Football

MEC Players Haul In Don Hansen Football Honors

Complete Teams

CLARION, Pa.
-- Thirty two players from the Mountain East Conference earned All-Super 1 Region honors from the Don Hansen Sports Gazette, including eight first team selections. Additionally, Notre Dame's Jaleel McLaughlin was named the region's Offensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, and NDC head coach was tabbed as the region's Coach of the Year. Fairmont State's Lyrics Klugh was selected as the Super Region 1 Specialist of the Year. 

McLaughlin, a freshman running back at Notre Dame, led the MEC conference and ranked #1 in NCAA Division II with 2,421 yards (in 14 Games) with 18 rushing td’s, 378 carries and a 6.4 yard per carry average.  He also ranked second in the nation averaging 172.9 yards per game, leading Notre Dame to a 13-1 overall record, the Super Region 1 title and a Final Four appearance. McLaughlin ran for 302 yards and 2 td’s in his collegiate opener against Shepherd and a season high 340 yards and 3 td’s against West Liberty.

Klugh, a senior, defensive back at Fairmont State, was a dynamic kickoff and punt returner for the Falcons in 2018. He returned 19 punts for 542 yards and 3 td’s (28.5 yards per punt return) and also posted a 25.4 yard average kickoff return getting 534 yards on 21 tries. He led all of NCAA Division II in punt return average (28.5), and in td’s with 3. He had an 81 yard td return versus West Liberty, a 69 yarder against Urbana and a 68 yard return versus W.V. Wesleyan.
 
Jacobs, in only his third year at the helm of the Notre Dame football program, earned MEC “Coach of the Year” honors in 2018 leading the Falcons to a perfect 10-0 record in the MEC, and then posting a 2-1 NCAA Playoff record on its way to an NCAA semifinal finish and a 13-1 season record. In the NCAA Playoffs Notre Dame defeated Hillsdale (19-14) and Slippery Rock (21-17) before dropping a close 30-24 decision at Valdosta State. His freshman running back Jaleel McLaughlin led the nation in rushing and finished third in the Harlon Hill voting as the top player in Division II.
 
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.  Don Hansen’s FB Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.
           
The first-team and second-team All-Region selections advance to a national ballot from which the 2018 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team will be named later this month.

First Team Defense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL
QB      Chance Stewart           6-6       263      Sr.       Hillsdale          Sturgis, Mi.                 Sturgis
RB       Walter Fletcher           5-10     192      Jr..       Edinboro         Columbia, Md.            Centennial
RB       Wes Hills                    6-2       218      Sr.       S. Rock           Wildwood, N.J.          Wildwood
RB       Marcus Jones              5-11     225      Sr.       Gannon           Painesville, Oh.          Riverside
RB       Jaleel McLaughlin       5-9       173      Fr.       Notre Dame     Marshville, N.C.         Forest Hills
FB       Theo Blackston           6-0       235      Sr.       Mercyhurst      Wheeling, W.V.          Wheeling Park
WR      Trey Brock                  6-3       218      Sr.       Hillsdale          Missouri City, Tex.     Ridge Point
WR      Ardell Brown              5-11     180      Jr.        Seton Hill        Rochester, N.Y.          Bishop Kearney
WR      Cory Contini               6-1       195      Sr.       Ohio Dom.      Dover, Ohio                Dover
WR      Josh Gontarek             5-10     185      Jr.        Shippensburg  Mount Airy, Md.        Linganore
TE       Jalen Jackson              6-0       215      So.       Lock Haven    Williamsport, Pa.        Williamsport
OC      Drew Callahan            6-5       303      Sr.       Hillsdale          Clinton Twp., Mi.       Chippewa Valley
OG      Jimmy Burchett           6-4       305      So.       Notre Dame     Alliance. Oh.              St. Thomas Aquinas
OG      Tyler Drob                  6-2       297      Gr.       West Chester   Cherry hill, N.J.          East
OT       Chris Coles                 6-3       280      Sr.       LIU-Post         Hackensack, N.J.        Hackensack
OT       Steve Gaviglia             6-3       285      Sr.       S. Rock           Cranberry Twp., Pa.   Seneca Valley
OT       Brandon Nicholson     6-3       320      So.       Notre Dame     Bedford, Ohio             Bedford
AP       Ashton Dulin              6-2       210      Sr.       Malone            Reynoldsburg, Oh.      Reynoldsburg
PK       Jake Chapla                 6-1       205      Jr.        S. Rock           Pittsburgh, Pa.             Plum

First Team Defense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL
DL       John Cominsky           6-5       275      Sr.       Charleston       Barberton, Ohio          Barberton
DL       Derek Dorr                  6-3       297      Sr.       Edinboro         Blasdell, N.Y.             Frontier
DL       Sha’Haun Williams     6-3       260      Jr.        Notre Dame     Youngstown, Ohio      Ursuline
DE       Diquan Gilbert            6-3       240      Sr.       W. Chester      Philadelphia, Pa.         Valley Forge M.A.
DE       Kevin Petit-Frere         6-2       250      Gr.       LIU-Post         Amityville, N.Y.         Farmingdale
DE       Dakota Thompson      6-2       260      Sr.       Shippensburg  Laureldale, Pa.            Muhlenberg
LB       Jake Carlock                6-3       225      Sr.       LIU-Post         Babylon, N.Y.            Stony Brook
LB       Dominic Cizauskas     6-2       260      Jr.        Glenville St.    Mukwonago, Wi.        Mukwonago
LB       Tyler Morrissey          6-3       256      Sr.       W. Chester      Springfield, Pa.           Delco
LB       Brad Zaffram               6-2       230      Jr.        S. Rock           Buffalo, N.Y.              Jones County
CB       Zuril Hendrick            6-1       188      Sr.       Edinboro         Rochester, N.Y.          Pittsford Mendon
CB       Josh Ojo                      5-10     180      Jr.        W. Liberty       Stephens City, Va.      Sherando
CB       Nazir Streeter              5-10     185      So.       LIU-Post         Palmyra, N.J.              Camden Catholic
SAF    Brandon Anderson      6-1       200      Jr.        Edinboro         Willingboro, N.J.        Holy Cross
SAF    Jarey Elder                  5-11     170      Jr.        W. Chester      Allentown, Pa.            Parkland
SAF    Lamont McPhatter      5-11     190      Jr.        California        New Castle, Pa.          New Castle
P          Logen Neidhardt         6-2       220      So.       Ohio Dom.      Hicksville, Oh.            Hicksville
RS       Lyrics Klugh               5-10     170      Sr.       Fairmont St.    Lyman, S.C.                Byrnes

Second Team Offense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL
QB      A.J. Long                    6-1       195      Jr.        W. Chester      Bethlehem, Pa.            Friendship Christian
QB      Ajee Patterson             6-2       210      Sr.       New Haven     Neptune, N.j.              Neptune
RB       Brian Benson              5-7       195      So.       Findlay            Mansfield, Oh.            Senior
RB       Nelson Brown             5-11     225      Jr.        California        Salisbury, Md.            Wicomico
RB       Eli Parks                     5-11     195      Sr.       S. Conn. St.     Bristol, Conn.             St. Pauls
FB       Luke Durkin               6-3       240      Jr.        Shippensburg  Doylestown, Pa.          C.B. West
WR      Ryan Feiss                  5-10     190      Sr.       Shepherd         Forest hill. Md.           North Harford
WR      Marvelle Ross             5-9       160      Jr.        Notre Dame     Cleveland, Oh.            V. Angela/St. Joseph

WR      Ju’An Williams           5-10     185      Gr.       New Haven     Springfield, Mass.      Central
TE       DJ Cornish                  6-2       260      Jr.        Shepherd         Felton, De.                  Lake Forest
OC      Jaime Colon                6-2       285      Sr.       Shepherd         Fredericksburg, Va.    Riverbend

OC      Jeff Arnold                  6-3       280      Jr.        IUP                 Pittsburgh, Pa.             Brashear
OG      Colin McAllister         6-2       265      Jr.        IUP                 Boothwyn, Pa.            Chichester
OG      Colten Raabe               6-3       290      Jr.        S. Rock           Butler, Pa.                   Slippery Rock
OG      Chandler Zavala          6-4       305      Jr.        Fairmont St.    Woodbridge, Va.        Forest Park
OT       Mike Fleming              6-4       305      Sr.       E. Stroudsburg Easton, Pa.                 Easton
OT       Dan Iannone                6-3       285      Sr.       New Haven     Marlton, N.J.              Cherokee
OT       Craig McCorkle          6-5       290      Jr.        California        Cincinnati, Oh.           Winton Woods
AP       Deonte Harris             5-6       170      Sr.       Assumption     Middle River, Md.      Archbishop Curley
AP       Craig Reynolds           5-11     215      Sr.       Kutztown         Willow Grove, Pa.      Abington
PK       Joe Philipp                  6-1       196      So.       Hillsdale          Hillsdale, Mi.              Hillsdale
PK       Joe Tolygesi                6-6       207      Sr.       LIU-Post         Miami, Fl.                   Christopher Columbus
 
Second Team Defense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL      
DL       Abel Joseph                6-1       255      Jr.        LIU-Post         Hollis, N.Y.                Flushing
DL       Shaquille Ryder          6-3       310      Sr.       W. Chester      Philadelphia, Pa.         Imhotep
DL       Brandon Vocco           6-1       300      Sr.       Clarion                        Lilly, PA.                    Portage
DE       Kahzin Daniels           6-4       240      Sr.       Charleston       Newark, N.J.               Milford Academy
DE       Kyle Gibson                6-2       248      So.       Findlay            Newark, Oh.               Newark Catholic
DE       Zach VanValkenburg  6-4       266      So.       Hillsdale          Hudsonville, Mi.         Zeeland West
LB       Cliff Clark                   6-4       235      Sr.       W. Liberty       Cambridge, Oh.          Cambridge      
LB       London Cloud             6-0       220      Jr.        California        Bedford, Oh.               Bedford
LB       Jerry Iweh                   6-4       225      Sr.       Fairmont St.    Baltimore, Md.           Perry Hall
LB       Damon Lloyd              6-0       228      Jr.        IUP                 Bel Air, Md.                John Carroll
CB       Shaquille James          5-9       176      Sr.       W. Chester      Philadelphia, Pa.         West Catholic
CB       Dante Redwood          5-10     185      Sr.       Mercyhurst      North Ridgeville, Oh. Grafton Midview
CB       Pete Thorbahn             6-0       190      Jr.        Bentley            Norwell, Mass.           Xaverian
SAF    Wyatt Batdorff            5-10     207      Sr.       Hillsdale          Grand Rapids, Mi.      Forest Hills N
SAF    Daijohn Isbell             6-3       218      Sr.       Tiffin               Long Beach, Ca.         Richland
SAF    Stephen Turner           6-0       230      Sr.       Fairmont St.    Clinton, Md.               Gwynn Park
P          Brendan Cole              5-11     180      Jr.        Mercyhurst      Queens, N.Y.              Saint Francis
RS       Deonte Harris             5-6       170      Sr.       Assumption     Middle River, Md.      Archbishop Curley

Third Team Offense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL
QB      Tyson Bagent              6-3       215      Fr.       Shepherd         Martinsburg, W.V.      Martinsburg
QB      Collin DeGalbo           6-0       215      Jr.        Kutztown         Secane, Pa.                  Monsignor Bonner
QB      Evan Earnst                 6-2       205      Fr.       Ohio Dom.      Mason, Oh.                 Moeller
QB      Roland Rivers             6-3       220      Jr.        S. Rock           Ellenwood, Ga.           M.L. King
RB       Koby Adu-Poku         5-9       185      So.       Walsh              Youngstown, Oh.        Boardman
RB       Jaymar Anderson        6-1       225      Sr.       E.Stroudsburg Philadelphia, Pa.         W.Windsor-Plainsboro N.
RB       Kyle Brunson              6-1       205      So.       Tiffin               Farmington Hills, Mi. Farmington Hills
RB       Mark Dukes                5-11     195      Sr.       W. Chester      Pottstown, Pa.             Pottsgrove
RB       Khlik Hamlin              5-9       175      so.       Fairmont St.    N. Chesterfield, Va.    Monacan
RB       Mario Pender              5-11     207      Sr.       Glenville St.    Cape Coral, Fl.            Island Coast

FB       Jack Gaugler               6-0       235      So.       Bloomsburg    Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa. Selinsgrove
WR      Cody Demers              5-10     190      Sr.       Merrimack       Dracut, Mass.             Central Catholic
WR      Ta’Nauz Gregory        5-8       165      Jr.        Edinboro         Erie, Pa.                      Cathedral Prep
WR      Tyson Hill                   6-1       195      So.       California        New Kensington, Pa.  Valley
WR      Charles Holland          6-3       210      Sr.       Tiffin               Columbus, Oh.            West
WR      Mike Richardson         6-0       195      Sr.       LIU-Post         West Babylon, N.Y.   Nassau C.C.
TE       Jonathan Badyna         6-3       250      Gr.       New Haven     Brooklyn, N.Y.           Xaverian
TE       John Brennan              6-3       240      Sr.       Hillsdale          Howell, Mi.                 Howell
TE       Zaire Mitchell              6-7       240      So.       Notre Dame     Rockville, Md.            Montgomery
TE       Grant Smith                 6-4       238      Fr.       IUP                 Harrisburg, Pa.            Central Dauphin
OC      Joe Buissereth             6-2       315      Jr.        S. Conn St.      Brooklyn, N.Y.           Lincoln
OC      Matt Cella                   6-3       285      Jr.        Kutztown         Secane, Pa.                  Springfield
OC      Neal Davis                  6-0       289      Jr.        Findlay            Ashville, Oh.              Teays Valley
OC      Gus Deviney               6-1       290      Sr.       Charleston       Cherryville, N.C.        Cherryville
OC      Derek Dressler            6-2       305      Sr.       Concord          Covington, Va.           Covington

OG      James Louison            6-5       300      Sr.       LIU-Post         Hauppauge, N.Y.        Hauppauge
OG      Andrew Lucke            6-4       310      Sr.       Ohio Dom.      Mason, Oh.                 Mason
OG      Jayson Williams          6-2       280      Jr.        Kutztown         Pomona, N.J.              Cedar Creek
OT       Logan Bailey               6-6       301      Jr.        Findlay            Defiance, Oh.              Tinora
OT       Mark Konkle               6-5       290      Jr.        Hillsdale          Aurora, Ill.                  Metea Valley
OT       Justin Tindull              6-3       275      Jr.        Kutztown         Seven Valleys, Pa.      Dallastown
AP       Garrett Owens            6-3       215      So.       Mercyhurst      North East, Pa.            North East
AP       Malik Pierre                5-10     200      Sr.       LIU-Post         Holbrook, N.Y.           Sachem North
AP       Maurice Thomas         5-8       170      Sr.       A-Broaddus    Altamonte, Fl.             Lake Brantley
PK       Aaron Ball                   5-8       180      Sr.       W.V. State       Lake Forest, Ca.          El Torro
PK       Andrew Chegia           5-8       175      so.       W. Chester      Kennett Square, Pa.    Unionville
PK       Owen Rozanc              5-11     175      Fr.       W. Liberty       Sheffield Lake, Oh.    Brookside
PK       Dillon Sarka                5-11     174      Jr.        IUP                 Lebanon, Oh.              Waynesville

Third Team Defense
POS    NAME                        HT.     WT.    YR.     SCHOOL       HOMETOWN           HIGH SCHOOL
DL       Jake Klinger                6-2       290      Sr.       Bloomsburg    Berwick, Pa.               Central Columbia
DL       Jah’Sheem Martin       6-3       300      Gr.       Pace                 Freeport, N.Y.            Freeport
DL       Jeff Marx                    6-0       300      Fr.       S. Rock           Youngstown, Oh.        Ursuline
DL       Cyle Skidmore            6-0       254      Sr.       Findlay            Bucyrus, Oh.               Wynford
DE       Deandre Easterling      6-2       230      Sr.       IUP                 Washington, D.C.       Gonzaga
DE       Vince Ellis                  6-3       245      Sr.       Notre Dame     Cleveland, Oh.            John Jay
DE       Brian Hunter               6-2       240      Sr.       Ohio Dom.      Mayfield Hts., Oh.      Mayfield
DE       Ray Sarkodieh             6-2       260      Sr.       Assumption     Worcester, Mass.        St. Peter Marian
DE       Dondrea Tillman         6-4       247      Jr.        IUP                 Sterling, Va.                Potomac Falls
DE       Mikal Toliver              5-11     220      Jr.        Urbana            Dayton, Oh.                Wayne
LB       Obadiah Asare            6-3       230      So.       Lock Haven    Upper Darby, Pa.        Upper Darby
LB       Tyler Emge                 6-1       225      Sr.       Shippensburg  Blandon, Pa.               Fleetwood
LB       Jay Rose                      6-2       233      Sr.       Hillsdale          Brecksville, Oh.          Broadview Heights
LB       Kaleb Silva                 6-0       205      Sr.       Assumption     Revere, Mass.             Revere
LB       Jhaaron Wallace          6-1       225      Sr.       So. Conn. St.   Hartford, Conn.           Glastonbury
CB       Mark Clements            5-10     200      Gr.       New Haven     Mays Landing, N.J.    Oakcrest
CB       Ahkee Cox-Cowan     5-9       175      Jr.        Kutztown         Harrisburg, Pa.            Harrisburg
CB       Cedric Lynch              6-2       175      So.       Notre Dame     Lithonia, Ga.               Wesleyan
CB       Alijah McGhee           6-2       185      Fr.       Kentucky Wes.Warner Robbins, Ga. Northside
CB       DeJuan Neal                6-0       190      Sr.       Shepherd         Shady Side, Md.         Southern
SAF    Ponce Deleon              5-10     180      So.       Shepherd         Greenbelt, Md.            Montgomery Blair

SAF    Kyle Hall                     6-2       200      Sr.       S. Rock           Canton, Oh.                GlenOak
SAF    Dontae Mason            5-9       180      So.       Lock Haven    Philadelphia, Pa.         Bishop McDevitt
SAF    Marcus Tarrer             5-11     194      So.       Va. Wise         Richmond, Va.            J.R. Tucker
P          Dean Krcic                  6-2       220      So.       Kutztown         Saylorsburg, Pa.          Pleasant Valley
P          Brendan Paulison        6-0       210      Sr.       W. Chester      Milford, Pa.                 Delaware Valley
P          Seamus Wallace          6-1       205      Jr.        Assumption     Pawcatuck, Conn.       Stonington
P          Justin Watts                 6-0       180      Jr.        Glenville          Atlanta, Ga.                 Ole Miss
RS       Quashah Carter           5-7       158      Fr.       IUP                 Philadelphia, Pa.         Simon Gratz
RS       Ashton Dulin              6-2       210      Sr.       Malone            Reynoldsburg, Oh.      Reynoldsburg
RS       Nysir Minney-Gratz    5-9       160      So.       Lock Haven    Easton, Pa.                  Easton
RS       Dante Redwood          5-10     185      Sr.       Mercyhurst      North Ridgeville, Oh. Grafton Midview
RS       Marvelle Ross             5-9       160      Jr.        Notre Dame     Cleveland, Oh.            V. Angela/St. Joseph
RS       Nazir Streater              5-10     185      So.       LIU-Post         Palmyra, N.j.               Camden Catholic