Three Beavs named to first team

Yvenson Bernard, Jeremy Perry and Sabby Piscitelli were named to the Pac-10's All-Conference first team Monday. Kyle DeVan, Derrick Doggett, Adam Koets, Alexis Serna and Sammie Stroughter earned second team honors. Stroughter was named a second team member as a receiver and punt returner.

RB Yvenson Bernard | First Team | Junior Bernard is second in the Pac-10 for rushing yards per game averaging 100.2 and is fourth for all-purpose yards at 118.2. He currently is fourth all-time at OSU with 2,443 rushing yards and will likely move into third place behind Ken Simonton and Steven Jackson before the season concludes. Bernard was an Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 selection last year.

LG Jeremy Perry | First Team | Sophomore Perry was the Pac-10 Co-Freshman of the Year last season and earned Freshman All-American honors in several publications. Perry was a preseason Outland and Lombardi Award candidate.

SS Sabby Piscitelli | First Team | Senior Piscitelli currently has 13 career interceptions, tied for the fifth-most in the nation by an active player. Piscitelli has 60 tackles for the season and is tied for second in the league with 11 pass deflections. He was a preseason candidate for the Nagurski and Thorpe Awards. He was an honorable mention selection as a sophomore and junior.

WR Sammie Stroughter | Second Team | Junior Stroughter leads the Pac-10 with 1,100 yards and is first in the conference in yards per game at 91.7. As a punt returner Stroughter is averaging 15.4 yards per return, good for fifth in the nation, and has three punt returns for touchdowns in 2006. He is one of 18 semi-finalists for the Randy Moss Return Man Award. Stroughter's 416 punt return yards this year is an OSU record. He was just one of two players (Cal's DeSean Jackson) to be named to an All-Pac-10 team at two positions.

PK Alexis Serna | Second Team | Sophomore Serna has made 97 consecutive extra points tying the school record for consecutive extra points made from 1972-78 with five kickers. This season Serna has made 10 of 14 from beyond 40 yards and 4 of 6 from beyond 50 yards. He has made 21 of 28 (.750) in 2006. After his field goals Saturday he has 280 career points moving him into second place on OSU's scoring list. Serna was a first team selection a year ago.

C Kyle DeVan | Second Team | Junior DeVan has started 23 consecutive games and was a preseason Rimington Trophy candidate. He earned honorable mention honors in 2005.

LT Adam Koets | Second Team | Senior Koets has started 35 straight games and is a three time Pac-10 second team All-Academic member.

LB Derrick Doggett | Second Team | Junior Doggett is second on the team with 70 tackles and has a co-team high three interceptions. He has returned two interceptions for touchdowns this season. Doggett was a second team special teams pick last season.

Honorable mention Beavers: OT Andy Levitre, So.; QB Matt Moore, Sr.; TE Joe Newton, Sr.; OG Roy Schuening, Jr.; DT Ben Siegert, Sr.; DE Jeff Van Orsow, Jr.

Additional news and notes:

• Only two of the Beavers' eight first and second team selections are seniors.
  
  
• The Beavers placed five members on the first team last year (Mike Hass, Trent Bray, Keith Ellison, Sam Paulescu, Alexis Serna and Sir Henry Anderson).
  
  
• DeSean Jackson of California was selected first-team as both a wide receiver and a punt returner. Likewise, Sammie Stroughter of Oregon State was named second-team at the same positions.
  
  
• USC placed the most players on the first team with eight selections, followed by California with seven. Arizona and Oregon State were next with three.
  
  
• Of the 30 first-team selections, 14 are seniors, 11 are juniors and five are sophomores. No freshmen made the first (or second) team.
  
  
• Four players were named on the first-team ballot of all 10 coaches, three of them from California. Golden Bear CB Daymeion Hughes, TB Marshawn Lynch and DT Brandon Mebane were all unanimous selections, as was USC C Ryan Kalil.
  
  
• Five players were named first-team All-Pac-10 for the second straight year.--OT Sam Baker, WR Dwayne Jarrett and C Ryan Kalil of USC and CB Daymeion Hughes and DT Brandon Mebane of California. In addition, PK Justin Medlock of UCLA was a first-team pick in 2004 and LB Michael Okwo of Stanford was a first-team selection in 2004 as a special teams player.
  
  

2006 Pac-10 First/Second Teams and Players of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year: RB Marshawn Lynch, Jr., California Pat Tillman Co-Defensive Players of the Year: DB Daymeion Hughes, Sr., California

Co-Freshmen of the Year: CB Jairus Byrd, Oregon, FS Taylor Mays, USC, DB Alterraun Verner, UCLA Coach of the Year: Pete Carroll, USC

First Team Offense QB John David Booty, Jr., USC RB Marshawn Lynch, Jr., California RB Yvenson Bernard, Jr., Oregon State WR Steve Smith, Sr., USC WR DeSean Jackson, So., California WR Dwayne Jarrett, Jr., USC TE Zach Miller, Jr., Arizona State OL Ryan Kalil, Sr., USC OL Sam Baker, Jr., USC OL Jeremy Perry, So., Oregon State OL Enoka Lucas, Sr., Oregon OL Alex Mack, So., California OL Chilo Rachal, So., USC First Team Defense DL Brandon Mebane, Sr., California DL Mkristo Bruce, Sr., Washington State DL Sedrick Ellis, Jr., USC DL Justin Hickman, Sr., UCLA LB Desmond Bishop, Sr., California LB Rey Maualuga, So., USC LB Michael Okwo, Sr., Stanford LB Keith Rivers, Jr., USC DB Daymeion Hughes, Sr., California DB Antoine Cason, Jr., Arizona DB Eric Frampton, Sr., Washington State DB Sabby Piscitelli, Sr., Oregon State DB C.J. Wallace, Sr., Washington First Team Specialists PK Justin Medlock, Sr., UCLA P Nick Folk, Jr., Arizona KOR Syndric Steptoe, Sr., Arizona PR DeSean Jackson, So., California ST Wopamo Osaisai, Jr., Stanford ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)

Second Team Offense QB Alex Brink, Jr., Washington State RB Jonathan Stewart, So., Oregon RB Ryan Torain, Jr., Arizona State WR Jason Hill, Sr., Washington State WR Sammie Stroughter, Jr., Oregon State TE Craig Stevens, Jr., California OL Max Unger, So., Oregon OL Mike Pollack, Jr., Arizona State OL Mike Gibson, Jr., California OL Kyle DeVan, Jr., Oregon State OL Adam Koets, Sr., Oregon State Second Team Defense DL Bruce Davis, Jr., UCLA DL Nu'u Tafisi, Sr., California DL Lawrence Jackson, Jr., USC DL Louis Holmes, Jr., Arizona LB Scott White, Sr., Washington LB Brian Cushing, So., USC LB Derrick Doggett, Jr., Oregon State | LB Spencer Larsen, Jr., Arizona DB Terrell Thomas, Jr., USC DB Chris Horton, Jr., UCLA DB J.D. Nelson, Sr., Oregon DB Michael Johnson, Sr., Arizona Second Team Specialists PK Alexis Serna, Jr., Oregon State P Andrew Larson, Jr., California KOR Terry Richardson, Sr., Arizona State PR Sammie Stroughter, Jr., Oregon State ST Byron Storer, Sr., California

For all of the honorable mention players visit Pac-10.org. Photographs from the Associated Press, Getty Images and OSUBeavers.com were used in the making of the cards.