SUBJECT: University of Delaware Standouts Gradkowski, Pierce Named Pre-Season Football All-Americans by The Sports Network
DATE: July 23, 2011
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PHILADELPHIA The University of Delaware football squad continued to haul in pre-season accolades this week as senior Gino Gradkowski and sophomore Andrew Pierce were both named to The Sports Network Pre-Season All-American team.
The pre-season TSN team consisted of 84 players on three teams led by 11 returning players who were voted to the All-America first team at the end of the 2010 regular season by a national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries. Defending national champion Eastern Washington and national semifinalist Georgia Southern each placed five players on the pre-season squad.
Gradkowski, an offensive guard from Pittsburgh, Pa. (Seton-LaSalle High School), and Pierce, a running back from Bridgeton, N.J. (Cumberland Regional HS), were each selected to