SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Susquehanna University senior offensive guard Mark Hamilton has been named second-team All-East Region by Don Hansen's Weekly Football Gazette , as voted upon by the region's sports information directors and announced Wednesday.

Hamilton (West Chester, PA/Downingtown) is the first Crusader lineman to earn All-Region honors since the late Randy Zook was a first-team selection in 2000.

By earning a spot on one of the top two teams, Hamilton will appear on the national ballot used to select the 2004 Football Gazette All-America Team.

He earned first-team All-Middle Atlantic Conference honors for the second straight season after helping the Crusaders rank second in the MAC in scoring offense (30.6 points per game), fourth in rushing offense (181.2 yards per game) and fourth in passing offense (197.5 yards per game).

A three-year starter on the offensive line, Hamilton played right guard for the past two years after starting at left tackle in 2002 following his transfer from Rhode Island.

In all, the MAC placed 21 players among the three All-East teams, including Offensive Player of the Year Nick Cushman of Albright and Coach of the Year G.A. Mangus of Delaware Valley.