July 31, 2009
(portions courtesy of Ryan Workman, Coe College sports information, and Paul Misner, University of Dubuque sports information)

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Coe College senior linebacker Tate Harrison (Nevada, Iowa/Nevada) and University of Dubuque junior wide receiver Michael Zweifel (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) have been named to the 2009 D3football.com preseason All-America team. Both were Second Team selections.

This is the second consecutive season - and third time overall - that a Kohawk football player has been tabbed by the online publication, joining Zak Gordon in 2000 and Tommy Breitbach last season. Breitbach was a second team choice as well, while Gordon was named to the first team.

A second-team D3football.com All-West Region selection after last season, Harrison tallied 120 tackles during the 2008 campaign, tying fellow senior linebacker Calvin Thomas (Westchester, Ill./St. Joseph's) for the second-most in school history for a single season. His 67 solo tackles last year stands as the most in Kohawk history. Harrison was also a First Team All-Iowa Conference selection last year.

Zweifel, who transferred to Dubuque this season from Wisconsin-River Falls, was a D3football.com All-West Region and First Team All-WIAC selection in each of his seasons at River Falls. Last year, he led the WIAC in receptions with 79 and receiving yards with 974. He caught four touchdown passes. He averaged 12.3 yards per catch and averaged 108.2 receiving yards per game. He was named the WIAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 6, 2008, after helping the Falcons beat Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 36-30. He caught 16 passes for 139 yards and scored twice on receptions of 17 and 18 yards. He was named the team's Offensive Player of the Week four times and Special Teams Player of the Week once during the season. In his career, he has caught 176 passes for 2,030 yards and 13 touchdowns. Zweifel was a Second Team D3football.com All-West Region selection in 2007 and a Third Team selection last season.

D3Football.com enters its 11th year of covering all aspects of NCAA Division III college football on a national level.

2009 D3football.com Preseason All-Americans

Offense
QB
First Team - Aaron Fanthorpe, Sr., North Central (Ill.)
Second Team - Alex Tanney, Jr., Monmouth

RB
First Team - DeRon Brown, Sr., MIT; Tunde Ogun, Sr., Christopher Newport
Second Team - Adam Anderson, Sr., Whitworth; Quincy Daniels, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor

WR
First Team - Michael Jennings, Sr., Illinois College; Cecil Shorts, Sr., Mount Union
Second Team - Pat O'Connor, Sr., Dickinson; Michael Zweifel, Jr., Dubuque

TE
First Team - Reed Eason, Jr., Rose-Hulman
Second Team - Jorge Laboy, Sr., Bethany

T
First Team - Blaine Westemeyer, Sr., Augustana; Mike Stoffel, Sr., Johns Hopkins
Second Team - Dan Schwindenhammer, Sr., Monmouth; Jon Milner, Jr., LaGrange

G
First Team -J osh Kotecki, Sr., Monmouth; John Shivers, Sr., Millsaps
Second Team - Kyle Antos, Jr., North Central (Ill.); Colin Berry, Sr., Union

C
First Team - Josh Ostrue, Sr., St. Thomas
Second Team - Chad Schenkel, Jr., Franklin

Defense
DE
First Team - Marcus Ball, Sr., UW-Stout; James Herbert, Sr., Mount Union
Second Team - Anthony White, Sr., UW-Whitewater; Pat Funk, Sr., Aurora

DT
First Team - Matt Williamson, Sr., Mount Union; Gerard Bryant, Sr., St. Lawrence
Second Team - Nick Gunderson, St. John's; Ted Geurds, Sr., Lycoming

LB
First Team - Matt Wenger, Sr., North Central; Randy Wright, Jr., Elmhurst; Matt Scalice, Sr., Ithaca
Second Team - Kyle Gesswein, Jr., Delaware Valley; Tate Harrison, Sr., Coe; Evin O'Sullivan, Sr., Emory and Henry

CB
First Team - Victor Edwards, Sr., Cal Lutheran; Tim Cornish, Jr., Bethel
Second Team - Troney Shumpert, Sr., UW-Whitewater; Derek Sulo, Sr., North Central (Ill.)

S
First Team -Drew McClain, Sr., Mount Union; Michael Tracy, Sr., Hardin-Simmons
Second Team - Joe Welch, Sr., Gustavus Adolphus; Tom Tassinari, Sr., Tufts

Specialists
Kicker
First Team -Jeff Schebler, Sr., UW-Whitewater
Second Team - Alan Munoz, Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor

Punter
First Team - Alex Groh, Sr., Occidental
Second Team - Bobby Eppleman, Jr., Susquehanna

Returner
First Team -Scott Cree, Sr., Waynesburg
Second Team - Caleb Jennings, Jr., Emory and Henry

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