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| Chris Brinkmeier is the first
lineman to be named a D3football.com regional Offensive Player of
the Year in the 10-year history of the award. Wartburg Circuit photo |
The ninth annual D3football.com All-Region Teams were announced on Dec. 8, 2014.
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools, who were contacted multiple times as the season wound down to remind them to make their players eligible. A record 984 players were nominated nationwide.
All-Region teams were selected in balloting by sports information directors in each region and D3football.com staff. All players nominated for All-Region are eligible to be considered for the D3football.com All-America Team.
2014 D3football.com All-East Region
Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Lemar Johnson,
QB, Morrisville State
Defensive Player of the Year: Tyre Coleman, DE,
Hobart
Coach of the Year: Curt Fitzpatrick, Morrisville
State
2014 D3football.com All-South Region
Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Domonique Hayden,
RB, Thomas More
Defensive Player of the Year: Sosthene
Kapepula, LB, Wesley
Coach of the Year: Mike Drass, Wesley
2014 D3football.com All-North Region
Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Kevin Burke,
QB, Mount Union
Defensive Player of the Year: Cody Buresh, DE,
Wabash
Coach of the Year: Mike Swider, Wheaton
(Ill.)
2014 D3football.com All-West Region
Team
Offensive Player of the Year: Chris Brinkmeier,
T, Wartburg
Defensive Player of the Year: Jacob Zilbar, LB,
UW-Platteville
Coach of the Year: Rick Willis, Wartburg
The 2014 D3football.com All-America team will be announced Friday, Dec. 19, at the Stagg Bowl in Salem, Va.