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Seven football players from the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference were named to Division II All-American teams by the Hansen’s Football Gazette.
Harlon Hill Trophy winning quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger from East Stroudsburg University and Gene Upshaw Award winning defensive end Mike McFadden from Grand Valley State University headline a talented 2005 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette NCAA Division II All-America team.
Grand Valley State’s Chuck Martin, who led the Lakers to an unblemished 13-0 record and the school’s third NCAA Division II National Championship in the last for seasons, was named the National Coach of the Year. Martin earned his first national title as head coach at GVSU after previously serving as defensive coordinator on GVSU’s 2003 championship squad.
Terwilliger and Bloomsburg University running back Jamar Brittingham shared Offensive Back of the Year honors. Richie Ross of the University of Nebraska-Kearney was named the Receiver of the Year, while Brian Alderson of the University of South Dakota earned Offensive Lineman of the Year. Lance Ancar of the University of North Alabama received the third annual Division II Rimington Award as the division’s top offensive center.
On defense, McFadden claimed Lineman of the Year honors, while John DiGiorgio of Saginaw Valley State University earned Linebacker of the Year and Dan Peters of Shepherd University earned Defensive Back of the Year. Kicker Jeff Glas of the University of North Dakota was named Specialist of the Year.
Terwilliger, a junior from East Stroudsburg, Pa., passed for 4,571 yards and 50 touchdowns in leading the Warriors to an 11-2 overall record and an NCAA-II semifinalist finish. Terwilliger became the first underclassman since the 2000 season (Dust Bonner, Valdosta State) to capture the Harlon Hill Trophy.
Brittingham, a sophomore from Levittown, Pa., led NCAA-II in rushing and scoring in 2005, helping BU to an 11-1 record and an NCAA-II playoff appearance. He rushed for 2,260 yards (188.3 ypg) and 32 TDs and scored 204 points (17.0 ppg).
McFadden, a junior from Saginaw, Mich., recorded 83 tackles with 21 tackles-for-loss and 19.0 quarterback sacks. He also recovered three fumbles and intercepted a pass for the Lakers.
This marks the 18th year Don Hansen’s Football Gazette, a recognized authority on small college football, has selected an NCAA Division II All-America team. The national publication selected All-Region teams with the first-team and second-team All-Region players from each of the four geographic regions (Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest) making up the national ballot, which was voted upon by a 25-member national panel.
A total of 155 players earned some form of Football Gazette All-America honors. Players from 68 of the 150 football-playing schools in Division II earned Football Gazette All-America accolades. A pair of NCAA-II playoff qualifiers – North Alabama and North Dakota – led the way by placing three players apiece on the first-team All-America squad.
Peters, who led all NCAA divisions with a dozen interceptions, was a first-team selection. Six West Virginia Conference players were named to the honorable mention squad. Dervon Wallace of Shepherd, who established a league record with 25 touchdowns for the 11-1 Rams, and Charleston FB Niko Edwards were offensive picks. Charleston DE R.K. Carrick, Concord LB Darryl Wilson, Fairmont State LB Matt Vance, and West Liberty State S Ian Whittington were honorable mention defensive selections.
2005 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-America Team
First Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
QB Jimmy Terwilliger 6-0 170 JR East Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg, Pa. East Stroudsburg
FB Anthony Carfagno 6-0 240 SR East Stroudsburg Phoenixville, Pa. Phoenixville
RB Jamar Brittingham 6-0 203 SO Bloomsburg Levittown, Pa. Neshaminy
RB Germaine Race 5-11 225 JR Pittsburg State Warrensburg, Mo. Warrensburg
WR Brian Hynes 6-0 180 SR Winona State St. Charles, Ill. St. Charles
WR Richie Ross 6-4 205 SR Nebraska-Kearney Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln
TE Chip Long 6-2 222 SR North Alabama Birmingham, Ala. Mountain Brook
AP Justin Gallas 6-1 185 SR Colorado Mines Westminster, Colo. Northglenn
C Lance Ancar 6-1 280 SR North Alabama Harvey, La. Archbishop Shaw
OG Marcus Brisbone 6-1 271 SR Presbyterian Sumter, S.C. Crestwood
OG Chad Weeks 6-3 339 SR Pittsburg State Oologah, Okla. Claremore
OT Brian Alderson 6-4 275 SR South Dakota Hartford, S.D. West Central
OT Jahri Evans 6-3 335 SR Bloomsburg Philadelphia, Pa. Frankford
PK Jeff Glas 5-10 169 SR North Dakota Grand Forks, N.D. Red River
First Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
DG/DT Chris Amico 5-10 250 SO Edinboro Webster, N.Y. Irondequoit
DG/DT Kenwin Cummings 6-2 220 SO Wingate Maxton, S.C. Purnell Swett
DE Mike McFadden 6-1 255 JR Grand Valley State Saginaw, Mich. Heritage
DE A.J. Schable 6-4 285 SR South Dakota Ida Grove, Iowa Battle Creek/Ida Grove
LB Digger Anderson 6-0 236 SR North Dakota Coon Rapids, Minn. Coon Rapids
LB John DiGiorgio 6-2 225 SR Saginaw Valley State Shelby Township, Mich. Eisenhower
LB Deandre Fillmore 5-9 220 SR Texas A&M-Kingsville Corpus Christi, Texas West Oso
LB J.D. Hearn 6-1 227 SR Texas A&M-Commerce Mesquite, Texas El Paso
CB Blake Farris 6-0 202 SO North Alabama Jasper, Ala. Walker
CB Fletcher Terrell 6-1 190 JR Washburn Minnetonka, Minn. St. Louis Park
S Keon Gaither 6-0 200 JR West Texas A&M Stockton, Calif. Edison
S Dan Peters 6-0 211 JR Shepherd Cresson, Pa. Penn Cambria
RS Weston Dressler 5-8 170 SO North Dakota Bismarck, N.D. Bismarck
P Jeff Williams 6-4 225 SR Adams State Mead, Colo. Skyline
Second Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
QB Wesley Beschorner 5-10 190 SR South Dakota Lohrville, Iowa Southern Calhoun
FB Joe Taylor 5-10 190 SR Pittsburg State Pittsburg, Kan. St. Mary’s-Colgan
RB Antoine Bagwell 5-11 185 SR California (Pa.) Lansing, Mich. Lansing
RB Stefan Logan 5-7 180 SR South Dakota Miami, Fla. Jackson
WR Jim Lukowiak 6-1 200 SR Southern Connecticut State Brick, N.J. Brick Township
WR Evan Prall 6-1 200 JR East Stroudsburg Scranton, Pa. West Scranton
TE Kevin Boss 6-7 255 JR Western Oregon Philomath, Ore. Philomath
AP Brandon Langston 5-9 185 SR Grand Valley State Northville, Mich. Northville
C Nate Daniels 6-3 275 SR Winona State Greendale, Wis. Greendale
OG Nick Degg 6-3 318 SR Northwood Pinconning, Mich. Pinconning
OG John Moser 6-1 260 SR Bloomsburg Newmanstown, Pa. Elco
OT Chris Kuper 6-4 320 SR North Dakota Anchorage, Alaska A.J. Dimond
OT Pat McCoy 6-6 335 SR West Texas A&M Fairfield, Calif. Deanza
PK Nathan Alleman 6-3 185 JR Pittsburg State Bartlesville, Okla. Bartlesville
Second Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
DG/DT Wilbert Martin 6-3 310 SR Texas A&M-Kingsville Houston, Texas Yates
DG/DT Eric Power 6-5 268 JR Concordia-St. Paul Farmington, Minn. Farmington
DE Clayton Farrell 6-4 275 SR Abilene Christian Hallsville, Texas Hallsville
DE Dave Tollefson 6-4 270 SR NW Missouri State Concord, Calif. Yanacio
LB Grant Gould 6-3 215 SR Washburn Topeka, Kan. Highland Park
LB Sterling Green 6-3 220 SR Bowie State Hyattsville, Md. —
LB Josh Lattimer 5-11 231 SR Pittsburg State Fort Scott, Kan. Fort Scott
LB John Tackmann 6-2 220 JR Winona State Altoona, Wis. Altoona
CB Brent Grimes 5-11 174 SR Shippensburg Philadelphia, Pa. Northeast
CB Marcus Jefferson 5-10 176 JR Albany State Eatonton, Ga. —
S Cory Cangelosi 6-1 202 SR Central Arkansas Mandeville, La. Mandeville
S Danieal Manning 6-0 210 JR Abilene Christian Corsicana, Texas Corsicana
RS Anthony Merritt 6-0 189 JR North Alabama Box Springs, Ga. Shaw
P Jeff Carpenter 6-0 187 SR West Georgia Cumming, Ga. South Forsyth
Third Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
QB Josh Lamberson 6-1 205 SR NW Missouri State Wilber, Neb. Wilber-Clatonia
FB Torris Childs 5-9 210 FR Northwood North Chicago, Ill. North Chicago
RB Matt Birkel 5-9 210 SR St. Cloud State Ellsworth, Wis. Ellsworth
RB Derrick Ross 6-0 238 SR Tarleton State Huntsville, Texas Huntsville
WR Aaron Fairooz 6-6 216 JR Central Arkansas Mansfield, Texas Mansfield
WR Andre Rector 5-11 190 SR NW Missouri State Celeste, Texas Celeste
TE Justin Carter 6-5 255 JR Angelo State Dickinson, Texas Dickinson
AP John Kneiss 5-9 180 SR Slippery Rock Butler, Pa. Slippery Rock
C Chris Kaczor 6-2 293 JR Edinboro Brook Park, Ohio Berea
OG Derrick Lewis 6-4 330 SR Southern Connecticut State West Haven, Conn. West Haven
OG Tim McCutcheon 6-4 275 JR California (Pa.) Sewickley, Pa. Quaker Valley
OT Greg Bzorek 6-6 330 SR Edinboro Saxonburg, Pa. Knoch
OT Darryl Grace 6-2 308 SR Central Mo. State Captain Cook, Hawai’i Konawaena
PK Paul Williams 5-10 200 JR Tarleton State Weatherford, Texas Marine Military Academy
Third Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL
DG/DT Kevin Rees 6-2 285 SR Saint Joseph’s Avon, Ind. Avon
DG/DT Tim Thompson 6-4 250 SR Valdosta State Sparta, Ga. Hancock Central
DE Charlie Cosgrove 6-2 270 SR St. Cloud State Minneapolis, Minn. South
DE Ryan Waters 6-3 250 JR NW Missouri State Independence, Mo. Fort Osage
LB David Ihedigbo 5-11 200 SR American International Amherst, Mass. Amherst Regional
LB Matt Morris 6-1 215 JR Clarion Boiling Springs, Pa. Boiling Springs
LB Lloyd Price 6-0 225 SR California (Pa.) Monongahela, Pa. Ringgold
LB Antwan Thomas 5-10 192 FR Presbyterian Hawkinsville, Ga. Hawkinsville
CB Chris Avery 5-10 173 SR Edinboro Berea, Ohio Berea
CB Kevin Scott 5-10 170 SR Gannon Washington, D.C. Roosevelt
S Chad Burgess 5-10 178 JR Presbyterian Kingstree, S.C. Kingstree
S Reed Duvall 5-11 192 JR Fort Lewis Durango, Colo. Durango
RS Jarrett Brooks 6-0 171 JR Missouri Western St. Louis, Mo. Parkway Central
P Ken Parrish 6-3 202 SR East Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg, Pa. East Stroudsburg South
Honorable Mention
ALPHABETICAL, BY SCHOOL — Abilene Christian: Danieal Manning, RS; Angelo State: Kyle Fox, AP; Adams State: Adam McGurk, LB; Arkansas Tech: Chris Johnson, FB; Ashland: Devin Conwell, S; Bowie State: Tyreve Smith, DG/DT; Carson-Newman: Deonte Bolden, CB; Pat Egan, OG; Central Arkansas: Jacob Ford, DE; Quentin Maxfield, LB; Kentrel Rogers, RB; Chadron State: Danny Woodhead, RB; Charleston (W.Va.): R.K. Carrick, DE; Niko Edwards, FB; Colorado Mines: Jared Heath, LB; Travis Yenne, OG; Concord: Darryl Wilson, LB; Concordia-St. Paul: James McNear, QB; Delta State: Scott Eyster, QB; Eastern New Mexico: Patrick Hemphill, FB; Edinboro: Ben Stroup, LB; Fairmont State: Matt Vance, LB; Grand Valley State: Joe Bourke, OT; Cullen Finnerty, QB; Astin Martin, RB; Joe Wohlscheid, OG; Harding: Torrance Daniels, S; Kutztown: Michael Baldwin, S; LIU-CW Post: Woody Aime, CB; Rob Blount, QB; Chris Bretton, DG/DT; Steve Broecker, OT; Minnesota-Duluth: Marcus Davis, RS; Minnesota State, Mankato: Jimmie Gunn, LB; Sean Treasure, AP; Missouri-Rolla: Ashton Gronewold, WR; Missouri Western: Michael Cobbins, DG/DT; Justin Montgomery, C; Jeremiah, White, RB; Nebraska-Omaha: Zac Herold, TE; North Alabama: Anthony Merritt, WR; North Carolina Central: Ronald Dowdy, DE; Brandon Gilbert, PK; North Dakota: Danny Gagner, S; Dan Grossman, WR; NW Missouri State: Xavier Omon, RB; Mike Peterson, TE; Ouachita Baptist: Craig McFarlin, P; Pittsburg State: Andy Majors, QB; Ryan Meredith, DE; Brandon Twito, TE; Presbyterian: Zach Ellis, QB; Quasi Gary, CB; St. Anselm: Casey Larsen, DE; Shepherd: Dervon Wallace, RB; Shippensburg: Brent Grimes, RS; Jamie Reder, PK; Slippery Rock: Cory Lacek, DE; South Dakota: Derek Gearman, WR; So. Conn. State: Rashard Howard, DE; Tarleton State: Vincent Duncan, CB; Texas A&M-Kingsville: Richard Hammond, P; Tuskegee: Roosevelt Echeverry, PK; Torres Mozley, LB; West Liberty State: Ian Whittington, S; West Chester: Michael Washington, WR; West Texas A&M: Dalton Bell, QB; Western Oregon: Jon Apgar, LB; Western Washington: Loren Winter, C; Winona State: Roy Kratt, DG/DT; Luke Lokanc, S; Chris Zimmerman, OG.
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