HS FOOT: Ex-Valencia QB really making name for himself at Northern Arizona

Some good stuff on former Valencia quarterback Michael Herrick, courtesy of azdailysun.com:

NAU quarterback Michael Herrick added to his preseason awards list Monday, being named a First-Team Football Championship Subdivision All-American by The Sports Network.

Herrick's already been named All-Big Sky Conference First-Team, an All-American by JB Scouting Inc., college football prognosticator Phil Steele's All-American quarterback. The senior is also on the watch list for the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding player in the FCS.

Herrick finished as the top junior in the Payton Award voting last season.

The Valencia, Calif., native finished the 2009 season with 3,356 passing yards, the fifth most in the FCS last year. He set four the top 20 single-game passing performances in NAU history and had five games with 300 or more yards.

He completed 66.3 percent of his passes and threw 22 touchdowns with eight interceptions for a 149.5 pass-efficiency rating, which ranked 11th in the FCS.

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