* 2008, 2009 Phil Steele’s College Preview All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team
* 2007 Great West Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Year
* 2007 The Sports Network FCS All-America H.M.
* 2007 All-GWFC first team
* 2006 Football Gazette Preseason All-America first team
* 2006 The Sports Network Preseason All-America team
* 2005 Football Gazette All-Region third team
* 2005 All-GWFC first team (media), second team (coaches)
* Four-time GWFC Special Teams Player of the Week
Amazin' Shamen has proven to be a game breaker on the football field ... Received medical hardship from NCAA ... Lightning speed and quickness ... One of the top kick returners in the Football Championship Subdivision ... No. 4 all-time at NDSU in punt returns and all-purpose yards, and No. 5 in kickoff returns ... Holds school career kickoff and punt return yardage records ... 2008 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in three games before season cut short due to injury ... Returned 10 kickoffs for an average of 25.5 ypr including season long 76 yarder ... 2007 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in all 11 games ... Named the Great West Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Year ... Honorable mention on The Sports Network FCS All-America team ... Averaged 27.1 yards per kickoff return including a 93-yard TD at Mississippi Valley State (10-13-07) ... Named the GWFC Special Teams Player of the Week following the performance that included a 17-yard TD run ... Averaged 13.6 yards per punt return ... Led the league in both categories ... In the final NCAA Division I FCS statistics, ranked No. 12 in punt returns and No. 15 in kickoff returns ... Rushed 14 times for 119 yards and caught one pass for 30 yards ... 2006 SEASON (REDSHIRT); Missed the 2006 season due to a knee injury ... 2005 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 11 games last season ... Returned 28 punts for two TDs and averaged 13.9 yards per return ... Returned 16 kickoffs and averaged 22.4 yards per return ... Rushed 35 times for 233 yards and a pair of TDs ... Named to the Football Gazette All-Northwest Region third team .... All-GWFC first team selection by media, second team by coaches ... In the NCAA I-AA statistics, ranked No. 14 in punt returns ... Led the GWFC in punt returns and was sixth in all-purpose yards (89.3 avg.) ... Earned All-GWFC Special Teams Player of the Week (9-12-05) honors after recording a career-high 201 all-purpose yards at nationally ranked Northwestern State (9-10-05) ... Returned a punt 63 yards for a TD against the Demons, averaged 38 yards on a pair of kickoffs and rushed four times for 56 yards ... Had a season-high 55 yard KO return against NSU ... Rushed seven times for 57 yards and two TDs in season opener against Arkansas-Monticello (9-1-05) ... 2004 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in eight games before knee injury forced an early end to his year ... Two-time GWFC Special Teams Player of the Week ... Returned six punts for 98 yards (16.3 avg.) in first collegiate game against Valparaiso, Ind. (8-28-04) ... His season long of 37 yards came against Valpo ... Ranked among national and conference leaders in punt returns, turning 20 punts into 244 yards (12.2 avg.) ... Rushed only 17 times for 217 yards (12.6 avg.) and two touchdowns ... Had an 80-yard TD burst from scrimmage in the 56-3 win over Montana Tech (9-11-04) ... Also had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Tech ... Rushed three times for 45 yards against Carson-Newman, Tenn. (9-18-04) including a 24-yard scoring scamper ... HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Boca Ciega High School for coach Jean Gordon where he was a three-year starter ... Played cornerback, safety and running back ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Named to St. Petersburg Times all-county second team ... Rushed for 1,006 yards as a senior, and also had 415 yards receiving ... Had 236 yards against St. Petersburg Lakewood ... Competed in track & field where he set the school record in the long jump ... Placed third in the Florida Class 3A long jump (23-5 1/2) ... Prep All-American in the long jump (22-6) with a sixth-place finish in the National Scholastic Indoor Championships ... Recorded a mark of 45-7 in the triple jump ... Also ran the 100 and 200 meters ... PERSONAL: College major is physical education ... Has three siblings, David, Talia and Sakhia Jones ... Son of Patricia Hampton and David Washington ... Has a daughter, Camille Patrice Washington.
Washington’s Career Bests
Rushing Attempts: 9 vs. Valparaiso, 8-28-04 (67 yards)
Rushing Yards: 80 vs. Montana Tech, 9-11-04 (1 carry)
Rushing TDs: 2 vs. Arkansas-Monticello, 9-1-05
Long Rush: 80 vs. Montana Tech, 9-11-04
Receiving Yards: 30 at Mississippi Valley State, 10-13-07 (1 reception)
Punt Returns: 6 vs. Valparaiso, 8-28-04 (98 yards)
Punt Return Yards: 98 yards vs. Valparaiso, 8-28-04 (6 returns)
Longest Punt Return: 69 vs. Weber State, 9-17-05
Kickoff Returns: 5 vs. UC Davis, 10-22-05 (96 yards)
Kickoff Return Yards: 107 vs. Illinois State, 11-3-07 (4 returns)
Longest Kickoff Return: 93 at Mississippi Valley State, 10-13-07
