2018 Fred Mitchell Award preseason Watch List announced

The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes 34 place-kickers for their excellence on the football field for the 2018-2019 season and for continued community service during their off-season. As the list grows, so does our pride in these committed young men.

“In this, our 10th year of presenting the Fred Mitchell Award, I am especially proud of the caliber of college kickers and community-minded individuals we are privileged to recognize in the 2018 preseason Watch List,” Mitchell said. “We have honored kickers in the past who have gone on to play professionally, and we have highlighted exceptional college kickers who have gone on to pursue successful careers in business, education and social endeavors. This makes me especially proud to have my name associated with this national award.”

The recipient of the Fred Mitchell Award will be announced in mid-December based on performance on the football field and in the community.

The breakdown of the 34 place-kickers is as follows:

• Collegiate Division – 13 FCS, 11 Division II, 9 Division III, and 1 NAIA
• State – the place-kickers play at schools located in 22 different states (AL, CA (3), CT, GA, IL, IN, IA (3), MA (4), MN (3), MO (2), NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, and WI) and two from abroad (Jena, Germany and Saõ Paulo, Brazil).
• Year – 14 Seniors, 16 Juniors, and 4 Sophomores

In alphabetical order, the Fred Mitchell Award Watch List honorees for 2018 are listed below.

Watch List Players

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ISAAC AANERUD
Bemidji State University (Minn.) – Division II

JON ALBERTS
Central College (Iowa) – Division III

ROLDAN ALCOBENDAS
Eastern Washington University (Wash.) – Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)

RYDER ANDREWS
Birmingham-Southern (Alabama) – Division III 

CARLOS ANGUIANO
Southern Nazarene University (Okla.) – Division II

AARON BALL
West Virginia State University (West Virginia) – Division II 

TYLER BASCH
Missouri Western State University – Division II

DREW BEVELHIMER
Butler University (Ind.) – FCS

JOEY BIEL
Monmouth College (Ill.) – Division III

GRANT BUCHANAN
Bentley University (Mass.) – Division II

BRYCE COONEY
Doane University (Neb.) – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)

DANNY DONLEY
Drake University (Iowa) – FCS

AUSTIN ERRTHUM
University of Northern Iowa – FCS

JAMIE FISHER
Lycoming College (Penn.) – Division III

MATT HAITE
Stonehill College (Mass.) – Division II 

NATHAN HIERLIHY
University of Redlands (Calif.) – Division III

SPENCER HERRINGTON
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.) – Division III

JJ JERMAN
East Tennessee State University – FCS

KRISTOV MARTINEZ
Texas A&M-Commerce – Division II

JAKE MCINTYRE
Harvard University (Mass.) – FCS

DEVON MEDEIROS
Sacramento State (Calif.) – FCS

MAX O’ROURKE
University of California, Davis – FCS

DREW PEARSON
University of Wisconsin – Stout – Division III

CHRIS PUZZI
Colgate University (N.Y.) – FCS

ETHAN RATKE
James Madison University (Va.) – FCS

SHEA RODGERS
Newberry College (S.C.) – Division II 

ERIC SACHSE
Trinity College (Conn.) – Division III

JONAS SCHENDERLEIN
Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) – Division II

ADAM STAGE
St. Cloud State University (Minn.) – Division II

BEN STYRON
Missouri S&T – Division II

JUSTIN THOMPSON
Kennesaw State University (Ga.) – FCS

TREY TUTTLE
Weber State University (Utah) – FCS

VICTOR ULMO
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga – FCS

WILLY WARNE
Linfield College (Ore.) – Division III