Weber State wide receiver Pokey Eckford and place kicker Scott Shields were the only two Wildcats selected to the All-Big Sky Conference football team.

Eckford, a 5-9, 175-pound senior, led the conference in receiving with 77 catches for 1,074 yards and six TDs.A redshirt freshman, Shields made 16 of 18 field goals for the Wildcats.

Dave Dickenson was the unanimous choice of Big Sky coaches for the conference's 1995 Offensive Player of the Year, the third straight year the Montana quarterback has won the honor.

In balloting conducted by a conference call this week, coaches voted Idaho State running back Alfredo Anderson second in the voting, while Northern Arizona quarterback Jeff Lewis took third.

Defensive Player of the Year went to Ryan Phillips of Idaho, while Jason Crebo of Montana was second and Josh Hays of Idaho State in third.

The league's top newcomer was NAU running back Archie Amerson, with quarterback Joe Sewell of Eastern Washington second, followed by Joe Douglass of Montana and Brandon Smith of Weber State.

Dickenson, a senior from Great Falls, Mont., led Montana (9-2 overall, 6-1 in league play) to the Big Sky championship, the second conference title in three years for the Grizzlies.

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