Eureka College senior wide receiver Wes Schmidgall has been selected for the seventh annual D3Football.com All-West Region Third Team.
Schmidgall is the first Eureka football player to earn All-Region accolades from the website and is now eligible for All-America honors from D3Football.com
Schmidgall, who also earned All-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference First Team honors in 2011, led the league and ranked fifth nationally in Division III with 1,247 receiving yards. His 73 receptions ranked second in the UMAC and his 16 touchdowns ranked tied for first.
For his four-year collegiate career that includes numbers from his freshman season at NAIA Culver-Stockton, Schmidgall made 196 catches for 3,631 yards and 43 touchdowns.
The All-West Region Team, selected in balloting by sports information directors and D3football.com staff, were chosen from 212 nominations by Division III member schools. A total of 75 players were chosen. Each All-Region honoree is eligible for the D3Football.com All-America Team that will be announced during the pregame show for the Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III championship game to be played on Dec. 16 in Salem, Va.
Eureka College senior wide receiver Wes Schmidgall has been selected for the seventh annual D3Football.com All-West Region Third Team.
Schmidgall is the first Eureka football player to earn All-Region accolades from the website and is now eligible for All-America honors from D3Football.com
Schmidgall, who also earned All-Upper Midwest Athletic Conference First Team honors in 2011, led the league and ranked fifth nationally in Division III with 1,247 receiving yards. His 73 receptions ranked second in the UMAC and his 16 touchdowns ranked tied for first.
For his four-year collegiate career that includes numbers from his freshman season at NAIA Culver-Stockton, Schmidgall made 196 catches for 3,631 yards and 43 touchdowns.
The All-West Region Team, selected in balloting by sports information directors and D3football.com staff, were chosen from 212 nominations by Division III member schools. A total of 75 players were chosen. Each All-Region honoree is eligible for the D3Football.com All-America Team that will be announced during the pregame show for the Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III championship game to be played on Dec. 16 in Salem, Va.