January
13, 2006
CEDAR
RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Central College senior offensive
tackle Ryan Johnson (Britt, Iowa/West Hancock)
and Simpson College senior defensive end Jason Ripke
(Newell, Iowa/Newell-Fonda) were named to Don Hansen’s
Football Gazette All-America Team announced on Thursday.
Both Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) players
were Third Team selections.
Johnson
and Ripke, both of whom were named to the d3football.com All-America
Team in December, are the 10th and eighth players from their
respective institutions to receive Football Gazette All-America
honors in the 18 years the publication has been naming a Division
III All-American Team. Ripke was also a Football Gazette
All-America in 2004 and has now received five All-America
honors in the past two years.
Central
sophomore running back Vance Schuring (Pella,
Iowa/Pella), Coe College senior offensive tackle Sean
Kennedy (Waterloo, Iowa/Columbus), University of Dubuque
senior tight end Josh Staley (Boca Raton, Fla./Olympic
Heights Community) and Loras College senior defensive tackle
Ross Dillavou (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) received
All-American honorable mention from Don Hansen’s Football
Gazette.
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