ST. LOUIS - Junior Lucas Hileman and sophomore Donald Spencer were named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference's All-Newcomer Team today (Nov. 29). The MVFC All-Newcomer Squad is voted upon by league head coaches, sports information directors and a media panel.

Hileman, a junior punter, earned second team all-conference honors earlier in the week after leading the league in punting in his first season with the football team, averaging 42.2 yards per punt. Hileman made 38 punts this season, with nine kicks going over 50 yards with seven being downed inside the 20. He led ISU to a net punting average of 38.2 yards as a team, checking in first in the conference and sixth nationally. The ISU junior put together his best game of the season against Southern Illinois on Nov. 19, averaging 53.2 yards on five punts (266 total yards) with three kicks over 50 yards.

Spencer, a sophomore wide receiver, transferred to Indiana State after spending the 2010 season at Michigan State University. The newcomer led ISU with six receiving touchdowns this season, totaling 459 yards on 31 catches. Spencer heated up as the season wore on, catching a touchdown pass in three straight games to close out the season, and in four of ISU's last five contests. The Ypsilanti, Mich., product racked up 168 receiving yards in the season finale against Southern Illinois on Nov. 19, coming on five catches with a pair of touchdowns. His 168 receiving yards in the final game of the season were the most by a Sycamore this season and the first time a receiver has gone over 150 yards since the 2005 campaign.

Illinois State led the league with five selections to the all-newcomer team, with Youngstown State and South Dakota State tying for second with four each. Southern Illinois' junior running back Jewel Hampton was named Newcomer of the Year while SDSU's quarterback Austin Sumner picked of Freshman of the Year status.