--- Tusculum College's Bo Cordell and Justin Houston have been named to the 2013 Beyond Sports Network NCAA Division II All-America Football Team. Cordell garnered All-America second team honors, while Houston received third team recognition.

Cordell, a graduate student from Cincinnati, Ohio, becomes the first quarterback in program history to earn All-America distinction in two separate seasons. He was recognized twice in 2010 by D2football.com and Don Hansen's Football Gazette.

The 2013 Daktronics Region Two Player of the Year was a national finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, which honors the NCAA II National Player of the Year.

The Indian Hill High School graduate wrapped up one of the most prolific careers ever by a collegiate signal caller. Cordell owns 15 NCAA Division II records, including career passing yards (16,265 - 4th all NCAA divisions), career completions (1,397 - 3rd all NCAA divisions), career pass attempts (2,187 - 3rd all NCAA divisions) career total offensive yards (16,432 - 4th all NCAA divisions) and total offensive plays in a career (2,572 - 2nd all NCAA divisions).

Cordell was also named the 2013 South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, becoming the first TC player to earn the honor multiple times in his career (2010 & 2013). He is also one of only four players in league history to earn Offensive Player of the Year distinction on more than one occasion, along with: Todd Cunningham (Presbyterian - 1999, 2000, 2001), Tommy Laurendine (Lenoir-Rhyne - 1988, 1999) and Jonas Randolph (Mars Hill - 2009, 2011).

Cordell led the South Atlantic Conference in six statistical categories this season including: passing yards (3,920 - 4th in NCAA II), passing yards per game (356.4 ypg - 4th in NCAA II), points responsible for (178 - 32nd in NCAA II), points responsible for per game (16.2 ppg - 37th in NCAA II) and total offense (365.1 ypg - 4th in NCAA II). Cordell's 3,920 passing yards this year are the third-most in school history and fifth-best in SAC history, while his 4,020 total offensive yards are third most in both the TC and SAC record books.

Cordell has completed 25 touchdown passes in 2013, which are the third most by a Tusculum player and eighth-most by a SAC quarterback. He owns 13 South Atlantic Conference football records, including career touchdown passes (112) and touchdowns responsible for (127), marks he established in his collegiate finale against Mars Hill University.

Houston, a sophomore receiver from Cleveland, Tenn., led the conference in receptions per game, averaging 11 catches per game, which is presently the second highest average in the nation (NCAA II). Houston also led the SAC in all-purpose yards per game (191.40 ypg - 10th in NCAA II) and is second in the conference in receiving yards per game (134.7 ypg - 4th in NCAA II) and eighth in total receiving yards (1,347 - 9th in NCAA II). Houston's season totals in receptions (110), receiving yards (1,347) and all-purpose yardage (1,914) are all single-season records at Tusculum.

The Bradley Central High School alum has also tallied seven touchdown catches and returned a kickoff for a program-best 99-yard return for a score earning him SAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. Earlier this year, he established a school single-game record with 317 all-purpose yards at Brevard.

For his career, Houston has made 150 receptions (6th in TC history) for 1,740 yards (8th in TC history) and 11 touchdowns.

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference.

Tusculum, the oldest college in the State of Tennessee, sponsors 16 intercollegiate sports, including men's lacrosse that will be competing as a varsity this year, and women's lacrosse, which begins competition during the 2014-2015 academic year. Tusculum, the 28th oldest college in the nation, is a liberal arts institution committed to providing a liberal arts education in a Judeo-Christian and civic arts environment, with pathways for career preparation, personal development and civic engagement. Approximately twenty-one hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville and three off-site locations in East Tennessee. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars whereby students enroll in one course at a time.