USD Football 2006

Pioneer Football League

Patty Viverito Maxine Day (314) 421-2268 Cody Bush (931) 221-7561 BushC@apsu.edu (931) 221-7562 pioneer-football.org

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Bush's Phone: Bush's Email: Office Fax: PFL Website:

The 2006 season marks the 14th year for the Pioneer Football League, which returns to a non-divisional format for the first time since the 2000 season. After five seasons playing a North-South divisional format, the league saw its numbers reduced to eight after the 2005 season (Austin Peay leaving the conference to return to scholarship football) and those remaining members voted to adopt a full-round robin scheduling format for 2006. Ad– ditionally, the PFL champion will participate in the Gridiron Classic versus the champion of the Northeast Conference. The PFL, a non-scholarship NCAA Division I-AA football conference, is one of only three conferences that sponsor football as its only sport (the Gateway Football Conference and Great West Football Conferences being the others). However, the PFL is a truly national conference with members on each coast and throughout the nation's heartland. The league still retains four of its charter members - Butler University, the University of Dayton , Drake University and Valparaiso University, plus the University of San Diego Gaining in 1992) - which were joined in 2001 by four new teams, three of which remain today - Davidson College, Jacksonville University and Morehead State University. In January 1991 the NCAA passed legislation to require Division I institutions to sponsor all intercollegiate sports at the Division I level. The five charter members (Evansville the fifth before dropping football in 1997), each dedicated to the enhancement and sound management of intercollegiate football as an integral part of the student-athletes' collegiate experience, joined together to form the Pioneer Football League. From the league's inception it has been aproponent of the creation of a non-scholarship football classification within Division I and adopted the moniker of Pioneer based on the intent to become the first league in that new division. The PFL is comprised of NCAA Division I universities that previously sponsored intercollegiate football at other levels with the exception of Jacksonville, which started a non-scholarship program in 1998. All are currently committed to the non-scholarship football model. The PFL began play in 1993 with Dayton winning the league's first crown. The league spent its first season in 1993 under the administrative guidance of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, and the office moved to St. Louis in 1994 when current commissioner Patty Viverito was named the PFL commissioner, a leadership position she continues to fill.

'05 PFL NORTH HON. MENT. OFFENSE Tyler Putnam, WR, Drake Nick Garton, WR, San Diego Matt Champa, TE, Dayton Dan Marx, TE, Drake

'05 PFL NORTH 1ST TEAM OFFENSE

'05 PFL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM SAN DIEGO FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Nick Garton , WR, Business Administration , 3.63 Adam Hannula, WR, History, 3.36 DEFENSE Philip Breisch, DB, Business Administration, 3.79 Kyson Hawkins, LB, Business Administration, 3.60 Adam Ullrich, DL, Business Administration, 4.00

Adam Hannula, WR, San Diego Joe Blahowicz, WR, Valparaiso Ryan Wrobleski, WR, Dayton Matt Koller, TE, San Diego Josh Johnson, QB, San Diego Jeff Horton, RB, Valparaiso Scott Phaydavong, RB, Drake Ross Mroczek, OL, Dayton Ryan Palonka, OL, Valparaiso Dave Pammer, OL, Drake Jordan Paopao, OL, San Diego Reis Rosenbledt, OL, San Diego Ryan Winner, OL, Dayton DEFENSE Eric Bakhtiari, DL, San Diego Chris Daniels, DL, Drake Chris Marzotto, DL, Butler Shawn Rodgers, DL, Drake Jimmy Adams, LB, Drake John Hoppe, LB, Dayton Kyson Hawkins, LB, San Diego Phil Bretsch, DB, San Diego Jace Denison, DB, Drake Mike Jones, DB, Valparaiso Casey Klaus, DB, Dayton SPECIAL TEAMS Andrew Mccawley, PK, Valparaiso

Kevin Hoyng, QB, Dayton JT Rogan, RB, San Diego Jon Polk, RB, San Diego Matt Haas, OL, Drake Josh Sanders, OL, San Diego Steven Hlady, OL, Valparaiso DEFENSE Chad Burton, DL, Dayton James Riker, DL, Valparaiso Mike Marzotto, LB, Butler Brian Kelly, LB, Dayton Brandon Sturman, LB, Valparaiso Brandon Cramer, DB, Dayton Adam Burke, DB, San Diego Andy Green, DB, Drake Josh Brisco, DB, San Diego SPECIAL TEAMS Ryan Horvath, PK, Drake Hutch Parker, PK, San Diego Phil Buchanan, P, Butler Jordan Bontrager, RS, Drake John Matthews, RS, San Diego

SAN DIEGO SECOND TEAM OFFENSE

Wes Doyle, WR, Business Administration, 3.64 Dustin Owen, TE, Business Administration, 3.22 Reis Rosenbledt, OL, Business Administration, 3.30 DEFENSE Tyler Evans, LB, Business Administration, 3.32 Chase McBride, DB, Business Administration, 3.18

Ryan Horvath, P, Drake Nick Ruhe, RS, Dayton

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