PITTSBURG, Kan.
—
The University of North Alabama placed
had five student-athletes receive
recognition on the 2009 Football Gazette
Division II All-Amerca team.
UNA senior linebacker Michael Johnson of
Panama City, Fla., and sophomore running
back Marcus Sims of Tallahassee, Fla.,
were named first-team All-Americans.
Senior safety Quinton Andrews of Miami,
Fla., received second-team All-American
recognition. UNA senior punter Will
Batson of Killen, Ala., and senior
quarterback Harrison Beck of Clearwater,
Fla., received honorable mention
All-American recognition.
Johnson was also named the Division II
"Linebacker of the Year" by the Football
Gazette.
This marks the 22nd year Don Hansen’s
Football Gazette has selected an NCAA
Division II All-America team. The
national publication selected All-Region
teams with the firstteam and second-team
All-Region players from each of the four
geographic regions (Super Region One –
former Northeast; Super Region Two –
former Southeast; Super Region Three –
former Northwest; Super Region Four -
former Southwest) comprising the
national ballot, which was voted upon by
a select national panel.
A total of 157 players earned some form
of Football Gazette All-America honors.
Players from 83 of the 150
football-playing schools in Division II
earned Football Gazette All-America
accolades. National Champion NW Missouri
State and national quarterfinalist West
Liberty State led the way by placing
seven players apiece on All-America
squad, while national semifinalist
California (Pa.) had six honorees.
FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact
Football Gazette National Coordinator
Dan Wilkes, Asst. AD/Media
Relations at Pittsburg State University,
at 620-235-4147 (dwilkes@pittstate.edu).
† The Boomer Esiason Foundation, which
established the Dave Rimington Trophy in
2000 to honor the outstanding NCAA BCS
center, expanded that award in 2003 to
include the top center on each of the
Don Hansen’s Football Gazette NCAA FCS,
DII, DIII and NAIA All-America squads.
The Rimington Trophy web site is located
at www.rimingtontrophy.com. Esiason, a
high-octane Maryland quarterback, and
Rimington, a nonpareil center for
Nebraska, were NFL teammates at
Cincinnati in the mid-1980s. In
1993, Esiason created the New York City
based foundation that bears his name to
raise funds for the treatment and
research of cystic fibrosis, a genetic
disease his son Gunnar has battled since
infancy.
First Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB Zach Amedro 6-0 190 JR West Liberty
State Moundville, W. Va.
RB Joique Bell 6-1 233 SR Wayne State
(Mich.) Benton Harbor, Mich.
RB Isaac Odim 6-0 215 JR Minnesota
Duluth Rochester, Minn.
FB Marcus Sims 6-0 223 SO North Alabama
Tallahassee, Fla.
WR Jake Soy 6-3 210 SO NW Missouri State
Durant, Iowa WR Kashif Walls 6-3 205 JR
West Liberty State Camden, N.J.
TE Ryan Travis 6-3 245 JR West Liberty
State Massillon, Ohio C Jack Hiett 6-2
255 SR Nebraska-Kearney Arvada, Colo.
OG Brett Grozinger 6-4 280 JR NW
Missouri State Chillicothe, Mo.
OG Andy Schoonover 6-3 302 SR Minnesota
State Boyceville, Wis.
OT Ben Staggs 6-4 275 SR West Liberty
State Wooster, Ohio OT Tony Washington
6-7 305 SR Abilene Christian New
Orleans, La.
AP Frantz Simeon 5-10 180 SR Arkansas
Tech Belle Glade, Fla.
PK Travis Atter 5-7 190 SR Chadron State
Buffalo, Wyo.
First Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
DE Drew Berube 6-4 261 SR Hillsdale
Hillsdale, Mich.
DE Jashawn Williams 6-2 230 SR American
International Roosevelt, N.Y.
DG/DT William Green 5-10 290 SR Texas
A&M-Commerce Dallas, Texas DG/DT Cedric
Thorton 6-5 266 JR Southern Arkansas
Star City, Ark.
LB John Jacobs 6-2 230 SR Saginaw Valley
State Prudenville, Mich.
LB Mike Johnson 6-4 250 SR North Alabama
Panama City, Fla.
LB Anthony Smith 5-9 227 SR Bloomsburg
Pottstown, Pa.
CB Rodney Mitchell 6-0 180 SR Eastern
New Mexico Sarasota, Fla.
CB Quintez Smith 6-1 195 SR Shaw Dublin,
Ga.
S Josh Jones 5-10 185 SR Harding Carson,
Calif.
S Ron Parker 6-1 210 JR Newberry St.
Helena Island, S.C P Justin Hinson 6-2
215 JR UNC-Pembroke Monroe, N.C.
RS Jerome Hewitt 5-5 170 SR Southeastern
Oklahoma Gainesville, Texas
Second Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB Nick Graziano 6-2 227 SR Arkansas
Tech Moraga, Calif.
RB Jonas Randolph 5-10 185 SO Mars Hill
Daleville, Ala.
RB Buck Wakefield 5-8 187 SR
Carson-Newman Drummonds, Tenn.
FB Kevin Herrod 6-1 224 FR Shippensburg
Allentown, Pa.
WR A.J. Jackson 6-6 230 SR California
(Pa.) Lehigh Acres, Fla.
WR Adam Sauer 6-3 200 SR Colorado Mines
Centennial, Colo.
TE Mike Higgins 6-5 241 JR
Nebraska-Omaha Pickrell, Neb.
C Brandon Fusco 6-5 300 JR Slippery Rock
Cranberry Twp., Pa.
OG Tim Ickes 6-3 280 SR West Liberty
State Wooster, Ohio OG Zach Meints 6-2
275 SR Colorado Mines Cortland, Neb.
OT Nick McDonald 6-5 310 SR Grand Valley
State Sterling Heights, Mich.
OT Michael Tribue 6-3 240 JR
Carson-Newman Antioch, Tenn.
AP Frederick Bruno 5-8 210 JR Wayne
State (Neb.) Miami, Fla.
PK Steve Ivanisevic 5-11 195 SR Washburn
Darien, Ill.
Second Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
DE Danny Richard 6-4 255 JR Grand Valley
State W. Bloomfield, Mich.
DE Willie Walker 6-3 250 SR California
(Pa.) Aliquippa, Pa.
DG/DT Chris Almonte 6-4 265 SR
Charleston Miami, Fla.
DG/DT Junior Galette 6-2 255 SR Stillman
Philadelphia, Pa.
LB Zach Watkins 6-0 235 SR Washburn
Independence, Mo.
LB Buddy Wood 6-3 214 SR Central
Washington Chattaroy, Wash.
LB Matt Zahoruiko 6-0 240 SR Bentley N.
Andover, Mass.
CB Pierre Desir 6-1 187 FR Washburn St.
Peter’s, Mo.
CB Terrance Johnson 6-0 190 SR
California (Pa.) Braddock, Pa.
S Quinton Andrews 5-11 206 SR North
Alabama Miami, Fla.
S Myles Burnsides 5-11 195 SR NW
Missouri State Maryville, Mo.
P Joe Kok 6-2 220 SR Northeastern State
Broken Arrow, Okla.
RS Perry Floyd 5-8 165 JR Wingate
Gastonia, N.C.
Third Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
QB J.J. Harp 6-2 180 SO Eastern New
Mexico Argyle, Texas RB LaRon Council
5-10 210 SR NW Missouri State Kansas
City, Mo.
RB Anthony Smalls 5-8 170 SO Merrimack
Dorchester, Mass.
FB Jimmy Parsons 5-9 190 JR Northwood
Midland, Mich.
WR Landon Turner 6-3 209 SR Arkansas
Tech Destrehan, La.
WR Doug Williams 6-5 200 JR Panhandle
State New Orleans, La.
TE Jerrell NeSmith 6-2 215 SR Tusculum
Russellville, Ark.
C Torrence Wright 6-3 280 SR Arkansas
Tech Sulphur Springs, Texas OG Dan
Jordan 6-3 305 JR California (Pa.)
Tionesta, Pa.
OG Markeith Wesley 6-8 325 SR Texas
A&M-Kingsville Navasota, Texas OT Jared
Veldheer 6-9 321 SR Hillsdale Grand
Rapids, Mich.
OT J’Marcus Webb 6-8 325 SR West Texas
A&M Mesquite, Texas AP Alfonso Hoggard
5-4 150 JR Clarion Philadelphia, Pa.
PK Garrett Lindholm 5-9 190 SR Tarleton
State Pflugerville, Texas
Third Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL HOMETOWN
DE Eugene Sims 6-6 235 SO West Texas A&M
Mount Olive, Miss.
DE Aston Whiteside 6-2 255 SO Abilene
Christian Vernon, Texas DG/DT Tyler
Roach 6-2 315 SR NW Missouri State
Elkhorn, Neb.
DG/DT Marc Schiechl 6-3 225 JR Colorado
Mines Lakewood, Colo.
LB Jake Anderson 6-2 250 SR Bemidji
State Karlstad, Minn.
LB Robbie Aurich 5-11 240 JR Minnesota
Duluth Spring Lake, Minn.
LB Andrew Eggleton 5-11 215 SR West
Virginia State St. Albans, W.Va.
CB Anthony Fields 5-10 195 SR Findlay
Ft. Wayne, Ill.
CB Justin Hannah 5-9 175 SR Tuskegee
Birmingham, Ala.
S Giorgio Durham 6-0 190 SO Central
Oklahoma Oklahoma City S Jacob McGuckin
6-3 218 SR Harding Allen Park, Mich.
P Kyler Ford 5-11 180 SR Shippensburg
Bedford, Pa.
RS Akwasi Owusu-Ansah 6-1 205 SR Indiana
(Pa.) Columbus, Ohio
