CAPE COD, Mass. --- Senior defensive end Allen Petros (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty HS) of the Moravian College football team continues to earn honors as he was named to the 2011 ECAC Division III South Football All-Star First Team.

            Petros, who was on the 2011 D3football.com All-America Third Team, the All-South Region First and the All-Centennial Conference First Team in 2011 and 2010 after making the Honorable Mention squad in 2009, led the Moravian defensive with 62 tackles this fall including 22 tackles for loss, nine of the team's 23 sacks and two forced fumbles. In his career, Petros, a starter at defensive end, set the school record with 63 and a half tackles for loss to go with 191 tackles, 28 sacks, which is second in school history, five passes defended, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

            Petros, who played on the North Team in the D3 Senior Classic in which he recorded four tackles with two sack, was also named to the 2009 and 2010 Centennial Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll, and he was a finalist for Capital One Academic All-America honors for a second consecutive year.

            Petros, who was also on the D3proday.com All-America Third Team and the BSN All-America Third Team, was one of five Centennial Conference players to earn ECAC All-Star First Team honors.  To view the entire 2011 ECAC Division III South All-Star Teams, visit http://www.ecacsports.com/news/2011-2012/football_south_division_three_all_stars_2011.