CLARION, PA. — Urbana University seniors
Duray Hall,
Mike Mollohan and
Mikal Toliver have been selected to The Don Hansen Football Gazette 2019 All-Super Region 1 squad, announced by the All-Region Committee earlier this week.
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988. Don Hansen's FB Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.
2019 Harlon Hill Trophy winner Roland Rivers III (QB- Sr. Slippery Rock) was named the Super Region 1 "Offensive Player of the Year" and Christopher Jefferson (SAF- So. Findlay) was selected as the Region "Defensive Player of the Year." The "Freshman of the Year" is West Chester's Ja'Den McKenzie (RB), "Special Teams Player of the Year" was shared by return specialists Marvelle Ross (WR- Sr. Notre Dame) and Ju'An Williams (WR- Gr. New Haven), while Slippery Rock Head Coach Shawn Lutz was named Super Region 1 "Coach of the Year".
The first-and second-team All-Region selections advance to a national ballot from which the 2019 Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-America team will be named in early January.
Slippery Rock had 9 first team selections with Notre Dame getting 6 and IUP 4. The Rock also led with 10 on the All-Region squad with Notre Dame, Kutztown and Shepherd next with 9 and Tiffin and IUP with 8.
