2019 Fred Mitchell Award preseason Watch List announced

The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes 31 place-kickers for their excellence on the football field for the 2019-2020 season and for continued community service during their off-season. As the list grows, so does our pride in these committed young men.  Now our 11th year of presenting the Fred Mitchell Award, the quality of our watch-list members continues to impress.

“We are once again pleased to recognize the many outstanding college kickers and community-minded individuals who have come to the attention of the Fred Mitchell Award selection committee. We will continue to monitor these kickers and others throughout the 2019 season and take note of their achievements,” said Fred Mitchell.

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 31 place-kickers is as follows:

• Collegiate Division – 10 FCS, 9 Division II, 9 Division III, 2 NAIA, and 1 NJCAA
• State – the place-kickers are from 20 different states (CA (3), CO, FL, GA, ID, IL (2), IN, MA (3), MN, NB, NY, OH (2), SC, TX (2), WA, and WI) and three came from abroad (Saõ Paulo, Brazil, Missisauga, Ont., Canada, and Cabas, France).
• Year – 13 Seniors, 13 Juniors, and 5 Sophomores

In alphabetical order, the Fred Mitchell Award Watch List nominations for 2019 are listed below.

Watch List Players

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JON ALBERTS
Central College (Ill.) – Division III (DIII)

GRAYSON ATKINS
Furman University (Ala.) – Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)

DREW BEVELHIMER
Butler (Ind.) – FCS

JOEY BIEL
Monmouth College (Ill.) – DIII

CASEY BOURQUE
Dakota State University (S.D.) – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)

GRIFFIN BOWES
Wheaton College (Ill.) – DIII

DANTE BROWN
Fort Hays State University (Kan.) – Division II (DII)

GRANT BUCHANAN
Bentley University (Mass.) – DII

MITCHELL CARTER
Colorado State University-Pueblo – DII

BRYCE COONEY
Doane University (Neb.) – NAIA

JOHN CYBAK
Westminster College (Pa.) – DIII

SKYLER DAVIS
Elon University (N.C.) – FCS

SATCHEL DENTON
Ashland University (Ohio) – DII

JACKSON DIETERLE
Ferris State University (Mich.) – Division II

MITCHELL FINERAN
Samford University (Ala.) – FCS

WOJCIECH GASIENICA
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater – DIII

KYLE HACKETT
Hobart College (N.Y.) – DIII

MATT HAITE
Stonehill College (Mass.) – DII

TYLER KNUTSON
St. Thomas University (Minn.) – DIII

SANJAY KRISHNAN
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) – DIII

DANNY LAUDET
Concordia – St. Paul (Minn.) – DII

COREY McCULLOUGH
Alcorn State University (Miss.) – FCS

JAKE McINTYRE
Harvard University (Mass.) – FCS

JONNY MESSINA
Stetson University (Fla.) – FCS

NICK MONGELLI
SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) – DIII

MAX O’ROURKE
University of California at Davis – FCS

ALEX QUEVEDO
University of Central Oklahoma – DII

JOSH SMITH
East Mississippi Community College – National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)

ADAM STAGE
St. Cloud State (Minn.) – DII

TREY TUTTLE
Weber State University – FCS

VICTOR ULMO
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – FCS