Fort Hays State football seniors Alex Whitehill and Ethan Kosjer added to their long list of accomplishments for the 2011 season as they were honored as Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 First Team selections. Both Whitehill and Kosjer have been named Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team selections and Daktronics All-Americans this year.

Whitehill, native of McPherson, Kan., has been named an All-MIAA First Team, Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team, Daktronics All-American First Team, and CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American First Team selection so far this year. He adds this honor as his second all-region first team selection this year. He finished the season leading NCAA Division II in tackles with 164, just five short of the Division II single-season record. However, he did set a new school record for tackles in a season, breaking the old mark of 150 set by Junior Hartig in 1979. He also set a new NCAA Division II record for assisted tackles in a season with 106, breaking the old mark of 105 set by Brian Holliday of Fayetteville State in 2002. Whitehill recorded at least 10 tackles in nine of 11 games this year and never had less than seven in a game. He had at least 20 tackles in a game three times this year.

Kosjer also adds this honor as his second all-region first team selection this year. He has earned All-MIAA First Team, Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team, and Daktronics All-American Second Team honors so far this year. The Douglass, Kan., native led the MIAA in punting average for the second straight season, this year at 44.4 yards per boot. He also led all of Super Region 4 in punting average. Kosjer ended the season ranked third in NCAA Division II in punting average. He set new single-season and career records at FHSU for punting average. His 44.4 yards per kick this year eclipsed the old mark of 43.2 set by Adam Ryan in 2000 and his career average of 42.7 passed the mark of 41.4, also set by Ryan.

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