Gazette Pre-Season All Amer

Don Hansen’s Football Gazette NCAA Division II 2006 Preseason All-America Team July 24, 2006 Contact: Dan Wilkes, National Coordinator For Immediate Release (620) 235-4147 or (620) 249-5430 East Stroudsburg’s Terwilliger, Grand Valley’s McFadden Headline 2006 Football Gazette Preseason All-America Team

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Harlon Hill Trophy winning quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger from East Stroudsburg University and Gene Upshaw Award winning defensive end Mike McFadden from defending NCAA Division II National Champion Grand Valley State University headline a talented list of 148 players who have been named 2006 Preseason All-Americans by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette.

Terwilliger, a senior 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 (Dusty Bonner, Valdosta State) to capture the Harlon Hill Trophy.

McFadden, a senior from Saginaw, Mich., recorded 83 tackles with 21 tackles-for-loss and 19.0 quarterback sacks, while garnering the Upshaw Award as Division II’s top lineman. He also recovered three fumbles and intercepted a pass for the Lakers, who capped an unblemished 13-0 season with a 21-17 victory over Northwest Missouri State University in the 2005 NCAA Division II National Championship Game on Dec. 10 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Ala.

The duo lead a senior-dominated cast on the 2006 preseason All-America list, with 93 seniors, 46 juniors and nine sophomores comprising the elite group. A total of 148 players representing all four geographic regions of NCAA Division II were named to the 2006 Football Gazette Preseason All-America team. Forty-one players on the 2006 preseason list earned All-America honors from Football Gazette in 2005.

Grand Valley State, which rolled to the program’s third national title in the last four seasons in 2005, led the way with six selections.

This marks the 19th year Don Hansen’s Football Gazette, a recognized authority on small college football, has selected NCAA Division II All-America and Preseason All-America teams.

FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact Football Gazette National Coordinator Dan Wilkes, Sports Information Director at Pittsburg State University, at 620-235-4147 ([email protected]). The Football Gazette web site is located at http://www.donhansen.com. The 2006 Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Preseason All-America Team also is available at http://www.pittstategorillas.com/footballgazette.

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OFFENSE Offensive Guard ...... Cornerback ...... NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL JoJo Bates 6-1 260 Sr. North Alabama Woody Aime 6-1 195 Sr. LIU-C.W. Post Quarterback ...... Beau Elliot 6-2 315 Sr. Indiana (Pa.) Brandon Carr 6-2 205 Jr. Grand Valley State NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Cory Karpilo 6-2 305 Jr. Adams State Denatay Heard 6-0 190 Jr. Stillman Dalton Bell 6-3 195 Sr. West Texas A&M Peter Martocci 6-3 300 Sr. LIU-C.W. Post Marcus Jefferson 5-10 176 Sr. Albany State Chris Dougherty 6-0 180 Jr. Saginaw Valley Kevin O’Neill 6-1 280 So. West Chester Stephen McCoy 6-1 185 Sr. TAMU-Kingsville Scott Eyster 6-3 200 Sr. Delta State Joe Wohlscheld 6-7 305 Jr. Grand Valley State Fletcher Terrell 6-1 190 Sr. Washburn Cullen Finnerty 6-2 210 Sr. Grand Valley State Robert Young 6-2 335 Sr. Delta State Tate Wheeler 5-11 180 Sr. St. Cloud State Tommy Flyger 6-2 190 Sr. Augustana (S.D.) Jason Hoffschneider 5-11 202 Sr. North Dakota Kevin Huff 6-2 215 Sr. Tuskegee Offensive Tackle ...... Anthony Lindsey 5-11 175 Jr. Saint Joseph’s NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Safety ...... Josh Stepp 5-11 190 Sr. Newberry Allen Barbre 6-4 296 Sr. Missouri Southern NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Jimmy Terwilliger 5-11 170 Sr. East Stroudsburg Gary Battle 6-1 300 Sr. Fayetteville State Chad Burgess 5-10 178 Jr. Presbyterian Chris Ruggiero 6-2 195 Jr. California (Pa.) Mackenzy Bernadeau 6-4 295 Jr. Bentley Mitchell Denne 6-2 190 Sr. St. Cloud State Michael Bujnak 6-6 300 Sr. Tusculum Reed Duvall 5-11 192 Sr. Fort Lewis Running Back ...... Mike Butterworth 6-7 330 Jr. Slippery Rock Keon Gaither 6-0 200 Sr. West Texas A&M NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Mark Maynard 6-1 290 Sr. West Chester Brandon Kennedy 5-9 163 So. Central Washington Jamar Brittingham 6-0 203 Jr. Bloomsburg Ed Primas 6-4 352 Sr. Southern Arkansas Bryson Lawrence 5-9 191 Sr. Tiffin Kory Fisher 5-10 195 Jr. Catawba Dave Shemaria 6-5 305 Sr. Bloomsburg Dan Peters 6-0 211 Sr. Shepherd Bryan Florendo 5-11 200 Sr. Colorado Mines Chris Zimmerman 6-4 265 Sr. Winona State Renardrick Phillips 5-10 185 Sr. Tarleton State Martin Hicks 5-9 180 Jr. Winston-Salem Kendall Ricketts 5-10 182 Jr. Central Mo. State Stefan Logan 5-7 180 Sr. South Dakota All-Purpose Back ...... Terrence Stafford 6-0 200 Sr. Bowie State Vincent Tweed 5-10 175 Sr. Charleston Astin Martin 5-9 187 Sr. Grand Valley State NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Brandon Walden 5-11 187 Sr. Carson Newman Chris Morgan 6-0 205 Sr. Indiana (Pa.) Chris Bone 5-7 170 Jr. LIU-C.W. Post Xavier Omon 6-0 210 Jr. Northwest Missouri Scott Carpino 5-9 180 Jr. Ark.-Monticello Lorenzo Perry 5-6 180 Sr. Bryant Kyle Fox 5-8 175 So. Angelo State Greg Pruitt Jr. 5-10 200 Sr. N.C. Central D.D. Holyfield 5-8 160 Sr. Southern Arkansas SPECIAL TEAMS Germaine Race 5-11 225 Sr Pittsburg State Isaac Redman 6-0 220 Jr. Bowie State Dervon Wallace 5-8 174 Jr. Shepherd DEFENSE Place Kicker ...... Jeremiah White 6-2 200 Sr. Missouri Western NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Danny Woodhead 5-9 193 Jr. Chadron State Aaron Abel 6-0 185 Jr. Colorado Mines Defensive Guard/Tackle ...... Nathan Alleman 6-3 185 Jr. Pittsburg State Yuta Fukuda 5-7 170 Sr. North Alabama Fullback ...... NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Brandon Gilbert 5-10 175 Jr. N.C. Central NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Chris Amico 5-10 250 Jr. Edinboro Jamie Reder 5-7 174 Jr. Shippensburg Blake Burr 5-9 202 Sr. Charleston Justin Currie 5-10 305 Sr. Harding Jessup Pfeifer 5-10 160 Sr. Nebraska-Kearney Torris Childs 5-9 210 So. Northwood Damion DeRosia 6-6 325 Sr. Saginaw Valley State Mike Salerno 5-10 150 So. Winona State Trent Christensen 6-1 240 Sr. North Dakota Adam Kirksey 6-4 280 Jr. Upper Iowa Ricky Schmitt 6-2 192 Sr. Shepherd Aaron Dykes 5-11 237 Jr. Shippensburg Jordan Krull 6-4 270 Sr. St. Cloud State Paul Williams 5-10 200 Jr. Tarleton State Patrick Hemphill 5-8 211 Jr. Eastern New Mexico Casey Larson 6-2 235 Sr. St. Anselm Tony McDonald 5-10 236 Jr. Southern Arkansas Benjamin McDowell 6-1 285 Sr. Lenoir-Rhyne Bernard Palmer 5-9 200 So. Henderson State Eric Power 6-5 268 Sr. Concordia-St. Paul Punter ...... Anthony Rose 6-3 275 Sr. California (Pa.) NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Wide Receiver ...... Andrew Ruggiero 6-3 270 Sr. Bentley Brent Halfmann 6-4 225 Jr. North Dakota Jake Visser 6-2 265 So. Ferris State Derrick Marsan 6-0 200 Sr. Bentley NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Craig McFarlin 6-0 181 Jr. Ouachita Baptist Greg Aker 5-11 190 Jr. Minnesota-Duluth Anthony Rodriguez 6-0 180 Sr. Ark.-Monticello Justin Durant 6-1 185 Jr. Presbyterian Defensive End ...... Andy Schlichting 6-1 174 Sr. SW Minnesota State Ashton Gronewald 5-11 175 Jr. Missouri-Rolla NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Tavon McGee 6-3 180 Sr. Glenville State Michael Cobbins 6-2 247 Sr. Missouri Western Anthony Merritt 6-0 189 Sr. North Alabama Kenwin Cummings 6-2 220 Jr. Wingate Return Specialist...... Bryan Overton 6-3 195 Jr. W. Va. Wesleyan Brandon Geary 6-4 235 Jr. Fairmont State NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Evan Prall 6-1 220 Sr. East Stroudsburg George Holley 6-3 210 Sr. Adams State Marcus Davis 6-0 195 Sr. Minnesota-Duluth Tyrell Smith 6-0 170 Sr. Minnesota State Tim Hunt 6-5 245 Sr. North Alabama Weston Dressler 5-8 164 Jr. North Dakota Renard Stevens 6-5 215 Sr. West Liberty Josh Kelly 6-4 250 Sr. Assumption Octavius Love 5-11 190 Jr. Tusculum Michael Washington 6-0 190 So. West Chester Cory Lacek 6-1 235 Jr. Slippery Rock Rashod Molton 5-11 190 Sr. Fort Valley State Mike McFadden 6-1 255 Sr. Grand Valley State Anthony Merritt 6-0 189 Sr. North Alabama Tight End...... Ryan Meredith 6-2 235 Sr. Pittsburg State Tracey Stigar 5-9 180 So. Arkansas Tech Greg Thoman 6-2 265 Sr. East Stroudsburg NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Ryan Waters 6-3 250 Sr. Northwest Missouri Kevin Boss 6-7 255 Sr. Western Oregon Odel Willis 6-3 242 Sr. West Georgia Justin Carter 6-5 255 Sr. Angelo State Zac Herold 6-5 251 Sr. Nebraska-Omaha Mike Peterson 6-3 245 Sr. Northwest Missouri Linebacker ...... NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Center ...... Anthony Adams 6-2 230 Jr. Grand Valley State Rob Biernat 6-2 225 Jr. Bloomsburg NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL Chris Burch 6-1 202 Sr. Central Washington Bobby Brooks 6-1 265 Sr. Central Oklahoma Joe DiGiorgio 6-2 205 Sr. Saginaw Valley State Robert Duncan 6-0 255 Sr. N.C. Central Michael Eubanks 6-2 237 Jr. Delta State Chris Kaczor 6-2 300 Jr. Edinboro Ben Harness 6-1 220 Sr. Northwest Missouri Tim McCutheon 6-4 275 Jr. California (Pa.) Anthony Hicks 5-9 182 Sr. Fayetteville State Zach Snyder 6-5 310 Sr. Clarion Mike Klobucher 6-2 248 Sr. Ferris State Brady Miller 6-0 224 Sr. Ashland Matt Morris 6-1 215 Sr. Clarion DeMichael Nesbitt 5-10 235 Jr. West Virginia State Ben Stroup 6-0 213 Sr. Edinboro John Tackmann 6-2 220 Sr. Winona State Donald Tharpe 5-10 205 Sr. North Alabama Antwan Thomas 5-10 192 So. Presbyterian

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