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Titan Trio Named To All-WIAC Team

UW-Stevens Point senior quarterback Scott Krause was voted the 2003 Player of the Year, topping the All-WIAC Football Team, which was recently selected by the league coaches.

Krause was a unanimous selection to the first team after leading the conference with 37 touchdown passes, 180.0 passing efficiency, 296.3 passing yards per game and 328.5 yards of total offense per contest. His 37 touchdown passes lead the NCAA Division III and are the fourth-highest total in WIAC history.

Krause, who earned first team honors last season after claiming honorable mention status in 2001, threw for 2,963 yards with just nine interceptions and completed a school record 66.1 percent of his passes this year. He ranks second nationally in passing efficiency and fifth in total offense. Krause threw at least five touchdown passes and surpassed 350 yards passing in four games this season. Krause is the first player to win the league's player of the year award without playing for a team that won the conference title since 1995 when UW-River Falls' Adam Kowles won the honor.

Krause was joined on the first team by teammates Cliff Ruland, Clint Bakken, Nick Haffele and Josh VanderVelden. Ruland, a junior offensive lineman, helped the squad establish a school record with 39.4 points per game. The Pointers lead the league in scoring offense and total offense (460.7 yards), while ranking second in passing offense (297.6 yards).

Bakken, Haffele and VanderVelden directed a defense that leads the league in scoring defense (18.6 points), rushing defense (108.4 yards), passing defense (156.7 yards) and total defense (265.1 yards). Bakken, a senior defensive lineman, was a unanimous selection after registering 36 tackles, seven tackles for loss and four quarterback sacks. He earned second team honors a year ago.
Haffele, a senior linebacker, earned first team honors for the second straight season after claiming second team status in 2001. He ranks fourth in the conference with 91 tackles and has nine tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks with one blocked kick. VanderVelden, a senior defensive lineman, compiled 39 tackles, nine tackles for loss, five quarterback sacks and four fumble recoveries this year.

UW-La Crosse's Andrew Mocadlo, Chester Janke, Scott Burnoski, Andrew McGlenn, Rob Beauchaine, Jeremy Duerr and Dustin Powell earned first team honors after helping the Eagles to their second straight outright league title and 32nd conference crown in school history.

Mocadlo, a senior running back, was a unanimous selection in earning his first career all-league honor. He leads the conference with 163.0 rushing yards per contest and has set single-season school records with 268 rushing attempts and 1,630 yards. Mocadlo established a school and WIAC record with 391 rushing yards against UW-Stout earlier this year and has surpassed 100-yards rushing in six games this season, including 200-yard efforts in his last three contests.

Janke, a senior tight end, earned honorable mention honors the past two seasons and has 13 receptions for 219 yards with one touchdown this year. Burnoski, a junior wide receiver, leads the league with 6.40 receptions per game and ranks second with 98.1 receiving yards per contest. He was a honorable mention pick last season.

McGlenn, a junior offensive lineman, earned his first all-league honor and helped the Eagles rank second in the league in scoring offense (33.0 points) and total offense (459.4 yards).

Beauchaine, Duerr and Powell spearhead an Eagle defense that leads the conference in scoring defense (18.6 points). Beauchaine, a senior defensive back, has 39 tackles this season, seven pass break-ups, two interceptions and two tackles for loss. He was an honorable mention pick a year ago. Duerr, a senior defensive lineman, was a unanimous selection after earning second team honors in 2002. He has compiled six sacks this season, the third-highest total in the league, with 50 tackles and 12 tackles for loss.

Powell, a junior linebacker, earned second team accolades a year ago. This season, he ranks ninth in the league with 79 tackles and has added five tackles for loss, one quarterback sack and one blocked kick.

UW-Whitewater also had seven individuals earn first team honors after the club recorded seven victories, which is the most wins for the school since the 1998 squad had seven victories. Chad Wurth, Kyle Haug, Matt Buenning, Chad Nimm, Andy Lobdell, Andy Walters and Nick Zolper all received first team accolades.

Wurth, a senior, was a unanimous selection as a running back and a kicker. He also earned first team honors at both spots last season (unanimous as a running back) and was a second team choice at running back in 2001 and 2000. Wurth leads the league in scoring with 12.4 points per game and ranks fifth with 98.2 rushing yards per contest. He established a school single-game record with 34 points against UW-Oshkosh and finished his career as UW-Whitewater's all-time leading rusher with 4,311 yards, a total that places him third on the conference's all-time list. Wurth converted all 34 of his extra point opportunities this season and was 12-for-20 on field goal attempts, including a league-long kick of 48 yards against UW-Platteville.

Haug, a senior punter, earned first team honors for the second straight season after earning honorable mention recognition in 2001. He ranks fourth in the league with 36.9 yards per punt and placed 15 kicks inside the 20-yard line, while uncorking the longest kick in the league this year with a 77-yard blast against UW-Stout.

Buenning, a senior offensive lineman, was a unanimous choice after claiming second team honors a year ago. Nimm, a senior center, earned first team honors for the second straight season.

Lobdell, a senior linebacker, was a unanimous pick after ranking sixth in the conference with 85 tackles and placing eighth with 11 tackles for loss. He earned second team honors a year ago. Walters, a junior defensive back, recorded 39 tackles this season with seven pass break-ups, four tackles for loss, three quarterback sacks and three interceptions. Zolper, a junior defensive lineman, was a unanimous selection after ranking second in the league with seven quarterback sacks and registering 28 tackles.

UW-Stout's Luke Bundgaard, Ben Knepper, Kevin Dewey and Joe Kersten received first team honors after the Blue Devils compiled a 4-3 league record for the third straight season.

Bundgaard, a senior running back, was a unanimous selection for the second straight season in earning his third career first team honor. He was a second team pick in 2001. Bundgaard ranks second in the league with 146.1 rushing yards per game on a league-leading 294 carries and 12 touchdown runs. His 1,461 rushing yards this year established a school single-season record, along with his 294 carries. Bundgaard also broke into the WIAC record book, snapping the all-time career rushing mark with 4,427 yards.

Knepper, a senior offensive lineman, was a unanimous pick for the second straight season after helping the Blue Devil offense rank second in the conference in rushing (235.9 yards) and third in total offense (440.1 yards).

Dewey, a senior defensive back, was a unanimous selection after leading the team with 76 tackles and adding five tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks and two forced fumbles. He earned honorable mention recognition in 2001. Kersten, a senior defensive lineman, earned first team honors for the second consecutive year after claiming second team status in 2001. He ranks second in the conference with seven quarterback sacks and fourth with 14 tackles for loss.

UW-Eau Claire's Austin Crow and Mike LaBarbera earned first team recognition for their defensive efforts. Crow, a senior linebacker, was a unanimous pick after claiming second team honors a year ago. He ranks third in the league with 94 tackles, while placing third with six quarterback sacks and eighth with 11 tackles for loss.

LaBarbera, a senior defensive back, earned second team honors a year ago and recorded 53 tackles this season with eight pass break-ups, one interception and one tackle for loss.

UW-River Falls had a pair of individuals earn first team accolades. John Peterlik, a junior all-purpose back, earned his second straight first team honor. He leads the conference with 185.4 all-purpose yards per contest and ranks second with 9.6 points per game and 24.6 yards per kickoff return. Peterlik scored four touchdowns against UW-Eau Claire and UW-Platteville and also had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.).

Owen Schmitt, a freshman fullback, spearheaded the league's top rushing offense by ranking third in the league with 118.1 rushing yards per game and placing sixth with 119.2 all-purpose yards per contest. He surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark in six of nine contests this season.

UW-Platteville's Matt Kent, a senior wide receiver, earned first team honors for the third straight season and ranks fourth in the league with 82.3 receiving yards per game and places seventh with 5.50 receptions per contest. He is the school's all-time receiving yardage leader with 2,960 yards on 175 catches and 30 touchdowns.

Named to the all-league second team offense were: UW-Eau Claire's Brett Etzel (Sr., OL), Erik Ferguson (Sr., WR) and Joe Gast (So., RB), UW-La Crosse's Jedediah Jensen (Jr., K), Steve Tennies (So., QB), Troy VanZile (Jr., OL), UW-Platteville's Dan Lilla (So., P), UW-Stevens Point's Cody Childs (Fr., RB), Kurt Kielblock (Jr., WR) and Robb Kolodziej (Jr., OL), UW-Stout's Mike Klieforth (Sr., OL), Matt Schaeuble (Jr., FB) and Josh Towner (Sr., C) and UW-Whitewater's Derek Stanley (Fr., All-Purp.) and Adam Whittaker (Sr., TE).

Individuals receiving recognition on the all-league second team defense included: UW-Eau Claire's Pat Cummings (Sr., DB), Mike Lansing (Jr., LB) and Dave Maas (Jr., DL), UW-La Crosse's Kenneth Halverson (So., DB), Khary Jeffers (Sr., DL) and Adam Schneider (Jr., LB), UW-Oshkosh's Jason Boehlke (Jr. • DL • Germantown), UW-Platteville's Mitch Repka (Sr., LB), UW-River Falls' Jeff Horton (Sr., DL) and Lewis Parish (So., DB), UW-Stevens Point's LaRon Ragsdale (So., DB), UW-Stout's Matt Mueller (Sr., DL) and UW-Whitewater's Collin Price (Jr., LB).

Receiving honorable mention recognition from UW-Oshkosh were defensive tackle Dustin Drexel (Jr. • Campbellsport) and tight end Chad Lindsley (Sr. • Oconomowoc).

UW-La Crosse head coach Larry Terry was named the George Chryst Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season by the league coaches. He is the first coach to win the award in back-to-back years since UW-La Crosse's Roger Harring claimed the honor from 1991-93.