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D-III Executive Board |
Mike Drass |
Athletic Director/Head Coach |
Wesley |
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Jay Accorsi |
Head Coach |
Rowan |
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Thom Woodward |
Gagliardi Trophy |
St, John's (MN) |
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Bill Manlove |
Chairman D-III |
Fakk od Fame Committee |
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Mike Tracy |
Assistant Coach |
Hanilton |
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Greg Weghorst |
Assstant Commissioner |
American Southwest Conference |
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Selection Process |
D-III All-Star Event |
Players must be seniors with remaining eligibility as of December 31, 2011 and must meet at least one of the following criteria |
| 1. USA College Football Network All-American |
| 2. D3footvall.com All-American |
| 3. AFCA All-American |
| 4, Conference All-Star |
| 5, USACFN national or regional POW |
| 6. Nominated by head coach or sports information director |
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Awards Panels |
Butterfield Award |
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Presented to an outstanding, retiring head coach nominated by his peers and honored at the Hansen Bowl Banquet |
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Commissioner Award |
TBA |
Chairperson |
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Kenworthy Award |
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Assistant Coaches Award |
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Grad Assistant Awards |
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D-III Senior All-Star Game named Don Hansen D-III Senior Bowl |
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The event has been named the Don Hansen D-III Senior Bowl and will be played at the Virginia Beach Sports Complex on Monday (January 16), the national holiday in memory of Martin Luther King. |
| On Sunday evening (January 15) the recipients of the Butterfield Coaching Legend Award and Kentworthy SID Award will be honored at the D-III All-Star Awards Banquet, In addition awards will be presented to the D-III Conference Commissioner, D-III Conference Media Director, D-III Assistant Coaches for Offense and Defense as well D-III Grad Assistant Coaches for Offense and Defense of the Year. |
| Dennis Wilson, President of USA College Sports, Inc., who is serving his 21st term as President of the Metropolitan NY Football Writers Association and is a member of the Gagliardi Trophy Selection panel, is the Executive Director of the event. Phil Sokol, Director of Operations for The Sports Network, Dean Kenefick, Associate Athletic Director of Communications for Villanova University and Director of the Philadelphia College Football Writers Association, Kurt Svoboda, Assistant Director of Athletics at Harvard University and Director of the New England Football Writers Association and Thom Woodward of the Gagliardi Trophy are members of the Executive Board of USA College Sports, Inc. |
| Providing guidance and direction to insure the success of this project is a NCAA Division III Executive Board that includes commissioners, assistance commissioners and media relaations directors from the NCAA Division III conferences as well as several head coaches, including Wesley's Mike Drass. who guided the Wolverines to the Final Four of the 2010 national championship playoffs. |
| The original D-III Classic matched the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan All-Stars against the Philadelphia All-Stars who battled to a 12-12 deadlock. The second game took place at Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ where the East All-Stars were coached by Ithaca College's legendary Jim Butterfield while the head coach of the West All-Stars was Ron Schipper of Central (IA) who posted a career record of 287-67-3. Schipper was the recipient of the first Butterfield Award at the Awards Banquet and the first NFL D-III combine was run by the Giants. |
| Fayetteville, NC was next nd the tradition of playing on the Martin Luther King Weekend began and the kickoff was delayed 30 minute by a brief blizzard. Carolina conducted the NFL combine. |
| The next game was played in Shreveport, LA where he Black All-Stars rallied to topple the Red All-Stars 16-6 when for the first time in NCAA Division III football, all four major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and the Fox Network) had television crews at the game. On Satrday night, the players marched in front of the largest crowd to ever watch an NCAA Division III football event when 400,000 spectarors at the Bosier City Crewe of Gemini Parade. The event was covered by the local CBS affiliate that was televised live with a three-minute side-bar on the All-Stars as they passed along the parade route escorting the six Royal Floats. Bryan Maher (Wisconsin-Whitewater) split the uprights with three field goals and an extra point while Jesse Ortiz (Lewis & Clark), who was voted the Outstanding Media Player, churned out a game-high 75 yards rushing, including a TD run of six yards at Rodney Dean Field on the campus of Evangel Academy. Taan Hall (Whittier) was named the Defensive Player of the Game and Mader earned the Special Team accolades and the Saints provided the NFL combine testing. |
| The next 10 games were played in Mexico as the event became the Aztec Bowl matching the Division III All-Stars against a Mexican All-Star team. |
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Application Process |
Hansen Bowl Players |
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| Players are required to submit a stipend of Four Hundred Dollars ($400) with their applications to assist in covering the operating expenses of the four-day event. It is urged that all players solicit a one-eighth (1/8) page sponsor advertisement to be published in the event's souvenir program plus the event web site at a fee of Four Hundred Dollars ($400). The stipend is to be payable to USA College Sports, Inc, and mailed with the media acceptance form to: P.O. Box 477, Roseland, NJ 07068 |
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ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES FOR HANSEN BOWL |
2011 D3football.com Pre-Season All-Americans |
Offense |
| Corey Balcerzak, OT (St. John Fisher); Brad Boyle, QB, (Coe); Lewis Brown, OG (DePauw); Billy Castro, OG (Cortland State); Wes Chamblee, RS (Wabash); Levell Coppage, RB (Wisconsin-Whitewater); Brett Ekkens, OC) (Mount Union); Mitche Elliot, OG (Bethel); Shawn Evans, TE (Lewis & Clark); Kyle Fiedorowicz, TE (North Central); John Fitzgibbons, OF (Washington & Jefferson); Ben Guiler, RB (Lebanon Valley); Josh McKcKee, WR (Wittenberg); Koby Parker, OT (Hardin-Simmons); Daniel Passafiume, Sr. (Hanover); David Prizzia, PK (Hampden-Sydney); Ed Rodger, OC (Johns Hopkins); Alex Tanney, QB (Monmouth); Chad Vamdergriff, OT (St, Thomas); Michael Zweifel, WR (Dubuque) |
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Defense |
| Greg Arnold, LB (Wisconsin-Whitewater); Mike Asiedu, LB (Wesley); Ray Bierbach, DB (Lycoming); Kenneth Cobb, DE (Muhlenberg); Kevin Ferber, DL (Amherst); Drew Fisher, DB (Chris Greenwood, DB (Albion); Mike Jaskowski, DE (Delaware Valley); Joe Liscio, P (Montclair State); Chris Mayes, DE (Wesley); Patrick McDonough, LB (Muhlenberg); Kyle McGivney, LB (Luther); Josh McLeod, DB (North Central); Jared Millikian, DB (Anderson); Jeff Morgan, LB (Wesley); Will Morris, DB (McMurry); Robby Salman, P (Wartburg); Dan Terhune, DL (Wooster); Luis Villavicencio, DB (California Lutheran) |
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Event Schedule |
(Subject to adjustment) |
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Saturday (01/13) |
3:00 PM - Players Arrive |
5:00 PM - Team Meetings |
6:00 PM - MediaHappy Hour |
7:00 PM - Night Out |
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Sunday (01/15) |
9:00 AM - Breakfast |
10:30 AM - Practice |
1:00 PM - Lunch |
2:30 PM - Practice |
5:30 PM - Team Meetings |
7:00 PM - Banquet |
All-American Recognitions |
Butterfield Award |
D=III Commissioner |
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D-III Grad Assistants |
Kenworthy Award |
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Monday (01/16) |
10:00 AM - Breakfast |
TBD - Check out |
1:00 PM - Hansen Bowl Pictures |
1:30 PM - Hansen Bowl |
3:30 PM - FCS Pictures |
4:00 PM - FCS All-Star Game |
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NFL/AFL/CFL Combine |
Community Service Projects |
Event Media Sessions |
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USA College Football Network D-III All-American Watch List |
Offense |
| James Allen, OL (Monmouth); Michael Allen, OL (Case Western Reserve); Taylor Allen, WR (Endicott); Taofik Amokomoko, OL (St. Vincent); Joe Antonacci, RS (North Central); Kyle Appleford, OL (LaVerne); Derick Arbogast, OL (Heidelberg); Jordan Barnes, OL (Linfield); Joe Beckstrand, RB (Carroll); Jim Bennett, RS (St. Scholastica); Matt Blanchard, QB (Wisconsin/Whitewater); Kyle Boersma, OL (Bethel); Shane Bowser, RB (Millsaps); Brad Boyle, QB (Coe); Bryce Brown, QB (Western New England); Marcus Brumm, QB (Augsburg); Eric Bunker, RB (Amherst); Tyler Butzler, OL (Wisconsin/Stout); Nick Capristo, OL (North Central); Derek Carrier, WR (Beloit); Brian Cary, OL (Rowan); Billy Castro, OL(SUNY/Cortland); Sean Cavanaugh, WR (Hampden-Sydney); DE,e'Trek Chambers, RB (California Lutheran); Dan Chapman, OL (St. Thomas); Joevonte Clark, RB (Lewis & Clark); Leon Clark, RB (St. Olaf); Jarret Coffield, WR (North Carolina Wesleyan); John Coomer, TE (Centre); Levell Coppage, RB (Wisconsin/Whitewater); Marc Corrado, PK SUNY/Cortland); Thomas D'Ambrisi, QB (Kean); Cameron Daniels, TE (Wooster); Joe Davidson, WR (Anderson); Kevin DelleDonne, TE (Rowan); Dalen Dirth, WR (Luther); Paul Dochenetz, OL (Ohio Northern); Matthew Dodge, PK (St. Lawrence); Joey Driver, WR (Illinois Wesleyan); Paul Dunn, OL (Heidelberg); Taylor Edwards, RB (Wisconsin/River Falls); Brad Eich, OL (Maryville); Brett Ekkens, OL (Mount Union); Mitch Elliott, OL (Bethel); Dale Entel, WR (Whitworth); Tom Fisher, QB (Montcalir State);John Fitzgibbons, OL (Washington & Lee); Robert Flagg, RB (Wooster); Gary Flavio, QB (Washington & Jefferson); DeMacus Fleming, WR (Dubuqu); Garrie Fox, WR (Wisconsin/Oshkosjh); Jered Fohrman, PK (Wiscon-sin/Stevens Point); Dan Fox, OL (Framingham); Mike Furlong, RS (Central/IA); Zach Gallup, TE (Carnegie Mellon); Carl Givens, WR (Westminster); Todd Gramenz, RB )Monnesota/Morris); Logan Granera, WR (Grinnell); David Green, OL (Rowan); Matt Griffin, WR (LaVerne); Nick Hanley, OL (Wayneburg); Greg Harrell, TE (Austin); Brendan Hatlee, OL (Hobart); Alex Henderson, RB (SUNY/Brockport); Ron Hennessy OL (Simpson); Mike Hepp, OL (Ripon); Alex Hess, TE (Eureka); Steve Hevalow, RB (Rowan); Levi Hibling, WR (Wartburg); Jonathan Horn, WR (Wabash); Harrison Hudson, RB (Washington & Lee); Ben Hume, OL (Centre); Aaron Hurd, TE (Baldwin-Wallace); J.J. Jachym, RB ( Western New England); Jake Jackson, WR (Rhodes); Sam Jolly, OL (Claremont-Mudd-Script)s); Max Jones, OL (Sewanee); Dan Keegan, RS (Montclair State); Andrew Keller, QB (Marietta); Mike Koneman, WR (Carthage); Phil Konopka, QB (Endicott); Tyler Kuehl, OL (St. Norbert); James Lambert, OL (Pomona-Pitzer); Mike Lane, RB (Endicott); Travis Lane, QB (Hampden-Sydney); Jacob Laudenslayer, QB (California Lutheran); Les Lauters, RB (Wisconsin/LaCrosse); David Lee, QB (Augustana/IL); Bucky Legens, LB (Rhodes); Bryan Lewin, WR (Montclair State); Jon Lien, RB (Carleton); Joe Liscio, P (Montclair State); Joe Loiselle, RB (Macalester); Hayden Mace, OL (Linfield); Rob Marlowe, OL (Pacific Lutheran); James McCarthy, WR (Framingham); Josh Mc McKee, WR (Wittenberg); Darrin McKenzie, RB (Bridgewater/VA); Andrew McNeice, OL (Salve Regina); Brent McNeil, OL (California Lutheran); Ernie Mello, RB (WPI); Kenny Miller, OL (Willamette); David Millroy, TE (Monmouth); Ed Mills, DL (Claremont-Mudd-Scripts); Nick Molinati, OL (Endicott); Patrick Noone, WR (Bowdoin); Thomas Norman, TE (Rochester); Jeff North, OL (Cornell/IA); Jeremy Oller, OL (Kenyon); Jason O'Rear, WR (Millsaps); Kevin Orris, OL (Wooster)l; Byron Overstreet, OL (Randolph-Macon); Kendall Owens, RB (Thomas More); Sam Pederson, WR (St. John's/MN); T.J. Pierce, RB (Ripon); Jonathan Pinque, RB (Centre); Dan Pitcher, QB (SUNY/Cortland); David Pruzzia, PK (Hampden-Sydney); Chris Radtke, OL (Redlands); Matt Rawson, PK (Amherst); Matt Rayner, OL (Midlebury); John Reidelbach, TE (Christopher Newport); Chris Reynolds, QB (Luther); Ben Rogers, OL (Hampden-Sydney); Adam Rue, OL (Anderson); Kenny Russell, WR (Worscetr State); Wes Schmidgall, WR (Eureka); Robert Seer, WR (Grinnell); John Schactner, OL (California Lutheran); Jacob Shaffer, OL (Wabash); Nick Sharp, QB (Anderson); Bronson George Sheafer, OL (Brodgewater/VA); Shepherd, WR (Concordia/MN); Aaron Smetanka, QB (St. Vincent); Dan Smith, OL (Union); Jeremy Snead, WR (Central.IA); Nate Snead, QB (Central/IA); Justin Spaulding, RB (Dubuque); Peter Stamos, OL (Elmhurst); Terence Steward, RB (Beloit); J.C. Stickney, WR (Williams); Phil Stoecker, TE (Wasington/MO); Andrew Story, OL (Greenville); Ethan Sutton, WR (St. Lawrence); Brian Tamburlin, RB (Allegheny); Casey Tanner, OL (Central/IA); Sam Taylor, OL (Allegheny); Brock Thompson, WE (Illinois College); Dakota Tracy, QB (St. Thomas); Colin Tobin, RB (St. Thomas); Kyle Vance, WR, Hampden-Sydeny); Chad Vandergriff, OL (St. Thomas); Joe Van Huysen, O: (Western New England); Doug Vella, QB (Hobart); Jake Viggers, PK (Central/IA); Stephen Voelkner, OL (St. Scholastica); Drew Volkman, RB (Carroll); Fritz Waldvogel, WR (St. Thomas); Eric Walker, RB (Bethany/WV); Rico Wallace, WR (Shenandoah); Craig Warminski, RB (Wisconsin/Stout); Conner Wary, RB (Wittenberg); Marcus Washington, RB (St. Lawrence); Charlie Westfal, QB (Washigton & Lee); Ryan Weston, OL (Bates); John Whiting, OL (Rochester); Deidre Wiersman, WR (Linfield); Zeke Wilson, RB (Sewanee); Matt Withrow, OL (Wisconsin/Eau Claire); Ben Zoeller, QB (Wittenberg) |
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| Jacob Adams, LB (Case Western Reserve); Vince Aiello, DB (Redlans); A.J. Albert, LB (Salve Regina); Ferras Albitary, LB (Tufts); Brian Albrecht, DL (St. Olaf); Cody Allen, LB (SUNY/Cortland); Juan Alvarado, DL (Willamette); Ethan Anderson, DB (Beloit); Jared Anderson, LB (Ripon); Greg Arnold, LB (Wisconsin/Whitewater); Zack Atkins, LB (Sewanee); Tyler Bailey, LB (Cornell/IA); Willy Baregi, LB (St. Thomas); Chris Bell, DL (Rhodes); Chris Bickford, DL (Rochester); Anthony Bizzoto, LB (Fitchburg); Alan Bladt, DB (Buena Vista); Ryan Bourke, DL (Willamette); Matt Bowen, DB (Baldwin-Wallace); Zak Brinkman, P (Wisconsin/Platteville); Herman Brito, DL (Trinity/CT); Albert Brown, DL (Averett); Anthony Brown, LB (Morrisville State); Harmon Bruno, LB (Willamette); Peter Buland, DL (North Central); Jef Butler, DL (Ohio Northern); Bill Campi, DL (Rochester); Brian Castelucci, :DB (Plymouth State); ,Jordan Chapman, LB (Wheaton); Kenny Clady-Mason, DL (Lake Forest); Hector Clavijo, LB (Wooster); Casey Coberly, DL (Pudget Sound); Tyler Cole, DB (Williams); P. J. Cummings, DB (Illinois Wesleyan); Dan Curtinm, LB (Lewis & Clark); Colin Curzi, DL (Williams/CT); Tony Danna, LB (St. Thomas); Ryan Deitz, DB (St. Thomas); Oliver Dickerhoff, LB (Hiram); Nate Dixon, DB (Linfield); Kevin Donahue, LB (Anderson); Doug Dudek, DB (William Paterson); John Duffy, LB (Colby); Mike Dziewil, LB (Carroll); Kevin Eagan, DL (Endicott); J.D. East, DL (Wheaton); Kenneth Eneh, LB (Austin); Danny Engel, DL (Whitworth); Dale English, DK (Case Western Reserve); Braden Everding, LB (Simpson); Andy Fadenholz, LB (Heidelberg); Jason Ferguson, LB (Grove City); Alex Ferrara, DB (Mount Union); Drew Fisher, DB (Linfield); Eric Fisher, DB (Illinois College); Armando Fortunato, LB (St. Vincent); Dan Frankart, DL (Capital); Jarred Frawley, DL (Grove City); Michale Fultz, DL (DePauw); Matt Gal, DB (Washington & Jefferson); David Galasso, LB (Western Connecticut); Doug Geraghty, DL (St. Lawrence); Aaron Giese, DL (Buena Vista); Frank Gigler, DL (Washington & Jefferson); Peter Gill, DL (WPI); Sparky Gonzalez, DL (Linfield); Josh Herrera, DB (Redlands); Ryan Gresko, LB (Illinois Wesleyan); Willie Hayes, DL (Wheaton); Doug Healy, DB (Buffalo State); Tyler Hemry, DL (Coe); Trygve Henrickson, DL (Ohio Northern); Bill Hickey, DB (Endicott); Brady Hill, DL (Central/IA); Brian Hipchen, DB (Carthage); Greg Holsworth, LB (Occidental); Adam Hoste, LB (Monmouth); Stephen Howard, DL (Bridgewater/VA); Bill Huntsinger, LB (Anderson); Brett Hutter, DL (Redlands); Zach Hurt, LB (Wittenberg); Alex Iachetta, DL (Montclair State); Sean Hunt, DB (Wayneburg); Jon Janua, DB (Elmhurst);Chris Jessup, LB (Guilford); Dominic Jeter, DL (Bridgewater/VA); Cam Johnson, DB (Union); Dominic Jones, DB (Otterbein); John Kavanaugh, DB (Washington & Lee); Chris Kelly, DB (Lewis & Clark); Dan Kinsella, DL (Wisconsin/Eau Claire); Dave Kleiner, DL (Northwestern/MN); Alonzo Knight, DV (Sewanee); Gary Knoeppel, DB (Montclair State); Kole Krieger, DB (Linfield); Brad Kruckeberg, DB (Gustavus Adolphus); Shane Lange, DL (Salve Regina); Kyle Larkin, LB (Washington/MO); J.P. Leary, LB (St. Scholastica); Jarrod Lewis, DL (Hiram); Jake Longtin, DL (Chicago); Dustin Massey, LB (Birmingham); Kyle McGivney, LB (Luther); Garrett McGrane, DB (Wartburg); Shane McGuire, DL (Luther); Josh McLeod, DB (North Central); Brian McMullen. DB (Wheaton); Jared Millikian, DB (Anderson); Darryl Moore, DL (Wayneburg); Billy Morgan, LB (Bethel); Zach Myers, LB (Loras); Ben Nantell, DB (St. Norbert); Andy Neumann, LB (Wisconsin/Eau Claire); Roland O'Brien, DB (Alfred); Ryan O'Connell, DB (Westfield); Benjamin Olson, DB (Martin Luther); Matt Olson, LB (St. Olaf); John O'Malley, DB (Whittier); Daniel O'Mara, DB (Williams); Cyprian Oyomba, LB )Wesleyan/CT); Seth Parker, DB (Wittenberg); Ryan Pearcy, LB (Wisonson/Stout); John Perron, DB (WPI); Danny Polaneczky, LB (Chicago); Conterrious Porter, DB (Luther); Daniel Preston, DL (Emory & Henry); Joe Pricone, DL (Randolph-Macon); Nate Proulx, DB (Occidental); Robert Ramsey, DL (Wheaton); Ben Rector, LB (Wartburg); Ben Robinson, LB (Trinity/TX); Reggie Robinson, LB (Hobart); Kris Rosholt, P (Wisconsin-Whitewater); D.J. Romano, DB (SUNY/Cortland); Robby Salmon, P (Wartburg); Vince Salucci, DB (Beloit); Ben Salzman, LB (Claremont-Mudd-Scripts); Matt Sargent, DL (Chicago); Trevor Saunders, DB (St. Lawrence); Ryan Schmidt, DB (Central/IA); Nick Scozzaro, LB (Endicott); Dylan Schultz, LB (Williams); Vince Sciano, DL (Wisconsin/Oshkosh); C.J. Seitzinger, LB (Jon Carroll); Dan Sjoquist, DB (St. Norbert); Mark Skoglund, LB (Carleton); Taylor Skore, DL (LInfield); Bill Smith, LB (SUNY/Cortland); John Smith, DB (Greenville); Neil Sorice, LB (Washington & Jefferson); Aaron Spickerman, DL (Cornell/IA; Allen Stallings, LB (Greensboro); Kevin Stapf, LB (KIng's Point); Joe Sweet, DL (Worcester); Ethan Tanner, LB (Austin); Dan Terhune, DL (Wooster); Alex Thomas, LB (Muskingum); Connor Tompkins, DL (SUNY/Cortland); John Troyer, DL (St. Norbert); Matt Tschetter, DL (Wartburg); Steve Valdiserrie, DB (DePauw); Justin VanDeHul, DB (Wartburg); David Vavra, DB (Bethel); Ian Vierra, LB (Bowdoin); Luis Villavicenzio, DB (California Lutheran);Jay Volker, DL (Thomas More); Ray Wegrzynski, DL (Kean); Kyle Weiss, P (Wesleyan,CT); Leonard Wells, DL (Anderson); Gary Williams, DL (Trinity/CT); Jamahl Williams, DB (Kean); Kelvin Williams, DB (Westminster); Donovan Winter, DL (Wisconsin/La Crosse); Drake Woodard, DB (Hobart); David Woods, DB (Emory & Henry); Jacob Wyss, DL (Carroll); David Zoekler, LB (Loras) |
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