Temple University Athletics
Alex Derenthal Named To Rimington Trophy Watch List
5.17.07 | Football
May 17, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - Temple redshirt junior Alex Derenthal has been named to the watch list for the 2007 Rimington Trophy, presented annually to the nation's top center. A native of Davie, Fla., Derenthal became the first sophomore in program history to receive the Owl Award as team MVP, when he earned the honor last season.
Derenthal, who has started all 23 games he has competed in Cherry & White, was named to the 2006 ECAC Division I-A All Star Team after playing every snap in 11 games and grading-out at 90 percent or better in all 12 contests. The ECAC All-Star Team is comprised of players from Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple and West Virginia. He was named an honorable mention freshman All-American by The Sporting News in 2005.
A kinesiology major, Derenthal (6-4, 294) also excels in the classroom. He was honored as Temple's scholar-athlete award winner by the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame on May 9.
The eight year old trophy is presented by Canon, Cornhusker Marriott, and Logitech. The award is hosted by the Boomer Esiason Foundation. West Virginia's Dan Mozes, Minnesota's Greg Eslinger, Michigan's David Baas (2004 co-winner), LSU's Ben Wilkerson (2004 co-winner), Virginia Tech's Jake Grove, Miami's Brett Romberg, Ohio State's LeCharles Bentley, and Nebraska's Dominic Raiola are past recipients. Esiason created his foundation in 1993 to support research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. Esiason and Dave Rimington were teammates on the Cincinnati Bengals from 1984-87. Rimington, the award's namesake, was a consensus first team All- America center at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982 during which he became the John Outland Trophy's only double winner as the nation's premiere college interior lineman.
The winner is selected by determining the consensus All-American center pick from four existing All America Teams (AFCA, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, FWAA). The recipient will be honored at an awards banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska in January of 2008.
