Aug. 22, 2005
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University wide receiver Andy Olson has been named to the second-team 2005 D2Football.com Preseason All-American Team.
Olson, a senior from Chehalis (W.F. West HS graduate), earlier was named a first-team Don Hansen's Football Gazette Preseason All-American for the second time and a second-team www.CollegeSportsReport.com All-American.
In 2004, Olson was an honorable mention D2football.com All-American, first-team D2football.com and second-team Football Gazette Northwest Region all-star and unanimous first-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star.
He enters the season with a school and GNAC record string of touchdown catches in nine consecutive games (two in seven of those contests). He is currently No.3 among Western career leaders in both touchdown catches (27, 3 short of record) and receptions (150, 31 short of record), and No.4 in receiving yards (2,480, 788 short of record).
Last year, Olson set school and league records when he made 15 touchdown catches and 68 overall receptions for 1,075 yards. He ranked No.9 nationally in receiving yards per game (107.5 avg.) - breaking his own GNAC record - and No.12 in receptions per game (6.8).
Western opens its season Saturday, Aug. 27 (6 p.m. PT), at Mesa State, Colo.
2005 D2Football.com Pre-Season All-Americans
First Team Offense
QB Jimmy Terwilliger 6-0 170 Jr. East Stroudsburg
RB Germaine Race 5-11 225 Jr. Pittsburg State
RB Danny Woodhead 5-8 185 So. Chadron State
WR Brandon Simmons 6-0 190 Sr. West Chester
WR Von Mixon 5-9 180 Sr. Arkansas-Monticello
WR Carlton Brewster 5-11 214 Sr. Ferris State
TE Toussaint Henderson 6-4 233 Jr. Texas A&M-Commerce
OL Jahri Evans 6-4 335 Sr. Bloomsburg
OL Chris Kuper 6-3 303 Sr. North Dakota
OL Chad Weeks 6-3 329 Sr. Pittsburg State
OL Greg Bzorek 6-6 318 Sr. Edinboro
OL Patrick McCoy 6-6 335 Sr. West Texas A&M
First Team Defense
DL Tim Thompson 6-4 250 Sr. Valdosta State
DL Steve Williams 6-3 300 Sr. Northwest Missouri
DL Wilbert Martin 6-3 318 Sr. Texas A&M-Kingsville
DL Clayton Farrell 6-5 260 Sr. Abilene Christian
LB Digger Anderson 6-0 228 Sr. North Dakota
LB Taiwo Onatolu 6-2 224 Sr. Nebraska-Omaha
LB DeAndre Fillmore 5-9 216 Sr. Texas A&M-Kingsville
DB Brent Grimes 5-10 174 Sr. Shippensburg
DB Dan Gagner 6-0 208 Sr. North Dakota
DB Tank Daniels 6-4 245 Sr. Harding
DB Torrance Nunnally 5-11 175 Sr. Shaw
First Team Special Teams
K Scott Greene 6-2 180 Sr. Grand Valley
P Ken Parrish 6-3 202 Sr. East Stroudsburg
RET Danieal Manning 5-11 205 Jr. Abilene Christian
RET Anthony Merritt 6-0 189 Jr. North Alabama
Second Team Offense
QB Scott Eyster 6-3 190 Jr. Delta State
RB Matt Birkel 5-9 210 Sr. St. Cloud State
RB Antoine Bagwell 5-11 185 Sr. California
WR Tymere Zimmerman 6-3 208 Jr. Newberry
WR Andy Olson 6-2 210 Sr. Western Washington
WR J.J. Richard 6-3 205 Sr. Emporia State
TE Josh Rogers 6-3 228 Jr. Arkansas-Tech
OL Lance Ancar 6-1 280 Sr. North Alabama
OL Brian Alderson 6-7 290 Sr. South Dakota
OL David Kopke 6-4 320 Sr. Michigan Tech
OL Josh Bourke 6-7 310 Sr. Grand Valley
OL Pat Egan 6-2 275 Sr. Carson-Newman
Second Team Defense
DL Kolby Fisher 6-2 225 Jr. Catawba
DL Craig Bosch 6-1 255 Jr. Augustana
DL Irving McGuire 5-10 274 Jr. Stillman
DL Ryan Meredith 6-2 237 Jr. Pittsburg State
LB Tim Clarke 6-3 230 Sr. Lenoir-Rhyne
LB John DiGiorgio 6-2 225 Sr. Saginaw Valley
LB Adam McGurk 6-1 215 Sr. Adams State
DB Robert Durham 6-0 186 Sr. Tuskegee
DB Luke Lokanc 6-3 210 Sr. Winona State
DB Devin Conwell 6-2 225 Sr. Ashland
DB Quasi Gary 6-0 181 Sr. Presbyterian
Second Team Special Teams
K Kody Robertson 5-10 210 Jr. Edinboro
P Jeff Williams 6-4 225 Sr. Adams State
RET Rashod Moulton 5-11 190 Jr. Fort Valley State
RET Delanie Walker 6-2 240 Sr. Central Missouri
