Hill nabs Atlantic Conference weekly honors

07/10/02 FireAnts Press Release

Tupelo FireAnts DB Bobby Hill was named the National Indoor Football League Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts versus the Winston-Salem Energy this past Saturday.

In last week's contest, Hill had three tackles and two interceptions on the night for 36 yards. 

Hill, a second year player with the FireAnts hailing from Chicago, IL, is a graduate of Lakeland College.     

Other weekly award winners in the Atlantic Conference included Offensive Player of the Week-RB Brandon Walker of the Tennessee ThunderCats.  Walker rushed for 151 yards and had 5 TD's.  The Special Teams honoree was Winston-Salem Energy K/WR Derrick Moore.  Moore returned four kicks for 50 yards.  He also kicked the game winning field goal with 0:01 to go in the fourth quarter for the Energy.

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