Avenger WR-LB Greg Hopkins was honored by the Arena Football League
with the "Ironman of the Year"
award which goes to the AFL's top two-w player and is considered the
leagues individual honor, on Friday
night Jose (the site of ArenaBowl XVI) award exemplifies the spirit
of the team through its most durable
and pro athletes. This past season, Hopkins #82 helped the Avengers
in scoring 202 point touchdowns (33),
receptions (102) receiving yards (1,285), ranking #3 in the league in
all four of those categories. On defense,
Hopkins 38.5 tackles and intercepted five returning three of them for
score. "I like to share this honor with my
teammates, all the coaches and Avenger organization," Hopkins said
"Everyone really made me feel extremely
comfortable in my first year in L.A. and I'm really looking forward
to the future. Coach (Ed) Hodgkiss has put
together a great group of players and we can see that we are on the
verge of something really special."
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