{"id":1670,"date":"2021-06-14T22:39:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T04:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2021-06-14T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T04:39:13","slug":"fisiiahi-richards-named-lindys-sports-second-team-preseason-all-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/?p=1670","title":{"rendered":"Fisiiahi, Richards named Lindy&#8217;s Sports Second Team Preseason All-American"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"b210df9ce828c22eb63df9a34f1dcad0\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>ENMU Athletics <br><em>Nicole Holcomb, Sports Information Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PORTALES  &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Eastern New Mexico&#8217;s\u00a0<dfn>Vili Fisiiahi<\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0<dfn>Mazin Richards<\/dfn>\u00a0were named Preseason All-Americans by Lindy&#8217;s Sports football magazine for the upcoming 2021 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fisiiahi returns for his senior year and was named to the offensive Second Team Preseason All-American list. Fisiiahi appeared and started in all 12 contests as a junior during the 2019 season. With his help, the Greyhounds were second in the nation in rushing attack (348.4 yards per game) and set the program&#8217;s best team rushing performance in a single season (4,181 total yards).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, he was named an Honorable Mention Don Hansen All-American, to the Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 Second Team, and to the All-Lone Star Conference Second Team for his efforts as the teams&#8217; top offensive line performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richards was named to the defensive Second Team Preseason All-American list. As a freshman in 2019, he led the team in tackles for loss with 14.5, led the LSC in sacks with 12.5, and set the program single-season sack record. Richards recorded four multi-sack games and received LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors after totaling six tackles and 3.5 sacks in Eastern&#8217;s upset win over No. 21 nationally-ranked Angelo State on November 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He earned several accolades in 2019, including spots on the Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 Third Team and All-LSC Second Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern New Mexico returns to the field on September 2 when the team welcomes Central Washington University to Greyhound Stadium for a 6 p.m. contest. The 2019 squad posted an 8-4 overall record and 4-4 record in LSC play. Head coach\u00a0<dfn>Tye Hiatt<\/dfn>\u00a0begins his first year with the program and will look to continue the success and winning tradition of the Hounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENMU Athletics Nicole Holcomb, Sports Information Director PORTALES &#8211;\u00a0Eastern New Mexico&#8217;s\u00a0Vili Fisiiahi\u00a0and\u00a0Mazin Richards\u00a0were named Preseason All-Americans by Lindy&#8217;s Sports football magazine for the upcoming 2021 season.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,17,460,11,23],"tags":[465,37],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-american","category-division-ii","category-eastern-new-mexico","category-football","category-top-news","tag-eastern-new-mexico","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmexicosports.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}