FREELAND, Mich. -- At the conclusion of the 2022 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) regular season, head coaches from the seven MIAA football-sponsoring institutions voted on All-MIAA awards.

Albion College's Mark Tocco was voted the MIAA Most Valuable Offensive Player, while Trine University's Keysean Amison was selected as the MIAA's Most Valuable Defensive Player.  Albion senior De'Ondric Sanders received the Pete Schmidt Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award.

Briton senior wide receiver Mark Tocco led Albion to a 5-1 mark in league play and an overall record of 9-1.  In conference play alone, Tocco concluded the regular season as the league leader with six touchdowns.  He also finished second in the MIAA with 36 receptions, 562 receiving yards, and 93.7 yards per game.  Tocco was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on October 11, the same week that he was selected as the MIAA Football Offensive Athlete of the Week.

Senior free safety Keysean Amison of Trine assisted the Thunder to a conference record of 3-3 (7-3 overall) during the 2022 campaign.  In league play, Amison finished the regular season as the MIAA's leader with 32 solo tackles, 38 assists, 70 total tackles, and 11.7 tackles per game.  Amison was selected as the MIAA Football Defensive Player of the Week on November 7.  He is now a three-time All-MIAA honoree.

The Pete Schmidt Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award has been presented every year since 2001 honoring the legacy of Pete Schmidt, an Alma College alumni and Albion College football coach who died of cancer in 2000.  De'Ondric Sanders, this year's award recipient, is a senior outside linebacker for the Britons.  Sanders is studying Integrated Marketing and Communications with a minor in Economics and Management.  He is a four-year letterwinner and a two-year member of Albion's Team Leadership Council.  Sanders was selected as the Albion College Athletics Iron Brit Award winner.  He has held many important leadership positions on campus including the following:  Founding member of the Albion Black Brits House (a group of male black leaders on campus making a difference in the community), Senior Vice President of the Albion Black Brits, co-founder and member of the NAACP college chapter, AC3 team project leader and junior business consultant, Albion College Grounds crew member, Student Resources Officer (mentoring students of color on campus with the transition to college), Campus Safety, Albion College Presidential search committee member, Student Senate, SAAC member, elections poll watcher, and he has helped manage the community garden in Albion which grows food to donate to the community.  Sanders has also logged many volunteer hours with the following events and organizations:  Marshall Flag Football, Harrington Elementary youth mentorship and engagement, Marshall Middle School mentorship and engagement, the food bank and childrens museum, and multiple youth camps.

Adrian's DeAndre (Jennings) Ford, Brandon Kwiatkowski, Kyle Minder, and Tyler Poirier, Albion's Jack Bush, Alma's Odin Soffredine, Kalamazoo's Bubba Wilson, and Trine's Keysean Amison, Jamon Gibson, Kyle Naif, and Angel Sanchez all became three-time All-MIAA honorees this season.

Most Valuable Player, Offense

Most Valuable Player, Defense

2022 Football All-MIAA First Team

2022 Football All-MIAA Second Team