder Boys 59-14 home
win on Sept. 26 on Family Day against
Arkansas-Monticello. In the win over the Boll Weevils,
Simeon gained 307 all-purpose yards as he caught a
career-high 10 passes for 165 yards, returned two kicks
for 81 yards and returned two punts for 61 yards. The
307 all-purpose yards were the most by a Wonder Boy
since Tracey Stiger gained 232 all-purpose yards
against North Alabama last season. On the season, Simeon
leads the GSC and is third nationally in all-purpose
yards (207.8 yards/game) and he also leads the league in
kickoff returns (28.3 yards/return) and is third in the
league in punt returns (13.8 yards/return). He has
also caught 21 passes for 311 yards and is averaging
77.8 receiving yards per game and 14.8 yards per
reception.
In his one-plus seasons at Tech, Simeon, who is a
transfer from Florida Atlantic University, has amassed
1,447 career all-purpose yards and is averaging 103.4
all-purpose yards per game. He has also caught 44 passes
for 625 and has caught five touchdown passes. Simeon has
returned 28 kicks for 645 career yards, including a
kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown earlier this season
against Incarnate Word.
The following is a question and answer segment to help
get to know this successful Tech student-athlete:
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 Name:
Frantz Simeon
What is your major?
FS: Psychology.
What is your nickname?
FS: Florida is my nickname.
Where would you go if you could spend one
week anywhere in the world?
FS: I would go to Rome, Italy.
What is your favorite food?
FS: I love bbq ribs.
What is your favorite movie?
FS: Love and Basketball.
What is your favorite TV show(s)?
FS: Martin.
What is your favorite musical group?
FS: Boyz II Men.
What is your favorite holiday?
FS: Christmas is my favorite holiday.
 What is the best class you've ever taken at
Arkansas Tech?
FS: Critical Thinking.
What is one thing you can't live without?
FS: I would have to say music.
Who are 3 people you would most like
to meet (living or dead)?
FS: Emmitt Smith, Rosa Parks and Michael
Jordan.
Who is the biggest influence on your
athletic career?
FS: My mother.
What is your greatest personal sports
moment?
FS: My first touchdown scored in little
league football.
If you could play another sport,
what would it be?
FS: I would play baseball.
What is your favorite professional
sports team?
FS: All professional from the state of
Florida.
What is your dream job?
FS: Playing in the NFL against people I grew
up watching on Sundays.
This summer I:?
FS: Went back home to Florida to see my
family. |
Tech Male Student-Athlete of the Week Winners
(2009-10)
September 18
- senior kicker/punter Travis Cockerham
(football)
September 14 - junior running back Cody
Burns (football)
September 2 - senior receiver Landon
Turner (football)
Tech Male Student-Athlete of the Week Winners
(2008-09)
April 28 - senior first baseman Robbie
Hohler (baseball)
April 3 - junior pitcher Karyle Whitley
(baseball)
February 18 - sophomore guard Laithe
Massey (basketball)
January 29 - junior forward Dusan
Radivojevic (basketball)
January 19 - senior center Thiago
Cordeiro (basketball)
December 9 - junior guard Dexter Hendrix
(basketball)
December 4 - junior guard Brandon Friedel
(basketball)
November 6 - senior defensive tackle R.C.
Wallace (football)
October 30 - junior running back Tim
Childress (football)
October 23 - senior offensive tackle
Shannon Dixon (football)
October 15 - senior punter/kicker Michael
Podobnik (football)
October 8 - senior receiver Justin Ray
(football)
September 30 - senior offensive tackle
Jeremy Ashcraft (football)
September 24 - senior pitcher Tyler
Mattox (baseball)
September 16 - sophomore linebacker Danny
Martin (football)
September 2 - sophomore defensive back
Tario Dansby (football)
August 24 -
senior receiver Tracey Stiger
(football)
Previous Tech Male Student-Athlete of the Week Winners
(2007-08)
May 5 -
junior Jarred Carlyle
(golf)
April 21 -
junior
B.J. Hawkins (golf)
April 14
-
freshman
outfielder Austin Gwatney
(baseball)
April 7
-
senior
quarterback Cole Barthel (football)
March 24 -
senior
pitcher Zach Weiss
(baseball)
March 4 - junior forward Troy Marcus
(basketball)
Feb. 20
-
junior
third baseman Tony Sanchez (baseball) |