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VELDHEER, HIETT SHARE SUPER REGION 3 GENE UPSHAW AWARD HONORS

VELDHEER, HIETT SHARE SUPER REGION 3 GENE UPSHAW AWARD HONORS

Winona State Univ. release

WINONA, MN  -- Seniors, Jared Veldheer (Hillsdale College) and Jack Hiett (University of Nebraska at
Kearney) will share the top honors as the representatives of Super Region 3 for The Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award presented by the Manheim Touchdown Club.

The representatives with the top two vote totals will be placed on a national ballot of final eight and the winner will be announced as part of the ceremonies of the Cactus Bowl Dinner on January 7, 2010..
Veldheer received seven (7) first-place votes from the Sports Information Directors of Super Region 3 and  totaled 77 points, while Hiett received six (6) first-place votes in his point total of 77. Each helped their respective squads reach the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Andy Schoonover (Minnesota State Mankato) also received six (6) first-place votes and totaled 72 points to place third in the final vote totals.

The following is the voting breakdown. First-place votes in parenthesis:
77 (7) Jared Veldheer Senior Offensive Tackle Hillsdale College
77 (6) Jack Hiett Senior Center University of Nebraska at Kearney
72 (6) Andy Schoonover Senior Offensive Guard Minnesota State University
39 (1) L.T. Brown Senior Center University of Mary
21 (1) Zach Meints Senior Offensive Guard Colorado School of Mines
20 (1) Benjamin Puffer Senior Offensive Tackle Chadron State College
20 Bill Noethlich Senior Offensive Tackle Southwest Minnesota State University
4 Josh Teeples Senior Nose Guard Adams State College

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Trio of Hillsdale Chargers named to Daktronics Super Region 3 Football Squads

Senior offensive tackle Jared Veldheer and senior defensive end Drew Berube have both been named to the Daktronics Super Region 3 first team offensive and first team defensive football teams respectively. Senior place kicker Mark Petro earned second team offense honors.

Veldheer started all 46 games of his career and never allowed a sack from his left tackle position. He was named first team All-GLIAC this season.

Berube was also named first team All-GLIAC after leading the league in sacks and tackles for loss.

Petro now holds the record for career field goals at Hillsdale with 49 and will be best known for his game-winning 34 yard field goal in overtime against Minnesota State. The win was Hillsdale's first playoff win since joining the Division II ranks in 1990. Petro as well, was an All-GLIAC selection.

Full Team:

Daktronics Super Region 3 Offensive Player of the Year
RB - Joique Bell, Wayne State (MI)

Daktronics Super Region 3 Defensive Player of the Year
LB - Robbie Aurich, Minnesota-Duluth

All-Region First Team Offense
QB - Silas Fluellen, Wayne State (NE)
RB - Joique Bell, Wayne State (MI)
RB - Rustin Dring, Nebraska-Kearney
RB - Isaac Odim, Minnesota-Duluth
WR - Adam Saur, Colorado School of Mines
WR - Frederick Bruno, Wayne State (NE)
TE - Galen Stone, Saginaw Valley State
OL - Ben Puffer, Chadron State
OL - Cameron Bradfield, Grand Valley State
OL - Nick McDonald, Grand Valley State
OL - Jared Veldheer, Hillsdale
OL - Andy Schoonover, Minnesota State-Mankato
OL - jack Hiett, Nebraska-Kearney
PK - Travis Atter, Chadron State
RS - Kelvin Rodgers, Minnesota State-Mankato

All-Region First Team Defense
DL - Marc Schiechl, Colorado School of Mines
DL - Danny Richard, Grand Valley State
DL - Drew Berube, Hillsdale
LB - Oscar Villa, Adams State
LB - Jake Anderson, Bemidji State
LB - Robbie Aurich, Minnesota-Duluth
LB - John Jacobs, Saginaw Valley State
LB - Ryan Reeves, Wayne State (NE)
CB - Anthony Fields, Findlay
CB - Jesse Hamilton, Minnesota State-Mankato
S - Jake Mandelko, Nebraska-Kearney
S - Nate Curran, Upper Iowa
P - Kevin Berg, Chadron State
P - Brian Schmeidebusch, Findlay

All-Region Second Team Offense
QB - Brad Iciek, Grand Valley State
RB - Jake Aberg, Minnesota State-Mankato
TE - Isaac Stockton, Chadron State
WR - Kyle Kaiser, Nebraska-Kearney
WR - Blake Wilson, Southwest Minnesota State
WR - Logan Masters, Wayne State (NE)
OL - Randy Greenbaum, Adams State
OL - L.T. Brown, Mary
OL - Adrian Battles, Minnesota State-Mankato
OL - Jeremy Clark, Minnesota State-Mankato
PK - Mark Petro, Hillsdale
RS - Brandon Harrington, Chadron State

All-Region Second Team Defense
DL - Will Brown, Concordia-St. Paul
DL - Junio Aurnavae, Minnesota State-Mankato
DL - Josh Rohde, Nebraska-Kearney
LB - Bennett Newton, Mesa State
LB - Kevin Klug, Minnesota State-Mankato
LB - Mike LeVand, Saginaw Valley State
CB - Kelvin Rodgers, Minnesota State-Mankato
CB - Ozzie Smith, Nebraska-Kearney
S - Kyle Goracke, Colorado School of Mines
S - Jacob McGuckin, Grand Valley State

Weatherhead, Kegg, Panizzi, Petro and the rest of the Chargers rewrote record book in 2009

So, just how special was the 118th season of Hillsdale College football?

Not to be lost in all of the playoff excitement and stories surrounding this recent run by the Chargers, is a look at just how good this season really was.

We all know it was the Chargers' first D2 playoff appearance and first playoff win but let's look at some of the great individual accomplishments.

Troy Weatherhead's 3348 passing yards is the new single season passing yard record, breaking Mark Nicolet's old mark set in 2007 by 13 yards. His 280 completions breaks his own record 240 set a year ago. Heading into his senior season, Weatherhead sits 439 behind Nicolet and 731 yards behind all-time  leader Bill Skelton in career passing yards.

AJ Kegg set an all-time single season record this year with 85 receptions. He also now sits atop the Hillsdale all-time career receptions list with 195. Kegg finishes his Hillsdale career with 2,383 receiving yards, 209 behind all-time leader Ed House. Also of note in the reception category is Andre Holmes' 77 receptions this season. That places him third on the single-season list.

Vinnie Panizzi broke 2 of Hillsdale College's oldest individual records, both set over 50 years ago by Nate Clark. Panizzi's 150 points is the new single-season high water mark for scoring and his 53 career rushing touchdowns broke Clark's mark of 51 set in 1955. Panizzi's 1442 yards rushing this season is the 4th best single season in Hillsdale history. His 3658 career rushing yards is the second highest career total assembled.

Mark Petro's 49 field goals is the new record for most fieldgoals in a career, breaking the record set by Rick Vear in the early 80's.

Of course there were other tremendous efforts and any of the above mentioned Chargers will tell you that their individual accolades all come from one simple formula: every player, every play.

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