Buzzards Bay, Mass. --  Massachusetts Maritime senior offensive right tackle John Moriarty continues to earn accolades for his outstanding campaign on the gridiron this past fall, as he is one of 28 student-athletes, including seven representing the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, to be named to the 2013 New England Football Writers Association Division II-III All-Star team that was announced earlier today.

A native of Wilmington, Mass. and a graduate of Wilmington High School, Moriarty is the fifth Buccaneer to earn a spot on the prestigious NEFW squad and the second in the last three seasons to receive all-New England recognition, as he joins Kevin Piecewicz ’94, Paul Diamantopoulos ’96, Tim Zaniboni ’00 and Walter Butler ’12 in that exclusive club.  Moriarty will receive his honor on Thursday, December 12^th at the New England Football Writers Annual Banquet at the Montvale Plaza in Stoneham, Mass.

Moriarty has been Massachusetts Maritime’s starting right tackle for the past two seasons and has been part of an offensive line unit that has set 22 school records over that time span.  Head Coach Jeremy Cameron’s Buccaneers ranked as high as second nationally in total offense during the year and are currently rated 13^th with a mark of 494.2 yards per game, including a school-record 752 total yards in a 52-18 Admiral’s Cup victory at Maine Maritime on September 21^st.  Moriarty, who allowed just one sack in 509 quarterback passing and rushing attempts on the year, played in 876 of a possible 886 total offensive snaps, including 121 at Worcester State on September 28^th in a contest that saw Massachusetts Maritime set NCAA Division III single-game records for most plays and first downs (44), and he was part of an offensive line unit that amassed a record 4,942 yards of total offense this fall.  Over the course of his career, Moriarty helped the Buccaneers collect 9,628 yards and average 34.1 points per game.

A Facilities Engineering major at the Academy, Moriarty has achieved a 3.82 cumulative grade point average and was named earlier this month to the Capital One Division III Academic All-District team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.  He was one of 170 semifinalists for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy presented by the National Football Foundation to the absolute best scholar-athlete across all divisions and was one of 39 Division III student-athletes to also be a semifinalist for one of the National Football Foundation’s 16 Scholar-Athlete Awards.

Joining Moriarty on this year’s New England Football Writers Division II-III All-Star team from the MASCAC are Framingham State’s Melikke Van Alstyne and Pat McGrath, Westfield State’s Gregg Jackson, Bridgewater State’s Rob Ruggiero and Matt Green and Western Connecticut State’s Octavias McKoy.

Massachusetts Maritime posted its fourth straight five-win season this fall and once again re-wrote the school record books while ranking among the Division III national leaders in several categories.  Cameron has guided the Buccaneers to their best four-year record since 1988, and over the last three seasons his student-athletes have earned a total of 23 all-conference honors.