Dec. 17, 2004

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University punter Michael Koenen (Sr., Ferndale), wide receiver Andy Olson (Jr., Chehalis/W.F.West) and strong safety Rob White (Sr., Woodinville/Inglemoor) received honorable mention recognition on the 2004 D2football.com All-America football team released today.

Koenen and Olson also were D2football.com All-America honorable mention picks last year, and Koenen earned first-team honors as a sophomore.

Koenen ranked third nationally in punting in 2004 as he averaged 43.5 yards, setting a school record and finishing second among Northwest small college leaders with a career punting average of 43.1 (191 attempts for 8,227 yards). Koenen led the nation in punting (44.9 avg.) as a sophomore, and ranked No.4 nationally (43.4) as a junior.

Koenen, who will compete in the 2005 Cactus Bowl Senior All-Star Game on Jan. 7 at Kingsville, Texas, completed his four-year career as the Northwest small college, Great Northwest Athletic Conference and school record holder in kick scoring with 272 points, converting 43-of-74 field goal attempts and 143-of-150 PATs. He established Western career records for made PATs and kickoffs for touchbacks (73), ranking second among school leaders in PAT attempts and third in both field goals made and attempted.

This past season, Koenen scored 76 points, breaking his own school and league records for PAT (40-of-41, .976) and field goal (12-of-17, .706) percentage, and ranked No.11 nationally in field goals per game (1.2).

Olson set school and GNAC records with 15 touchdown catches and broke his own conference record by averaging 107.5 yards per game. He ranked No.9 nationally in receiving yards per game and No.12 in receptions per game (6.8).

With one season remaining, Olson already ranks No.3 among school career leaders in touchdown catches (27, three short of school record) and receptions (150, 31 short of school record) and No.4 in receiving yards (2,480).

White finished second among Western tackle leaders with 71 after leading the team the past two years. He also was the team leader in pass breakups with six and tied for the lead in interceptions with three.

Western finished 6-4 and tied for second in the GNAC at 3-3.

2004 D2Football.com All-Americans

First Team OffenseQB  Chad Friehauf   6-7 210 Sr. Colorado MinesRB  Germaine Race   5-11    224 So. Pittsburg StateRB  Derrick Wimbush 6-2 220 Sr. Fort ValleyRB  Danny Woodhead  5-8 185 Fr. Chadron StateWR  Ellis Debrow    6-3 223 Sr. Delta StateWR  Jamaica Rector  5-10    175 Sr. Northwest MissouriWR  Chris Samp  6-3 215 Sr. Winona StateTE  Leonard Weaver  6-1 240 Sr. Carson-NewmanOL  Nathan Baker    6-4 313 Sr. Pittsburg StateOL  Chris Kuper     6-4 320 Jr. North DakotaOL  Torrey Howard   6-1 295 Sr. Valdosta StateOL  Joe Berger  6-5 290 Sr. Michigan TechOL  Jhari Evans 6-4 340 Jr. Bloomsburg
First Team DefenseDL  Walter Curry    6-4 268 Sr. Albany StateDL  Keyonta Marshall 6-1    290 Sr. Grand Valley StateDL  Reggie Johnson  5-11    275 Sr. Southeastern OklahomaDL  Jacob Galloway  6-5 235 Sr. Central WashingtonLB  Digger Anderson 6-0 236 Jr. North DakotaLB  Taiwo Onatolu   6-2 215 Jr. Nebraska-OmahaLB  Kevin Myers 5-11    210 Sr. Ferris StateLB  Moises Gordon   6-1 220 Sr. LivingstoneDB  Walter Williams 6-0 175 Sr. Fayetteville StateDB  Brent Grimes    5-10    174 Jr. ShippensburgDB  Evan Oglesby    6-0 180 Sr. North AlabamaDB  Martell Foster  5-11    180 Sr. Northwood
First Team Special TeamsK   Luis Berlanga   5-9 180 Sr. Northwest MissouriK   Will Rhody  6-1 186 Sr. Valdosta StateP   Ken Parrish 6-1 205 Jr. East StroudsburgRET Danieal Manning 5-11    205 So. Abilene ChristianRET Anthony Merritt 6-0 180 So. North Alabama
Second Team OffenseQB  Marc Eddy       6-3 230 Sr. BentleyRB  Matt Birkel 5-9 210 Jr. St. Cloud StateRB  Andre Burke 5-10    205 Jr. EdinboroRB  Michael Alexis  5-6 170 Sr. West GeorgiaWR  Nate Washington 6-0 185 Sr. TiffinWR  Von Mixon       5-9 180 Jr. Arkansas-MonticelloWR  Zach Edwards    5-10    176 So. Central OklahomaTE  Cole Drussa 6-2 230 Sr. Missouri-RollaOL  Greg Bzorek 6-6 318 Jr. EdinboroOL  Daniel Lynch    6-5 295 Sr. CatawbaOL  Reggie Perkins  6-2 250 Sr. Carson-NewmanOL  Chad Weeks  6-3 339 Jr. Pittsburg StateOL  Todd Herremans  6-8 305 Sr. Saginaw Valley
Second Team DefenseDL  Tim Thompson    6-4 240 Jr. Valdosta StateDL  Brian Godfrey   6-3 300 Sr. Slippery RockDL  Steve Williams  6-3 300 Jr. Northwest MissouriDL  Jordan Brumbaugh 6-4    262 Sr. TuskegeeLB  Lucius Hawkins  5-10    185 Sr. Grand ValleyLB  Adam Long       6-1 240 Sr. Northwest MissouriLB  Adam McGurk 6-1 205 Jr. Adams StateLB  Joe Gangemi 5-11    235 Sr. C.W. PostDB  Spencer Fortson 5-8 175 Sr. Valdosta StateDB  Dan Gagner  5-11    199 Jr. North DakotaDB  Andy Bonk       6-2 185 Sr. Michigan TechDB  Ra'Shun Judge   5-10    175 Sr. Tusculum
Second Team Special TeamsK   Scott Greene    6-2 200 Sr. Grand ValleyP   Jeff Williams   6-4 215 Jr. Adams StateRET Rashod Moulton  5-11    190 So. Fort Valley StateRET Delanie Walker  6-2 228 Jr. Central Missouri
Honorable Mention OffenseQB  Cory Allred 5-11    175 Sr. Arkansas-MonticelloQB  Drew Beard  5-10    175 Sr. Southeastern OklahomaQB  Dan Mettlach    6-0 186 Sr. Michigan TechQB  Neal Philpot    6-4 254 Sr. Pittsburg StateQB  Mark Radlinski  6-2 228 Sr. Saginaw ValleyQB  Luke Samples    6-3 235 Sr. CatawbaQB  Jimmy Terwilliger 5-11  190 So. East StroudsburgQB  Fabian Walker   6-2 219 Sr. Valdosta StateRB  Antoine Bagwell 5-11    185 Jr. CaliforniaRB  Jamar Day       5-11    205 Jr. Nebraska-OmahaRB  John Kuhn       6-1 247 Sr. ShippensburgRB  Lee Marana  5-11    185 So. Michigan TechRB  Xavier Omon 6-0 210 Fr. Northwest MissouriRB  Tyran Robinson  5-9 185 Sr. Valdosta StateRB  R.J. Rollins    5-11    205 Jr. Minnesota-CrookstonRB  Derrick Ross    6-0 225 Jr. Tarleton StateWR  Carlton Brewster 5-11   200 Jr. Ferris StateWR  Antonio Carter  6-0 180 Sr. Glenville StateWR  Demonte Collins 6-2 205 Fr. Grand Valley StateWR  Dustin Creager  6-1 198 Sr. Humboldt StateWR  Justin Gallas   6-0 180 Jr. Colorado MinesWR  Dallas Mall 6-3 196 Sr. BentleyWR  Andy Olson  6-2 210 Jr. Western WashingtonWR  Elfren Quiles   6-0 205 Fr. MerrimackWR  J.J. Richard    6-2 195 Jr. Emporia StateWR  Brandon Simmons 6-0 190 Jr. West ChesterWR  Maurice Washington 6-2  225 Sr. Texas A&M-KingsvilleTE  Toussant Henderson 6-4  233 So. Texas A&M-CommerceTE  Edward Harper   6-2 237 Sr. Albany StateOL  Lance Ancar 6-1 280 Jr. North AlabamaOL  Mike Brewster   6-4 290 Sr. Michigan TechOL  Kevin Burton    6-2 300 Sr. Southeastern OklahomaOL  Christian Harmeyer 6-4  320 Sr. Minnesota StateOL  Jonathan Hayes  6-4 300 Sr. Arkansas TechOL  Tabika Hickson  6-2 350 Sr. C.W. PostOL  Rodney Magwood  6-3 346 Sr. Albany StateOL  Jim McCarville  6-3 310 Sr. St. Cloud StateOL  Pat McCoy       6-6 335 Jr. West Texas A&MOL  Evan Picton 6-3 278 Sr. Central WashingtonOL  Layne Sievers   6-5 285 Sr. Chadron StateOL  Roy Stroud  6-4 308 Sr. Texas A&M-Kingsville
Honorable Mention DefenseDL  Brandon Beard   6-0 300 Sr. LincolnDL  Whitney Bell    6-2 284 Sr. Ferris StateDL  Justin Brown    6-2 260 Sr. East CentralDL  Scheldon Connor 6-3 260 Sr. North Carolina CentralDL  Cedric Cursh    6-3 215 So. Arkansas TechDL  Clayton Farrell 6-5 260 Jr. Abilene ChristianDL  Kolby Fisher    6-2 225 So. CatawbaDL  David Heiner    6-5 250 Sr. Saint AnselmDL  Ryan Hoffman    6-6 262 Sr. ShippensburgDL  Peter Lazare    6-3 270 Sr. C.W. PostDL  Wilbert Martin  6-3 318 Jr. Texas A&M-KingsvilleDL  Ryan Meredith   6-2 228 So. Pittsburg StateDL  Corey Petersen  6-4 275 Sr. Nebraska-OmahaDL  Tim Schellhammer    6-4 240 Sr. South DakotaDL  Jim Stanek  6-2 275 Sr. Winona StateLB  Sarth Benoit    6-2 248 Sr. Southern ConnecticutLB  Devin Conwell   6-2 225 Jr. AshlandLB  Deandrae Fillmore 5-9   220 Jr. Texas A&M-KingsvilleLB  Seth Fragale    6-2 217 Jr. EdinboroLB  Jeff Howard 6-2 220 Sr. Eastern New MexicoLB  Alan Krutulis   6-1 259 Sr. West Virginia WesleyanLB  Chad Miller 6-3 223 Sr. Pittsburg StateLB  Chris Peavy 6-2 235 Sr. ShawLB  Russ Rabe       6-3 235 Sr. Minnesota-DuluthLB  Charles Roberts 6-1 225 Sr. Fayetteville StateLB  B.J. Russell    6-1 230 Sr. Mesa StateLB  Jason Vanloo    6-3 249 Sr. Central MissouriLB  Blake Walker    6-1 234 Sr. Central WashingtonDB  Matt Crispell   6-2 205 Jr. East StroudsburgDB  Terry Grayson   5-11    195 Sr. Northeastern StateDB  Daniel Leger    6-1 210 Sr. Colorado MinesDB  Luke Lokanc 6-3 210 Jr. Winona StateDB  Rob White       6-1  215 Sr. Western Washington
Honorable Mention Special TeamsK   A.J. Haglund    5-8 160 Sr. Central OklahomaK   Kody Robertson  5-10    210 So. EdinboroP   Jeff Carpenter  6-2 186 Jr. West GeorgiaP   Michael Koenen  5-11    192 Sr. Western WashingtonP   Chris Miller    6-2 202 Sr. Texas A&M-CommerceP   Jim Schuler 6-3 210 Sr. MercyhurstRET Weston Dressler 5-8 170 Fr. North DakotaRET Josh Kniess 5-9 180 Jr. Slippery Rock