North Region Team by the Football Gazette
BEREA, OHIO — Five Baldwin-Wallace College football student-athletes have been named to the Don Hansen's Football Gazette Division III All-North Region team, including senior defensive end Ryan Lewis (Holland/ Springfield) and senior middle linebacker Joe George (Massillon/ Perry) who were both named to the first-team.
Joining Lewis and George on the honor squad are sophomore 2004 All-American punter Kevin Soflkiancs (Middleburg Heights/ Midpark) on the second-team and senior defensive tackle Matt Davis (Mineral Ridge) and senior outside linebacker Justin Princehorn (Massillon/ Washington) as honorable mention selections.
Lewis ended his career as one of the best defensive ends to ever wear the Brown & Gold of Baldwin-Wallace College and represented the College inthis year's Aztec Bowl in Toluca, Mexico. Lewis is a three-time All-OAC player who earned first-team All-OAC honors and was tabbed as the OAC Paul Hoernemann Award winner, symbolic of the OAC's Most Valuable Defensive Lineman. He had 57 tackles this season and 167 in his career. Lewis led the OAC with 12 quarterback sacks this year and finished second all-time in school history with 28 overall to go with 46 total tackles for lost yardage. In the classroom, Lewis, a business administration major, carries a 3.1 grade average. In addition, Lewis was a two-time d3football.com All-North Region choice and earned d3football.com All-American accolades this fall.
George ended his career as a three-time Academic All-OAC and two-time All-OAC selection and as B-W's all-time leading tackler with 334 stops during his career. He also is just the second player in B-W history to have two 100-tackle seasons during a career, including having a team-leading 111 stops this fall. The four-year starter had seven sacks and 15 tackles for lost yardage. George was a first-team All-OAC pick this year and a second-team All-OAC choice a year ago. He also earned OAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for an 11-tackle performance in a 17-14 win against John Carroll University on Nov. 12. In the classroom, George carries a 3.612 grade average as a pre-med student, intends to attend medical school and become a doctor. George also was named to the d3football.com All-North Region team and is this year's B-W Most Valuable Player to the Cleveland (Ohio) Touchdown Club. He also earned ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV honors for the second straigt year.
Soflkiancs again was one of the top punters in Division III football as he averaged 39.8 yards per punt in 53 attempts. He also is a repeat first-team All-OAC and Academic All-OAC selection. A year ago, he was a first-team All-OAC and first-team All-North Region pick who was then named as the Don Hansen's Football Gazette North Region Special Teams Player of the Year and as a first-team Division III All-American. In addition this season, Soflkiancs had 11 punts land inside the 20-yard line and his long punt was 66 yards. Soflkiancs is a two-time OAC Special Teams Player of the Week this season and a four-time choice the past two years. In the classroom, Soflkiancs carries a 3.5 grade point average in business administration. He also was named to the d3football.com All-Region squad.
Davis was an All-OAC and Academic All-OAC selection who had his finest season as a collegian this fall. He was fourth on the team in total tackles with 51, including three quarterback sacks and 5.5 tackles for lost yardage. In the classroom, Davis carries a 3.4 grade average and was named as an ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-District IV selection.
Princehorn was a three-time All-OAC and two-time Academic All-OAC selection. He joins George as one of the best linebackers to ever play at B-W. Princehorn was second on the team this season with 77 total tackles and ended his career third all-time at B-W with 260 total stops, including five sacks, 28.5 tackles for lost yardage and six interceptions. He had a career-high 104 tackles as a sophomore in 2003. A year ago, Princehorn was a first-team All-OAC pick and B-W’s Ray E. Watts Most Valuable Defensive Player. In the classroom, Princehorn carries a 3.3 grade point average.
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