Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Assistant Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
GRINNELL, Iowa – Today, the Midwest Conference (MWC) announced the All-Conference and individual award recipients for the 2021 football season.
This year’s 70-member team is led by Offensive Line MVP
Anthony DerManulian of Lake Forest College, Offensive Skill MVP
Nicholas D’Ambrose from the University of Chicago, Defensive Line MVP
Korbyn Personett of Monmouth College, Defensive Skill MVP
Dante Esposito of Lake Forest College, and Newcomer of the Year
Tre Stewart of Lake Forest College.
DerManulian was a large part of the success of the Forester offense that rushed for 30 touchdowns and 1,666 yards this season.
D’Ambrose led the league in rushing with 1,557 yards on 208 attempts, while also scoring a league-best 18 touchdowns. His final overall tally for the season set a school-record 1,712 yards rushing for UChicago, good for second in Division III.
Personett led the league and all of Division III in sacks and tackles for loss with 15 and 25, respectively.
Esposito led the league in interceptions with 7 on the year, accounting for 121 yards and 1 touchdown.
Stewart passed for 1,586 yards and 18 touchdowns this season. He also completed 112 passes on 177 attempts for a 63.3 pass completion percentage.
Lake Forest College head coach,
Jim Catanzaro was voted Coach of the Year by his peers. The Foresters went undefeated in regular season play, winning their first MWC championship since 2012. Lake Forest captured the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Football Playoffs and will compete in the opening round this Saturday.
Recognized as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative gpa on the championship football team,
Vincent Wallace of Lake Forest is the recipient of the 2021 MWC Football Elite 20 award.
The
Beloit College Buccaneers received the Team Sportsmanship Award honor.
The University of Chicago led all teams with 16 All-Conference selections, including 11 First Team and Second Team, followed by Lake Forest College with 12 (9 First Team and 3 Second Team) and Monmouth College with 11 (8 First Team and 3 Second Team) to round out the top three.
The league’s head coaches selected All-MWC First and Second Teams, Defensive & Offensive MVPs, Newcomer of the Year, Coach of the Year, and the recipient of the Team Sportsmanship Award.
The full list of honorees can be found below:
Offensive Line MVP — Anthony DerManulian, Lake Forest College - Sr
Offensive Skill MVP — Nicholas D’Ambrose, University of Chicago - Sr
Defensive Line MVP — Korbyn Personett, Monmouth College - Sr
Defensive Skill MVP — Dante Esposito, Lake Forest College - Jr
Newcomer of the Year — Tre Stewart, Lake Forest College - Jr
Coach of the Year — Jim Catanzaro, Lake Forest College
Elite 20 Award Recipient — Vincent Wallace, Lake Forest College - Jr
Team Sportsmanship Award — Beloit College
First Team All-Conference
Offense
Offensive Linemen
- Michael Bobak, University of Chicago - Sr
- Derek Brown, Monmouth College - Jr
- Connor Cahill, Lake Forest College - Sr
- Andrew Corley, Cornell College - Jr
- Anthony DerManulian, Lake Forest College - Sr
- Mason Lesley, Ripon College - Sr
- Brandon Schillig, University of Chicago - Jr
Running Backs
- Nicholas D’Ambrose, University of Chicago - Sr
- Damon Bonds, Lake Forest College - Sr
Wide Receivers
- A.J. Jackson, Lake Forest College - Jr
- Zack Olson, University of Chicago - Sr
- Matt Quaglia, University of Chicago - Sr
- Jake Uryasz, Monmouth College - Sr
Tight End
- Mason Davis, Cornell College - Sr
Quarterbacks
- Philip Martini, University of Chicago - Sr
- Tre Stewart, Lake Forest College - Jr
Defense
Defensive Linemen
- Alex Bendler, Lake Forest College - Jr
- George Coyle, University of Chicago - Sr
- Davis Govrik, University of Chicago - Sr
- Korbyn Personett, Monmouth College - Sr
- Jaylin Swan, Illinois College - Sr
Linebackers
- Eder Bellegarde, Lawrence University - Sr
- Drake Dietrich, Monmouth College - Sr
- Dominic Johnson, Lake Forest College - Sr
- Evan Otto, Monmouth College - Sr
- Will Skowronski, University of Chicago - So
Defensive Backs
- Zach Bunders, Ripon College - Jr
- Dante Esposito, Lake Forest College - Jr
- Devin Graham, Monmouth College - Jr
- Braedon Junker, University of Chicago - Jr
- Kaleb Plattenberger, Monmouth College - Sr
Special Teams
Kicker
- Will Goodman, University of Chicago - So
Punter
- Addison Fletcher, Monmouth College - Jr
Return Specialist
- A.J. Jackson, Lake Forest College - Jr
Special Teams Player
- Cameron Wicks, Lawrence University - Sr
Second Team All-Conference
Offense
Offensive Linemen
- Garrett Doederlein, Ripon College - Sr
- DJ Jelin, University of Chicago - Jr
- Creed Justice, Knox College - So
- Elijah Moscinski, Illinois College - Jr
- Ian Ramey, Lake Forest College - So
- Matthew Shimko, Monmouth College - Jr
- Kyle Siebenshuh, Illinois College - Sr
Running Backs
- Henderson Francois, Monmouth College - Jr
- Cormac Madigan, Ripon College - Sr
Wide Receivers
- KJ Corley, Illinois College - Sr
- Nathan Graham, Monmouth College - Sr
- Tanner Morris, Lawrence University - Sr
- Dustin Saia, Grinnell College - Sr
Tight End
- Seth Vaughn, Illinois College - Sr
Quarterbacks
- Destin Chance, Illinois College - Jr
- D’Andre Weaver, Lawrence University - Sr
Defense
Defensive Linemen
- Zachary Adams, Lawrence University - Sr
- Drew Gognat, Illinois College - Jr
- Kourosh Hassibi, University of Chicago - So
- Dylon Ross, Ripon College - Sr
- Jamari Tansmore, Lake Forest College - Sr
Linebackers
- Aidan Cappellino, University of Chicago - So
- Colden Clark, Cornell College - Sr
- Brad Guell, Ripon College - Sr
- Kyle Lane, Illinois College - Sr
- Ean Rau, Knox College - Sr
Defensive Backs
- Tyler Bair, Ripon College - Sr
- Cameron Jones, Illinois College - Jr
- Terrell Myers, Lawrence University - Sr
- Aden Nava, University of Chicago - Fr
- Makai Robinson, University of Chicago - Sr
Special Teams
Kicker
- Erik Flores, Ripon College - So
Punter
- Logan Persson, Lake Forest College - Jr
Return Specialist
- Terrell Myers, Lawrence University - Sr
Special Teams Player
- Davis Brumbaugh, Knox College - Jr