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Three Central Washington players - linebacker Buddy Wood, wide receiver Johnny Spevak and defensive lineman Eugene Germany - have been named to the Football Gazette NCAA Division II Super Regional IV all-star football team.

Last November Wood was also selected to the Daktronics regional team as well as the GNAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. He led a defense that finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation among Division II schools in scoring defense, allowing just 11.9 points per game including 21 to eventual national champion Northwest Missouri State in a 21-20 quarterfinal loss.

Dixie State punter Mike Langston was also named to the Daktronics team and was one of six GNAC players named to the Football Gazette second team. Two more GNAC players were named to the third team. Four players, all from CWU, earned second team Daktronics honors.

Football Gazette: First Team - Johnny Spevak, CWU (WR, 6-3, 200, Sr., Edgewood, WA); Eugene Germany, CWU (DT, 6-3, 276, Jr., Pomona, CA); Buddy Wood, CWU (LB, 6-3, 214, Sr., Chattaroy, WA). Second Team - Randall Eldridge, CWU (RB, 5-9, 192, Sr.,Lynnwood, WA); Tony Quirk, CWU (OT, 6-6, 300, Sr., Ellensburg, WA); Garrett Rolsma, CWU (K, 6-1, 200, Sr., University Place, WA); Kalani Zoller, WOU (DT, 6-4, 300, Jr., Marysville, WA); Caleb Singleton, WOU (S, 6-4, 205, Jr., Salem, OR); Mike Langston, Dixie State (P, 6-2, 200, Jr., Riverside, CA). Third Team - Nick Rocco, Dixie State (DE, 6-0, 225, Jr., Sammamish, WA); Guy Ricciardulli, HSU (CB, 5-11, 200, Jr., Poway, CA).

Daktronics (SIDs): First Team – Buddy Wood, CWU (LB, 6-3, 214, Sr., Chattaroy, WA); Mike Langston, Dixie State (P, 6-2, 200, Jr., Riverside, CA). Second Team – Tony Quirk, CWU (OL, 6-6, 300, Sr., Ellensburg, WA); Johnny Spevak, CWU (WR, 6-3, 200, Sr., Edgewood, WA); Randall Eldridge, CWU (5-9, 192, Sr., Lynnwood, WA); Garrett Rolsma, CWU (K, 6-1, 200, Sr., University Place, WA).

Dixie State Names Scott Brumfield New Head Football Coach

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Scott Brumfield has been named new head football coach at Dixie State College. "I am thrilled that Coach Brumfield accepted the position as our head football coach," Dixie interim athletic director Mo Eckroth said.  

"Our administration and staff realize the challenges he faces.  He possesses all the positive attributes and credentials that will help our student-athletes be successful in the classroom and on the field."

Brumfield has served as the offensive coordinator of the Red Storm for the past four years. Prior to his arrival at Dixie State, Brumfield was the head football coach at Spanish Fork High School (Utah) from 2000-2005. (more)

Rolsma, Spevak Lead West to 16-0 Win

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Former Central Washington kicker Garrett Rolsma kicked three field goals, including a game-record 48-yarder, in leading the West to a 16-0 victory over the East in the 2010 Valero Cactus Bowl all-star game at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville, Tex. Friday night. (Jan. 8)

Rolsma scored 10 of his team's 16 points, and fellow Wildcat Johnny Spevak had five receptions for 37 yards, in the Division II all-star contest.

Rolsma, who finished his CWU career as the all-time leading scorer in school history, had an extra point following the game's only touchdown in the second quarter and added field goals from 48, 34, and 40 yards to cap the scoring for the West.

His first three-pointer set a Cactus Bowl game record and was one yard further than his CWU career long of 47 yards.

Spevak, the 2009 GNAC Offensive Player of the Year and school record holder in virtually every pass receiving category, tied for the West team lead with his five receptions.

Western Oregon Wide Receiver Leads North Past South

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Western Oregon wide receiver Shaun Kauleinamoku hauled in a 32-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter to break a 6-6 and the North went to beat the South 27-21 in the East Coast Bowl in Petersburg, Va. Nov. 28.

Kauleinamoku's catch gave the North a lead which it would never relinquish. He finished the game with two catches for 53 yards.

Kauleinamoku also had a pair of punt returns for 21 and nine yards, respectively.

The East Coast Bowl featured 74 of the best Division I-FCS, II, III and NAIA players from a variety of states. This was the eighth year of the bowl.

All revenue generated from this event is used to award a high school student who will attend a Division I-FCS, II, III or NAIA college with financial assistance.

CWU Linebacker Wood First-Team All-American

Central Washington Buddy Wood has been named to two first team All-American teams. Wood was a first team choice to the AFCA All-American team and was also a Daktronics first team selection, which is selected by the nation's sports information directors. He was the only GNAC player selected to either team.

Wood led the Wildcats in tackles with 111 finishing his career with a school-record 385 tackles. He also led CWU with 17 tackles for loss, five fumble recoveries, five forced fumbles, and three blocked kicks, finishing his career with school and conference records for fumble recoveries, forced fumbles, and fumble recovery touchdowns.

CWU's Bennett NFCA Region Coach of the Year

Central Washington head football coach Blaine Bennett has been named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Regional Coach of the Year for the NCAA Division II Region Five.

Bennett, a 1987 graduate of Whitworth College, guided Central Washington to the program's first No. 1 regular-season national ranking since moving up to the NCAA Division II and helped the Wildcats finish the 2009 regular season as the only undefeated team in the nation.

Central finished the year with a 12-1 overall record after falling in the national quarterfinals to Northwest Missouri State. NMSU went on to claim the NCAA Division II national title. CWU finished the season ranked third in the final AFCA poll.

In his two seasons as Central's head coach, Bennett has posted a 22-3 record for a .880 winning percentage -- the best 25-game start for a coach in CWU football history.

Bennett's three losses have been by a combined 11 points, with two of the defeats coming in the Division II playoffs and the other a three-point, last-second loss at Division I-FCS member Montana in 2008. Overall, Bennett has a 49-35 career head coaching record in eight seasons.

Bennett is the second CWU coach in the program's history to earn AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honors.

Mike Dunbar, who finished his six-year tenure with the Wildcats with a .852 winning percentage (54-9-1 record), won the AFCA College Division II Region Five Coach of the Year award three times (1988, 1989, and 1991).

CWU's Rolsma First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American

Central Washington kicker Garrett Rolsma has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Football Academic All-America College Division first team.

Rolsma is the first football player in GNAC history to earn CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American honors and just the eighth athlete overall in the nine-year history of the conference to earn first team honors.

Rolsma carries a 3.50 grade-point average as an exercise science major and was a three-time academic all-conference choice. He finished his career as CWU's all-time leading scorer with 330 points. He also set school and GNAC records for field goals made in a season (20 in 2009) and a career (53).

Also selected were CWU linebackers Buddy Wood and Adam Bighill and Western Oregon defensive lineman Michael Petrovich. Wood also earned his second academic all-region award. He was also selected in 2007.

A total of 29 student-athletes have been named to the 2009 Great Northwest Athletic Conference academic all-star football team.

Dixie State offensive lineman Craig Johnson and quarterback Judd Thompson have the highest cumulative grade point average among the academic all-stars. Johnson is the leader at 3.82, while Thompson has a 3.71 average. Bighill and Dixie State wide receiver Skyler Ence each have 3.69 GPAs. Dixie State led the academic all-star selections with 12.

Bighill and Dixie State wide receiver Skyler Ence each have 3.69 GPAs. Dixie State led the academic all-star selections with 12.

Two players - Andy Douglas and Sean Fullerton, both of Western Oregon, earned their third GNAC career academic award. Spevak is a four-time academic award winner, twice in the GNAC and twice in the North Central Conference, while Wood is a three-time pick, twice in the GNAC and once in the NCC.

COSIDA ALL-DISTRICT: First Team: Johnny Spevak, CWU (WR, Accounting, Sr., 3.61, Edgewood, WA); Garrett Rolsma, CWU (K, Exercise Science, Sr., 3.50, University Place, WA);Buddy Wood, CWU (LB, Construction Management, Sr., 3.47, Chattaroy, WA); Adam Bighill, CWU (LB, Exercise Science, Jr., 3.68, Montesano, WA); Michael Petrovich, WOU (DL, Biology, 3.47, Jr., Anchorage, AK).