Football | 1/7/2019 4:42:00 PM
January 7, 2019-Braxton Marstall earned another post season honor to lead a total of three Hornets on the Don Hansen All-Super Region Three Football team. The senior quarterback from Emporia, Kan. was named second-team quarterback and was joined on the All-Super Region Team by Third-Team selections Landon Nault at running back and Jace McDown at linebacker.
Marstall finished seventh in the Harlon Hill Trophy balloting for the best player in NCAA Division II Football. A five-time MIAA Offensive Player of the Week winner, Marstall was named the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year and finished the season 296 of 478 passes for 3,049 yards and 29 touchdowns through the air while adding 423 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. He led the MIAA in total offense, passing offense, passing TDs, points responsible for, completions and completion percentage while ranking third in rushing touchdowns. He is seventh in the nation in points responsible for, 15th in passing yards, 17th in total offense and 18th in passing touchdowns. He has five games with at least 300 yard passing this season and has thrown multiple touchdown passes in nine games. He is the Emporia State career record holder with 9,918 passing yards, 87 touchdowns passes and 11,156 yards total offense. He is ranked second in the MIAA in career total offense and fifth in career passing in the league.
Nault led the MIAA in total rushing yards and earned second team All-MIAA honors for the Hornets. He had 1,008 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground for Emporia State and had 1,316 combined yards from scrimmage on the season. He led all running backs with 308 receiving yards. Nault became the first Hornet to gain 1,000 rushing yards in a season since Tyler Paul in 2003. He finished sixth at Emporia State with 3,026 career rushing yards, despite playing in an offense that featured the first and second ranked passers in school history along with the most prolific pass catcher in Hornet history. He also earned First-Team Google Cloud Academic All-American honors.
McDown was named Second-Team All-MIAA at linebacker. He led the MIAA in solo tackles, total tackles and forced fumbles while ranking second in the nation in total forced fumbles and fourth in total solo tackles and total tackles.
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, 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 Football 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 2017 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team will be selected. The MIAA has a total of 41 players from ten of the 12 league schools represented on the Hansen All-Region Team.
The Hornets were 8-4 on the season and won the Corsicana Bowl in their fifth trip to the postseason in the last seven years. Emporia State is set to return 39 letter winners including 13 starters, ten on defense and three on offense.
2018 Don Hansen Super-Region Three All-Region Team
Super Region Three Offensive Player of the Year: Jayru Campbell, JR, QB, Ferris State
Super Region Three Defensive Player of the Year: T.J. Winslow, SR, DE, Harding
Super Region Three Special Teams Player of the Year: Dante Brown, JR, PK/P, Fort Hays State
Super Region Three Freshman of the Year: Braden Wright, QB, Northwest Missouri
Super Region Three Coach of the Year: Tyler Fenwick, Missouri S&T
First Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
QB Jayru Campbell 6-5 215 JR Ferris State
FB Cole Chancey 5-10 200 SO Harding
RB Jake Mayon 5-9 200 SR Northern Michigan
RB Al McKeller 5-9 215 SO Indianapolis
WR James Brania-Hopp 6-0 200 SR Washburn
WR Chad Gailliard 6-3 205 SO Saginaw Valley State
WR KaRonce Higgins 6-1 179 SR Southern Arkansas
TE DeAndre Washington 6-2 185 JR Arkansas-Monticello
AP Jake Wenzlick 5-9 183 JR Michigan Tech
C Bryce Bray 6-0 260 SR Harding
OG Keith Pledger 6-1 270 SR Harding
OG Nic Sawyer 6-5 300 SR Ferris State
OT Devon Johnson 6-7 310 SR Ferris State
OT Ben Walling 6-5 295 SR Grand Valley State
PK Dante Brown 5-10 185 JR Fort Hays State
First Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
DE James Prater, Jr. 6-0 244 SR Ashland
DE T.J. Winslow 6-4 250 SR Harding
DT Simanu'a Thomas 6-0 278 JR Pittsburg State
DT Heath Williams 6-2 291 JR Saginaw Valley State
LB Michael Alexander 6-0 235 SR Saginaw Valley State
LB Jose Delgado 5-11 205 SR Fort Hays State
LB Sam Heyboer 6-5 240 SO Ferris State
S Doyin Jibowu 6-2 200 SR Fort Hays State
S Delon Stephenson 5-11 205 JR Ferris State
S Brian Williams 6-1 190 SR Davenport
CB Roderick Chapman 5-9 175 SR Missouri S&T
CB Corey Ballentine 6-0 204 SR Washburn
P Jack Preston 6-2 190 SO East Central (Okla.)
RS Brandin Dandridge 5-10 180 SR Missouri Western
Second Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
QB Braxton Marstall 6-2 207 SR Emporia State
QB Barrett Renner 6-3 206 SR Southern Arkansas
FB Chris Eastburn 6-0 244 SR Arkansas Tech
RB Kris Oliver 5-8 170 SR Ouachita Baptist
RB Darrius Webb 5-9 180 JR Nebraska-Kearney
WR Braxton Graham 5-9 175 SR Missouri S&T
WR Nick Dodson 5-11 180 SR Grand Valley State
WR Kyrion Parker 6-4 200 SR Central Missouri
TE Erik Henneman 6-3 228 SR Lindenwood
AP Devante Turner 5-9 185 SO Central Missouri
C Dan McHale 6-3 261 JR Indianapolis
OG Noah Hammons 6-2 300 SR Central Oklahoma
OG Tommy Richardson 6-4 304 GR Wayne State (Mich.)
OT Ryan Dodd 6-5 300 JR Pittsburg State
OT Zach Flott 6-5 298 SR Northwest Missouri
OT Derrick Puni 6-6 320 SR Central Missouri
PK Tyler Basch 6-1 195 SR Missouri Western
PK Josh Larazo 5-10 155 SO McKendree
Second Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
DE Austen Eskew 6-4 248 SR Northwest Missouri
DE Davondrick Lison 6-2 235 SR Southern Arkansas
DE Tershawn Wharton 6-4 255 JR Missouri S&T
DT Wyatt Parker 6-4 290 SR Fort Hays State
DT Sam Roberts 6-5 265 SO Northwest Missouri
LB Sam Blankenship 6-3 225 SR Harding
LB Bo Brooks 6-4 205 SR Missouri S&T
LB Cody Leonard 6-1 225 SR Quincy
S Anthony Lane 5-9 196 SR Northwest Missouri
S Morgan Selemaea 5-11 196 SO Pittsburg State
CB Keandre Evans 6-0 175 JR Ouachita Baptist
CB O'Shay Harris 6-1 190 JR Central Oklahoma
CB Robert Williams 5-11 164 SR Indianapolis
P Dante Brown 5-10 185 JR Fort Hays State
RS Lawrence Woods 5-9 171 SO Truman
Third Team Offense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
QB Tyler Swart 6-4 260 SR Missouri S&T
QB Bart Williams 6-6 225 SR Grand Valley State
QB Braden Wright 6-2 180 FR Northwest Missouri
FB Tucker Horak 5-10 182 SO Pittsburg State
RB Chawntez Moss 5-11 210 JR Grand Valley State
RB Landon Nault 5-9 193 SR Emporia State
RB Andrew Vaughn 5-10 216 SR Ashland
WR Shawn Bane, Jr. 5-11 170 SR Northwest Missouri
WR Malik Higgins 5-10 180 SR Indianapolis
WR Austin Paritee 6-1 185 JR Grand Valley State
WR Cagney Roberson 6-3 211 SR Oklahoma Baptist
WR Jalyn Williams 6-3 195 SR McKendree
TE Seth Hebert 6-4 245 SR Central Missouri
TE Matt Wendelberger 6-1 250 JR Fort Hays State
AP Lorenzo West 5-11 171 JR Pittsburg State
C Ethan Culberson 6-4 310 SO Grand Valley State
C Hayden Eatinger 6-3 280 JR Missouri Western
C Nicholas Verbeck 6-3 315 SR Truman
OG Amari Angram-Boldin 6-2 340 SO Fort Hays State
OG Josh Elam 6-2 295 JR Missouri S&T
OG Daniel Moore 6-2 285 SR Henderson State
OT Cori Gooseberry 6-3 240 JR Ouachita Baptist
OT Justin Gooseberry 6-4 250 SR Ouachita Baptist
OT Israel Helms 6-5 305 SR Wayne State (Mich.)
OT Kyle Hinton 6-3 310 JR Washburn
OT Tanner Owen 6-5 278 SO Northwest Missouri
PK J.J. McGrath 6-3 210 SR Grand Valley State
PK Satchel Denton 6-0 180 SO Ashland
Third Team Defense
POS NAME HT WT YR SCHOOL
DE Austin Edwards 6-5 275 JR Ferris State
DE Mike Pettis 6-2 248 JR Grand Valley State
DE Sam Reeves 5-8 223 JR Truman
DT Derrick Calloway 6-1 320 SR Davenport
DT Jon Harris 6-5 290 SR Lindenwood
DT Ernest Reed 6-6 285 SR Ouachita Baptist
DT Antonio Washington 6-0 268 SO Southern Arkansas
LB Jace McDown 6-0 215 SO Emporia State
LB Derrick McGreevy 6-2 240 SR Washburn
LB Brendan McMahon 6-3 230 SR Grand Valley State
LB Arric Parker 5-9 180 SR Ouachita Baptist
LB K.J. Reid 6-1 219 SR Arkansas Tech
LB Sal Silvio 5-10 205 JR Nebraska-Kearney
S Jack Richards 5-9 175 SR Northwest Missouri
S Cua Rose 5-10 183 SR Arkansas Tech
S Connor Shedeed 5-11 190 SR Fort Hays State
S Dra Smith 6-2 210 SR Harding
S Jacob Studdard 6-0 185 SR Grand Valley State
CB Brandin Dandridge 5-10 180 SR Missouri Western
CB Frank Herbert 5-11 170 SR Harding
CB Adrian Green 5-11 185 JR Ferris State
CB Lorenzo Watkins 5-11 175 JR Southern Arkansas
CB V'Onte Williams 6-1 205 JR Harding
P Michael James 5-11 180 SR Michigan Tech
P Perry Schmiedeler 5-11 170 SR Washburn
RS Nate Couturier 5-10 157 JR Davenport
RS Horatio Smith 5-9 168 SR Northwestern Oklahoma
