BROOKFIELD, Ill. — Nine members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference runner-up Slippery Rock University football team were named Monday afternoon as members of the Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region Committee's 2013 NCAA Division II All-Super Region One squad.

The Rock had the second-highest number of first-team selections and tied for the second-highest total number of student-athletes honored among the 49 Super Region 1 teams.

Region champion West Chester placed five players on the first team, while The Rock had four and regional runner-up Shepherd and PSAC champion Bloomsburg had three each.

Shepherd led the overall squad with 10 selections, Bloomsburg and Slippery Rock had nine each, New Haven posted seven and West Chester, Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg each had six players honored.

Senior quarterback Nigel Barksdale, senior punter James McCombie, senior wide receiver John Schademan and redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Cory Tucker each earned first-team status to headline the list of Rock student-athletes honored.


The first-team and second-team All-Region selections advance to a national ballot from which the 2013 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team will be named later this month.

The Hansen committee all-region honors were the latest in a long list of postseason awards presented to Rock football student-athletes.

All nine Hansen first-team all-region selections earned first-team All-PSAC-West honors, as did senior linebacker Gary Allen.

The Rock also placed five players on the All-PSAC-West second team. That group included juniors Teddy Blakeman (running back), Julian Harrell (tight end) and Matt Peacock (defensive line), sophomore wide receiver Jaimire Dutrieuille and redshirt freshman running back Shamar Greene.

All four of The Rock's first-team Hansen committee all-region performers had previously received Daktronics first-team all-region honors in voting by sports information directors. McCombie subsequently earned second-team All-America honors in that competition.

Dean had earned second-team All-America honors from BSN and was also a second-team Daktronics all-region selection.

Barksdale, McCombie and Schademan also earned third-team All-America honors from Beyond Sports Network, while Tucker was named to the BSN's honorable-mention list.

Rock head coach George Mihalik was named by his peers as both the American Football Coaches Association Division II Super Region 1 and PSAC-West Coach of the Year award recipient.

The Rock finished the 2013 season with a 9-3 win-loss record, claimed their second PSAC-West championship in the last three seasons and earned their first NCAA Division II playoff berth since 1999. The Green and White were also ranked 21st in the final AFCA Division II Coaches' Top 25 national poll and 23rd in the final D2Football.com national poll.

Bloomsburg senior running back Franklyn Quiteh, the 2013 recipient of the Harlon Hill Trophy awarded to the top Division II football player in the nation, was named as the Hansen committee's Super Region 1 Offensive Player of the Year, while Shippensburg defensive end Jake Metz was selected as the region's Defensive Player of the Year.

Shepherd freshman return specialist C.J. Davis garnered the Special Teams Player of the Year honor, New Haven cornerback Najae Brown was named Freshman of the Year and West Chester head coach Bill Zwaan received the Super Region 1 Coach of the Year honor.

The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988.  Don Hansen's Football Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.

Super Region 1 is compiled of 49 football-playing universities from four conferences including the PSAC, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Mountain East Conference and Northeast-10 Conference. A total of 40 teams and 130 players were represented on this year's Hansen all-region teams.

The complete list of Hansen Super Region 1 selections included:

Quarterback: Nigel Barksdale, sr., Slippery Rock. Running Back: Franklyn Quiteh, sr., Bloomsburg; Rahmann Lee, so., Glenville State; and Jansen Jones, sr., Gannon. Fullback: Thomas Tippett, sr., East Stroudsburg. Wide Receiver: John Schademan, sr., Slippery Rock; Trevor Harman, jr., Shippensburg and James Long, sr., Virginia-Wise. Tight End: Scott Simonson, sr., Assumption. Center: Derek Schatz, jr., West Chester. Guard: Chris Biondi, sr., New Haven; Brian Clarke, sr., Bloomsburg and Trey Farmer, sr., West Chester. Tackle: Cory Tucker, r-so., Slippery Rock; Matt Feiler, sr., Bloomsburg and Isaiah Shelton, jr., Shepherd. All-Purpose: Rondell White, sr., West Chester. Placekicker: Steven Wakefield, sr., Mercyhurst.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Line: Shonquez Nelson, sr., St. Augustine; Donnie Owens, sr., Winston-Salem State and Khalid Pitts, sr., Assumption. Defensive End: Robert Hayes, sr., Shepherd; Julian Howsare, so., Clarion and Jake Metz, sr., Shippensburg. Linebacker: Carlos Fields, sr., Winston-Salem State; Isaiah Fleming, jr., Cheyney; Brian Harrington, jr., Stonehill; Ronell Williams, jr., West Chester; and Tyler Zimmer, jr., Seton Hill. Cornerback: Darnell Evans, jr., Shaw and Al-Hajj Shabazz, jr., West Chester. Safety: Terrell Holloway, sr., Indiana (Pa.); Davon Marion, sr., Concord and Dewey McDonald, sr., California (Pa.). Punter: James McCombie, sr., Slippery Rock. Return Specialist: C.J. Davis, fr., Shepherd.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback: Zach Zulli, sr., Shippensburg and Joe Clancy, sr., Merrimack. Running Back: Jordan Anderson, sr., Virginia State; Pedro Powell, sr., Notre Dame (Ohio) and De'Antwan Williams, sr., Indiana (Pa.). Fullback: Matt Wenrich, sr., Bloomsburg. Wide Receiver: Robert Bleiler, sr., East Stroudsburg; Jere Brown, so., Merrimack and Nate Robitaille, jr., Stonehill. Tight End: Steve Jones, jr., East Stroudsburg. Center: Jack Abercrombie, jr., California (Pa.). Guard: Mike Hubbard, sr., Merrimack and Jordan Dixon, sr., Shepherd. Tackle: Byron Dovales, s., Indiana (Pa.). All-Purpose: Marquise Grizzle, so., Shaw. Placekicker: Dan Fisher, sr., Bloomsburg.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Line: Chris Kennedy, sr., Bloomsburg and Bryan Thomson, jr., East Stroudsburg. End:
Howard Jones, sr., Shepherd and Larry Webster, sr., Bloomsburg. Linebacker: Levi Barber, jr., Shepherd;
Carl Fleming, sr., Indiana (Pa.); Jake Lilly, sr., Concord and Chaz Robinson, sr., St. Augustine. Cornerback:
Anthony Saunders, sr., Slippery Rock and Darren Elliott, sr., Glenville State. Safety: Tyriq Kershaw, sr.,
Shippensburg and Corey Washington, sr., Shepherd. Punter: Andrew Cerrett, so., California (Pa.). Return Specialist: Mike DeCaro, sr., New Haven.

THIRD TEAM OFFENSE
Quarterback: Rudy Johnson, jr., Winston-Salem State; D.J. Mendenhall, sr., Urbana and Matt Soltes, so., East Stroudsburg. Running Back: Brandon Brown-Dukes, so., Mercyhurst; Allen Cross, so., Shepherd and Robert Healy, fr., East Stroudsburg. Fullback: Taylor Franz, sr., Charleston and Dom Maggio, jr., Indiana (Pa.). Wide Receiver: Justin Bernard, jr., St. Anselm; Jack Foy, sr., Notre Dame (Ohio); Jeff Hill, jr., Bentley; Robert Holland, sr., Chowan; Sheldon Mayer, jr., Shippensburg; Joe Webb, sr., Urbana and Mike Williams, sr., California (Pa.). Tight End: Mike Flacco, so., New Haven and Khari Lee, jr., Bowie State. Center: George Grosz, jr., American International; Rustin Mayorga, jr., Concord; Jon Rasnick, sr., Glenville State and Chris Steck, sr., Bloomsburg. Guard: Mike Charmo, sr., Indiana (Pa.); Omar Fahnbulleh, sr.,  Bowie State; Ben Gysin, jr., Mercyhurst and Dan Naja, jr., American International. Tackle: Justin Bathurst, sr., West Chester; Viondy Merisma, sr., American International and Michael Sabb, sr., Winston-Salem State. All-Purpose: Keith Charles, sr., Saint Anselm and Mike DeCaro, sr., New Haven. Placekicker: Bryan Arbes, so., West Liberty; Mario Diaz-Aviles, jr., Bowie State; Tad Beuchert, sr., Assumption and Ryan Earls, so., Shepherd.

THIRD TEAM DEFENSE
Defensive Line: Tony Papley, sr., Slippery Rock; Derek Walker, sr., Slippery Rock; Alex Dyer, gr., New Haven; Mike Franklin, sr., Shepherd; Ron Lewis, jr., Virginia State and Nate Maleski, sr., West Liberty. Defensive End: Ariene Gardner, sr., Cheyney; Derrick Mann, jr., Assumption; Anthony McDaniel, jr., Bowie State; B.J. Stevens, sr., California (Pa.) and Jovantay Williams, j., Johnson C. Smith. Linebacker: Quindell Dean, sr., Slippery Rock; Rob Bright, sr., LIU-Post; Justin Shirk, jr., Bloomsburg; Jaquawne Simpkins, jr., American International and Ken White, jr., Livingstone. Cornerback: Najae Brown, fr., New Haven; Avery Coleman, sr., Shippensburg; Artis Holt, sr., Merrimack and Sean Smith, sr., Virginia State. Safety: Austin Miele, jr., Slippery Rock; Mike Bates, sr., Assumption; Michael Johnson, jr., Fayetteville State and Nigel Rios, sr., Elizabeth City State. Punter: Antony Greenfield, jr., New Haven; Andrew Huska, so., Concord and Kyle Jaski, jr., Lincoln. Return Specialist: Justin Caliste, jr., Gannon; Darnell Evans, jr., Shaw and James Long, sr., Virginia-Wise.