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| Ashton Gronewold |
Ashton Gronewold, who has earned All-America honors for his play on the football field for the last two seasons, is on his way to landing numerous post-season laurels again as he has been selected to the Daktronics All-Southwest region team for the 2007 season.
As a first-team selection, Gronewold will be among the players eligible for All-America honors when that team is announced in December.
A regional finalist for the Harlon Hill Award, Gronewold was selected as an all-purpose player after an outstanding senior year as both a wide receiver and kick returner.
Gronewold currently ranks third in NCAA Division II in all-purpose yards as he finished with a school record 2,250 for the year, thanks in large part to his 87 receptions for 1,009 yards and his average of 28 yards per kickoff return as he had 953 yards in that category.
Gronewold was named as the GLFC's receiver of the year for the second straight season, but was beaten out in the voting for the league's top offensive player by Central State running back Derrick Moss, the GLFC's rushing leader with 1,296 yards.
During the season, he broke the NCAA single-game record with 295 yards in kickoff returns and became the seventh player in Division II history to return two kickoffs for a touchdown in the same game when he brought two scores back for scores against Tiffin.
Gronewold is the holder of nearly every receiving, kickoff return and all-purpose yardage records in school history. He had totals of 278 catches, 3,708 yards and 53 touchdowns. His 58 career touchdowns also included five returns for scores. He also had totals of 1,828 kickoff return yards and 5,992 all-purpose yards which were both UMR records.
2007 Daktronics Division II SIDs All-Southwest Region Football Team
First Team Offense
OL: Tony Burson, Sr., Midwestern State
OL: Sam Collins, Jr., Abilene Christian
OL: Reid Kirby, Jr., Northwest Missouri State
OL: John Strand, Sr., Chadron (Neb.) State
OL: Nathan Young, Sr., Abilene Christian
TE: Kolo Kapanui, Sr., West Texas A&M
WR: Johnny Knox, Jr., Abilene Christian
WR: Nick Smart, Sr., Southwest Baptist
QB: Daniel Polk, Sr., Midwestern State
RB: Danny Woodhead, Sr., Chadron State
RB: Bernard Scott, Jr., Abilene Christian
RB: Xavier Omon, Sr., Northwest Missouri State
AP: Ashton Gronewold, Sr., Missouri-Rolla
K: Jared Keating, Jr., Mesa State
First Team Defense
DL: Brandon Swain, Jr., West Texas A&M
DL: Kurt Kissner, Sr., Mesa State
DL: Jason Hill, Sr., Fort Hays State
LB: Jared Brock, Jr., West Texas A&M
LB: Will Clewis, Sr., Central Oklahoma
LB: Jared Erspamer, Sr., Northwest Missouri State
LB: Cody Stutts, Sr., Abilene Christian
CB: Cary Williams, Sr., Washburn
CB: Rod Mosley, Sr., Texas A&M-Kingsville
S: Ranardrick Phillips, Sr., Tarleton State
S: Kendall Ricketts, Sr., Central Missouri
P: Wayne Durham, Sr., Adams State
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