Illinois Wesleyan

DEON HORNSBY, Football, Joliet (West HS), Business - Earned three letters... Named "Best Back" for 1996 team... Named first team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin and earned honorable mention all-North Region by Don Hansen's Football Gazette... Suffered a season-ending hip injury in the second quarter of the Wheaton game... Has 850 yards rushing in 1996 and 1,583 career yards, 12th in IWU career records... With 250 carriers, Hornsby has a career average of 6.3 yards per carry... For his efforts vs. Thomas More (9/14), Hornsby was named CCIW "Offensive Player of the Week" and the co-winner of the national Division III "Offensive Player of the Week" honors in Don Hansen's Football Gazette... Hornsby ran for 244 yards and two TDs on 14 carries, while also catching three passes for 37 yards and another score... He is the eighth Titan to rush for over 200 yards in a game and his total is second in school records... Hornsby's 188 yards rushing against Washington U. is the 10th best single-game showing in school history... His nine rushing TDs is the third best in a season at IWU and his 16 rushing TDs is seventh in a career... He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Hornsby, Joliet.