Trio three-peats on Missouri Valley first team
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Three seniors received Missouri Valley Football Conference first-team honors for the third straight season on Monday.
Earning the three-peat were South Dakota State running back Zach Zenner, Southern Illinois tight end MyCole Pruitt and Missouri State safety Caleb Schaffitzel.
Five other players earned first-team honors for the second consecutive season: Northern Iowa running back David Johnson, offensive tackle Jack Rummells and defensive tackle Xavier Williams; Indiana State linebacker Connor Underwood; and North Dakota State safety Colten Heagle. Each is a senior except for Underwood, who is a junior.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}2014 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
QB - Tre Roberson, Illinois State, Jr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}RB - Marshaun Coprich, Illinois State, Jr.
RB - David Johnson, Northern Iowa, Sr.
RB - Zach Zenner, South Dakota State, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FB - Andrew Bonnet, North Dakota State, Jr.
WR - Lance Lenoir, Jr., Western Illinois, So.
WR - Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State, Fr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TE - MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois, Sr.
OL - Jermaine Barton, Illinois State, Sr.
OL - Trevor Greger, South Dakota State, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}OL - Joe Haeg, North Dakota State, Jr.
OL - Jesse Hinz, North Dakota State, Sr.
OL - Jack Rummells, Northern Iowa, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}K - Michael Schmadeke, Northern Iowa, Jr.
LS - Chris Highland, Illinois State, Sr.
FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DE - Teddy Corwin, Illinois State, Jr.
DE - Kyle Emanuel, North Dakota State, Sr.
DE - Derek Rivers, Youngstown State, So.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DL - Xavier Williams, Northern Iowa, Sr.
LB - Jake Farley, Northern Iowa, Sr.
MLB - Carlton Littlejohn, North Dakota State, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}LB - Pat Meehan, Illinois State, Jr.
LB - Connor Underwood, Indiana State, Jr.
FS - Christian Dudzik, North Dakota State, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}SS - Colten Heagle, North Dakota State, Sr.
SS - Tim Kilfoy, Northern Iowa, Jr.
DB - Caleb Schaffitzel, Missouri State, Sr.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}P - Ben LeCompte, North Dakota State, Jr.
RS - Tay Willis, Southern Illinois, Sr.