Junior Safety Will Pickren Named To The 2022 Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America First Team

Junior Safety Will Pickren Named To The 2022 Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America First Team | Hampden Sydney College

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Dec 24, 2022

Junior Safety Will Pickren Named To The 2022 Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America First Team

Hampden-Sydney College junior safety Will Pickren (Mount Pleasant, SC) been named to the 2022 Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America First-Team, as announced today by the AP. Pickren is the program's first AP All-American since the non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City relaunched its Division III All-America Team selections in 2017.

Will started all 10 games and had 123 total tackles, including 48 solo and 75 assisted, 5.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, three pass breakups, one forced fumble, one quarterback hurry and one blocked PAT kick. He led the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) in total tackles and tackles per game, and tied for sixth in interceptions. Pickren ranked third in NCAA Division III in total tackles and tackles per game. Will was just recently named to the 2022 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III Coaches' All-America Second Team, and is a three-time All-ODAC First Team selection. Pickren is a two-time All-Region selection by D3football.com, as well, and has deservedly earned a reputation as one of the hardest-hitting football players in the ODAC and Division III.

The complete AP Division III All-America Teams are listed below, and there were only two individuals recognized from the ODAC, including Randolph-Macon College offensive lineman Will Jackson, on the Second Team.

2022 Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America Football Team

1st Team

OFFENSE	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	HOMETOWN
QB	Braxton Plunk	Mount Union	Sr.	Plant City, Fla.
RB	Ethan Greenfield	North Central (Ill.)	Sr.	Lindenhurst, Ill
RB	Hunter Clasen	Wartburg	Sr.	Springbrook, Iowa
OL	Chris Toth	Aurora	Sr.	Lockport, Ill.
OL	Boomer Warren	Hardin-Simmons	Sr.	Haslet, Texas
OL	Jeske Maples	North Central (Ill.)	So.	Moweaqua, Ill.
OL	Matt Metcalf	Linfield	Sr.	Eugene, Ore.
OL	Travis Sinclair	Bethel	Sr.	Rogers, Minn.
TE	Alex Larson	Saint John's (Minn.)	Sr.	Woodbury, Minn.
WR	Wayne Ruby	Mount Union	Sr.	Pembroke Pines, Fla.
WR	DeAngelo Hardy	North Central (Ill.)	Jr.	Lake Villa, Ill.
WR	Phil Lutz	Tufts	Sr.	North Caldwell, N.J.
All-purpose player	K.J. Miller	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Orange, Texas
K	Christian Hutra	Springfield	Sr.	Holmes, N.Y.

DEFENSE	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	HOMETOWN
DL	Michael Nobile	Delaware Valley	Sr.	Brick, N.J.
DL	Sante Parker, Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Katy, Texas
DL	Dan Lester	North Central (Ill.)	Jr.	Indian Creek, Ill.
DL	Alexander Perkins	Millikin	Sr.	Chicago, Ill.
LB	Rossy Moore	Mount Union	So.	Lima, Ohio
LB	Robert Coury	Carnegie Mellon	Jr.	Phillipsburg, N.J.
LB	Matt Mitchell	Hardin-Simmons	Sr.	Wimberley, Texas
DB	C.J. Lyons	RPI	Gr.	Rocky Mount, N.C.
DB	Antwain Walker	North Central (Ill.)	Jr.	Oswego, Ill.
DB	Michael Brown	UW-River Falls	So.	Victoria, Minn.
DB	Titus Dunk	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Austin, Texas
DB	Will Pickren	Hampden-Sydney	Jr.	Mount Pleasant, S.C.
P	Vicente Garcia	Redlands	Jr.	Fontana, Calif.

2nd team
OFFENSE	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	HOMETOWN
QB	Kyle King	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Milano, Texas
RB	Jhe'Quay Chretin	Aurora	Sr.	Bastrop, Tex.
RB	Jon Lewis	Birmingham-Southern	So.	Hermitage, Tenn.
OL	Lou Cocozza	Springfield	Sr.	Marstons Mills, Mass.
OL	Trevor Gabriele	Wheaton (Ill.)	Sr.	Wheaton, Ill.
OL	Ethan Ruckman	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Jr.	San Antonio, Texas
OL	Jake Villanueva	Ithaca	Sr.	Hatboro, Pa.
OL	Will Jackson	Randolph-Macon	Sr.	Biscoe, N.C.
TE	Ben Juska	Wheaton (Ill.)	So.	Westmont, Ill.
WR	Nate Palmer	Utica	Gr.	Verona, N.Y.
WR	Leon Johnson III	George Fox	Sr.	Bothell, Wash.
WR	Trey Madsen	Aurora	Sr.	Montgomery, Ill.
All-purpose player	Kobe Praylow	Methodist	Sr.	Pamplico, S.C.
K	Anthony Avila	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Sr.	Troy, Texas

DEFENSE	PLAYER	SCHOOL	YEAR	HOMETOWN
DL	Justin Blazek	UW-Platteville	Sr.	Naperville, Ill.
DL	Michael Wozniak	Saint John's (Minn.)	Sr.	New Hope, Minn.
DL	Brayden Thimons	Westminster (Pa.)	Gr.	Natrona Heights, Pa.
DL	Luke Schuermann	Johns Hopkins	Jr.	St. Louis, Mo.
LB	Owen Grover	Wartburg	Sr.	Dyersville, Iowa
LB	Durand Hill	Mary Hardin-Baylor	So.	Austin, Texas
LB	Ryan Liszka	UW-Whitewater	Sr.	Naperville, Ill.
DB	Parker Rochford	Wartburg	So.	Edgewood, Iowa
DB	Keysean Amison	Trine	Sr.	Sandusky, Ohio
DB	Ben Cooney	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Sr.	Lisle, Ill.
DB	Anthony Kendall	Baldwin Wallace	Sr.	Port Richey, Fla.
DB	Joshua Cordero	Cortland	Sr.	Monroe, N.Y.
P	Tyler James	Austin	Gr.	Wills Point, Texas

2022 Panelists: Ira Thor (New Jersey City; Chair); Max Berkowitz (FDU-Florham), Kelly Bird (Linfield), Phil de Montmollin (Brevard), Kim DeRitter (Kean), Lindsay Dietmeier (Wisconsin-Platteville), Tristan Durgin (U. of New England), Fran Elia (Cortland), Ryan Emerson (Dean), Mark Fisher (Carnegie Mellon), Lance Franey (Redlands), Tim Glon (Ohio Northern), Chad Grubbs (Hardin-Simmons), Brent Harris (Wabash), Geoff Henson (Olivet), Layton Jackson (Sewanee), Sean King (Allegheny), Brian Kipley (Aurora), Ryan Klinkner (Saint John's (Minn.)), Kevin Lanke (Rose-Hulman), Ernie Larossa (Johns Hopkins), Justin Lutes (Ithaca), Kathy Lynch (Framingham State), Brian Magoffin (Springfield), Brett Marhanka (Wheaton (Ill.), Maxx McNall (Wesleyan), Paul Misner (Dubuque), J.J. Nekoloff (Old Dominion Athletic Conference/NCAA Division III Football national chair), John Painter (Maryville (Tenn.)), Clark Teuscher (North Central), Mike Wajerski (Lake Forest). In Memory of: Michael Scala (1970-2022), Montclair State University and AP All-America voter (2017-2021), and Lenny Reich (1973-2022) of Mount Union