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The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the nation’s premier NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conference. There’s not much that has eluded the Missouri Valley Football Conference in its first 28 seasons of competition. The league’s first two-plus decades have included national championships, national players of the year, national coaches of the year, No. 1 national rankings, and countless All-Americans. League member North Dakota State is a two-time defending national champion, and the league also has NCAA titles in 1997 and 2002. In 2012, the MVFC, for the secondstraight year, was the top-rated conference in the Gridiron Power Index, and NDSU held the top overall position in the GPI for a secondstraight year as well. Strong coaching and great players have helped make the league a national force, but the stability and leadership of Commissioner Patty Viverito -- the only commissioner the league has ever known -- has helped make the Missouri Valley Football Conference a standard bearer on the FCS scene. Indeed, all signs point to continued national prominence for the Missouri Valley Football Conference as it enters its 29th season in 2013. In June 2008, presidents of the nine-member Gateway Football Conference and the 10-member Missouri Valley Conference approved a rebranding initiative that changed the football conference name from the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conference. It represented the second name change for the football league. Initially, the conference competed as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985-91) and the Gateway Football Conference (1992-2007). Although the league shares the Missouri Valley name, the football-playing members compete under a separate administrative umbrella, as the Missouri Valley Conference and the Missouri Valley Football Conference remain separate entities. Last year, three league teams (Illinois State, North Dakota State and South Dakota State) represented the conference in the FCS playoffs, marking the 18th-straight season in which at least two or more teams have participated in post-season play. All three teams won at least one game, and NDSU rolled to its second-straight national crown, beating Sam Houston State in the national championship game, 39-13. In 2012, the league wasn’t short of individual national accomplishments as RB Zach Zenner of South Dakota State (7th), DE Colton Underwood of Illinois State (6th), QB Sawyer Kollmorgen (2nd) and coach Craig Bohl of North Dakota State (winner) were all finalists in the Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan, Jerry Rice and Eddie Robinson Award voting, respectively. Zenner, notably, set an all-time rushing record for the conference as he became the first to surpass the 2,000-yard mark in a single season. The Missouri Valley Football Conference has four recent national championships (North Dakota State – 2011 and 2012; Western Kentucky - 2002; Youngstown State - 1997), and league members Youngstown State (3) and Southern Illinois (1) own additional titles prior to their league membership, meaning eight FCS championship trophies are housed on league campuses, in addition to three (Youngstown State twice and UNI in 2005) runner-up finishes. Only five FCS leagues possess more than a single FCS championship trophy, and the Missouri Valley Football Conference is among that elite. In recent years, the league has established itself as a leader among FCS conferences. Counting last year, an MVFC member has reached the FCS semifinals 13 times in the past 17 seasons (and 16 times overall). The league has four national championships in that span. The Missouri Valley Football Conference success is not limited to the immediate past. During the decade of the 1990’s, the league compiled a 34-19 mark in the FCS playoffs, bettered only by the Southern Conference, whose members were 37-19 in that decade.
ADMINISTRATION
Patty Viverito, Commissioner Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Greg Walter, Assistant Commissioner Maxine Day, Executive Assistant Bryan Belt, Finance Bill Carollo, Coordinator of Officials School Illinois State Indiana State Missouri State North Dakota State Northern Iowa South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Western Illinois Youngstown State
Enrollment Location 20,762 Bloomington-Normal, Ill. 11,474 Terre Haute, Ind. 23,092 Springfield, Mo. 14,443 Fargo, N.D. 13,201 Cedar Falls, Iowa 10,284 Vermillion, S.D. 12,583 Brookings, S.D. 20,037 Carbondale, Ill. 12,205 Macomb, Ill. 15,194 Youngstown, Ohio
Population 129,107 60,785 159,498 105,549 39,260 10,725 20,184 26,235 19,748 66,982
Conference Headquarters 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 Team accomplishments have helped solidify the Missouri Valley Football Conference as an FCS elite, but individuals at the league’s member institutions are the real source of pride within the conference. Thanks to great players and strong coaching, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has reached and will maintain its place among the FCS best. Last year, MVFC teams combined for an FCS-best 17-4 non-conference record against FCS teams, and the league also had three wins against FBS teams (more than any other FCS conference). Despite tough scheduling, six teams in the conference had winning records. The Missouri Valley Football Conference has had four teams (or more) with better than .500 records in the same season 19 times now, including the past 15 seasons. In the 28 years of the football division, league membership has been stable -- with only six fluctuations since 1986. Eastern Illinois left the league to join the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, while Youngstown State joined the conference in 1997 to return league membership to its original seven-member status. League membership reached what was then an all-time high of eight members for the start of the 2001 season with the addition of Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers left the league after six years to join the Sun Belt (FBS). North Dakota State and South Dakota State joined for the start of the 2008 season, giving the league nine members for the first time. And the league expanded to 10 members in 2012 after the University of South Dakota was admitted. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the only automatic FCS qualifying conference that sponsors football as its only sport, as the league completed its service to women’s athletics following the 1991-92 season. Although the league no longer sponsors women’s sports, the league has an historical place in the development of intercollegiate women’s athletics.
VALLEY FOOTBALL 2013 PRESEASON ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE QB RB FB WR TE OL PK DEFENSE DL LB DB P RS
Brock Jensen, North Dakota State Shakir Bell, Indiana State David Johnson, Northern Iowa Zach Zenner, South Dakota State Jordan Neukirch, Illinois State Dorian Buford, Missouri State Ryan Smith, North Dakota State MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois Chris Elkins, Youngstown State Jimmy Holtschlag, Western Illinois Dan Kruger, Northern Iowa Billy Turner, North Dakota State Bryan Witzmann, South Dakota State Adam Keller, North Dakota State Cole Jirik, North Dakota State Doug Peete, South Dakota State Leevon Perry, North Dakota State Colton Underwood, Illinois State Grant Olson, North Dakota State T.J. Lally, South Dakota State J.J. Raffelson, Western Illinois Tyler Starr, South Dakota Calvin Burnett, Indiana State Martinez Davis, Western Illinois Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Marcus Williams, North Dakota State Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State Ryan Smith, North Dakota State
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, Northern Iowa Kurt Hess, Youngstown State WR Brett LeMaster, Northern Iowa OL Josh Aladenoye, Illinois State Jermaine Barton, Illinois State FN Lutz III, Indiana State PK Tyler Sievertsen, Northern Iowa DEFENSE DL LB P
Anthony Grady, Missouri State Jake Farley, Northern Iowa Travis Beck, North Dakota State Austin Pucylowski, Southern Illinois
Thursday, Aug. 29 Hampton at Western Illinois, 6 p.m. Illinois State at Ball State, 6 p.m. Indiana State at Indiana, 6 p.m. Northwestern State at Missouri State, 6 p.m. Dayton at Youngstown State, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5 *Western Illinois at Illinois State, 2 p.m. *Youngstown State at Indiana State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at South Dakota, 2 p.m. *Southern Illinois at South Dakota St., 2 p.m. *Northern Iowa at North Dakota St., 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 30 North Dakota State at Kansas State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 12 *Indiana State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Missouri State at North Dakota State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Western Illinois, 3 p.m. *Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. *Illinois State at Youngstown State, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 31 Southern Illinois at Illinois, 11 a.m. UC Davis at South Dakota, 2 p.m. Butler at South Dakota State, 6 p.m. Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 Indiana State at Purdue, 11 a.m. Missouri State at Iowa, 11 a.m. Quincy at Western Illinois, 1 p.m. Morehead State at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. Drake at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Ferris State at North Dakota State, 4 p.m. South Dakota at Kansas, 6 p.m. South Dakota State at North Dakota, 6 p.m. Eastern Illinois at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 Western Illinois at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Youngstown State at Michigan State, 1 p.m. Charleston at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. Quincy at Indiana State, 2 p.m. Missouri State at Murray State, 6 p.m. SE Louisiana at South Dakota State, 6 p.m. Illinois State at Eastern Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 Southern Illinois vs. SE Missouri State, 1 p.m. Delaware St. at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. Northern Iowa at Northern Colo., 2:30 p.m. South Dakota State at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m. Duquesne at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. South Dakota at Northern Arizona, 6 p.m. Abilene Christian at Illinois State, 6 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri State, 6 p.m. Western Illinois at UNLV, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 *Illinois State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota St. at South Dakota St., 2 p.m. *South Dakota at Western Illinois, 3 p.m. McNeese State at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. *Youngstown State at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m. Indiana State at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19 *Indiana State at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota St. at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. *Western Illinois at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. *South Dakota at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 *South Dakota at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota State at Indiana State, 2 p.m. *Northern Iowa at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at Western Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 *Northern Iowa at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *Indiana State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *Youngstown State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Southern Illinois at Western Illinois, 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Montana at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Indiana State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. *Illinois State at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. *Youngstown State at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 *Western Illinois at Indiana State, 1 p.m. *Northern Iowa at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota State at Youngstown St., 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Illinois State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 *Southern Illinois at Indiana State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Youngstown St., 1 p.m. *South Dakota at North Dakota St., 2:30 p.m. *Western Illinois at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. All times Central
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VALLEY FOOTBALL w2012 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team North Dakota State South Dakota State Illinois State Indiana State Southern Illinois Youngstown State Northern Iowa Missouri State Western Illinois South Dakota
Valley Points Overall W-L Pct. For-Opp W-L Pct. 7-1 .875 251-116 14-1 .933 6-2 .750 183-122 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 179-172 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 166-123 7-4 .636 5-3 .625 170-121 6-5 .545 4-4 .500 197-220 7-4 .636 4-4 .500 237-182 5-6 .455 3-5 .375 153-165 3-8 .273 1-7 .125 54-242 3-8 .273 0-8 .000 125-252 1-10 .091
Points For-Opp 495-173 304-213 393-339 254-157 247-214 318-261 333-235 192-279 107-311 187-346
w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM First Team
Second Team
OFFENSE Pos. Player QB Matt Brown RB Shakir Bell RB Zach Zenner FB Jordan Neukirch WR Dorian Buford WR Tyrone Walker TE MyCole Pruitt OL Pete Cary OL Chris Elkins OL Joe Lund OL Billy Turner OL Bryan Witzmann PK Adam Keller
School Illinois State Indiana State South Dakota State Illinois State Missouri State Illinois State Southern Illinois Illinois State Youngstown State North Dakota State North Dakota State South Dakota State North Dakota State
Ht. Wt. 6-4 220 5-8 185 6-0 215 6-2 235 6-0 178 5-11 200 6-3 247 6-4 305 6-4 290 6-2 303 6-6 300 6-7 300 6-1 208
Yr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So.
Hometown Marion, Ill. Indianapolis, Ind. Eagan, Minn. Algonquin Ill. St. Louis Mo. Indianapolis, Ind. St. Louis Mo. Cincinnati, Ohio, Beaver Falls, Pa. Bloomington, Minn. Shoreview, Minn. Houlton, Wis. Lewisberry, Pa.
OFFENSE Pos. Player QB Brock Jensen RB Jamaine Cook RB David Johnson FB Austen Wozniak WR Will Powell WR Ryan Smith TE Will Shaw OL Evan Borchers OL Will Castle OL Dan Kruger OL Casey Paswater OL Randy Richards PK Tanner Fritschle
School North Dakota State Youngstown State UNI Indiana State South Dakota North Dakota State Youngstown State Indiana State South Dakota State UNI Indiana State Missouri State Indiana State
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 6-3 224 Jr. Waupaca, Wis. 5-9 215 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio 6-3 214 So. Clinton, Iowa 6-2 240 Jr. Houston, Texas 6-1 205 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 5-7 175 Jr. Wahpeton, N.D. 6-3 245 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 6-2 295 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio 6-2 310 Sr. Brandon, S.D. 6-5 308 Jr. Wesley, Iowa 6-4 290 Sr. Columbus, Ind. 6-4 310 Sr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla. 6-1 195 So. Washington, Ind.
DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Ken Boatright DL Shelby Harris Dl Ben Obaseki DL Colton Underwood LB Aaron Archie LB Grant Olson LB Ross Shafrath LB Mike Zimmer DB Ben Ericksen DB Caleb Schaffitzel DB Johnny Towalid DB Marcus Williams P Lucas Hileman RS Carlos Anderson
School Southern Illinois Illinois State Indiana State Illinois State Indiana State North Dakota State South Dakota State Illinois State Illinois State Missouri State Indiana State North Dakota State Indiana State UNI
Ht. Wt. 6-4 253 6-2 255 6-3 270 6-4 255 6-0 235 6-0 223 6-1 225 6-3 230 6-1 195 6-0 214 5-11 170 5-11 194 6-1 195 5-8 172
Yr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown Bolingbrook, Ill. Milwaukee, Wis. Washington, Ind. Washington, Ill. Detroit, Mich. Plymouth, Minn. Hampton, Iowa Wheeling, Ill. Greendale, Wis. Fair Grove, Mo. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. Anna, Ill. Blue Springs, Mo.
DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Cole Jirik DL Nate Palmer DL Doug Peete DL Leevon Perry LB Jayson DiManche LB T.J. Lally LB Tyler Starr LB Jacolby Washington DB Calvin Burnett DB Martinez Davis DB Skyler Luxa DB Varmah Sonie P Kyle Bernard RS Ryan Smith
School North Dakota State Illinois State South Dakota State North Dakota State Southern Illinois South Dakota State South Dakota Indiana State Indiana State Western Illinois South Dakota State UNI UNI North Dakota State
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 6-4 250 Jr. Northfield, Minn. 6-3 240 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 6-3 255 Jr. Olathe, Kan. 6-3 276 Jr. Cottage Grove, Minn. 6-2 229 Sr. Hamilton, N.J. 6-0 225 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 6-5 230 Jr. Little Rock, Iowa 6-1 235 Sr. Deltona, Fla. 5-9 160 Jr. Orlando, Fla. 5-10 180 So. Madisonville, Ky. 5-11 210 Sr. Blair, Neb. 5-9 166 Sr. Burnsville, Minn. 6-3 198 Sr. Cedar Falls, Iowa 5-7 175 Jr. Wahpeton, N.D.
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Illinois State: DB Mike Banks, RB Darrelynn Dunn, LB Evan Frierson; Indiana State: TE Michael Mardis, DB Larry King, DE Connor Underwood; Missouri State: LB Nate Davis, DL Anthony Grady, TE Matt Thayer; North Dakota St.: LB Travis Beck, DB Christian Dudzik, DL Kyle Emanuel; UNI: OL Tim Sauer, DB Garrett Scott, PK Tyler Sievertsen; South Dakota: OL Matt Huffer, DB Aaron Swift, WR Terrance Terry; South Dakota State: TE Seth Daughters, DL Andy Mink, PK Justin Syrovatka; Southern Illinois: WR/RS LaSteven McKinney P Austin Pucylowski, OL Richard Wilson; Western Illinois: DL Ryan Demming, OL Jimmy Holtschlag, LB J.J. Raffelson, DB Jonathon Rollins; Youngstown State: QB Kurt Hess, OL Lamar Mady, DL Aronde Stanton
VALLEY FOOTBALL 2012 VALLEY AWARD WINNERS
Matt Brown, QB Illinois State Offensive Player
of the Year
Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB Northern Iowa Newcomer
Marcus Williams, CB Norh Dakota State Defensive Player of the Year
of the Year
Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB Northern Iowa Freshman of the Year
Craig Bohl North Dakota State “Bruce Craddock” Coach of the Year
w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM OFFENSE Pos. Player OL Josh Aladenoye OL Jermaine Barton FB Andrew Bonnet OG Josh Colville RB John Crockett WR Phil Dudley RB Ryan Heaston QB Sawyer Kollmorgen QB Mike Perish TE Sam Rohr WR/KR Fredson Salomon RB/RS Jasper Sanders
School Illinois State Illinois State North Dakota State North Dakota State North Dakota State Illinois State Missouri State UNI Indiana State UNI Western Illinois South Dakota
Ht. 6-6 6-8 6-3 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-9 5-10
Wt. 335 310 242 279 202 185 174 215 210 219 150 200
Yr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr.
Hometown/Previous College Mesquite, Texas / Oklahoma Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / Miami Council Bluffs, Iowa Deephaven, Minn. Minneapolis (Minn. Indianapolis, Ind. / Ball State Cordova, Tenn.) High Jenks, Okla.) High Frankfort, Ill. / Western Michigan Brookfield, Wis. Miami, Fla. / ASA College Kansas City, Kan. / Butler CC
DEFENSE Pos. Player CB Julius Childs LB Alex Donnelly LB Jake Farley LB T.J. Lally P Ben LeCompte DL Marshall Peugh LB J.J. Raffelson DB Mark Sewall SS Ezra Thompson DE Connor Underwood LB Tyler Williamson
School Youngstown State Illinois State UNI South Dakota State North Dakota State South Dakota State Western Illinois Indiana State Illinois State Indiana State Southern Illinois
Ht. 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-2
Wt. 185 225 220 225 197 240 235 190 215 230 217
Yr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So.
Hometown/Previous College Los Angeles, Calif. / Compton Kirkland, Wash. Cedar Falls, Iowa / Kansas Chicago, Ill. Barrington, Ill. Avondale, Ariz. / Glendale College Lake Zurich, Ill. Western Springs, Ill. Tinley Park, Ill. / Colorado State Washington, Ill. Knoxville, Tenn. / Highland CC
NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR 1994 Buck Phillips, CB, WIU 1995 Jason Cannon, WR, MSU 1996 Vince Bruno, LB, WIU 1997 Aaron Stecker, RB, WIU 1998 David Bowens, DL, WIU 1999 Charles Tharp, RB, WIU 2000 Teddy Sims, LB, SIU 2001 Julian Reese, QB, INS 2002 M. Abdulqaadir, RB, SIU 2003 Terrance Freeney, RB, UNI 2004 Brandon Jacobs, RB, SIU 2005 Marcus Mason, RB, YSU 2006 Darian Williams, RB, UNI 2007 Ferlando Williams, WR, YSU 2008 Brandon Summers, QB, YSU 2009 Antoine Wilkinson, LB, MSU 2010 Tirrell Rennie, QB, UNI 2011 Jewel Hampton, RB, SIU 2012 Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB, UNI
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FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR 1999 Dusty Burk, QB, ILS 2000 Lee Russell, OLB, WIU 2001 Tom Petrie, QB, UNI 2002 Joel Sambursky, QB, SIU 2003 Justin Haddix, QB, WKU 2004 Eric Sanders, QB, UNI 2005 Tom Nelson, DB, ILS 2006 Brandin Jordan, LB, SIU 2007 Cody Kirby, QB, MSU 2008 Kamryn Keys, RB, YSU 2009 Matt Brown, QB, ILS 2010 Kurt Hess, QB, YSU 2011 Austin Sumner, QB, SDSU 2012 Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB, UNI
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VALLEY FOOTBALL MISSOURI VALLEY w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (voting by league SIDs) FIRST TEAM Pos. Student-Athlete P Kyle Bernard DT Nick DeKraker QB Kurt Hess OL #Jimmy Holtschlag QB Wil Lunt #OL Alex Olinger P Austin Pucylowski ^#DB Caleb Schaffitzel #OL Taylor Suess TE Matt Thayer ^#RB Zach Zenner
School UNI Youngstown State Youngstown State Western Illinois Western Illinois South Dakota State Southern Illinois MSU South Dakota State MSU South Dakota State
Ht. 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-0
SECOND TEAM Pos. Student-Athlete School Ht. OL Corey Boemer Southern Illinois 6-4 TE Seth Daughters South Dakota State 6-5 #NG Ryan Drevlow North Dakota State 6-4 #WR Brandon Hubert South Dakota State 5-11 WR Tyrel Kool South Dakota State 5-9 LB Joe Okon Southern Illinois 6-3 WR Will Powell South Dakota 6-1 #OL Nick Purcell South Dakota State 6-3 K Kevin Robb South Dakota 5-9 #WR Jason Schneider South Dakota State 6-5 LB Ross Shafrath South Dakota State 6-1 #LS Jason Stegman Southern Illinois 6-3 DE Colton Underwood Illinois State 6-4 ^ -- Capital One Academic All-America® Selection (2nd Team) # -- Capital One Academic All-District Selection
Wt. 198 275 230 300 215 290 245 214 295 242 215
Yr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So.
GPA 3.82 3.93 3.36 4.0 3.929 3.99 4.00 3.97 3.95 3.39 3.78
Major (s) Movement & Exercise Science General Studies Early Childhood Education Agriculture Science Accountancy Pharmacy/Biology Biological Sciences Wildlife Conservation/Mgmt. Mechanical Criminology Biology/Pre-Med
Wt. 300 250 281 185 190 241 205 290 185 210 225 232 255
Yr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr.
GPA 3.941 3.72 3.66 3.61 3.26 3.352 3.73 4.0 4.0 3.98 3.37 3.73 3.25
Major (s) Biological Sciences Exercise Science Electrical Engineering Pharmacy Business Economics Psychology Finance Biology/Pre-Medicine Political Science/Philosophy Pre-Pharmacy Park and Recreation Mgmt. Electrical Engineering Marketing
HONORABLE MENTION Indiana State: TE Michael Mardis, LB Dillion Painter, WR Tanner Riley Missouri State: LB Andrew Beisel, OL Kurt Kutter, PK Austin Witmer North Dakota State: DE Kyle Emanuel, FB Andrew Grothman, DT Danny Luecke, WR/RS Ryan Smith UNI: OL Jack Rummells Southern Illinois: LS Jason Stegman South Dakota: DE Jordan Eaton, LB Tim Marlette, QB Josh Vander Maten South Dakota State: #DB Bo Helm, P Ethan Sawyer Western Illinois: PK/P Pat Smith, LB Jamel Wilmore Youngstown State: #TB Torrian Pace, LB Dom Rich
w2012-13 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC COMMISSIONER’S EXCELLENCE / HONOR ROLL COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD: Myles Brooks, Garrett Bruhn, Lynk Downing, Ryan Drevlow, Dylan Dunn, Kyle Emanuel, Brock Gion, Andrew Grothmann, Jesse Hinz, Justin Juckem, Danny Luecke, Ryan Smith, Esley Thorton, Cooper Wahlo, Carson Wentz.
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HONOR ROLL: Justin Arp, Zachary Baker, Joey Blackmore, Myles Brooks, Garrett Bruhn, Jedre Cyr, Lynk Downing, Ryan Drevlow, Christian Dudzik, Dylan Dunn, Kyle Emanuel, Trevor Gebhart, Brock Gion, Andrew Grothmann, Michael Hardie, Jesse Hinz, Brock Jensen, Cole Jirik, Matt Jones, Justin Juckem, Adam Keller, Danny Luecke, Nate Moody, Bobby Ollman, Eric Perkins, Jack Plankers, Ryan Smith, Joey Sonnenfeld, MJ Stumpf, Esley Thorton, Zach Vraa, Cooper Wahlo, Carson Wentz.
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VALLEYVALLEY FOOTBALL MISSOURI wFINAL 2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL TEAM STATISTICS (League Games) SCORING OFFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Illinois St. 6. Southern Illinois 7. Indiana St. 8. Missouri State 9. South Dakota 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 31 31 27 22 23 21 20 18 15 6
XP 12 6 3 10 7 7 9 8 6 4
2XP 27 31 26 21 20 19 19 17 13 6
DXP 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YDS AVG 1424 4.1 1337 4.8 1305 3.7 1158 4.1 1087 3.8 973 3.8 966 3.3 943 3.1 905 3.3 721 2.6
TD 19 14 15 8 10 8 8 5 12 2
YDS/G 178.0 167.1 163.1 144.8 135.9 121.6 120.8 117.9 113.1 90.1
PCT. 60.1 58.2 62.7 58.5 58.7 59.0 55.6 52.9 58.4 46.2
YDS 1901 1763 1637 1601 1408 1356 1349 1145 1017 851
SAF 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
PTS 251 237 197 183 179 170 166 153 125 54
RUSHING OFFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Missouri State 6. South Dakota 7. Indiana St. 8. Southern Illinois 9. Illinois St. 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 348 278 352 285 287 259 289 301 278 280
PASS OFFENSE 1. Illinois St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Missouri State 6. North Dakota St. 7. South Dakota 8. Indiana St. 9. Southern Illinois 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT COMP INT 149 248 8 139 239 7 141 225 8 137 234 7 145 247 16 115 195 7 124 223 7 118 223 7 118 202 5 90 195 11
TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Northern Iowa 2. Youngstown State 3. Illinois St. 4. North Dakota St. 5. South Dakota St. 6. Missouri State 7. South Dakota 8. Indiana St. 9. Southern Illinois 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
RUSH 1337 1305 905 1424 1158 1087 973 966 943 721
PASS 1763 1637 1901 1356 1601 1408 1349 1145 1017 851
PLAYS 517 577 526 543 519 534 482 512 503 475
SCORING DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Southern Illinois 3. South Dakota St. 4. Indiana St. 5. Missouri State 6. Illinois St. 7. Northern Iowa 8. Youngstown State 9. Western Illinois 10. South Dakota
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 14 14 14 14 21 21 22 29 32 33
XP 6 8 7 8 6 7 10 6 6 8
2XP 14 13 13 13 21 21 16 28 30 30
DXP 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSHING DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Youngstown State 3. Southern Illinois 4. South Dakota St. 5. Indiana St. 6. Northern Iowa 7. Illinois St. 8. Missouri State 9. South Dakota 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 219 232 298 275 300 302 317 343 338 333
YDS AVG 566 2.6 758 3.3 912 3.1 943 3.4 1132 3.8 1159 3.8 1228 3.9 1251 3.6 1324 3.9 1546 4.6
TD 3 9 11 6 7 10 13 9 16 17
YDS/G 70.8 94.8 114.0 117.9 141.5 144.9 153.5 156.4 165.5 193.2
PASS DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Western Illinois 3. Indiana St. 4. Missouri State 5. Illinois St. 6. South Dakota St. 7. Southern Illinois 8. South Dakota 9. Northern Iowa 10. Youngstown State
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 113 115 110 117 106 154 155 114 157 135
Cmp 196 192 207 211 225 278 269 198 229 226
Int 6 9 13 12 9 11 9 4 6 4
Pct. 57.7 59.9 53.1 55.5 47.1 55.4 57.6 57.6 68.6 59.7
Yds 1056 1157 1191 1265 1294 1484 1591 1620 1630 1740
Avg. 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.9 8.2 7.1 7.7
TD 7 10 6 10 6 5 3 13 10 15
TOTAL DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Indiana St. 3. South Dakota St. 4. Youngstown State 5. Southern Illinois 6. Missouri State 7. Illinois St. 8. Western Illinois 9. Northern Iowa 10. South Dakota
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Rush 566 1132 943 758 912 1251 1228 1546 1159 1324
Pass 1056 1191 1484 1740 1591 1265 1294 1157 1630 1620
Plays 415 507 553 458 567 554 542 525 531 536
Yds. Avg/P 1622 3.9 2323 4.6 2427 4.4 2498 5.5 2503 4.4 2516 4.5 2522 4.7 2703 5.1 2789 5.3 2944 5.5
TD 10 13 11 24 14 19 19 27 20 29
Yds/G 202.8 290.4 303.4 312.2 312.9 314.5 315.2 337.9 348.6 368.0
AVG. 31.4 29.6 24.6 22.9 22.4 21.2 20.8 19.1 15.6 6.8
2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Sept. 1 *Offense -- WR Andre Stubbs, Youngstown State Defense -- DB Garrett Scott, UNI Special Teams -- P/PK Pat Smith, Western Illinois *Newcomer -- QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, UNI Offensive Lineman -- OC Joe Lund, North Dakota St. Sept. 8 *Offense -- RB Zach Zenner, South Dakota State *Defense -- S Ben Ericksen, Illinois State Special Teams -- CB/RS Marcus Williams, NDSU Newcomer -- RB Jonathon Miller, Illinois State Offensive Lineman -- C Will Castle, S. Dakota State Sept. 15 *Offense -- RB Shakir Bell, Indiana State Defense -- DE Colton Underwood, Illinois State Special Teams -- P Ethan Sawyer, S. Dakota State *Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- C Evan Borchers, Indiana St.
AVG 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.8 5.7 7.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.4
YDS AVG/P TD 3100 6.0 30 2942 5.1 26 2806 5.3 23 2780 5.1 27 2759 5.3 19 2495 4.7 17 2322 4.8 14 2111 4.1 14 1960 3.9 12 1572 3.3 4 SAF 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
TD 11 16 11 11 7 8 6 6 7 2
YDS/G 237.6 220.4 204.6 200.1 176.0 169.5 168.6 143.1 127.1 106.4
YDS/G 387.5 367.8 350.8 347.5 344.9 311.9 290.2 263.9 245.0 196.5 PTS 116 121 122 123 165 172 182 220 242 252
Sept. 22 Offense -- QB Kurt Hess, Youngstown State Defense -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Special Teams -- RS Carlos Anderson, UNI Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- LT Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Sept. 29 Offense -- QB Matt Brown, Illinois State Defense -- LB Ross Shafrath, S. Dakota State Special Teams -- PK Adam Keller, N. Dakota State Newcomer -- RB John Crockett, N. Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OT Billy Turner, N. Dakota State Oct. 6 Offense -- QB Brock Jensen, N. Dakota State Defense -- LB Tyler Williamson, S. Illinois Special Teams -- WR/RS Ryan Smith, N. Dakota St. Newcomer -- WR Fredson Salomon, W. Illinois Offensive Lineman -- OG Tyler Gimmestad, NDSU
AVG. 14.5 15.1 15.2 15.4 20.6 21.5 22.8 27.5 30.2 31.5
Oct. 13 Offense -- QB Matt Brown, Illinois State *Defense -- DB Johnny Towalid, Indiana State Special Teams -- WR/RS Julian Burton, MSU Newcomer --DE Connor Underwood, Indiana St. Oct. 20 Offense -- WR Dorian Buford, Missouri State Defense -- LB Aaron Archie, Indiana State Special Teams -- RS Mulku Kalokoh, S. Illinois Newcomer -- S Anthony Thompson, Southern Illinois Offensive Lineman -- LG Dan Kruger, UNI Oct. 27 Offense -- QB Austin Sumner, S. Dakota State Defense -- S Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Special Teams -- RS/DB Calvin Burnett, Indiana St. Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- LT Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Nov. 3 Offense -- TB Jamaine Cook, Youngstown State *Defense -- S Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Special Teams -- PK Justin Syrovatka, SDSU Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OG Lamar Mady, Youngstown St. Nov. 10 Offense -- RB David Johnson, UNI Defense -- LB Grant Olson, North Dakota St. Special Teams -- P Nick Liste, Youngstown State Newcomer -- P Ben LeCompte, N. Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OG Tyler Gimmestad, NDSU Nov. 17 Offense – QB Kurt Hess, Youngstown State Defense – DE Cole Jirik, North Dakota State Spc Teams – CB/KR Marcus Williams, N. Dakota State Newcomer – QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, UNI Offensive Lineman–OG Chris Elkins, Youngstown State *National Player of the Week Honors
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Yds/G 132.0 144.6 148.9 158.1 161.8 185.5 198.9 202.5 203.8 217.5
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VALLEY FOOTBALL wFINAL 2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (League Games / Top Five, NDSU players) TOTAL OFFENSE School 1. Matt Brown ILS 2. S.Kollmorgen UNI 3. Kurt Hess YSU 4. Austin Sumner SDSU 5. J. Vander Maten USD 6. Brock Jensen NDSU
Cl SR FR JR SO SO JR
G Rush Pass Plys Total 8 97 1856 282 1953 8 58 1711 275 1769 8 64 1637 263 1701 8 17 1601 292 1618 8 353 1199 307 1552 8 139 1337 256 1476
RUSHING 1. Zenner,Zach 2. Cook, Jamaine 3. Johnson, David 4. Bell, Shakir 5. Ojuri,Sam 7. Crockett,John
School SDSU YSU UNI INS NDSU NDSU
Cl SO SR SO JR JR SO
G 8 8 8 8 7 8
PASS EFFICIENCY 1. Kollmorgen, S. 2. Hess, Kurt 3. Brown,Matt 4. Sumner,Austin 5. Jensen,Brock
School UNI YSU ILS SDSU NDSU
Cl FR JR SR SO JR
G Att-Cmp-Int 8 136-228-7 8 141-223-7 8 147-246-8 8 137-230-7 8 114-193-7
Pct Yds 59.6 1711 63.2 1637 59.8 1856 59.6 1601 59.1 1337
PASS AVG/G 1. Brown,Matt 2. Kollmorgen, S. 3. Hess, Kurt 4. Sumner,Austin 5. Jensen,Brock
School ILS UNI YSU SDSU NDSU
Cl SR FR JR SO JR
G Att-Cmp-Int 8 147-246-8 8 136-228-7 8 141-223-7 8 137-230-7 8 114-193-7
Pct Yds TD LG 59.8 1856 11 79 59.6 1711 15 76 63.2 1637 11 45 59.6 1601 11 50 59.1 1337 7 58
RECEPTIONS/G School 1. Walker,Tyrone ILS 2. Powell,Will USD 3. Buford,Dorian MSU 4. Terry,Terrance USD 5. Sinkfield, Terrell UNI 6. Smith,Ryan NDSU
Cl SR SR JR SO SR JR
G Rec Yds. TD LG Avg/C Avg/G Rec/G 8 50 734 5 76 14.7 91.8 6.2 8 44 529 2 50 12.0 66.1 5.5 8 41 405 2 46 9.9 50.6 5.1 8 38 355 1 46 9.3 44.4 4.8 7 33 373 4 32 11.3 53.3 4.7 7 31 376 2 58 12.1 53.7 4.4
REC YARDS/G School 1. Walker,Tyrone ILS 2. Powell,Will USD 3. Rollin,Aaron SDSU 4. Smith,Ryan NDSU 5. Sinkfield, Terrell UNI
Cl SR SR SR JR SR
G Rec Yds. TD LG Rec/G Avg/C Yard/G 8 50 734 5 76 6.2 14.7 91.8 8 44 529 2 50 5.5 12.0 66.1 8 33 453 2 49 4.1 13.7 56.6 7 31 376 2 58 4.4 12.1 53.7 7 33 373 4 32 4.7 11.3 53.3
Att 174 217 148 193 120 116
Yds. Avg. 1045 6.0 978 4.5 921 6.2 865 4.5 558 4.7 562 4.8
TD 6 11 12 7 5 6
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PUNT RETURNS School Cl G Ret Yds. TD 1. Smith,Ryan NDSU JR 7 10 122 1 2. McKinney, LaSte SIU SO 8 11 112 0 3. Sonie, Varmah UNI SR 8 10 69 0 4. Bryan, Christian YSU SO 8 11 59 0 5. Ford, Antoine WIU JR 8 14 45 0
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Yds/G 244.1 221.1 212.6 202.2 194.0 184.5
LG 88 44 77 46 47 43
Yds/G 130.6 122.2 115.1 108.1 79.7 70.2
TD LG 15 76 11 45 11 79 11 50 7 58
LG 76 22 14 16 26
Eff. 138.3 134.9 131.4 127.7 122.0 Avg/G 232.0 213.9 204.6 200.1 167.1
Avg 12.2 10.2 6.9 5.4 3.2
KO RETURNS 1. Anderson, C. 2. Sanders,Jasper 3. High, Taje 4. Coprich,M. 5. Stubbs, Andre
School Cl G Ret Yds. TD Avg Long UNI SR 8 27 739 0 59 27.4 USD SO 8 10 267 0 55 26.7 INS JR 8 11 263 0 51 23.9 ILS FR 8 11 256 0 42 23.3 YSU FR 7 19 442 0 46 23.3
ALL-PURPOSE 1. Anderson, C. 2. Zenner,Zach 3. Johnson, David 4. Cook, Jamaine 5. Bell, Shakir 7. Smith,Ryan 9. Ojuri,Sam
School Cl UNI SR SDSU SO UNI SO YSU SR INS JR NDSU JR NDSU JR
SCORING School 1. Bell, Shakir INS 1. Johnson, David UNI 2. Cook, Jamaine YSU 3. Keller,Adam NDSU 4. Syrovatka,J. SDSU 5. Sievertsen, Tyler UNI 9. Jensen,Brock NDSU
Cl SO SO SR SO SO JR JR
G Rush 8 306 8 1045 8 921 8 978 8 865 7 28 7 558 G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 12 15 11 0 0 0 7
Rcv PR KR Yds 142 0 739 1187 135 0 0 1180 199 0 0 1120 88 0 0 1066 50 0 0 915 376 122 118 644 74 0 0 632
Avg/G 148.4 147.5 140.0 133.2 114.4 92.0 90.3
XPT FG 2XPT Pts Pts/G 0 0 0 72 9.0 0 0 0 90 11.2 0 0 0 66 8.2 12 27 0 63 7.9 10 21 0 51 6.4 6 31 0 49 6.1 0 0 2 474 5.5
PUNTING 1. Hileman, Lucas 2. Bernard, Kyle 3. Zwiefelhofer,C. 4. LeCompte,Ben 5. Liste, Nick
School INS UNI USD NDSU YSU
Cl SR SR SR FR JR
G 8 8 8 8 8
FIELD GOALS 1. Keller,Adam 2. Syrovatka,J. 3. Fritschle, Tann 4. Johnson, Austin 4. Witmer,Austin
School NDSU SDSU INS SIU MSU
Cl SO SO SO FR JR
G FG FGA Pct FG/G 8 12 14 85.7 1.50 8 10 12 83.3 1.25 8 9 11 81.8 1.12 7 7 9 77.8 1.00 8 8 11 72.7 1.00
INTERCEPTIONS School Cl 1. Caleb Schaffitzel MSU SO 1. Ericksen,Ben ILS SR 3. Towalid, Tony INS SR 3. Burnett, Calvin INS JR 5. Williams,Marcus NDSU JR SACKS School Cl 1. Underwood,Colton ILS JR 2. Grady,Anthony MSU JR 2.DiManche, Jayso SIU SR 2. Harris,Shelby ILS JR 2. Boatright, Kenn SIU SR 2. Underwood, Conn INS FR 7. Jirik,Cole NDSU JR 12. Emanuel,Kyle NDSU SO TACKLES 1. Shafrath,Ross 2. Archie, Aaron 3. Zimmer,Mike 4. Olson,Grant 5. Raffelson, J.J.
Yds 2338 1189 1889 1202 1284
G Int Yds 8 5 216 8 5 56 8 4 83 8 4 53 8 3 121
UA 49 35 39 29 29
TFL School Cl 1. Underwood,Colton ILS JR 2. Harris,Shelby ILS JR 3. Palmer,Nate ILS SR 3. DiManche, Jayso SIU SR 5. Boatright, Kenn SIU SR 7. Emanuel,Kyle NDSU SO 8. Olson,Grant NDSU JR 11. Jirik,Cole NDSU JR 12. Beck,Travis NDSU SO
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Solo 11 9 9 8 7 7 4 6 6
FUMBLES FORCED School 1. Palmer,Nate ILS 2. Obiora, Eze SIU 2.Lally,T.J. SDSU 2.Littlejohn,Carlton NDSU 2. Starr,Tyler USD 2.Beck,Travis NDSU 2.Crutcher,Mike MSU 2.Williamson, Tyl SIU 2.Jirik,Cole NDSU
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Cl SR SR FR SO JR SO SO SO JR
School Cl NDSU SO SDSU JR SIU SO NDSU JR INS FR
PASSES DEFENDED School Cl 1. Burnett, Calvin INS JR 1. Banks,Mike ILS SO 3. Helm,Bo SDSU SR 4. Caleb Schaffitzel MSU SO 4. Towalid, Tony INS SR 4. Howard Scarborough MSU JR 12. Williams,Marcus NDSU JR
Avg 66 56 67 65 67
TD 1 0 3 0 1
LG 44.1 42.5 42.0 41.4 41.4
Int/G 100 47 31 36 98
G SOLO AST YDS 8 5 2 43 8 4 2 43 8 5 0 34 8 5 0 29 8 4 2 28 8 5 0 17 8 4 1 28 8 3 1 34 G 8 8 8 8 8
FUMBLES RCVD 1. Hardie,Mike 1. Wright,Winston 1. Williamson, Tyl 1. Dudzik,Christian 5. Sewall, Mark
School Cl SDSU SR INS SR ILS SR NDSU JR WIU FR
Punt 53 28 45 29 31
A Total 42 91 54 89 47 86 49 78 47 76
LG 0.62 0.62 0.50 0.50 0.38
TOT Avg/G 6.0 0.75 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 4.5 0.56 3.5 0.44
Avg/G Sacks 11.4 0.0 11.1 0.0 10.8 2.5 9.8 2.5 9.5 0.0
Ast Yds Total Avg/G 5 58 13.5 1.69 4 42 11.0 1.38 3 69 10.5 1.31 5 42 10.5 1.31 6 37 10.0 1.25 2 50 8.0 1.00 7 22 7.5 0.94 2 37 7.0 0.88 1 37 6.5 0.81
FF Avg/G 3 0.38 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25
G No. Avg/G 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 6 1 0.17 G Brup Int Total Avg/G 8 6 4 10 1.25 8 9 1 10 1.25 8 9 0 9 1.12 8 3 5 8 1.00 8 4 4 8 1.00 8 7 1 8 1.00 8 3 3 6 0.75
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The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the nation’s premier NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conference. There’s not much that has eluded the Missouri Valley Football Conference in its first 28 seasons of competition. The league’s first two-plus decades have included national championships, national players of the year, national coaches of the year, No. 1 national rankings, and countless All-Americans. League member North Dakota State is a two-time defending national champion, and the league also has NCAA titles in 1997 and 2002. In 2012, the MVFC, for the secondstraight year, was the top-rated conference in the Gridiron Power Index, and NDSU held the top overall position in the GPI for a secondstraight year as well. Strong coaching and great players have helped make the league a national force, but the stability and leadership of Commissioner Patty Viverito -- the only commissioner the league has ever known -- has helped make the Missouri Valley Football Conference a standard bearer on the FCS scene. Indeed, all signs point to continued national prominence for the Missouri Valley Football Conference as it enters its 29th season in 2013. In June 2008, presidents of the nine-member Gateway Football Conference and the 10-member Missouri Valley Conference approved a rebranding initiative that changed the football conference name from the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conference. It represented the second name change for the football league. Initially, the conference competed as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985-91) and the Gateway Football Conference (1992-2007). Although the league shares the Missouri Valley name, the football-playing members compete under a separate administrative umbrella, as the Missouri Valley Conference and the Missouri Valley Football Conference remain separate entities. Last year, three league teams (Illinois State, North Dakota State and South Dakota State) represented the conference in the FCS playoffs, marking the 18th-straight season in which at least two or more teams have participated in post-season play. All three teams won at least one game, and NDSU rolled to its second-straight national crown, beating Sam Houston State in the national championship game, 39-13. In 2012, the league wasn’t short of individual national accomplishments as RB Zach Zenner of South Dakota State (7th), DE Colton Underwood of Illinois State (6th), QB Sawyer Kollmorgen (2nd) and coach Craig Bohl of North Dakota State (winner) were all finalists in the Walter Payton, Buck Buchanan, Jerry Rice and Eddie Robinson Award voting, respectively. Zenner, notably, set an all-time rushing record for the conference as he became the first to surpass the 2,000-yard mark in a single season. The Missouri Valley Football Conference has four recent national championships (North Dakota State – 2011 and 2012; Western Kentucky - 2002; Youngstown State - 1997), and league members Youngstown State (3) and Southern Illinois (1) own additional titles prior to their league membership, meaning eight FCS championship trophies are housed on league campuses, in addition to three (Youngstown State twice and UNI in 2005) runner-up finishes. Only five FCS leagues possess more than a single FCS championship trophy, and the Missouri Valley Football Conference is among that elite. In recent years, the league has established itself as a leader among FCS conferences. Counting last year, an MVFC member has reached the FCS semifinals 13 times in the past 17 seasons (and 16 times overall). The league has four national championships in that span. The Missouri Valley Football Conference success is not limited to the immediate past. During the decade of the 1990’s, the league compiled a 34-19 mark in the FCS playoffs, bettered only by the Southern Conference, whose members were 37-19 in that decade.
ADMINISTRATION
Patty Viverito, Commissioner Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Greg Walter, Assistant Commissioner Maxine Day, Executive Assistant Bryan Belt, Finance Bill Carollo, Coordinator of Officials School Illinois State Indiana State Missouri State North Dakota State Northern Iowa South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Western Illinois Youngstown State
Enrollment Location 20,762 Bloomington-Normal, Ill. 11,474 Terre Haute, Ind. 23,092 Springfield, Mo. 14,443 Fargo, N.D. 13,201 Cedar Falls, Iowa 10,284 Vermillion, S.D. 12,583 Brookings, S.D. 20,037 Carbondale, Ill. 12,205 Macomb, Ill. 15,194 Youngstown, Ohio
Population 129,107 60,785 159,498 105,549 39,260 10,725 20,184 26,235 19,748 66,982
Conference Headquarters 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 Team accomplishments have helped solidify the Missouri Valley Football Conference as an FCS elite, but individuals at the league’s member institutions are the real source of pride within the conference. Thanks to great players and strong coaching, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has reached and will maintain its place among the FCS best. Last year, MVFC teams combined for an FCS-best 17-4 non-conference record against FCS teams, and the league also had three wins against FBS teams (more than any other FCS conference). Despite tough scheduling, six teams in the conference had winning records. The Missouri Valley Football Conference has had four teams (or more) with better than .500 records in the same season 19 times now, including the past 15 seasons. In the 28 years of the football division, league membership has been stable -- with only six fluctuations since 1986. Eastern Illinois left the league to join the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, while Youngstown State joined the conference in 1997 to return league membership to its original seven-member status. League membership reached what was then an all-time high of eight members for the start of the 2001 season with the addition of Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers left the league after six years to join the Sun Belt (FBS). North Dakota State and South Dakota State joined for the start of the 2008 season, giving the league nine members for the first time. And the league expanded to 10 members in 2012 after the University of South Dakota was admitted. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is the only automatic FCS qualifying conference that sponsors football as its only sport, as the league completed its service to women’s athletics following the 1991-92 season. Although the league no longer sponsors women’s sports, the league has an historical place in the development of intercollegiate women’s athletics.
VALLEY FOOTBALL 2013 PRESEASON ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE QB RB FB WR TE OL PK DEFENSE DL LB DB P RS
Brock Jensen, North Dakota State Shakir Bell, Indiana State David Johnson, Northern Iowa Zach Zenner, South Dakota State Jordan Neukirch, Illinois State Dorian Buford, Missouri State Ryan Smith, North Dakota State MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois Chris Elkins, Youngstown State Jimmy Holtschlag, Western Illinois Dan Kruger, Northern Iowa Billy Turner, North Dakota State Bryan Witzmann, South Dakota State Adam Keller, North Dakota State Cole Jirik, North Dakota State Doug Peete, South Dakota State Leevon Perry, North Dakota State Colton Underwood, Illinois State Grant Olson, North Dakota State T.J. Lally, South Dakota State J.J. Raffelson, Western Illinois Tyler Starr, South Dakota Calvin Burnett, Indiana State Martinez Davis, Western Illinois Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Marcus Williams, North Dakota State Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State Ryan Smith, North Dakota State
HONORABLE MENTION OFFENSE QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, Northern Iowa Kurt Hess, Youngstown State WR Brett LeMaster, Northern Iowa OL Josh Aladenoye, Illinois State Jermaine Barton, Illinois State FN Lutz III, Indiana State PK Tyler Sievertsen, Northern Iowa DEFENSE DL LB P
Anthony Grady, Missouri State Jake Farley, Northern Iowa Travis Beck, North Dakota State Austin Pucylowski, Southern Illinois
Thursday, Aug. 29 Hampton at Western Illinois, 6 p.m. Illinois State at Ball State, 6 p.m. Indiana State at Indiana, 6 p.m. Northwestern State at Missouri State, 6 p.m. Dayton at Youngstown State, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5 *Western Illinois at Illinois State, 2 p.m. *Youngstown State at Indiana State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at South Dakota, 2 p.m. *Southern Illinois at South Dakota St., 2 p.m. *Northern Iowa at North Dakota St., 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 30 North Dakota State at Kansas State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 12 *Indiana State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Missouri State at North Dakota State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Western Illinois, 3 p.m. *Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. *Illinois State at Youngstown State, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 31 Southern Illinois at Illinois, 11 a.m. UC Davis at South Dakota, 2 p.m. Butler at South Dakota State, 6 p.m. Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 Indiana State at Purdue, 11 a.m. Missouri State at Iowa, 11 a.m. Quincy at Western Illinois, 1 p.m. Morehead State at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. Drake at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Ferris State at North Dakota State, 4 p.m. South Dakota at Kansas, 6 p.m. South Dakota State at North Dakota, 6 p.m. Eastern Illinois at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 Western Illinois at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Youngstown State at Michigan State, 1 p.m. Charleston at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. Quincy at Indiana State, 2 p.m. Missouri State at Murray State, 6 p.m. SE Louisiana at South Dakota State, 6 p.m. Illinois State at Eastern Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 Southern Illinois vs. SE Missouri State, 1 p.m. Delaware St. at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. Northern Iowa at Northern Colo., 2:30 p.m. South Dakota State at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m. Duquesne at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. South Dakota at Northern Arizona, 6 p.m. Abilene Christian at Illinois State, 6 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri State, 6 p.m. Western Illinois at UNLV, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 *Illinois State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota St. at South Dakota St., 2 p.m. *South Dakota at Western Illinois, 3 p.m. McNeese State at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. *Youngstown State at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m. Indiana State at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19 *Indiana State at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota St. at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. *Western Illinois at Youngstown State, 3 p.m. *South Dakota at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 *South Dakota at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota State at Indiana State, 2 p.m. *Northern Iowa at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at Western Illinois, 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 *Northern Iowa at Illinois State, 1 p.m. *Indiana State at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *Youngstown State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Southern Illinois at Western Illinois, 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 Montana at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Indiana State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. *Missouri State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. *Illinois State at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. *Youngstown State at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 *Western Illinois at Indiana State, 1 p.m. *Northern Iowa at Missouri State, 1 p.m. *North Dakota State at Youngstown St., 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at South Dakota, 1 p.m. *Illinois State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 *Southern Illinois at Indiana State, 1 p.m. *South Dakota State at Youngstown St., 1 p.m. *South Dakota at North Dakota St., 2:30 p.m. *Western Illinois at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m. All times Central
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VALLEY FOOTBALL w2012 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS Team North Dakota State South Dakota State Illinois State Indiana State Southern Illinois Youngstown State Northern Iowa Missouri State Western Illinois South Dakota
Valley Points Overall W-L Pct. For-Opp W-L Pct. 7-1 .875 251-116 14-1 .933 6-2 .750 183-122 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 179-172 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 166-123 7-4 .636 5-3 .625 170-121 6-5 .545 4-4 .500 197-220 7-4 .636 4-4 .500 237-182 5-6 .455 3-5 .375 153-165 3-8 .273 1-7 .125 54-242 3-8 .273 0-8 .000 125-252 1-10 .091
Points For-Opp 495-173 304-213 393-339 254-157 247-214 318-261 333-235 192-279 107-311 187-346
w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM First Team
Second Team
OFFENSE Pos. Player QB Matt Brown RB Shakir Bell RB Zach Zenner FB Jordan Neukirch WR Dorian Buford WR Tyrone Walker TE MyCole Pruitt OL Pete Cary OL Chris Elkins OL Joe Lund OL Billy Turner OL Bryan Witzmann PK Adam Keller
School Illinois State Indiana State South Dakota State Illinois State Missouri State Illinois State Southern Illinois Illinois State Youngstown State North Dakota State North Dakota State South Dakota State North Dakota State
Ht. Wt. 6-4 220 5-8 185 6-0 215 6-2 235 6-0 178 5-11 200 6-3 247 6-4 305 6-4 290 6-2 303 6-6 300 6-7 300 6-1 208
Yr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So.
Hometown Marion, Ill. Indianapolis, Ind. Eagan, Minn. Algonquin Ill. St. Louis Mo. Indianapolis, Ind. St. Louis Mo. Cincinnati, Ohio, Beaver Falls, Pa. Bloomington, Minn. Shoreview, Minn. Houlton, Wis. Lewisberry, Pa.
OFFENSE Pos. Player QB Brock Jensen RB Jamaine Cook RB David Johnson FB Austen Wozniak WR Will Powell WR Ryan Smith TE Will Shaw OL Evan Borchers OL Will Castle OL Dan Kruger OL Casey Paswater OL Randy Richards PK Tanner Fritschle
School North Dakota State Youngstown State UNI Indiana State South Dakota North Dakota State Youngstown State Indiana State South Dakota State UNI Indiana State Missouri State Indiana State
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 6-3 224 Jr. Waupaca, Wis. 5-9 215 Sr. Cleveland, Ohio 6-3 214 So. Clinton, Iowa 6-2 240 Jr. Houston, Texas 6-1 205 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 5-7 175 Jr. Wahpeton, N.D. 6-3 245 Sr. Baltimore, Md. 6-2 295 Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio 6-2 310 Sr. Brandon, S.D. 6-5 308 Jr. Wesley, Iowa 6-4 290 Sr. Columbus, Ind. 6-4 310 Sr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla. 6-1 195 So. Washington, Ind.
DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Ken Boatright DL Shelby Harris Dl Ben Obaseki DL Colton Underwood LB Aaron Archie LB Grant Olson LB Ross Shafrath LB Mike Zimmer DB Ben Ericksen DB Caleb Schaffitzel DB Johnny Towalid DB Marcus Williams P Lucas Hileman RS Carlos Anderson
School Southern Illinois Illinois State Indiana State Illinois State Indiana State North Dakota State South Dakota State Illinois State Illinois State Missouri State Indiana State North Dakota State Indiana State UNI
Ht. Wt. 6-4 253 6-2 255 6-3 270 6-4 255 6-0 235 6-0 223 6-1 225 6-3 230 6-1 195 6-0 214 5-11 170 5-11 194 6-1 195 5-8 172
Yr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown Bolingbrook, Ill. Milwaukee, Wis. Washington, Ind. Washington, Ill. Detroit, Mich. Plymouth, Minn. Hampton, Iowa Wheeling, Ill. Greendale, Wis. Fair Grove, Mo. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. Anna, Ill. Blue Springs, Mo.
DEFENSE Pos. Player DL Cole Jirik DL Nate Palmer DL Doug Peete DL Leevon Perry LB Jayson DiManche LB T.J. Lally LB Tyler Starr LB Jacolby Washington DB Calvin Burnett DB Martinez Davis DB Skyler Luxa DB Varmah Sonie P Kyle Bernard RS Ryan Smith
School North Dakota State Illinois State South Dakota State North Dakota State Southern Illinois South Dakota State South Dakota Indiana State Indiana State Western Illinois South Dakota State UNI UNI North Dakota State
Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 6-4 250 Jr. Northfield, Minn. 6-3 240 Sr. Chicago, Ill. 6-3 255 Jr. Olathe, Kan. 6-3 276 Jr. Cottage Grove, Minn. 6-2 229 Sr. Hamilton, N.J. 6-0 225 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 6-5 230 Jr. Little Rock, Iowa 6-1 235 Sr. Deltona, Fla. 5-9 160 Jr. Orlando, Fla. 5-10 180 So. Madisonville, Ky. 5-11 210 Sr. Blair, Neb. 5-9 166 Sr. Burnsville, Minn. 6-3 198 Sr. Cedar Falls, Iowa 5-7 175 Jr. Wahpeton, N.D.
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Illinois State: DB Mike Banks, RB Darrelynn Dunn, LB Evan Frierson; Indiana State: TE Michael Mardis, DB Larry King, DE Connor Underwood; Missouri State: LB Nate Davis, DL Anthony Grady, TE Matt Thayer; North Dakota St.: LB Travis Beck, DB Christian Dudzik, DL Kyle Emanuel; UNI: OL Tim Sauer, DB Garrett Scott, PK Tyler Sievertsen; South Dakota: OL Matt Huffer, DB Aaron Swift, WR Terrance Terry; South Dakota State: TE Seth Daughters, DL Andy Mink, PK Justin Syrovatka; Southern Illinois: WR/RS LaSteven McKinney P Austin Pucylowski, OL Richard Wilson; Western Illinois: DL Ryan Demming, OL Jimmy Holtschlag, LB J.J. Raffelson, DB Jonathon Rollins; Youngstown State: QB Kurt Hess, OL Lamar Mady, DL Aronde Stanton
VALLEY FOOTBALL 2012 VALLEY AWARD WINNERS
Matt Brown, QB Illinois State Offensive Player
of the Year
Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB Northern Iowa Newcomer
Marcus Williams, CB Norh Dakota State Defensive Player of the Year
of the Year
Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB Northern Iowa Freshman of the Year
Craig Bohl North Dakota State “Bruce Craddock” Coach of the Year
w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM OFFENSE Pos. Player OL Josh Aladenoye OL Jermaine Barton FB Andrew Bonnet OG Josh Colville RB John Crockett WR Phil Dudley RB Ryan Heaston QB Sawyer Kollmorgen QB Mike Perish TE Sam Rohr WR/KR Fredson Salomon RB/RS Jasper Sanders
School Illinois State Illinois State North Dakota State North Dakota State North Dakota State Illinois State Missouri State UNI Indiana State UNI Western Illinois South Dakota
Ht. 6-6 6-8 6-3 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-3 5-9 5-10
Wt. 335 310 242 279 202 185 174 215 210 219 150 200
Yr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr.
Hometown/Previous College Mesquite, Texas / Oklahoma Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / Miami Council Bluffs, Iowa Deephaven, Minn. Minneapolis (Minn. Indianapolis, Ind. / Ball State Cordova, Tenn.) High Jenks, Okla.) High Frankfort, Ill. / Western Michigan Brookfield, Wis. Miami, Fla. / ASA College Kansas City, Kan. / Butler CC
DEFENSE Pos. Player CB Julius Childs LB Alex Donnelly LB Jake Farley LB T.J. Lally P Ben LeCompte DL Marshall Peugh LB J.J. Raffelson DB Mark Sewall SS Ezra Thompson DE Connor Underwood LB Tyler Williamson
School Youngstown State Illinois State UNI South Dakota State North Dakota State South Dakota State Western Illinois Indiana State Illinois State Indiana State Southern Illinois
Ht. 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-3 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-2
Wt. 185 225 220 225 197 240 235 190 215 230 217
Yr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So.
Hometown/Previous College Los Angeles, Calif. / Compton Kirkland, Wash. Cedar Falls, Iowa / Kansas Chicago, Ill. Barrington, Ill. Avondale, Ariz. / Glendale College Lake Zurich, Ill. Western Springs, Ill. Tinley Park, Ill. / Colorado State Washington, Ill. Knoxville, Tenn. / Highland CC
NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR 1994 Buck Phillips, CB, WIU 1995 Jason Cannon, WR, MSU 1996 Vince Bruno, LB, WIU 1997 Aaron Stecker, RB, WIU 1998 David Bowens, DL, WIU 1999 Charles Tharp, RB, WIU 2000 Teddy Sims, LB, SIU 2001 Julian Reese, QB, INS 2002 M. Abdulqaadir, RB, SIU 2003 Terrance Freeney, RB, UNI 2004 Brandon Jacobs, RB, SIU 2005 Marcus Mason, RB, YSU 2006 Darian Williams, RB, UNI 2007 Ferlando Williams, WR, YSU 2008 Brandon Summers, QB, YSU 2009 Antoine Wilkinson, LB, MSU 2010 Tirrell Rennie, QB, UNI 2011 Jewel Hampton, RB, SIU 2012 Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB, UNI
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FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR 1999 Dusty Burk, QB, ILS 2000 Lee Russell, OLB, WIU 2001 Tom Petrie, QB, UNI 2002 Joel Sambursky, QB, SIU 2003 Justin Haddix, QB, WKU 2004 Eric Sanders, QB, UNI 2005 Tom Nelson, DB, ILS 2006 Brandin Jordan, LB, SIU 2007 Cody Kirby, QB, MSU 2008 Kamryn Keys, RB, YSU 2009 Matt Brown, QB, ILS 2010 Kurt Hess, QB, YSU 2011 Austin Sumner, QB, SDSU 2012 Sawyer Kollmorgen, QB, UNI
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VALLEY FOOTBALL MISSOURI VALLEY w2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (voting by league SIDs) FIRST TEAM Pos. Student-Athlete P Kyle Bernard DT Nick DeKraker QB Kurt Hess OL #Jimmy Holtschlag QB Wil Lunt #OL Alex Olinger P Austin Pucylowski ^#DB Caleb Schaffitzel #OL Taylor Suess TE Matt Thayer ^#RB Zach Zenner
School UNI Youngstown State Youngstown State Western Illinois Western Illinois South Dakota State Southern Illinois MSU South Dakota State MSU South Dakota State
Ht. 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-0
SECOND TEAM Pos. Student-Athlete School Ht. OL Corey Boemer Southern Illinois 6-4 TE Seth Daughters South Dakota State 6-5 #NG Ryan Drevlow North Dakota State 6-4 #WR Brandon Hubert South Dakota State 5-11 WR Tyrel Kool South Dakota State 5-9 LB Joe Okon Southern Illinois 6-3 WR Will Powell South Dakota 6-1 #OL Nick Purcell South Dakota State 6-3 K Kevin Robb South Dakota 5-9 #WR Jason Schneider South Dakota State 6-5 LB Ross Shafrath South Dakota State 6-1 #LS Jason Stegman Southern Illinois 6-3 DE Colton Underwood Illinois State 6-4 ^ -- Capital One Academic All-America® Selection (2nd Team) # -- Capital One Academic All-District Selection
Wt. 198 275 230 300 215 290 245 214 295 242 215
Yr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So.
GPA 3.82 3.93 3.36 4.0 3.929 3.99 4.00 3.97 3.95 3.39 3.78
Major (s) Movement & Exercise Science General Studies Early Childhood Education Agriculture Science Accountancy Pharmacy/Biology Biological Sciences Wildlife Conservation/Mgmt. Mechanical Criminology Biology/Pre-Med
Wt. 300 250 281 185 190 241 205 290 185 210 225 232 255
Yr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr.
GPA 3.941 3.72 3.66 3.61 3.26 3.352 3.73 4.0 4.0 3.98 3.37 3.73 3.25
Major (s) Biological Sciences Exercise Science Electrical Engineering Pharmacy Business Economics Psychology Finance Biology/Pre-Medicine Political Science/Philosophy Pre-Pharmacy Park and Recreation Mgmt. Electrical Engineering Marketing
HONORABLE MENTION Indiana State: TE Michael Mardis, LB Dillion Painter, WR Tanner Riley Missouri State: LB Andrew Beisel, OL Kurt Kutter, PK Austin Witmer North Dakota State: DE Kyle Emanuel, FB Andrew Grothman, DT Danny Luecke, WR/RS Ryan Smith UNI: OL Jack Rummells Southern Illinois: LS Jason Stegman South Dakota: DE Jordan Eaton, LB Tim Marlette, QB Josh Vander Maten South Dakota State: #DB Bo Helm, P Ethan Sawyer Western Illinois: PK/P Pat Smith, LB Jamel Wilmore Youngstown State: #TB Torrian Pace, LB Dom Rich
w2012-13 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC COMMISSIONER’S EXCELLENCE / HONOR ROLL COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD: Myles Brooks, Garrett Bruhn, Lynk Downing, Ryan Drevlow, Dylan Dunn, Kyle Emanuel, Brock Gion, Andrew Grothmann, Jesse Hinz, Justin Juckem, Danny Luecke, Ryan Smith, Esley Thorton, Cooper Wahlo, Carson Wentz.
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HONOR ROLL: Justin Arp, Zachary Baker, Joey Blackmore, Myles Brooks, Garrett Bruhn, Jedre Cyr, Lynk Downing, Ryan Drevlow, Christian Dudzik, Dylan Dunn, Kyle Emanuel, Trevor Gebhart, Brock Gion, Andrew Grothmann, Michael Hardie, Jesse Hinz, Brock Jensen, Cole Jirik, Matt Jones, Justin Juckem, Adam Keller, Danny Luecke, Nate Moody, Bobby Ollman, Eric Perkins, Jack Plankers, Ryan Smith, Joey Sonnenfeld, MJ Stumpf, Esley Thorton, Zach Vraa, Cooper Wahlo, Carson Wentz.
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VALLEYVALLEY FOOTBALL MISSOURI wFINAL 2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL TEAM STATISTICS (League Games) SCORING OFFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Illinois St. 6. Southern Illinois 7. Indiana St. 8. Missouri State 9. South Dakota 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 31 31 27 22 23 21 20 18 15 6
XP 12 6 3 10 7 7 9 8 6 4
2XP 27 31 26 21 20 19 19 17 13 6
DXP 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YDS AVG 1424 4.1 1337 4.8 1305 3.7 1158 4.1 1087 3.8 973 3.8 966 3.3 943 3.1 905 3.3 721 2.6
TD 19 14 15 8 10 8 8 5 12 2
YDS/G 178.0 167.1 163.1 144.8 135.9 121.6 120.8 117.9 113.1 90.1
PCT. 60.1 58.2 62.7 58.5 58.7 59.0 55.6 52.9 58.4 46.2
YDS 1901 1763 1637 1601 1408 1356 1349 1145 1017 851
SAF 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
PTS 251 237 197 183 179 170 166 153 125 54
RUSHING OFFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Missouri State 6. South Dakota 7. Indiana St. 8. Southern Illinois 9. Illinois St. 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 348 278 352 285 287 259 289 301 278 280
PASS OFFENSE 1. Illinois St. 2. Northern Iowa 3. Youngstown State 4. South Dakota St. 5. Missouri State 6. North Dakota St. 7. South Dakota 8. Indiana St. 9. Southern Illinois 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT COMP INT 149 248 8 139 239 7 141 225 8 137 234 7 145 247 16 115 195 7 124 223 7 118 223 7 118 202 5 90 195 11
TOTAL OFFENSE 1. Northern Iowa 2. Youngstown State 3. Illinois St. 4. North Dakota St. 5. South Dakota St. 6. Missouri State 7. South Dakota 8. Indiana St. 9. Southern Illinois 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
RUSH 1337 1305 905 1424 1158 1087 973 966 943 721
PASS 1763 1637 1901 1356 1601 1408 1349 1145 1017 851
PLAYS 517 577 526 543 519 534 482 512 503 475
SCORING DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Southern Illinois 3. South Dakota St. 4. Indiana St. 5. Missouri State 6. Illinois St. 7. Northern Iowa 8. Youngstown State 9. Western Illinois 10. South Dakota
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 14 14 14 14 21 21 22 29 32 33
XP 6 8 7 8 6 7 10 6 6 8
2XP 14 13 13 13 21 21 16 28 30 30
DXP 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
FG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSHING DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Youngstown State 3. Southern Illinois 4. South Dakota St. 5. Indiana St. 6. Northern Iowa 7. Illinois St. 8. Missouri State 9. South Dakota 10. Western Illinois
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 219 232 298 275 300 302 317 343 338 333
YDS AVG 566 2.6 758 3.3 912 3.1 943 3.4 1132 3.8 1159 3.8 1228 3.9 1251 3.6 1324 3.9 1546 4.6
TD 3 9 11 6 7 10 13 9 16 17
YDS/G 70.8 94.8 114.0 117.9 141.5 144.9 153.5 156.4 165.5 193.2
PASS DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Western Illinois 3. Indiana St. 4. Missouri State 5. Illinois St. 6. South Dakota St. 7. Southern Illinois 8. South Dakota 9. Northern Iowa 10. Youngstown State
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
ATT 113 115 110 117 106 154 155 114 157 135
Cmp 196 192 207 211 225 278 269 198 229 226
Int 6 9 13 12 9 11 9 4 6 4
Pct. 57.7 59.9 53.1 55.5 47.1 55.4 57.6 57.6 68.6 59.7
Yds 1056 1157 1191 1265 1294 1484 1591 1620 1630 1740
Avg. 5.4 6.0 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.9 8.2 7.1 7.7
TD 7 10 6 10 6 5 3 13 10 15
TOTAL DEFENSE 1. North Dakota St. 2. Indiana St. 3. South Dakota St. 4. Youngstown State 5. Southern Illinois 6. Missouri State 7. Illinois St. 8. Western Illinois 9. Northern Iowa 10. South Dakota
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Rush 566 1132 943 758 912 1251 1228 1546 1159 1324
Pass 1056 1191 1484 1740 1591 1265 1294 1157 1630 1620
Plays 415 507 553 458 567 554 542 525 531 536
Yds. Avg/P 1622 3.9 2323 4.6 2427 4.4 2498 5.5 2503 4.4 2516 4.5 2522 4.7 2703 5.1 2789 5.3 2944 5.5
TD 10 13 11 24 14 19 19 27 20 29
Yds/G 202.8 290.4 303.4 312.2 312.9 314.5 315.2 337.9 348.6 368.0
AVG. 31.4 29.6 24.6 22.9 22.4 21.2 20.8 19.1 15.6 6.8
2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Sept. 1 *Offense -- WR Andre Stubbs, Youngstown State Defense -- DB Garrett Scott, UNI Special Teams -- P/PK Pat Smith, Western Illinois *Newcomer -- QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, UNI Offensive Lineman -- OC Joe Lund, North Dakota St. Sept. 8 *Offense -- RB Zach Zenner, South Dakota State *Defense -- S Ben Ericksen, Illinois State Special Teams -- CB/RS Marcus Williams, NDSU Newcomer -- RB Jonathon Miller, Illinois State Offensive Lineman -- C Will Castle, S. Dakota State Sept. 15 *Offense -- RB Shakir Bell, Indiana State Defense -- DE Colton Underwood, Illinois State Special Teams -- P Ethan Sawyer, S. Dakota State *Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- C Evan Borchers, Indiana St.
AVG 7.7 7.4 7.3 6.8 5.7 7.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 4.4
YDS AVG/P TD 3100 6.0 30 2942 5.1 26 2806 5.3 23 2780 5.1 27 2759 5.3 19 2495 4.7 17 2322 4.8 14 2111 4.1 14 1960 3.9 12 1572 3.3 4 SAF 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
TD 11 16 11 11 7 8 6 6 7 2
YDS/G 237.6 220.4 204.6 200.1 176.0 169.5 168.6 143.1 127.1 106.4
YDS/G 387.5 367.8 350.8 347.5 344.9 311.9 290.2 263.9 245.0 196.5 PTS 116 121 122 123 165 172 182 220 242 252
Sept. 22 Offense -- QB Kurt Hess, Youngstown State Defense -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Special Teams -- RS Carlos Anderson, UNI Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- LT Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Sept. 29 Offense -- QB Matt Brown, Illinois State Defense -- LB Ross Shafrath, S. Dakota State Special Teams -- PK Adam Keller, N. Dakota State Newcomer -- RB John Crockett, N. Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OT Billy Turner, N. Dakota State Oct. 6 Offense -- QB Brock Jensen, N. Dakota State Defense -- LB Tyler Williamson, S. Illinois Special Teams -- WR/RS Ryan Smith, N. Dakota St. Newcomer -- WR Fredson Salomon, W. Illinois Offensive Lineman -- OG Tyler Gimmestad, NDSU
AVG. 14.5 15.1 15.2 15.4 20.6 21.5 22.8 27.5 30.2 31.5
Oct. 13 Offense -- QB Matt Brown, Illinois State *Defense -- DB Johnny Towalid, Indiana State Special Teams -- WR/RS Julian Burton, MSU Newcomer --DE Connor Underwood, Indiana St. Oct. 20 Offense -- WR Dorian Buford, Missouri State Defense -- LB Aaron Archie, Indiana State Special Teams -- RS Mulku Kalokoh, S. Illinois Newcomer -- S Anthony Thompson, Southern Illinois Offensive Lineman -- LG Dan Kruger, UNI Oct. 27 Offense -- QB Austin Sumner, S. Dakota State Defense -- S Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Special Teams -- RS/DB Calvin Burnett, Indiana St. Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- LT Bryan Witzmann, SDSU Nov. 3 Offense -- TB Jamaine Cook, Youngstown State *Defense -- S Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State Special Teams -- PK Justin Syrovatka, SDSU Newcomer -- LB T.J. Lally, South Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OG Lamar Mady, Youngstown St. Nov. 10 Offense -- RB David Johnson, UNI Defense -- LB Grant Olson, North Dakota St. Special Teams -- P Nick Liste, Youngstown State Newcomer -- P Ben LeCompte, N. Dakota State Offensive Lineman -- OG Tyler Gimmestad, NDSU Nov. 17 Offense – QB Kurt Hess, Youngstown State Defense – DE Cole Jirik, North Dakota State Spc Teams – CB/KR Marcus Williams, N. Dakota State Newcomer – QB Sawyer Kollmorgen, UNI Offensive Lineman–OG Chris Elkins, Youngstown State *National Player of the Week Honors
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Yds/G 132.0 144.6 148.9 158.1 161.8 185.5 198.9 202.5 203.8 217.5
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VALLEY FOOTBALL wFINAL 2012 VALLEY FOOTBALL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (League Games / Top Five, NDSU players) TOTAL OFFENSE School 1. Matt Brown ILS 2. S.Kollmorgen UNI 3. Kurt Hess YSU 4. Austin Sumner SDSU 5. J. Vander Maten USD 6. Brock Jensen NDSU
Cl SR FR JR SO SO JR
G Rush Pass Plys Total 8 97 1856 282 1953 8 58 1711 275 1769 8 64 1637 263 1701 8 17 1601 292 1618 8 353 1199 307 1552 8 139 1337 256 1476
RUSHING 1. Zenner,Zach 2. Cook, Jamaine 3. Johnson, David 4. Bell, Shakir 5. Ojuri,Sam 7. Crockett,John
School SDSU YSU UNI INS NDSU NDSU
Cl SO SR SO JR JR SO
G 8 8 8 8 7 8
PASS EFFICIENCY 1. Kollmorgen, S. 2. Hess, Kurt 3. Brown,Matt 4. Sumner,Austin 5. Jensen,Brock
School UNI YSU ILS SDSU NDSU
Cl FR JR SR SO JR
G Att-Cmp-Int 8 136-228-7 8 141-223-7 8 147-246-8 8 137-230-7 8 114-193-7
Pct Yds 59.6 1711 63.2 1637 59.8 1856 59.6 1601 59.1 1337
PASS AVG/G 1. Brown,Matt 2. Kollmorgen, S. 3. Hess, Kurt 4. Sumner,Austin 5. Jensen,Brock
School ILS UNI YSU SDSU NDSU
Cl SR FR JR SO JR
G Att-Cmp-Int 8 147-246-8 8 136-228-7 8 141-223-7 8 137-230-7 8 114-193-7
Pct Yds TD LG 59.8 1856 11 79 59.6 1711 15 76 63.2 1637 11 45 59.6 1601 11 50 59.1 1337 7 58
RECEPTIONS/G School 1. Walker,Tyrone ILS 2. Powell,Will USD 3. Buford,Dorian MSU 4. Terry,Terrance USD 5. Sinkfield, Terrell UNI 6. Smith,Ryan NDSU
Cl SR SR JR SO SR JR
G Rec Yds. TD LG Avg/C Avg/G Rec/G 8 50 734 5 76 14.7 91.8 6.2 8 44 529 2 50 12.0 66.1 5.5 8 41 405 2 46 9.9 50.6 5.1 8 38 355 1 46 9.3 44.4 4.8 7 33 373 4 32 11.3 53.3 4.7 7 31 376 2 58 12.1 53.7 4.4
REC YARDS/G School 1. Walker,Tyrone ILS 2. Powell,Will USD 3. Rollin,Aaron SDSU 4. Smith,Ryan NDSU 5. Sinkfield, Terrell UNI
Cl SR SR SR JR SR
G Rec Yds. TD LG Rec/G Avg/C Yard/G 8 50 734 5 76 6.2 14.7 91.8 8 44 529 2 50 5.5 12.0 66.1 8 33 453 2 49 4.1 13.7 56.6 7 31 376 2 58 4.4 12.1 53.7 7 33 373 4 32 4.7 11.3 53.3
Att 174 217 148 193 120 116
Yds. Avg. 1045 6.0 978 4.5 921 6.2 865 4.5 558 4.7 562 4.8
TD 6 11 12 7 5 6
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PUNT RETURNS School Cl G Ret Yds. TD 1. Smith,Ryan NDSU JR 7 10 122 1 2. McKinney, LaSte SIU SO 8 11 112 0 3. Sonie, Varmah UNI SR 8 10 69 0 4. Bryan, Christian YSU SO 8 11 59 0 5. Ford, Antoine WIU JR 8 14 45 0
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Yds/G 244.1 221.1 212.6 202.2 194.0 184.5
LG 88 44 77 46 47 43
Yds/G 130.6 122.2 115.1 108.1 79.7 70.2
TD LG 15 76 11 45 11 79 11 50 7 58
LG 76 22 14 16 26
Eff. 138.3 134.9 131.4 127.7 122.0 Avg/G 232.0 213.9 204.6 200.1 167.1
Avg 12.2 10.2 6.9 5.4 3.2
KO RETURNS 1. Anderson, C. 2. Sanders,Jasper 3. High, Taje 4. Coprich,M. 5. Stubbs, Andre
School Cl G Ret Yds. TD Avg Long UNI SR 8 27 739 0 59 27.4 USD SO 8 10 267 0 55 26.7 INS JR 8 11 263 0 51 23.9 ILS FR 8 11 256 0 42 23.3 YSU FR 7 19 442 0 46 23.3
ALL-PURPOSE 1. Anderson, C. 2. Zenner,Zach 3. Johnson, David 4. Cook, Jamaine 5. Bell, Shakir 7. Smith,Ryan 9. Ojuri,Sam
School Cl UNI SR SDSU SO UNI SO YSU SR INS JR NDSU JR NDSU JR
SCORING School 1. Bell, Shakir INS 1. Johnson, David UNI 2. Cook, Jamaine YSU 3. Keller,Adam NDSU 4. Syrovatka,J. SDSU 5. Sievertsen, Tyler UNI 9. Jensen,Brock NDSU
Cl SO SO SR SO SO JR JR
G Rush 8 306 8 1045 8 921 8 978 8 865 7 28 7 558 G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
TD 12 15 11 0 0 0 7
Rcv PR KR Yds 142 0 739 1187 135 0 0 1180 199 0 0 1120 88 0 0 1066 50 0 0 915 376 122 118 644 74 0 0 632
Avg/G 148.4 147.5 140.0 133.2 114.4 92.0 90.3
XPT FG 2XPT Pts Pts/G 0 0 0 72 9.0 0 0 0 90 11.2 0 0 0 66 8.2 12 27 0 63 7.9 10 21 0 51 6.4 6 31 0 49 6.1 0 0 2 474 5.5
PUNTING 1. Hileman, Lucas 2. Bernard, Kyle 3. Zwiefelhofer,C. 4. LeCompte,Ben 5. Liste, Nick
School INS UNI USD NDSU YSU
Cl SR SR SR FR JR
G 8 8 8 8 8
FIELD GOALS 1. Keller,Adam 2. Syrovatka,J. 3. Fritschle, Tann 4. Johnson, Austin 4. Witmer,Austin
School NDSU SDSU INS SIU MSU
Cl SO SO SO FR JR
G FG FGA Pct FG/G 8 12 14 85.7 1.50 8 10 12 83.3 1.25 8 9 11 81.8 1.12 7 7 9 77.8 1.00 8 8 11 72.7 1.00
INTERCEPTIONS School Cl 1. Caleb Schaffitzel MSU SO 1. Ericksen,Ben ILS SR 3. Towalid, Tony INS SR 3. Burnett, Calvin INS JR 5. Williams,Marcus NDSU JR SACKS School Cl 1. Underwood,Colton ILS JR 2. Grady,Anthony MSU JR 2.DiManche, Jayso SIU SR 2. Harris,Shelby ILS JR 2. Boatright, Kenn SIU SR 2. Underwood, Conn INS FR 7. Jirik,Cole NDSU JR 12. Emanuel,Kyle NDSU SO TACKLES 1. Shafrath,Ross 2. Archie, Aaron 3. Zimmer,Mike 4. Olson,Grant 5. Raffelson, J.J.
Yds 2338 1189 1889 1202 1284
G Int Yds 8 5 216 8 5 56 8 4 83 8 4 53 8 3 121
UA 49 35 39 29 29
TFL School Cl 1. Underwood,Colton ILS JR 2. Harris,Shelby ILS JR 3. Palmer,Nate ILS SR 3. DiManche, Jayso SIU SR 5. Boatright, Kenn SIU SR 7. Emanuel,Kyle NDSU SO 8. Olson,Grant NDSU JR 11. Jirik,Cole NDSU JR 12. Beck,Travis NDSU SO
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Solo 11 9 9 8 7 7 4 6 6
FUMBLES FORCED School 1. Palmer,Nate ILS 2. Obiora, Eze SIU 2.Lally,T.J. SDSU 2.Littlejohn,Carlton NDSU 2. Starr,Tyler USD 2.Beck,Travis NDSU 2.Crutcher,Mike MSU 2.Williamson, Tyl SIU 2.Jirik,Cole NDSU
G 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Cl SR SR FR SO JR SO SO SO JR
School Cl NDSU SO SDSU JR SIU SO NDSU JR INS FR
PASSES DEFENDED School Cl 1. Burnett, Calvin INS JR 1. Banks,Mike ILS SO 3. Helm,Bo SDSU SR 4. Caleb Schaffitzel MSU SO 4. Towalid, Tony INS SR 4. Howard Scarborough MSU JR 12. Williams,Marcus NDSU JR
Avg 66 56 67 65 67
TD 1 0 3 0 1
LG 44.1 42.5 42.0 41.4 41.4
Int/G 100 47 31 36 98
G SOLO AST YDS 8 5 2 43 8 4 2 43 8 5 0 34 8 5 0 29 8 4 2 28 8 5 0 17 8 4 1 28 8 3 1 34 G 8 8 8 8 8
FUMBLES RCVD 1. Hardie,Mike 1. Wright,Winston 1. Williamson, Tyl 1. Dudzik,Christian 5. Sewall, Mark
School Cl SDSU SR INS SR ILS SR NDSU JR WIU FR
Punt 53 28 45 29 31
A Total 42 91 54 89 47 86 49 78 47 76
LG 0.62 0.62 0.50 0.50 0.38
TOT Avg/G 6.0 0.75 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 5.0 0.62 4.5 0.56 3.5 0.44
Avg/G Sacks 11.4 0.0 11.1 0.0 10.8 2.5 9.8 2.5 9.5 0.0
Ast Yds Total Avg/G 5 58 13.5 1.69 4 42 11.0 1.38 3 69 10.5 1.31 5 42 10.5 1.31 6 37 10.0 1.25 2 50 8.0 1.00 7 22 7.5 0.94 2 37 7.0 0.88 1 37 6.5 0.81
FF Avg/G 3 0.38 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25 2 0.25
G No. Avg/G 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 8 2 0.25 6 1 0.17 G Brup Int Total Avg/G 8 6 4 10 1.25 8 9 1 10 1.25 8 9 0 9 1.12 8 3 5 8 1.00 8 4 4 8 1.00 8 7 1 8 1.00 8 3 3 6 0.75
