After an exciting year in UMAC football, it is now time to recognize those players who stand out among the rest of the athletes and produce the most for their teams on the field. With so many teams on the rise, evening out the talent distribution in the UMAC, it was difficult to choose all of the talented players at each position, especially on defense. Some players who may have deserved the honor in past seasons, may have been overlooked this season due to so much talent at their position. We have done our best to factor in not only statistics, but the performances we have seen on the field in our decisions. So now, without further delay, we present to you, the 2013 UMAC Central Outstanding Team of the Year!
Outstanding Offense
QB - Blake Robles (Eureka)
- 215/360 attempts, 59.7% completion, 2672 yards, 7.4 yards/attempt, 23 TDs, 7 INTs, & 2 rushing TDs
ATH - Brendan Chambers (Greenville)*
- 116/213 attempts, 54.5% completion, 155.8 passing yards/game, 14 TDs // 136 carries, 102.9 rushing yards/game, 7.6 yards/carry, 16 TDs
RB - Jake Jensen (St. Scholastica)*
- 205 carries, 1255 yards, 125.5 yards/game, 6.1 yards/carry, 12 TDs, 0 fumbles
RB - Josh Sinnen (Northwestern)
- 190 carries, 1103 yards, 110.3 yards/game, 5.8 yards/carry, 7 TDs
Honorable Mention - RB - Ronnie Seals Jr (Westminster)*
- 148 carries, 872 yards (6 games), 145.3 yards/game, 5.9 yards/carry, 9 TDs
WR - Brendon Foss (Minnesota-Morris)*
- 71 receptions, 837 yards, 11.8 yards/reception, 10 TDs
WR - Ridge Hobbs (Iowa Wesleyan)*
- 43 receptions, 784 yards, 18.2 yards/reception, 11 TDs
WR - Cory Gebhard (St. Scholastica)*
- 40 receptions, 747 yards, 18.7 yards/reception, 9 TDs
TE - Micah Plocher (Martin Luther)*
- 45 receptions, 675 yards, 15.0 yards/reception, 8 TDs
T - Chris Lambach (St. Scholastica)*
G - Hunter Rone (Greenville)
C - Peter Stanley (St. Scholastica)
G - Evan Voelker (Northwestern)*
T - Joe Schoepf (Greenville)
-Offensive Line Statistics
--Greenville - 350.4 rushing yards/game 6.0 yards/carry, and only 4 sacks allowed in 218 passing attempts
--St. Schoalstica - 245.7 rushing yards/game, 6.2 yards/carry, and only 9 sacks allowed in 227 passing attempts
--Northwestern - 147.3 rushing yards/game, 3.8 yards/carry, and only 13 sacks allowed in 314 passing attempts
Outstanding Defense
DT - Ben Ewings (Martin Luther)
- 65 tackles (37 solo/28 assisted), 11 sacks, 16 TFL, 2 FR, 3 pass breakups
DT - Drew Zoromski (Crown)
- 68 tackles (21 solo/47 assisted), 6 sacks, 9.5 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR, 2 pass breakups, 1 blocked kick
DE - Zach Jusczak (Crown)
- 65 tackles (27 solo/38 assisted), 10.5 sacks, 15 TFL, 3 FF, 1 FR, 2 pass breakups
DE - Blake Cedarleaf (St. Scholastica)
- 59 tackles (25 solo/34 assisted), 7.5 sacks, 8.5 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR, 5 pass breakups
LB - Cameron Cox (Northwestern)
- 76 tackles (35 solo/41 assisted), 5 sacks, 10.5 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR, 2 pass breakups
LB - Cody Hickman (Minnesota-Morris)
- 140 tackles (63 solo/77 assisted), 3 sacks, 7.5 TFL, 1 FF, 3 pass breakups
LB - Jamarco Clark (Iowa Wesleyan)*
- 117 tackles (65 solo/52 assisted), .5 sacks, 3.5 TFL, 2 FF, 2 FR, 3 pass breakups
LB - Josh Bromberg (Westminster)*
- 82 tackles (46 solo/36 assisted), 2.5 sacks, 13 TFL, 1 FR, 4 INTs/74 yards/2 TDs, 4 pass breakups
CB - Michael LaValley (St. Scholastica)*
- 5 INTs/131 yards/2 TDs, 4 pass breakups, 22 tackles (13 solo/9 assisted), 1 sack, 1 TFL, 1 FR, 1 blocked kick
CB - Anthony Moore (Greenville)
- 2 INTs/81 yards, 12 pass breakups, 36 tackles (30 solo/6 assisted)
CB - Rick Martinez (Eureka)
- 3 INTs/86 yards/2 TDs, 10 pass breakups, 31 tackles (25 solo/6 assisted), 2 FF, 1 FR
S - Austin Stubbs (Northwestern)
- 6 INTs/79 yards, 10 pass breakups, 34 tackles (26 solo/8 assisted), 2.5 TFL
S - Alec French (St. Scholastica)*
- 3 INTs/21 yards, 4 pass breakups, 102 tackles (48 solo/54 assisted), 1.5 sacks, 3 TFL, 2 FF, 1 FR/13 yards/1 TD, 2 blocked kicks
Outstanding Special Teams
K - Brandon Baker (Iowa Wesleyan)
- 8/13 FG, 48 yard long, 27/29 XP, 51 total points
P - Brandon Baker (Iowa Wesleyan)
- 50 punts, 37.6 yard average, 72 yard long, 17 punts in-20, 3 touchbacks
KR/PR - Antwar Ashley (Minnesota-Morris)
- 11 kick returns, 29.8 yard average, 1 TD
KR/PR - Cory Gebhard (St. Scholastica)*
- 19 kick returns, 20.1 yard average // 24 punt returns 7.3 yard average, 1 TD
Outstanding Season Awards
Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year: Brendan Chambers - QB (Greenville)*
Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year: Alec French - S (St. Scholastica)*
Outstanding Rookie of the Year: Dorrell Baugh - WR/KR (Eureka)
Outstanding Senior of the Year: Brendan Chambers - QB (Greenville)*
Outstanding Coach of the Year: Kurt Barth (Eureka)
Outstanding Team of the Year: St. Scholastica Saints
Outstanding Athletes of the Week:
Week 1 - Brendan Chambers - QB (Greenville)*
Week 2 - Cory Gebhard - WR (St. Scholastica)*
Week 3 - Caleb McLaren - QB (Minnesota-Morris)
Week 4 - Josh Sinnen - RB (Northwestern)
Week 5 - Luke Rothe - QB (Martin Luther)
Week 6 - Brendon Foss - WR (Minnesota-Morris)*
Week 7 - Jake Jensen - RB (St. Scholastica)*
Week 8 - Brendan Chambers - QB (Greenville)*
Week 9 - Jake Jensen RB (St. Scholastica)*
Week 10 - Tyler Harper QB (St. Scholastica)
* = Senior Athlete
Great list but...it is completely ridiculous to not have at least one EC lineman or linebacker on this list. This senior corps was just narrowly the statistically second best D in the UMAC.
ReplyDeleteHow about at least Jacob Carls??? 79 tackles, 9.5 TFL, 3 sacks, 4 Brk
Stew McGinnis??? 59 tackles, 17 TFL (more than anyone on your all-d team), 4.5 sacks.
C'mon...
Where is Jake Carls? Could argue for Stew as well, but rest of list seems pretty accurate.
ReplyDeleteAs we stated in the post, defense was especially hard to select. Especially for Eureka, because we were only able to see parts of a couple games (sorry, we are not going to pay $10.95 per month to watch their home games) and could not factor their on-field play as much as we could for the other athletes and had to rely mostly on statistics. Carls and McGinnis both narrowly missed the cut and were our 5th LB and 3rd DE, respectively, by vote. Its not that we don't feel they are deserving of the award, we had just seen more of the other players on-field performance and gave us enough reason to make the choice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your response, wasn't belong overly critical, just felt like Jake should have made the cut, as he was selected all conference(again!). Thanks for the work this year and for giving the respect that this team earned this year, still hate that EC lost to Greenville after out playing them for 3 of the 4 quarters, EC was better that day. Looking forward to next year, will be heavy on offense with big shoes to fill on defensive side of the ball. Enjoy off season.
DeleteFair enough, but frankly if you can't fairly evaluate each team, there's no point in putting together an all conference list. You could call it the UMAC Northern Division OTOTY. Numbers aside, the EC LB corps was unmatched in ferocity and impact on games.
ReplyDeleteOur apologies on this most egregious error. We will make sure that next time we voluntarily, on our own time, without reimbursement, in addition to our families, jobs, and other responsibilities, write a blog and put together an all conference team for the lowest conference in the lowest NCAA division of college football, we will break down every minute of game film to ensure that our list will accurately represent the talents of the athletes. We hope someday we can reach the level of the UMAC All-Conference awards, the NFL Pro Bowl, and all other fairly evaluated all-star teams.
ReplyDeleteThank you for bringing this to our attention.