2011-12 Northern Athletics Conference Football Headlines
May 24, 2012
Crusaders Win On Foreign Soil
For the first time in Maranatha history, the Crusader football team notched a win on Israeli soil, with a 49-6 thumping of the newly formed Israeli National Blue and White Team.
May 24, 2012
CUW Football Raises Money For Ronald McDonald House
Concordia University Wisconsin’s senior football class raised $1,800 for the Ronald McDonald House on May 12 after hosting their second annual May Madness 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament.
March 2, 2012
Walsh To Lead Aurora Football Program
Aurora has named Mark Walsh as head coach of the Spartan football program. Walsh will continue serving in his capacity as Director of Athletics.
December 13, 2011
Faller To Take Part In All American Bowl
Lakeland College senior safety Tony Faller will participate this weekend in the All American Bowl, played at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. The game kicks off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17.
December 12, 2011
McWilliams,Taylor To Appear In All-American Bowl
Benedictine University senior football players Matt McWilliams and Andrew Taylor will participate this weekend in the All American Bowl, played at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
December 12, 2011
Borsellino Named AFCA All-American
Benedictine University Running Back John Borsellino today became just the fourth football player to earn NCAA Division III All-America status and the first since 1993 as the American Football Coaches Association recognized the junior as the all-purpose player on its All-America Team.
December 10, 2011
Beres Selected For 'Tazón de Estrellas' Football All-Star Game
Rockford senior kicker and punter Anthony Beres has been selected to play in the third annual Tazón de Estrellas game in Puebla, Mexico. The matchup will feature the Stars & Stripes Team which is made up of NCAA Division III all-stars from across the United States.
December 6, 2011
4 Benedictine Football Players Named All-Region
The Benedictine University football team saw four players receive All-North Region honors from D3football.com as announced today.
November 23, 2011
MIAA, NAC Football To Begin 'Challenge Series' In 2012
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Northern Athletics Conference have announced they will launch a “Challenge Series” in football that will pit member schools from the two conferences against each other, beginning with the 2012 season.
November 19, 2011
Benedictine's Season Ends At Mount Union
The Benedictine football team saw its season come to an end on Saturday, falling 47-7 to No. 2 Mount Union in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
November 18, 2011
Borsellino Headlines All-NAC Football Awards
Benedictine's John Borsellino headlined the awards for the 2011 football season as he was named the Northern Athletics Conference Offensive Player of the Year. The junior running back was also a First Team All-NAC selection on both offense and special teams.
November 14, 2011
Warriors, Crusader garner weekly football awards
Wisconsin Lutheran's Jesse Muldrow and Travis Turnquist and Maranatha's Ethan Lane were named the Northern Athletics Conference Offensive, Special Teams and Defensive Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of November 7-13.
November 13, 2011
Benedictine to play at Mount Union in NCAA First Round
Benedictine will head East to Alliance, Ohio for a meeting with the University of Mount Union, who has reached the national championship game the last six seasons and has missed out on the trip to Salem, Virginia just twice since 1996.
November 12, 2011
Cougars clinch share of conference title
he Concordia Chicago Cougars are co-champions of the Northern Athletics Conference following today's 42-14 win over the Aurora University Spartans at AU's Vago Field.
November 7, 2011
Benedictine, CUC and Lakeland score weekly football awards
Benedictine's John Borsellino, Concordia Chicago's Jamel Gray and Lakeland's Broc Lawry were named the Northern Athletics Conference Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 31-November 6.
November 5, 2011
Former Lakeland College football coach John Thome dies
John Thome, head coach during Lakeland College’s golden age of football and a founder of the Illini-Badger Football Conference, died on Friday. He was 69.
November 5, 2011
Benedictine claims share of 2011 NAC Football Title
The Benedictine University football team secured a share of the Northern Athletics Conference title with a 33-28 victory at Rockford College on Saturday, earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs for the second consecutive year.
October 31, 2011
Eagle, Cougar, Warrior collect weekly football accolades
Benedictine's Billy Dixon, Concordia Chicago's Jake Koehler and Wisconsin Lutheran's Eric Zeitler were named the Northern Athletics Conference Special Teams, Offensive and Defensive Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 24-30.
October 24, 2011
CUW, Lakeland, BenU attain weekly football awards
Concordia Wisconsin's Austin Damaschke, Lakeland's Tony Faller and Benedictine's Billy Dixon were named the Northern Athletics Conference Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 17-23.
October 17, 2011
Cougar, Eagles named weekly football award winners
Concordia Chicago's Jake Koehler and Benedictine's Ben Lockton and Billy Dixon were named the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 10-16.
October 11, 2011
Faller, Paul and Borsellino named football weekly award winners
Lakeland's Tony Faller, Concordia Wisconsin's Joseph Paul and Benedictine's John Borsellino were named the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of October 3-9.
October 3, 2011
Eagle, Warriors named weekly football award winners
John Borsellino of Benedictine, and Tyler Schoen and Brett Youngbeck of Wisconsin Lutheran were named the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of September 26-October 2.
September 26, 2011
Rolf and Van Straten named weekly football award winners
Matt Rolf of Concordia Chicago and Dylan Van Straten of Lakeland were named the Northern Athletics Conference Defensive and Offensive Football Student-Athletes of the Week for events of September 19-25.
September 19, 2011
NAC weekly football awards announced
Wisconsin Lutheran's Jesse Muldrow, Maranatha's Ethan Rosen and Rockford's Anthony Beres were named the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for games of September 12-18.
September 12, 2011
Aurora, CUC and Rockford players earn weekly football honors
Aurora's Kevin Glock, Concordia Chicago's Jake Koehler and Rockford's Anthony Beres were honored as the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for games played September 5-11.
September 6, 2011
Eagles, Crusader named football awards winners for first week of play
Benedictine's John Borsellino and Billy Dixon and Maranatha's Matthew Morrison were named the Northern Athletics Conference Football Student-Athletes of the Week for games of August 29-September 4, the first awards of the season.
August 15, 2011
Football coaches tab Eagles for 2011 title
The football coaches of the Northern Athletics Conference tabbed the Benedictine Eagles as the 2011 favorite in the preseason coaches' poll.
August 12, 2011
Former NFL player joins Regents' football staff
Rockford was selected by the National Football League (NFL) Players Association to be one of eight NCAA Division II and III schools to be assigned a former NFL player as a coaching intern.
August 8, 2011
Benedictine hires McCray to football, strength staff
The Benedictine University Department of Athletics is pleased to announce the hiring of football assistant Brandon McCray, who will serve as offensive line coach and head strength and conditioning coach.
August 3, 2011
Four named to IWS Preseason All-State Football Team
The online publication of Inside Wisconsin Sports has announced its Division III Preseason All-State Football Team, and four players from the Northern Athletics Conference were named to the team. Inside Wisconsin Sports' Division III Preseason All-State Team consists of players from all of Wisconsin's Division III football programs. The team was selected in May by a panel of IWS staff.
August 3, 2011
Klecker joins Benedictine football, strength staff
The Benedictine University Department of Athletics announced the hiring of Phil Kleckler as the football program's new linebacker coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach. Kleckler joins the staff after serving as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif.
