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Trio named preseason
All-Americans for the third time
Release Date:
July 29, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Three Monmouth
College football players have picked up their third preseason
All-American honors, this time from a web site dedicated to Division
III football.
D3football.com
named senior offensive guard Josh Kotecki (Peru,
Ill./LaSalle-Peru) a First Team Preseason All-American. Junior
quarterback Alex Tanney (Lexington, Ill./Lexington) and
senior offensive tackle Dan Schwindenhammer (Peoria,
Ill./Notre Dame), were named to the Second Team. The trio was named
preseason All-Americans by Consensus Draft Services and Lindy’s
Sports Magazine earlier this year.
The 6-foot-1,
245-pound Kotecki, was named Second Team All-American last fall by
D3football.com. He helped anchor an offensive line last fall that
allowed Monmouth quarterbacks to pass for a school-record 3,790
yards.
Schwindenhammer, a
6-foot-3, 260-pounder, was another key cog in the Fighting Scots’
offensive unit that balanced passing with a potent ground game.
Twelve different backs picked up a combined total of more than 2,000
yards and three ran for more than 300 yards each.
Tanney, a
strong-armed 6-foot-4, 190-pound signal-caller, shattered nearly
every MC season passing record including yardage (3,624) and
touchdowns (50). He was ranked eighth nationally with a 166.97
efficiency rating.
The defending
Midwest Conference champions return the majority of the offensive
unit that led Division III in scoring with an average of 46.75
points per game. Seventy-one team and individual records were either
set or tied during the 2008 campaign. The team also had top 10
national rankings in three other offensive categories including
fifth in pass efficiency (166.98), seventh in total offense (460.58
ypg) and eighth in passing offense (315.83 ypg).
Monmouth opens the
season Sept. 5 on its new home field surface against Loras College.
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