August 24, 2016
For the second season in a row the East Texas Baptist University football team has a pre-season All-American. This year the honor belongs to Dominic Haggerty, who was named to the Football GamePlan.com All-American third-team as a return specialist.
"Our special teams played a big part in our success last year and Dominic ignited a lot of the kickoff returns," said head football coach Scotty Walden.
Haggerty was an All-ASC honorable mention pick and the ASC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 29.
He finished the year averaging 32.9 yards per kickoff return with a total of 461 yards on 14 returns. His biggest return of the year came vs. Louisiana College when the game was tied. After Louisiana College tied the game at 24, he returned the ensuing kickoff 92-yards for the go ahead touchdown.
Haggerty is on the All-American team with Jordan Schemm (Ithaca College) and Kennedy Johnson (Linfield).
ETBU opens up the season on Sept. 3 in Seguin against Texas Lutheran.