Sioux City, Iowa – The 2017 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Football All-Conference Team has been selected after a vote of the league coaches on Sunday, November 12.
For the second consecutive year, Dillon Turner of Dakota Wesleyan has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year. Caden McDonald of Morningside was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Steve Ryan of Morningside College was named the Hauff Mid-America/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year.
Morningside was the regular season conference champion for 2017 finishing 8-0 in GPAC play and 11-0 overall. The Mustangs and regular season runner-up, Northwestern, qualified for the NAIA Football Championship Series which opens on Saturday, Nov. 18, with first round action. Morningside will host Sterling (Kan.), while Northwestern will travel to take on Langston (Okla.).
GPAC Football First Team Offense 2017
Position Name School Class Hometown
WR Tanner Ver Steeg Morningside SR Little Rock, Iowa
TE J.C. Koerselman Northwestern SR Boyden, Iowa
OL Levi Rozeboom Dakota Wesleyan JR Inwood, Iowa
GPAC Football First Team Defense 2017
Position Name School Class Hometown
DL Cody Bauman Northwestern SR Inwood, Iowa
DB Bryce Van Beek Northwestern JR Rock Valley, Iowa
GPAC Football Second Team Offense 2017
Position Name School Class Hometown
WR Levi TeBrink Northwestern SR LeMars Iowa
OL Andrew Metzger Morningside SR Rock Rapids, Iowa
Honorable Mention
Northwestern – Tyson Kooima (QB), Taylor Kooi (OL), Blake Eichmann (DB), Jerod Hansen (DB)