2015 UMAC Football Postseason Awards Announced
ST. PAUL - The 2015 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Football postseason awards were announced on Wednesday with league champion, the College of St. Scholastica, leading the way with three individuals earning player of the year accolades, and eight total players on the All-Conference First Team.
Westminster College running back Latif Adams was named UMAC Offensive Player of the Year after his record breaking season where he broke the Blue Jay's single season rushing yards and touchdowns records and led the league in rushing yards per game with 149.2 and rushing touchdowns with 16 this season. Latif is also currently ranked fifth in all Division III in rushing yards this year.
Alex Mangan from the College of St. Scholastica was named UMAC Defensive Player of the Year following a senior season where he led the leagues top defense with a total of 87 tackles, 12.5 tackles for a loss, and 3 sacks on the year. Mangan's teammate Nick Plager was named Lineman of the year while Saints linebacker Mitch Ejnik was named Special Teams Player of the Year, after being ranked seventh in the nation with his 18.6 yard punter return average, and leading the Saints with 8.5 kickoff tackles.
MacMurray College's coach Chris Douglas was selected as UMAC Coach of the Year by his colleagues after leading his team to an overall 6-4 record this past season, and securing the Highlanders best record since 2003.
The University of Northwestern won this year's UMAC Football Team Sportsmanship Award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches to honor the team who best exemplified sportsmanship throughout the entire season. Each team also has one representative on the individual sportsmanship award list:
College of St. Scholastica – Tyler Meany
Crown College – Chris Strange
Eureka College – Aaron Pearlman
Greenville College – Robert Deering
Iowa Wesleyan University – Caleb Huss
MacMurray College – Vattel Voigt
Martin Luther College – Ben Ewings
University of Minnesota-Morris – Andrew Fellows
University of Northwestern – Zac Cash
Westminster College – Jantzen Bradford
Below is a full listing of the 2015 UMAC Football Awards:
| Quarterback – 1st Team |
| Coy Dorothy |
JR |
MacMurray College |
| Matt Olson |
SR |
Martin Luther College |
| Running Backs – 1st Team |
| Hamid Camara |
JR |
Greenville College |
| *Latif Adams |
SO |
Westminster College |
| Wide Receivers – 1st Team |
| Hunter Thompson |
SO |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Trey Peace |
JR |
Crown College |
| Caleb Couwenhoven |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Tight End – 1st Team |
| Zach Mudd |
SR |
Mac Murray College |
| Offensive Lineman – 1st Team |
| ^Nick Plager |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Javier Rivera |
SR |
Eureka College |
| Andres Flores |
JR |
Greenville College |
| Ben Evans |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| TJ Palme |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Will Morse |
SR |
Westminster College |
| Kicker – 1st Team |
| Ben Lyons |
SO |
University of Northwestern |
| Kick Returner – 1st Team |
| Bryson Oliver |
FR |
Iowa Wesleyan University |
| Punter – 1st Team |
| Daniel Petkau |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Punt Returner – 1st Team |
| %Mitch Ejnik |
JR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Defensive Lineman – 1st Team |
| Joe Geiselman |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Austin Blair |
SR |
Eureka College |
| Joey Silva |
SR |
Greenville College |
| Nathan Van Zee |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Ayo Oyesanya |
JR |
Westminster College |
| Linebackers – 1st Team |
| %Mitch Ejnik |
JR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| #Alex Mangan |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Robert Deering |
SR |
Greenville College |
| Ben Greener |
JR |
University of Northwestern |
| Luke Sommerlot |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Defensive Backs – 1st Team |
| John Mike |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Xavier Rhodes |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Nicholas Morrow |
JR |
Greenville College |
| Nick Swore |
FR |
University of Northwestern |
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| Quarterback – 2nd Team |
| Brandon McCormick |
SR |
Crown College |
| Grant Schoen |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Running Backs – 2nd Team |
| Josh Edlund |
JR |
Crown College |
| LeAnthony Reasnover |
FR |
Eureka College |
| Patrick Hall |
SR |
MacMurray College |
| Wide Receivers – 2nd Team |
| Nick Murphy |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Jorian Clemons |
SR |
MacMurray College |
| Mike Washington |
JR |
Westminster College |
| Tight End – 2nd Team |
| Corbin Quinonez |
JR |
Greenville Colleg |
| Offensive Lineman – 2nd Team |
| Eric Elsner |
FR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Jayson Rothmeier |
JR |
Crown College |
| Joe Legendre |
SR |
MacMurray College |
| Arron Bird |
SR |
Westminster College |
| Grant Gershner |
JR |
Westminster College |
| Kicker – 2ndTeam |
| Kevin Ludwig |
SR |
Westminster College |
| Kick Returner – 2nd Team |
| Matt Quarles |
FR |
Westminster College |
| Punter – 2nd Team |
| Jason Senger |
JR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Punt Returner – 2nd Team |
| Jack Williams |
JR |
Westminster College |
| Defensive Lineman – 2nd Team |
| Jake Zoellick |
SO |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Jalen Phoenix |
JR |
Crown College |
| Trever Zeibert |
SO |
Eureka College |
| Colin Everson |
JR |
University of Minnesota-Morris |
| Matt Fox |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Linebackers – 2nd Team |
| Mason Bloomquist |
JR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Chris Friend |
SO |
Eureka College |
| Joel Stevenson |
SR |
MacMurray College |
| Danny Williams |
JR |
MacMurray College |
| Jacob Wirz |
SR |
University of Minnesota-Morris |
| Defensive Backs – 2nd Team |
| Brady Fish |
SR |
College of St. Scholastica |
| Ricky Martinez |
JR |
Eureka College |
| Austin Stubbs |
JR |
University of Northwestern |
| Austin Warner |
SR |
University of Northwestern |
| Carlos Weeden, Jr. |
SR |
Westminster College |
*Offensive Player of the Year: Latif Adams (Westminster College)
#Defensive Player of the Year: Alex Mangan (College of St. Scholastica)
%Special Teams Player of the Year: Mitch Ejnik (College of St. Scholastica)
^Lineman of the Year: Nick Plager (College of St. Scholastica)
Coach of the Year: Chris Douglas (MacMurray College)
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD - University of Northwestern