1999 All-MIAA Football Teams

Most Valuable Offensive Player: J.D. Graves, Hope College
Most Valuable Defensive Player: Eric Gerwin, Kalamazoo College

FIRST OFFENSIVE TEAM
OL - Terry Bailey, Albion* (senior from Burton/Bentley HS)
OL - Ben Lewis, Defiance* (senior from Englewood, Ohio/Northmont HS)
OL - Jason Mensing, Adrian** (senior from Tecumseh/Tecumseh HS)
OL - Tony Petkus, Hope** (senior from Jenison/Jenison HS)
OL - Shawn Priem, Alma* (senior from Bay City/All Saints HS)
TE - Brian Adloff, Hope** (junior from East Grand Rapids.EGR HS)
WR - Mike Groll, Defiance** (junior from Ayersville, Ohio/Ayersville HS)
WR - Brian Pierce, Alma* (junior from Jenison/Jenison HS)
RB - Kris Brown, Olivet** (junior from Kalamazoo/Central HS)
RB - Greg Bowden, Alma* (senior from Otisville/Lakeville HS)
QB - J.D. Graves, Hope* (junior from Troy/Athens HS)
PK - Keith Debbaudt, Albion* (junior from Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Central HS)

FIRST DEFENSIVE TEAM
DL - Ryan Giacolone, Albion* (senior from Sterling Heights/Henry Ford II HS)
DL - Justin Harris, Alma* (junior from Fort Gratiot/Port Huron Northern HS)
DL - Nick Lachapelle, Kalamazoo* (senior from Dearborn/Redford CC)
DL - Tim Moore, Adrian*** (senior from Onsted/Onsted HS)
LB - Eric Gerwin, Kalamazoo** (senior from Beverly Hills/Birmingham Groves HS)
LB - Ryan Gonzales, Hope* (senior from Troy/Birmingham Seaholm HS)
LB - Tim Webb, Alma* (senior from Whittemore/Prescott HS)
DB - Dustin Armstrong, Alma** (senior from Sand Lake/Tri-County HS)
DB - Dan Deegan, Albion** (junior from Dearborn/Divine Child HS)
DB - Jeff Dillingham, Kalamazoo* (senior from Birmingham/Groves HS)
DB - Todd Tester, Hope* (senior from Traverse City/Traverse City HS)
P - Kirk DeFreen, Albion* (junior from Morrice/Morrice HS)

SECOND OFFENSIVE TEAM
OL - Mike Brosnan, Albion (junior from Clinton Township/Warren DeLaSalle HS)
OL - Craig Calkins, Alma (junior from Sanford/Midland Dow HS)
OL - Mike Rautio, Olivet (junior from Charlevoix/Charlevoix HS)
OL - Ed Somerville, Adrian (senior from Taylor/Center HS)
OL - Dan Wegner, Hope (senior from North Muskegon/North Muskegon HS)
TE - Ryan Sergent, Albion (senior from Flint/Carman-Ainsworth HS)
WR - Clay Crooks, Albion (senior from Cadillac/Cadillac HS)
WR - Ryan Speiser, Adrian (senior from Morenci/Morenci HS)
RB - Dan Dreyer, Albion (sophomore from Metamora/Lapeer West HS)
RB - Scot Langlois, Hope (senior from Hopkins/Hopkins HS)
QB - Josh Wakefield, Alma (senior from Bay City/Saginaw Mi. Lutheran Sem.)
PK - Rich Thiel, Defiance (senior from Edgerton, Ohio/Edgerton HS)

SECOND DEFENSIVE TEAM
DL - John Dobbins, Hope (junior from Marshall/Marshall HS)
DL - Devon Geiger, Olivet (senior from Wyandotte/Roosevelt HS)
DL - Ben Gitler, Albion (senior from Oak Park/Berkley HS)
DL - Jamie Zorbo, Kalamazoo (senior from Battle Creek/Lakeview HS)
LB - Matt Bride, Hope (junior from Petoskey/Petoskey HS)
LB - Jean Ceant, Defiance (senior from Miami, Fla./Coral Park HS)
LB - Nick Loafman, Albion (sophomore from Montrose/Hill McCloy HS)
DB - Adam Baumgartner, Defiance (junior from Jackson/Vandercook Lake)
DB - Ryan Maynard, Olivet (senior from Burton/Bendle HS)
DB - Adam Rojeski, Albion (senior from Utica/Utica HS)
DB - Zack Workman, Alma (senior from Saginaw/Saginaw Mich. Lutheran Sem.)
P - Vince Scheffler, Hope (freshman from Chelsea/Chelsea HS)

COACHES HONORABLE MENTION
Adrian: Phil Andrre, Chris Cook, Jeremy Lewin, Dustin Reckner, Chuck Spolsky, Jay Gilmore, Bryan Warner, Vaughn Price; Albion: Nick Gates, John Cowley, Nick Gerhard, Jason Whalen, Jared Owens, Dan Horn; Alma: Dan Sweetman, Bruan Burgtorf, Mike Wenzel, Lew Newhouse, Shawn Grant; Defiance: Nate Spitulski, Nate Schaublin, Rich Thiel, Steve Binnix, Shane Brugler, Edith Forestal, Kevin Kelly, Kirk Wensink, Matt Gerig, Jake Kubiak, Tomar Thomas; Hope: Mark Hofstee, Brent Merchant, Aaron Jubar, Jim Lamb, Mike Gle, Eric Nichols, Ian Fish, Ted Patrick, Bryan Volk, Joe Fitzsimmons; Kalamazoo: Jamal Ksar, Jason Charnley, Brian Alexander, Tom Hillemeier, Eric Soulier, Pat Rorai, Dave Fritz, Jim Hurd; Olivet: Zac Parson, Greg Jones, Scott Hayes, John Wright, Jason Prielipp.

1999 Offensive Player of the Week Honor Roll
#1 - Mike Groll, Defiance & Ryan Speiser, Adrian
#2 - Josh Wakefield, Alma
#3 - Eric Nichols, Hope
#4 - Josh Wakefield, Alma
#5 - Clay Crooks, Albion
#6 - Kris Brown, Olivet & J.D. Graves, Hope
#7 - J.D. Graves, Hope
#8 - Dan Dreyer, Albion
#9 - Josh Wakefield, Alma
#10 - P.J. Thayer, Kalamazoo
#11 - Brian Adloff, Hope

1999 Defensive Player of the Week Honor Roll
#1 - Nathan Spitulski, Defiance
#2 - Tim Moore, Adrian
#3 - Dustin Armstrong, Alma
#4 - Ben Gitler, Albion
#5 - Justin Harris, Alma
#6 - Todd Tester, Hope
#7 - Eric Gerwin, Kalamazoo
#8 - Justin Harris, Alma
#9 - Nick Loafman, Albion
#10 - Tim Webb, Alma
#11 - Todd Tester, Hope

1999 Special Teams Player of the Week Honor Roll
#1 - Greg Jones, Olivet
#2 - Rich Thiel, Defiance
#3 - none
#4 - Vince Scheffler, Hope
#5 - Shawn Grant, Alma
#6 - Jeff Dillingham, Kalamazoo
#7 - Keith Debbaudt, Albion
#8 - Shawn Grant, Alma
#9 - Jared Owens, Albion
#10 - Rich Thiel, Defiance
#11 - Jeff Dillingham, Kalamazoo