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Kosjer & Whitehill Named Don Hansen All-Americans

Fort Hays State football seniors Alex Whitehill and Ethan Kosjer added yet another honor to their long list of accomplishments for the 2011 season as they were honored as Don Hansen All-Americans on Thursday, January 19. Kosjer was named to the first team at punter, while Whitehill earned third team honors at linebacker. This is the fourth All-American honor for Whitehill this year and third for Kosjer.

Kosjer has already been named to the Daktronics All-America Second Team and Beyond College Sports Network All-America Third Team. The Douglass, Kan., native led the MIAA in punting average for the second straight season, this year at 44.4 yards per boot. He also led all of Super Region 4 in punting average. Kosjer ended the season ranked third in NCAA Division II in punting average. He set new single-season and career records at FHSU for punting average. His 44.4 yards per kick this year eclipsed the old mark of 43.2 set by Adam Ryan in 2000 and his career average of 42.7 passed the mark of 41.4, also set by Ryan.

Whitehill has been named to the Daktronics All-America First Team, Beyond College Sports Network All-America Second Team, along with a D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention selection. He also has high honors for his work in the classroom this year, earning CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America First Team honors. The McPherson, Kan., native finished the season leading NCAA Division II in tackles with 164, just five short of the Division II single-season record. However, he did set a new school record for tackles in a season, breaking the old mark of 150 set by Junior Hartig in 1979. He also set a new NCAA Division II record for assisted tackles in a season with 106, breaking the old mark of 105 set by Brian Holliday of Fayetteville State in 2002. Whitehill recorded at least 10 tackles in nine of 11 games this year and never had less than seven in a game. He had at least 20 tackles in a game three times this year.

Click on the link below for the entire Don Hansen All-America Team...

Don Hansen Division II All-America Team
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