December 16, 2003

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Seven Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) football players were named to the All-America Teams announced by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Don Hansen’s Football Gazette on Tuesday. The AFCA All-America Team is selected by the coaches. The Football Gazette All-America Team is selected by sports information directors.

Wartburg College defensive back Cody Kelley (Tipton, Iowa/Tipton HS) and Simpson College punter Mike Donnenwerth (Sheffield, Iowa/SCMT HS) were both named to the AFCA All-America Team. Kelley was also named to Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-America Second Team and Donnenwerth was named to the Football Gazette All-America Third Team.

Simpson defensive back Kyle Westphal (Fontanelle, Iowa/Nodaway Valley HS) was named to the Football Gazette First Team. Joining Kelley on the Second Team was Buena Vista University linebacker Michael Irvin (Bedford, Iowa/Bedford HS) and Wartburg defensive lineman Vince King (Burlington, Iowa/Burlington HS).

Simpson wide receiver Dusty Kain (Prairie City, Iowa/Prairie City-Monroe HS) and Wartburg offensive lineman Jeff Vories (Bloomington, Minn./Kennedy HS) join Donnenwerth on the Football Gazette Third Team.

Donnenwerth, Kelley and King are now all three-time All-Americans. Donnenwerth was a d3football.com Third Team selection last season. Kelley was a Hewlett-Packard Third Team selection last season. King earned Third Team honors from Don Hansen’s Football Gazette and d3football.com last season.

The complete AFCA All-America Team can be found here. The complete Football Gazette All-America Team can be found here.

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