Eagle-eye
Oct 29 2009, 9:29:08 AM
Article from Detroit News on Bell featured on Wayne State site:
http://www.wsuathletics.com/news/2009/10/1...x?path=football
Eagle-eye
Nov 1 2009, 10:52:27 AM
Bell rushes for 314 yards on 33 carries (2nd career high - best is 318 in 2006 against Mercyhurst) and 3 TDs in loss to Northwood, 38-24 in his final home game for Wayne State (MI). He has rushed for 2010 yards (6.5 ypc) this season and scored 30 TDs (29 rushing).
He is now the sixth leading career rusher in NCAA Division II - his 6,654 yards ranks eighth in NCAA history (all divisions).
He now sits sixth in all-time NCAA history with 564 points and is fifth overall in Division II.
In the all-purpose category, Bell now is in seventh place in all-time NCAA Division II and 14th in NCAA history (all divisions) with 7,905 yards.
Bell closes his collegiate career next week at Grand Valley State - good luck, Joique!
Eagle-eye
Nov 12 2009, 10:26:41 AM
Congratulations to Joique on being named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2009 Player of the Year.
Bell finished the regular season leading the GLIAC in rushing, scoring and all-purpose yards. For that matter, he led the entire NCAA (including D I-A, D-I-AA, D-II and D-III) in the same three categories.
He rushed for 2,084 yards, the 15th-best mark in NCAA Division II history, while his 17.5 points per game average was the eighth-best mark in D-II history. His list of NCAA marks is long! For his career, Bell gained 6,728 rushing yards (sixth in D-II/8th in NCAA history), while his 152.91 rushing yards per game is 11th in D-II and 25th in All-NCAA history.
He scored 576 points which ranks fourth in D-II and fifth in NCAA history, while his 13.1 ppg is fourth in D-II and 10th in NCAA history. Bell’s 8,055 all-purpose yards is fourth in D-II and ninth in NCAA history.
Bell was also picked as the CDS 2009 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and is a candidate for the 2009 Harlon Hill Award.
Eagle-eye
Jan 27 2010, 11:04:16 AM
I keep reading positive feedback on Joique Bell's workouts at the Senior Bowl (Sporting News' Russ Lande had a nice paragraph on Bell's performance). If he can 'keep it up' he should be moving up the boards ...