Warriors Earn Record Numbers on All-Conference Team

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The 2020 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Football All-Conference Team has been selected after a vote of the league coaches. Midland University had 14 players honored this year, including 7 first-team selections. It is the most first-team members and overall honorees to be named the GPAC All-Conference Team for Midland in program history.
Keenan Smith and Moses Hicks were both named to the first-team offense. Dalton Tremayne was named to the first- and second-team special teams list. Charles Barnes, Zach Acamo, Christian Harmon, and Trevor Havlovic were all named to the first-team defense.
Smith, a senior from Milpitas, California, earned the honor as a running back. Hicks, a sophomore from St. Joseph, Missouri, was named to the team as an offensive lineman. This year the Warriors’ offense ranked 4th in the GPAC in scoring per game with an average of 33.1 points. Smith ranked 4th in the rushing yards with 69.8 yards per game.
Tremayne, a junior from Ponca, Nebraska, earned first-team honors as the kick return specialist and second-team honors as the punt return specialist. He led the league with an average of 30.4 yards per kick return and was 3rd in punt return average with 10.7 yards per return. He has one kickoff return for a touchdown as well.
Barnes, a senior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was named a first-team linebacker as was Acamo, a senior from Bellevue, Nebraska. Barnes and Acamo each had three interceptions on the season with a return for a touchdown as well. Acamo was the third leading tackler in the GPAC with an average of 9.1 per game.
Harmon, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska, earned first-team honors as a defensive back. He helped anchor the defensive secondary once again this season. He had 17 solo tackles on the year and assisted on 4 others, including 1.5 tackles for a loss.
Havlovic, a junior from Prague, Nebraska, earned a spot on the first-team along the defensive line. He was the 6th leading tackler in the GPAC with an average of 7.9 stops per game. He had 4.5 sacks to lead the team.
Second team honors went to Darrin Gentry, a senior from Oakland, California, and Maximus Wold, a sophomore from Bellevue, Nebraska. Gentry earned a spot at wide receiver while Wold was named to the second-team as a slot receiver.
Honorable mentions for Midland were: DeMario Williams (JR, Oakland, Calif., OL), Theo Blum (SR, Wahoo, Neb. LB), Crash Woodle (JR, Papillion, Neb., DB), Jared Quinonez (FR, San Diego, Calif., K), and Austin Harris (JR, Omaha, Neb., TE).
“I’m really proud of our football team this fall while playing in unprecedented times,” commented head coach Jeff Jamrog. “It’s exciting to see so many of our players being honored for their outstanding play on the field. The opposing GPAC coaches vote for the players so it’s great when they recognize their efforts. It is great to see player recognition on the three units of football – special teams, defense, and offense.”
Midland went 5-3 this season in GPAC-only play, placing 4th in the conference standings.
For a complete look at the 2020 All-GPAC Football Team, click here.