Football

Monday, June 23
UNO’s Danielle McCawley and USD’s Frank Leibfarth Named Recipients of NCC Scholar-Athlete Award
Danielle McCawley of Nebraska-Omaha and Frank Leibfarth of South Dakota were named recipients of the 2008 NCC Scholar-Athlete Award as part of the NCC Celebration Dinner at Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, S.D. Saturday evening. MORE >>

Wednesday, February 6
North Cental Conference Institutions Ink 138 in Football
North Central Conference insitutions signed 138 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent or written offers of admission and/or financial aid in football Wednesday, the first day for high school seniors to sign commitments for fall sports. MORE >>


Monday, November 26
Football: November 26
Central Washington advances to Northwest Region final to face Grand Valley State. MORE >>


Weston Dressler
Tuesday, November 20
UND's Weston Dressler Among Final Nine For Harlon Hill Trophy
North Dakota senior wider receiver Weston Dressler has been named one of nine regional finalists in regional voting for the 2007 Harlon Hill Trophy, awarded annually to the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year. MORE >>


Ben Hochstein
Monday, November 19
Four-Time Selection Weston Dressler Highlights All-NCC Football Team
Four-year selection Weston Dressler is joined by seven other repeat selections on the 30-member All-North Central Conference Football First Team selected by the league’s coaches and announced today by the conference office. Nebraska-Omaha’s Pat Behrns was honored as Coach of the Year by his peers for the second consecutive season. MORE >>

Monday, November 19
North Dakota, Central Washington Roll Into NCAA Second Round
North Dakota and Central Washington both posted impressive victories in the first round of the NCAA Division II Football Championship. North Dakota travels to Grand Valley State while Central Washington gets a rematch with league foe Nebraska-Omaha. MORE >>

Wednesday, November 14
Commissioner’s Academic Football Honor Roll Named
The NCC Commisssioner’s Academic Honor Roll for football has been compiled and 119 student-athletes have acheived the honor. To qualify student-athletes must have a minimum 3.20 grade point average, have completed at least two semesters at their current school and have competed against outside competition. MORE >>


Jeff Souder
Monday, November 12
Football: November 12
Rare trio of players - Amos Allen, Ted Schlafke and Weston Dressler - named Offensive Players of the Week while Jeff Souder and Brett Holinka tabbed as Defensive Players and Brett Halfmann punts his way to Special Teams player. Three NCC teams selected to NCAA playoff field. MORE >>

Sunday, November 11
UNO, UND and CWU Selected to NCAA DII Football Championship
Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota and Central Washington received berths to the NCAA Division II Football Championships. Play will begin with Northwest Region action Saturday. MORE >>

Friday, November 9
Four Three-Time Selections Highlight Academic Football Team
Thirty-one student-athletes have been named to the 2007-2008 Academic All-North Central Conference football team selected by a vote of the league’s sports information directors. North Dakota placed eight members on the team while Minnesota Duluth had five representatives on the list. MORE >>

Friday, November 9
Four NCC Players Selected as Harlon Hill Candidates
Mike Reilly of Central Washington, Ben King of Minnesota State, Brian McNeill of Nebraska-Omaha and Weston Dressler of North Dakota will represent the North Central Conference as candidates for the Harlon Hill Trophy. MORE >>


Brian McNeill
Monday, November 5
Football: November 5
Nebraska-Omaha's Brian McNeill and Randy Kush joined by North Dakota teammates Danny Freund and Curtis Dublanko as Player of the Week Selections. MORE >>


Noah Shepard
Monday, October 29
Football: October 29
South Dakota's Noah Shepard & Joel Gentile, Central Washington's Buddy Wood and Nebraska-Omaha's Greg Zuerlein honored. MORE >>


Amos Allen
Monday, October 22
Football: October 22
South Dakota's Amos Allen, Nebraska-Omaha's Zach Miller, St. Cloud State's David Kamin and South Dakota's Frank Leibfarth grab Player of the Week laurels. MORE >>


Grant Smith
Tuesday, October 16
Minnesota State's Grant Smith Named National Player of the Week
Minnesota State's Grant Smith has been named d2football.com's Defensive Player of the Week after collecting a career-high nine tackles in the Maverick win at Minnesota Duluth. MORE >>


Dustin Rice
Monday, October 15
Football: October 15
Minnesota State's Grant Smith and Augustana's Dustin Rice honored as Defensive Players of the Week while Nebraska-Omaha's Brian O'Neill picks up the offensive honor and Augustana's Jason Donnelly honored on special teams. MORE >>


Thursday, October 11
NCC Sweeps First Week of NCAA Regional Rankings
North Central Conference teams are ranked #1 in each of the three NCAA regional polls released this week. MORE >>


Josh Lider
Tuesday, October 9
Western Washington's Josh Lider Named National Player of the Week
Western Washington kicker Josh Lider has been named the national Special Teams Player of the Week by D2football.com. MORE >>


Mike Reilly
Monday, October 8
Football: October 8
Central Washington teammates Mike Reilly and Adam Bighill gain weekly honors along with North Dakota's Rory Manke and Western Washington's Josh Lider. MORE >>


Jeff Souder
Monday, October 1
Football: October 1
Nebraska-Omaha's Brian McNeill and Jeff Souder, North Dakota's Ryan Chappell, Western Washington's Shane Simmons and South Dakota's Tim Stanek collect weekly awards. MORE >>


Garrett Rolsma
Monday, September 24
Football: September 24
North Dakota's Danny Freund, Augustana's Brian Baumgartner and Central Washington's Garrett Rolma take home NCC weekly awards. MORE >>


Ryan Chappell
Monday, September 17
Football: September 17
North Dakota's Ryan Chappell runs to NCC Offensive Player of the Week, Minnesota State's Randy Earl and Minnesota Duluth's Tyler Yelk rack up Defensive Player of the Week honors while Minnesota State's Gerald DeWet nabs Special Teams Player of the Week. MORE >>


Ben King
Tuesday, September 11
MSU's Ben King Named D2Football.com Player of the Week
Minnesota State quarterback Ben King has been named the D2Football.com Offensive Player of the Week, the officials announced Tuesday. MORE >>


Ben King
Monday, September 10
Football: September 10
Minnesota State's Ben King, Nebraska-Omaha's Jeff Souder and St. Cloud State's Brian Cristan grab Player of the Week honors. MORE >>


Noah Shepard
Thursday, September 6
USD’s Shepard Named D2football.com Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Following one of the greatest offensive outputs in school history, The University of South Dakota’s Noah Shepard has been named D2football.com Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Shepard compiled 506 yards of total offense and threw for five touchdowns in the team’s season opener. MORE >>


Adam Perry
Tuesday, September 4
Football: September 4
Western Washington's Adam Perry & Corbin Anderson, South Dakota's Noah Shepard, Minnesota State's Kelvin Rodgers and Minnesota Duluth's Jon Rufeldt chosen as Players of the Week. MORE >>


Dustin Rice
Monday, August 27
Football: August 27
Donte Shackleford of Minnesota State; Danny Freund of North Dakota and Joe Nordin & Dustin Rice of Augustana honored as Players of the Week as the 2007 season gets underway. MORE >>

Monday, August 13
North Dakota Is Preseason Football Favorite For Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year North Dakota has been picked as North Central Conference football favorite in both the preseason media and coaches polls released today. The two samples agreed on the top spot and the bottom two spots, but none of the other six slots were the same in the two polls. MORE >>


Wednesday, July 11
UNO-USD Clash To Be Nationally Televised on CSTV
For the first time in league history a regular-season NCC game will be broadcast nationally when The University South Dakota and the University of Nebraska-Omaha game in November is carried live by the national cable system CSTV. The announcement was made by USD athletic director Joel Nielsen and UNO athletic director David Miller. MORE >>

Monday, May 21
USD’s Mara McGill and UND’s Michael Greenwood Named Recipients of NCC Scholar-Athlete Award
Mara McGill of South Dakota and Michael Greenwood of North Dakota were named recipients of the 2007 NCC Scholar-Athlete Award as part of the NCC Honors Dinner at Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls, S.D. Monday evening. MORE >>


Friday, March 16
South Dakota’s Christian Morton Named Rimington Award Recipient As DII’s Top Center
Christian Morton of The University of South Dakota Football Team has been named the top center in NCAA Division II for the 2006 season. Morton, a two-year starter for the Coyotes, was named the winner of the Rimington Award as the top center, according to an announcement by the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Omaha, Neb., which sponsors the Rimington Award. MORE >>


Frank Leibfarth
Thursday, February 15
South Dakota’s Frank Leibfarth Named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic First Team
Frank Leibfarth, a junior place-kicker on the South Dakota Football Squad, has become the first student-athlete in school and North Central Conference history to be named to the USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team, which was announced by the publication on Thursday. The academic team, selected for the 18th time, includes just 20 students from among 600 applicants nationwide and recognizes full-time undergraduate students for academic and civic achievement. MORE >>

Wednesday, November 15
Commissioner’s Academic Football Honor Roll Named
The NCC Commisssioner’s Academic Honor Roll for football has been compiled and 139 student-athletes have acheived the honor. To qualify student-athletes must have a minimum 3.20 grade point average, have completed at least two semesters at their current school and have competed against outside competition. MORE >>

Monday, November 6
Nine Repeat Selections Highlight Academic Football Team
Twenty-seven student-athletes have been named to the 2006-2007 Academic All-North Central Conference football team selected by a vote of the league’s sports information directors. Central Washington placed six members on the team while North Dakota had five representatives on the list. MORE >>


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