FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2006

Barbre named First-Team Associated Press All-American

Joplin, Mo.  -- Allen Barbre (Granby, Mo.), has been named to his second All-American team this year as the senior offensive lineman was named to the first team of the Associated Press Little AP All-American Team. This team consists of mainly Division II players, but also those in Division III and NAIA.

Barbre, already named to the Coaches All-American team, was a Daktronics All-Southwest Region first team member and was the lone offensive player this year to be a unanimous All-MIAA selection. He was a preseason d2football.com and Don Hansen's Football Gazette first team All-American selection this year. He helped lead an offensive line that saw quarterback Adam Hinspeter (Centralia, Mo.) become just the second passer in Southern history to throw for 2,000 yards twice in a career. A 2005 third team AFCA All-Southwest Region selection, Barbre helped the Lions to 3,769 total yards including 2,844 passing. In 2004, he helped the team to a school record 3,575 passing yards and 1,408 on the ground.

Barbre was one of three MIAA first-team selections. He joins Pittsburg State running back Germaine Race and Washburn defensive lineman Trey Lewis as one of the nation's best. Also named to the second-team from the MIAA were Northwest Missouri tight end Mike Peterson, Washburn defensive back Fletcher Terrell and Central Missouri defensive back Kendall Rickets. Missouri Western kicker Dustin Strickler was named to the third-team.

Barbre is Southern's first All-American since Josh Chapman in 2002, and is the first to be named First-Team since Richard Jordan in 1996. He is the fifth offensive lineman at Southern to be named First-Team All-American joining the likes of Terron Jackson (1972), Willie Williams (1976), Joel Tupper (1982) and Yancy McNight (1995). He is the ninth Lion overall to be named First-Team All-American.