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Lindy's tabs trio as preseason
All-Americans
Release Date:
July 17, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Just a month before
the Monmouth College football team returns to campus, a trio of
returnees have been named First Team Division III Preseason
All-Americans by Lindy’s Sports Magazine. It’s the second preseason
honor for junior quarterback Alex Tanney (Lexington,
Ill./Lexington) and senior offensive linemen Josh Kotecki
(Peru, Ill./LaSalle-Peru) and Dan Schwindenhammer (Peoria,
Ill./Notre Dame), who were named preseason All-Americans by
Consensus Draft Services in May.
The 6-foot-1,
245-pound Kotecki, who was named Second Team All-American last fall
by D3football.com, helped anchor an offensive line that allowed
Scots quarterbacks to pass for a school-record 3,790 yards.
Schwindenhammer, a
6-foot-3, 260-pounder, was another key cog in Monmouth’s 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 Scots enter
the 2009 campaign as the defending Midwest Conference champions and
return the majority of the offensive unit that led Division III in
scoring with an average of 46.75 points per game. The squad also
scored a school-record 50 passing touchdowns and rushed for another
25 scores.
The Scots set or
tied 71 team and individual records during the 2008 campaign. The
team also had top 10 national rankings in three other offensive
categories: 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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