NJCAA Announces 2005
Preseason All-American Teams

The Western States Football League again proved to be one of the nation's elite NJCAA conferences as it placed a total of 48 student-athletes on the NJCAA Preseason All-American teams. Glendale and Dixie State led the way with seven players selected while Phoenix and Arizona Western had six players each selected to the squads.

Following is a breakdown of the players selected to the 2005 NJCAA Pre-season All-American Squads from the WSFL.

OFFENSE -- First Team
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
Running Back J.T. Diederichs
6-1
228
Dixie State
Wide Receiver Eric McCain
6-5
200
Glendale
Offensive Lineman Brett Leeds
6-4
280
Glendale

DEFENSE -- First Team
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
DefensiveEnd Louis Holmes
6-6
278
Scottsdale
Linebacker Misi Tupe
6-0
241
Dixie State
Defensive Back Reno Paccioni
5-11
175
Glendale

OFFENSE -- Second Team
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
Offensive Lineman Kawika Vincent
6-4
285
Dixie State
Offensive Lineman Devin Clark
6-4
312
Scottsdale

DEFENSE -- Second Team
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
Linebacker Torrey Huckaby
6-2
210
Glensale
Defensive Back Latron Hickson
5-10
165
Mesa
Punter Matt Barnard
5-11
180
Mesa

OFFENSE -- Honorable Mention
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
Quarterbacks Tim Brockwell
Kyle Harris
Ryan O'Hara
James Pritchard
6-2
5-11
6-6
6-3
225
185
215
218
Glendale
New Mexico Military
Scottsdale
Snow
Tightends Joel Johnson
Chris Cook
6-3
6-3
235
240
Phoenix
Pima
Running Backs Chris Jennings
Marquis Broom
Mike Smith
Johnny Sanchez
Paul Garuis
5-11
5-7
6-0
5-9
5-11
225
155
234
200
205
Arizona Western
Phoenix
Pima
Glendale
New Mexico Military
Wide Receivers Ken Mahone
Eddie Bracy
David Bellfield
Zac Erekson
6-2
6-3
6-0
5-11
210
225
205
190
Mesa
Pima
Arizona Western
Dixie State
Offensive Lineman Kevin Lepert
Joe Faken
James Farrelley
Chris May
6-4
6-5
6-3
6-2
275
275
285
285
Arizona Western
Mesa
Snow
Phoenix
Place Kicker Adrian Vera
6-2
205
Snow

DEFENSE -- Honorable Mention
Pos. Name
Ht.
Wt.
School
Defensive Backs Brandon Sanchez
Troy Osborne
Chris Payne
Brandon Robertson
Jimmy Wright
5-9
5-11
6-0
6-0
5-9
180
190
180
212
180
Dixie State
Phoenix
Pima
Scottsdale
New Mexico Military
Defensive Tackles John Fanene
Tom Flinn
David Ross
6-4
6-4
6-1
265
260
320
Dixie State
Glendale
Phoenix
Linebackers Brandon Birdsall
Gene Fakatumafi
Mike Phillips
Jacob Barsh
Mark Bricker
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-4
6-1
215
236
230
225
225
Arizona Western
Dixie State
Phoenix
Pima
Snow
Defensive Ends Hugo Andrade
Nick Ewalt
Fotu Kofotua
6-4
6-3
6-2
255
245
245
Arizona Western
Mesa
Snow
Punter William Castlemare
6-3
205
Arizona Western

BREAKDOWN BY SCHOOL

School
First
Team
Second
Team
Honorable
Mention

Total
Dixie State
2
1
4
7
Glendale
3
1
3
7
Phoenix
0
0
6
6
Arizona Western
0
0
6
6
Mesa
0
2
3
5
Snow
0
0
5
5
Pima
0
0
5
5
Scottsdale
1
1
2
4
New Mexico Military
0
0
3
3
WSFL TOTALS
6
5
37
48



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