Football Southern Conference

Football Player To Lead Wofford Students

Wofford football player J.R. McNair has won a campus election to serve
as the college's Student Body President.

McNair becomes the second Wofford football player in the last three
years to hold that position. Former starting halfback Ben Foster served
as the student body president in the 2001-02 academic year. McNair will
officially assume the office on Mar. 10, while the Terriers are in the
midst of spring football.

"It's an honor and also a great responsibility," McNair said. "That's
one thing I took into consideration when I thought about running for
student body president.

"I know I'll have to use my time management skills to the utmost extent,
but I'm looking forward to it. Football is still a top priority. This
is just something else that interests me very much and I'm going to
concentrate a lot of time on it and do my best."

A rising senior from Jonesboro, Ga., McNair placed third on Wofford and
ninth in the SoCon with 707 yards rushing and nine touchdowns on a 4.8
per carry average last season.

After rushing for a career-high 143 yards in a 39-10 win over East
Tennessee State, McNair came back the next week with another 100-yard
game as he ran for 107 yards against Furman. He received Wofford
Offensive Player of the Week honors when he rushed for 93 yards and two
touchdowns in a 31-24 win versus Western Carolina.

A Dean's List student majoring in finance, McNair is a two-time Verizon
Academic All-District selection. He was named to the Division I-AA
Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star team and was one of
just five I-AA players selected to the American Football Coaches
Association "Good Works" team.

"We're very pleased for J.R.," Wofford coach Mike Ayers said. "That
makes two out of three years our team has been represented in that
position.

"He's an outstanding young man and probably one of the most popular guys
at Wofford. He's involved in so many other things. I guess it's just
fitting that he shoots for the big one and goes for the president of the
student body. He's an outstanding person and tremendous worker. He
loves doing whatever he's participating in, whether it be athletics,
academics, or now student government. We're sure that he's going to do
a great job."

Among his myriad of extracurricular activities, McNair helped design a
web page for the local Girl Scouts in addition to serving as the
president of the Wofford Gospel Choir and chaplain for the Campus Union.