Kamps Named To All-Region Football Team

Don Hansen's Football Gazette has chosen UW-Oshkosh free safety Keith Kamps to its NCAA Division III All-West Region football team for the 2000 season. Kamps, a junior from Crivitz, was one of 27 players named to the third team. The Football Gazette selects three teams of 27 players each for a total of 81 honorees. Players named to the All-West Region first and second teams advance to the ballot for All-America consideration.

The seven West Region representatives in the NCAA Division III Playoffs combined for 31 selections. UW-Stout, champion of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, led the way with nine selections. St. John's University, which is playing for the NCAA Division III title on Saturday (Dec. 16) after finishing second in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, followed with six selections.

Kamps had a breakout season for the Titans this past fall, intercepting a team-high six passes to rank seventh in the NCAA Division III. The All-WIAC second team honoree ranked second on the team in tackles with 63, including 32 solo. He also had nine passes broken up and one fumble recovery while starting all 10 games. His statistics are completed by 10 kickoff returns for a 19.6 average and 15 punt returns for a 7.6 average.

Among Kamps' season highlights were 14 tackles and one pass interception in a 37-21 loss to UW-Stout, nine tackles and two pass interceptions in a 38-31 win over UW-Stevens Point and 12 tackles in a 34-0 loss to UW-River Falls.

Kamps started all 10 games for UW-Oshkosh in 1999, totaling 64 tackles, three pass interceptions and two fumble recoveries. In 1998, he had 52 tackles.