Fred Mitchell Award recognizes 30 kickers for September performances
The Fred Mitchell Award recognizes 31 place-kickers for their excellence on the football field during the month of September and for continued community service during their off-season. As the list grows, so does our pride in these committed young men.
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 30 place-kickers is as follows:
- Collegiate Division – 6 FCS, 8 Division II, 13 Division III, 1 NAIA, and 2 NJCAA
- State – the place-kickers play at schools located in 19 different states. (AL (2), CA, CT (2), GA, IL (3), IA, MA (2), MD (2), MN, MS, NJ, NM, NY (4), PA, SC, TN, TX (2), UT (2), and WI)
- Year – 11 Seniors, 10 Juniors, 7 Sophomores, and 2 Freshmen
In alphabetical order, the Fred Mitchell Award Watch List honorees for 2017 are listed below:
Watch List Players
JON ALBERTS
Central College (Iowa) – Division III
RYDER ANDREWS
Birmingham-Southern (Alabama) – Division III
WILL BRAZILL
California (Penn.) – Division II
GENE CARSON, II
Bowie State (Maryland) – Division II
ZACK DeWITT
Illinois College – Division III
ALEX GALLAND
Yale University (Connecticut) – FCS
MATTHEW HAITE
Stonehill College (Mass.) – Division II
BAILEY HALE
Eastern New Mexico University – Division II
SPENCER HERRINGTON
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.) – Division III
WILLIAM HOLSCHER
SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) – Division III
CHRISTIAN KAPP
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (N.Y.) – Division III
TYLER KNIGHTON
Rowan University (N.J.) – Division III
STEFAN KNOERR
Wheaton College (Illinois) – Division III
ALEX LUCANSKY
Stony Brook (New York) – FCS
MATTHEW MURPHY
Maritime College (New York) – Division III
MAX O’ROURKE
University of California – Davis – FCS
DREW PEARSON
University of Wisconsin – Stout – Division III
SHEA RODGERS
Newberry (S.C.) – Division II
ELIJAH “STORM” RUIZ
Stephen F. Austin (Texas) – FCS
ERIC SACHSE
Trinity College (Conn.) – Division III
KEKOA SASAOKA
Snow College (Utah) – NJCAA
JONAS SCHENDERLEIN
Concordia University, St. Paul (Minn.) – Division II
JUAN SERNA
Fort Valley State University (Georgia) – Division II
SEAN SLATTERY
Illinois State University – FCS
SERGIO SROKA
Tarleton State University (Texas) – Division II
GRIFFIN SUBLETT
Copiah Lincoln Community College (Miss.) – NJCAA
JAMIE SULLIVAN
Johns Hopkins (Maryland) – Division III
PABLO DONDARRA TRAVECEDO
Cumberland University (Tennessee) – NAIA
TREY TUTTLE
Weber State University (Utah) – FCS
CHASE YOUNG
Huntingdon College (Alabama) – Division III
