2013 Cliff Harris Award Nominees Announced

Bison, Featured, Football, Reddies, Tigers | November 20, 2013 by Sporting Life Arkansas | 1 Comment

Four Arkansas football players, Daniel Riley of Harding, Keaton Stigger of Henderson State, Caleb Shannon of Hendrix and Antwion Patterson of Ouachita Baptist have been nominated for the inaugural 2013 Cliff Harris Award, given to the nation’s top small college defensive player of the year.

2013 Cliff Harris Award Nominees

Small College Defensive Player of the Year

First Name	Last Name	Year	Position(s)	College	Division
Drew	Peterson	SR	DB	Albright College	DIII
Keegan	Phalen	JR	SS	Alfred State	DIII
Rush	Seaver	JR	LB	Angelo State	DII
Jamie	Meder	SR	DT	Ashland University	DII
Nathan	Packard	SR	LB	Austin College	DIII
Tyler	Thornton	JR	FS	Azusa Pacific University	DII
Seth	Mathis	SR	LB	Bethel University (Minn.)	DIII
Larry	Webster	SR	DE	Bloomsburg University	DII
Rob	Ruggiero	SR	DL	Bridgewater State University	DIII
Sean	Blomquist	JR	LB	Carroll College	NAIA
Jaycob	Coleman	SR	DB	Carson-Newman	DII
Danny	Sampson	SR	DL	Central College	DIII
Isaiah	Fleming	JR	LB	Cheyney	DII
Jake	Edmiston	SR	LB	Colorado Mesa	DII
Darius	Allen	JR	DL	Colorado State University-Pueblo	DII
Zach	Moore	SR	DE	Concordia-St. Paul	DII
Josh	Licht	SR	DE	Dakota State University (S.D.)	NAIA
Brady	Bonte	SO	LB	Dakota Wesleyan University	NAIA
Tony	Sierra	SR	DB	Defiance College	DIII
Bryan	Thomson	JR	DL	East Stroudsburg University	DII
Paul	Forney	SR	LB	Emory & Henry College	DIII
Donny	Ruggles	SR	DB	Faulkner University	NAIA
Brendan	Wengerter	SR	LB	Franklin & Marshall College	DIII
Adham	Talaat	SR	DE/DT	Gallaudet University	DIII
Brock	Messina	SR	LB	Georgetown College	NAIA
Jason	Gladfelder	SR	LB	Grand View University	NAIA
David	Ternes	JR	DB	Grinnell College	DIII
Josh	Doggett	JR	LB	Hampden-Sydney College	DIII
Jake	Stilwell	SO	DL	Hanover College	DIII
Daniel	Riley	SR	DL	Harding	DII
Keaton	Stigger	SR	LB	Henderson State University	DII
Caleb	Shannon	FR	DB	Hendrix College	DIII
Brady	Harwell	SR	LB	Kansas Wesleyan University	NAIA
Andrew	Stewart	JR	LB	Kentucky Christian University	NAIA
Kolin	Sullivan	SR	LB	Kenyon College	DIII
Zach	Greenwald	JR	DL	Kutztown University	DII
Andre	Carter	SR	LB	LaGrange	DIII
Ed	Dobernig	SR	DB	Lake Forest College	DIII
Isiah	Ross	SR	DB	Langston University	NAIA
Frank	Gaffney	JR	LB	Lebanon Valley College	DIII
Michael	Green	SR	DB	Lenoir-Rhyne	DII
Pierre	Desir	SR	CB	Lindenwood University	DII
Dominique	Forrest	SR	LB	Linfield College	DIII
George	Christas	JR	DB	Lock Haven	DII
Dominic	Graham	SR	LB	Louisiana College	DIII
Joe	Camacho	SR	LB	Mid America Nazerene	NAIA
Zach	Bell	JR	DL	Millsaps College	DIII
Jake	Weddle	JR	LB	Mississippi College	DIII
Chris	Emesih	SR	LB	Missouri S&T	DII
Ty	Phillips	JR	DL	Missouri Valley College	NAIA
Jake	Laux	SR	LB	MIT	DIII
Dane	Pallotto	JR	RB	Norwich University	DIII
Justin	Bell	SR	DB	Ohio Dominican University	DII
Jonathan	Valentine	SR	DL	Ohio Wesleyan University	DIII
Brandon	Ruemler	JR	LB	Olivet Nazarene University	NAIA
Deron	Bruce	JR	DL	Ottawa University	NAIA
Antwion	Patterson	SR	DL	Ouachita Baptist University	DII
Jordan	Patterson	SR	LB	Pacific Lutheran University	DIII
Zach	Lempka	SR	DL	Peru State College	NAIA
Nate	Dreiling	SR	ILB	Pittsburg State University	DII
Alex	Karpstein	SR	DE	Presentation College	NAIA
Ted	Abriel	SR	DL	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	DIII
Dominic	Caruso	JR	LB	Rowan Univeristy	DIII
Shonquez	Nelson	SR	DL	Saint Augustine’s University	DII
Chaz	Robinson	SR	LB	Saint Augustine’s University	DII
Joel	Wimbley	SO	LB	Saint Joseph’s College (IN)	DII
Zach	Dolph	SR	LB	Saint Xavier University	NAIA
Hayden	Stanton	SO	DL	Salve Regina	DIII
Tyler	Zimmer	JR	LB	Seton Hill University	DII
Howard	Jones	SR	DE	Shepherd	DII
Jake	Metz	SR	DE	Shippensburg University	DII
Casey	Chin	SR	LB	Simon Fraser University	DII
Quindell	Dean	SR	LB	Slippery Rock University	DII
Dakota	Winsor	JR	LB	Southern Virginia University	DIII
Jack	Moro	SR	DB	St. Cloud State University	DII
Cam	Smith	SR	DB	St. Olaf	DIII
Brian	Harrington	JR	LB	Stonehill College	DII
Hugh	O’Brien	JR	DL	SUNY Maritime College	DIII
Marquis	Wadley	SR	LB	Tarleton State University	DII
Charles	Tuuau	JR	DL	Texas A&M University-Commerce	DII
Charles	Jones	FR	LB	Texas College	NAIA
Erick	Butler	JR	DL	Thomas More College	DIII
Vincent	Beltrano	SO	DB	University of Chicago	DIII
Grant	Singer	JR	LB	University of Mary	DII
Silvio	Diaz	SR	DL	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	DIII
Curt/Chris	Vandervest	SR	DL	University of Minnesota Duluth	DII
Malcolm	Butler	SR	DB	University of West Alabama	DII
Kyle	Wismer	SR	LB	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	DIII
Ethan	Douglas	SR	LB	Upper Iowa University	DII
Cody	Seibel	SR	LB	UW-Stevens Point	DIII
Chris	Pope	SR	LB	Valdosta State	DII
Nelson	Nwumeh	SR	LB	Washington University in St. Louis	DIII
Brandon	Fedorka	SR	DE	Waynesburg University	DIII
Ronell	Williams	JR	LB	West Chester University (Pa.)	DII
Ethan	Westbrook	SR	DE	West Texas A&M	DII
Nathan	Fleming	SO	LB	Western New England University	DIII
Dylan	Dimter	SR	LB	Widener University	DIII
Jack	Nelson	JR	LB	Willamette University	DIII
Carlos	Fields, Jr	SR	OLB	Winston-Salem State University	DII
Donnie	Owens	SR	DL	Winston-Salem State University	DII