ARKADELPHIA, Ark. -- The Washburn Ichabod football team placed four players on the D2CCA All-Region team with senior linebacker Grant Bruner and senior return specialist James Letcher, Jr., receiving first team honors while junior offensive lineman Andrew Funk was a second team pick and Letcher joined Funk on the second team as a wide receiver selection.

Letcher, Jr., repeats as a D2CCA first team all-region selection at return specialist after earning the honor in 2021 as well. Letcher is the two-time MIAA Special Teams Player of the Year as well as a two-time first team all-MIAA return specialist. Letcher averaged 26.0 yards per punt return on 11 attempts with two touchdowns including an 89-yard return against Missouri Southern in the season finale.
 
Letcher was a second team wide receiver selection in 2021 and this season he led the MIAA in receiving with 80 receptions, 1,076 yards and 10 touchdowns. He averaged 13.5 yards per catch and a league-best 7.3 receptions per game tallying 97.8 yards per game receiving. Overall, Letcher had 24 more catches and 344 receiving yards than anyone else in the league. Letcher has been a three-time all-MIAA selection at wide receiver with two first team selections and a three-time selection as a return specialist. Letcher also leads the league in all-purpose yards with 1,575 averaging 143.2 yards per game – more than 42 yards of the next closest player.
 
Senior linebacker Grant Bruner also earned first team all-MIAA honors at linebacker as he leads the nation with 137 tackles including a nation-best 80 solo tackles averaging 12.5 tackles per game.
 
Junior offensive lineman Andrew Funk was a first team all-MIAA selection after helping the Ichabods to the fourth-best offense in the league at 401.5 yards per game with the No. 2 passing offense and the No. 6 rushing units. The Ichabod offensive line as a whole was second in the MIAA allowing only 13 sacks this season. Funk was an honorable mention all-MIAA pick in 2021.
 
2021 Washburn D2CCA All-Region selections

 
 
Past D2CCA Division II All-Region selections
2021   Marquise Manning – DB, 1st
James Letcher, Jr. – RS, 1^st
Malick Fall – DL, 1^st
James Letcher, Jr., WR, 2^nd
Colton Dunkle – OL, 2nd
2019  Kyle Hinton, OL, 2nd
2018  James Brania-Hopp, WR, 1st
2013  Bryce Atagi, LB, 1st
         Cameron Jackson, DE, 1st
         Toré Hurst, TE, 2nd
         Justin Linn, PK, 2nd
         Kyle Duncan, OL, 2nd
2012  Steve Dieckhaus, OL, 2nd
2011  Dane Simoneau, QB, 1st
         Brian Folkerts, OL, 1st
         DaJuan Beard, WR, 2nd
2010  Steve Ivanisevic, PK, 1st
         Joe Hastings, WR, 2nd
         Pierre Desir, DB, 2nd
2009  Zach Watkins, LB, 1st (Defensive MVP)
         Eric Lawrence, DE, 2nd
2008  Zach Watkins, LB, 1st
2007  Cary Williams, DB, 1st
         Zach Watkins, LB, 2nd
2006  Trey Lewis, DT, 1st
         Fletcher Terrell, DB, 1st
         Zach Watkins, LB, 2nd
2005  Rudy Sué, OL, 1st
         Grant Gould, LB, 1st
         Fletcher Terrell, DB, 1st
         Fletcher Terrell, KR, 2nd
2004  Sam Sissom, WR, 2nd
2002  Eric Roth, P, 1st
1999  Kevin Wheeler, OL, 2nd
1996  Zuri Stokes, DB, 2nd
1995  Michael Dritlein, WR, 1st
1994  Michael Dritlein, WR, 2nd