Release courtesy of Scott Nelsen, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, Minnesota State University
Mankato, Minn. -- Wayne State (Mich.) senior
offensive tackle Joe Long and Concordia
University, St. Paul, senior offensive
tackle Tyler Hendrickson have earned spots on the national ballot
for the ninth annual Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year
Award sponsored by the Manheim (Pa.) Touchdown Club.
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The 2011 Upshaw Award winner will be announced on Jan. 22, 2012,
at the East/West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Fla. The winner
will be presented with the Gene Upshaw Award as the NCAA Division
II Lineman of the Year at the Manheim Touchdown Club Banquet in
Lancaster, Pa.
Long, a native of Lapeer, Mich., garnered 13 of 24 first-place
votes in regional voting to go with three second-place votes.
Hendrickson, who hails from St. Paul, Minn., received two
first-place votes and 12 second-place tallies. Long accumulated 96
total points while Hendrickson garnered 66. A year ago, Hendrickson
finished third in the voting with 39 points.
Nebraska Kearney’s Stephen Goodin (Hastings, Neb.) was third
with 42 votes while Michigan Tech’s Todd
Storm (Calumet, Mich.) was fourth with 40 votes and
Colorado State Pueblo’s Ryan Jensen (Fort Morgan, Colo.)
finished fifth with 26 votes.
The region consists of football-playing institutions from the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference,
the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the Rocky Mountain
Athletic Conference. The complete breakdown of votes in the Super
Region Three portion of the 2011 Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of
the Year Award voting was as follows:
|
NCAA Super Region 3 Gene Upshaw Award |
||||
|
Finish |
Name |
School |
1-2-3-4-5 |
Total |
|
1 |
Joe Long |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
13-3-4-3-1 |
96 |
|
2 |
Tyler Hendrickson |
Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) |
2-12-2-0-2 |
66 |
|
3 |
Stephen Goodin |
Nebraska-Kearney |
3-3-2-3-3 |
42 |
|
4 |
Todd Storm |
Michigan Tech |
1-2-5-6-0 |
40 |
|
5 |
Ryan Jensen |
Colorado State Pueblo |
1-1-3-2-4 |
26 |
|
6 |
Cory Immerman |
Bemidji State (Minn.) |
1-0-3-1-3 |
19 |
|
7 |
Cordell Bell |
Minnesota State |
1-1-1-1-4 |
18 |
|
8 |
Connor Wright |
Colorado Mesa |
1-0-1-3-2 |
16 |
|
9 |
Matt Ulrich |
Winona State (Minn.) |
1-0-2-1-2 |
15 |
|
10 |
Tom Hiett |
Chadron State (Neb.) |
0-1-1-0-3 |
10 |
|
11 |
Ben Wardell |
Augustana (S.D.) |
0-1-0-0-1 |
5 |
|
12 |
Jim Green |
Northern State (S.D.) |
0-0-0-2-0 |
4 |
|
13 |
Tyler White |
Ohio Dominican |
0-0-0-1-0 |
2 |
|
T14 |
Matthew Forward |
Northern Michigan |
0-0-0-0-0 |
0 |
|
|
Michael Gritz |
Lake Erie College (Ohio) |
0-0-0-0-0 |
0 |
|
|
Brian Rodas |
Southwest Minnesota State |
0-0-0-0-0 |
0 |
