Roszak Named To "Watch List" For Punter of The Year Award

Kevin Soflkiancs of Baldwin-Wallace College (Ohio), Chris Kemmerer of Buena Vista University (Iowa), Mitch Schaeuble of UW-Eau Claire, Clint Rushing of Austin College (Texas) and Tom Roszak (Sr. • Greenfield) of UW-Oshkosh have been named to the "Watch List" for the 2005 Tom Gilburg Division III Punter of the Year Award.

Presented to the top small college punter in the nation each year by the Franklin & Marshall Football Association based upon the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), D3football.com, Associated Press "Little All-America" and Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-America teams, like the Division I Ray Guy Award, which honors the best punter at a major university, the Gilburg Award honors the punter as a team player and a vital part of winning.

The national leader in punting average last season at 42.7 yards as a freshman, Soflkiancs was named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference first team honors, in addition to earning All-North Region and All-America first team honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette as he punted 55 times for 2,351 yards in 10 games.

Kemmerer finished fourth in the nation in punting average at 41.1 yards in 10 games (64 punts for 2,630 yards) as a sophomore last season. A D3football All-America honorable mention selection, he was named to the Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-West Region third team and Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team.

An All-WIAC honorable mention selection, Schaeuble finished sixth in the nation in punting average at 40.7 yards in 10 games (51 punts for 2,074 yards) as a freshman.

Rushing finished seventh in the nation in punting average in 2004 at 40.5 yards as he kicked 72 times for 2,913 yards in 10 games as a sophomore.

An All-WIAC first team selection, Roszak finished 11th in the nation with a 40.0 yards average in 2004 as he punted 59 times for 2,360 yards as a junior.

Founded in 2004, the Gilburg Award was presented to Franklin & Marshall College (Pa.) All-America punter Dan Eggertsson '05 last season as he was named to the 2004 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches first team, D3football.com All-America second team, Associated Press Little All-America third team and Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-America third team.

The head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College from 1975-2002, Gilburg was a standout punter first at Syracuse University (N.Y.) and later in the National Football League with the Baltimore Colts. A native of Chappaqua, New York, he compiled a 160-112-2 record in football over 28 seasons on the sidelines at F&M, the most wins by a coach in the program's history.

Highlights of Gilburg's 28-years at Franklin & Marshall College include five Centennial Conference Championships (1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995), two Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships (1987 & 1989), eight first team All-America selections and 11 Conference Most Valuable Player honors.