KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Washburn Ichabod football team placed 12 members of its squad on the all-MIAA team which was announced today by the conference office. Washburn tallied one first team, three second team, two third team and six honorable mention selections overall.
 
Highlighting the Ichabods' first-team selection is senior offensive lineman Kyle Hinton. Hinton Hinton has been a four-year member of the Ichabods starting the last 34 games making 42 appearances on the offensive line. He has been a three-time all-MIAA selection on the offensive line earning all-region honors in 2018. He also caught his first reception of his career with an 8-yard touchdown pass on Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney in the Ichabods' 57-41 win the season finale.
 
The Ichabods had three selections to the second team including sophomore wide receiver James Letcher, Jr., senior defensive back Josh Wright and junior punter Lane Spiker. This season Letcher was fifth in the MIAA in receiving yards per game with 74.9 and his 5.8 receptions per game was second in the league. Overall, Letcher had 64 receptions for 824 yards adding seven touchdowns.
 
Wright started all 11 games and had 32 tackles with 23 solo stops collecting two interceptions and returned one fumble 47 yards for a touchdown against Missouri Southern. He was second in the MIAA in passes defended with 15 and his 13 pass break-ups were tied for the league lead.
 
Spiker had 36 punts for 1,469 yards and had nine punts of more than 50 yards averaging 40.8 yards per punt helping the Ichabods finish seventh in the nation in net punting at 38.61 yards per punt. His season average of 40.8 ypp ranks eighth on the Ichabod single season chart.
 
On the all-MIAA third team was junior defensive back K.J. Turner and earning his second selection on the team was James Letcher, Jr., as a return specialist.
 
Turner was third on the Ichabods in tackles with 59 total stops adding 35 solo tackles with an interception adding a forced fumble and five pass break-ups.
 
Letcher recorded 27 kickoff returns for 734 yards averaging 27.2 per return including a 100-yard return against Fort Hays State. He was second in the MIAA in kickoff return average and was eighth in the nation.
 
The Ichabods had six named to the honorable mention all-MIAA team. Junior quarterback Mitch Schurig, senior tight end Marcus Meier, sophomore linebacker Grant Bruner, junior running back Zach Willis, sophomore wide receiver Collin Wilson and junior defensive back Marquise Manning were all selected.
 
Schurig passed for 2,319 yards and 21 touchdowns averaging 231.9 yards per game completing 187 of 283 passes setting a school record with his 66.1 completion percentage. He was fourth in the MIAA in passing yards per game and his 2,319 passing yards rank ninth on the Ichabod single season chart and his 21 touchdowns were ninth.
Meier is a two-time honorable mention all-MIAA pick after collecting 12 catches for 180 yards and one touchdown averaging 15.0 yards per catch.
 
Bruner led the Ichabods with 73 tackles recording 8.5 tackles for loss for 28 yards and two sacks with a forced fumble.
 
Willis led the Ichabods in rushing at 63.7 yards per game adding seven touchdowns and 7.6 yards per carry.
 
Wilson was second on the team with 543 receiving yards and 37 receptions with seven touchdowns averaging 49.4 yards per game.
 
Manning recorded 28 tackles with 24 solo stops leading the team with three interceptions.
 
 
Washburn Selections
First Team All-MIAA
Kyle Hinton, Senior, OL
 
Second Team All-MIAA
James Letcher, Jr., Sophomore, WR
Josh Wright, Senior, DB
Lane Spiker, Junior, P
 
Third Team All-MIAA
K.J. Turner, Junior, DB
James Letcher, Jr., Sophomore, KOR/PR
 
Honorable Mention All-MIAA
Mitch Schurig, Junior, QB
Marcus Meier, Senior, TE
Grant Bruner, Sophomore, LB
Zach Willis, Junior, RB
Collin Wilson, Sophomore, WR
Marquise Manning, Junior, DB
 
2019 All-MIAA Football Awards
Offensive Player of the Year - Brook Bolles, QB - Central Missouri
Defensive Player of the Year - Spencer Phillips, DL - Northwest Missouri
Special Teams Player of the Year - Dante Brown, K - Fort Hays State
Freshman of the Year - TJ Davis, All-Purpose/QB - Nebraska Kearney 
Coach of the Year - Jim Svoboda - Central Missouri
 
First-Team
Quarterback - Brook Bolles - Central Missouri
Running Back - Hosea Franklin - Lincoln
Wide Receiver - Shae Wyatt - Central Missouri
Wide Receiver - Lorenzo West - Pittsburg State
Tight End - Zach Davidson - Central Missouri
All-Purpose Back - Harley Hazlett - Fort Hays State
Offensive Line - Jake Heckler - Central Missouri
Offensive Line - Tyler Stilwell - Central Oklahoma
Offensive Line - Austin Unterreiner - Emporia State
Offensive Line - Hayden Eatinger - Missouri Western
Offensive Line - Tanner Owen - Northwest Missouri
Offensive Line - Kyle Hinton - Washburn
Defensive Line -Ubong Udom - Central Missouri
Defensive Line - Hinwa Allieu - Nebraska Kearney
Defensive Line -Spencer Phillips - Northwest Missouri
Defensive Line -Simanu'a Thomas - Pittsburg State
Linebacker - Kolesen Crane - Central Missouri
Linebacker - Jace McDown - Emporia State
Linebacker - Sal Silvio - Nebraska Kearney
Defensive Back- O'Shay Harris - Central Oklahoma
Defensive Back- Lawson Holbert - Emporia State
Defensive Back - Sam Webb - Missouri Western
Defensive Back - Blakey Bayer - Northwest Missouri
Defensive Back - KiAnte Hardin - Pittsburg State
Kicker - Dante Brown - Fort Hays State
Punter - Zach Davidson - Central Missouri
Kick/Punter Returner - Trey Vaval - Missouri Western
 
Second-Team
Quarterback - Chance Fuller - Fort Hays State
Quarterback - Braden Wright - Northwest Missouri
Running Back - Justin Rankin - Northwest Missouri
Wide Receiver - James Letcher, Jr. - Washburn
Wide Receiver - Imoni Donadelle - Northwest Missouri
Tight End - Marqus Andrews - Northwest Missouri
All-Purpose Back - TJ Davis - Nebraska Kearney
Offensive Line - Corey Hoelck - Nebraska Kearney
Offensive Line - Ted Hessing - Fort Hays State
Offensive Line - Shawn Rouse - Missouri Western
Offensive Line - Josh Stoltenberg - Nebraska Kearney
Offensive Line - Ben Sinclair - Pittsburg State
Defensive Line - Javaris Sanders - Fort Hays State
Defensive Line - Parker Bass - Emporia State
Defensive Line - Jordan Ingraham - Nebraska Kearney
Defensive Line - Zach Howard - Northwest Missouri
Defensive Line - Sam Roberts - Northwest Missouri
Linebacker - Richard Jordan - Missouri Southern
Linebacker - Anthony Williams - Missouri Western
Linebacker - Jackson Barnes - Northwest Missouri
Defensive Back- Codie Bell - Central Missouri
Defensive Back- Gary Woods II - Emporia State
Defensive Back - Tanner Hoekmann - Fort Hays State
Defensive Back - Josh Wright - Washburn
Kicker - Parker Sampson - Northwest Missouri
Punter - Lane Spiker - Washburn
Kick/Punt Returner - Lorenzo West - Pittsburg State
 
Third-Team
Quarterback - Wyatt Steigerwald - Missouri Western
Running Back - Devante Turner - Central Missouri
Running Back - David Goodwin - Nebraska Kearney
Wide Receiver - Layne Bieberle - Fort Hays State
Wide Receiver - Dustin Basks - Central Oklahoma
Wide Receiver - Sedarius Young - Nebraska Kearney
Tight End - Daunte McGee - Central Oklahoma
All-Purpose Back - Shamar Griffith - Missouri Western
Offensive Line - Dan Sunderman - Central Missouri
Offensive Line - Amari Angram-Boldin - Fort Hays State
Offensive Line - Nick George - Central Oklahoma
Offensive Line - Steve Williams - Emporia State
Offensive Line -  Jacob Olson - Missouri Western
Offensive Line -  Ryan Spelhaug - Northwest Missouri
Offensive Line - Cole Baughman - Pittsburg State
Defensive Line - Michael Rios - Central Oklahoma
Defensive Line - Dre'Quan Brown - Central Oklahoma
Defensive Line - Marek Thompson - Emporia State
Defensive Line - Zeke Wall - Pittsburg State
Defensive Line - Tyler Baska - Missouri Western
Defensive Line - Cole Morris - Pittsburg State
Linebacker - Bryan Burns - Central Oklahoma
Linebacker - Sam Phillips - Northwest Missouri
Linebacker - Chase Johnston - Pittsburg State
Defensive Back- Jordan Starks - Fort Hays State
Defensive Back- Trey Washington - Northwest Missouri
Defensive Back - Morgan Selemaea - Pittsburg State
Defensive Back - KJ Turner - Washburn
Kicker - Jared Vincent - Pittsburg State
Punter - Todd Morrow - Pittsburg State
Kick/Punt Returner - Devante Turner - Central Missouri
Kick/Punt Returner - James Letcher, Jr. - Washburn
 
Honorable Mentions
 
Central Missouri - Koby Wilkerson - RB, Cameron Saunders - WR, Dominick Puni - OL, Jacob Wiggins - DL, John Embrey - LB, Deven Smith - LB
 
Central Oklahoma - Chandler Garrett - QB, TJ Roberts - RB, Seth Carmack - OL, Jakarri Hunt - DB, Kolby Underwood - DB, Alex Quevedo - K, 
 
Emporia State - Carlos Grace - RB, Estevan Arana - OL, Tyler Banta - OL, - DL, Gee Stanley - LB, Dawson Hammes - LB, Jaedon Pool - DB, Kyle Rinck - DB
 
Fort Hays State - Charles Tigner - RB, Manny Ramsey - WR, Matt Wendelberger - TE, Sheldon Schmidt - DL, Kolt Trachsel - LB, Hayden Kreutzer - DB
 
Lincoln - Cyril Spells - OL, Elex Harris - TE, Jajuan Chambers - DL, JaQuan Mason - DL, Michael Smith - DL, Cody Alexander - DB, 
 
Missouri Southern - Jacob Park - QB, Brian Boyd - WR, Ben Phillips - WR, Keandre Bledsoe - TE, Charles West - APB, Colton Winder - LB
 
Missouri Western - Markel Smith - RB, Cam Grandy - TE, Isaiah Colbert - OL, Arnold Crayton - DL, Cameron Ravenell - DL, Evan Chohon - LB, DJ Stirgus - DB,
 
Nebraska Kearney - Dayton Sealey - RB, Darrius Webb - RB, Kolin Kenton - OL, Kooper Reece - OL, Zach Sullivan - LB, LaRoy James - DB
 
Northeastern State - Kevin Jackson - RB, Caleb Hash - OL, Jason Staggs - OL, Ukoh Essang - DL, Lane Yoder - LB, Ty Nichols - DB,
 
Northwest Missouri - Isaiah Strayhorn - RB, Gabe Bautz - OL, Mike Ehlke - DL, Andy Hessler - LB, Jacob Gassman - DB, Chama Pierre - DB 
 
Pittsburg State - Tyler Adkins - RB, Brenner Clemons - WR, Jackson Krull - TE, Ryan Dodd - OL, Anders Vance - OL, Kaden Roy - LB
 
Washburn - Mitch Schurig - QB, Zach Willis - RB, Collin Wilson - WR,  Marcus Meier - TE, Grant Bruner - LB, Marquise Manning - DB