WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State senior guard Ken Van Heule garnered Daktronics second-team All-America honors Tuesday afternoon as released by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America.
 
The Hurst, Texas native is a two-time Daktronics All-South Central Region first-team team selection while earning All-America mention from Don Hansen's Football Gazette (second-team), Beyond Sports Network (third team) and D2Football.com (honorable mention) last season.
 
Van Heule spearheaded an offensive line unit that led the nation allowing just four sacks in 11 games this season. The unit paved the way for an offense that averaged 323.9 rushing yards while scoring 38.6 points per game.
 
The Midwestern State offense produced seven 300-yard rushing games as a team and 15 100-yard individual performances from five different backs this season as junior Keidrick Jackson eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season finishing with 1,354 yards.
 
Van Heule is one of four players from the Lone Star Conference to earn Daktronics All-America honors joining West Texas A&M first teamers Manase Foketi (offensive line), Ethan Westbrooks (defensive line) and Sergio Castillo, Jr. (place kicker).
 
Westbrooks garnered Ron Lenz Defensive Player of the Year honors while Shippensburg (Pa.) junior quarterback Zach Zulli was named Ron Lenz Offensive Player of the Year after leading all NCAA divisions with 4,474 passing yards with 54 touchdowns.
 
The Ron Lenz National Player of the Year award was named for long time South Dakota State sports information director Ron Lenz in 2008. Lenz was instrumental in the foundation of the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America program.
 
 
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable displays systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the NCAA Division II members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA).
     

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
TE	David Pawelek	Colorado Mines	Sr.	6-3	230	Smithson Valley, Texas
OL	Manase Foketi	West Texas A&M	Sr.	6-5	320	Hesperia, Calif.
OL	Brian Clarke	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	Jr.	6-3	290	Hanover, Pa.
OL	Garth Heikkinen	Minnesota-Duluth	Sr.	6-4	315	Duluth, Minn.
OL	Ryan Jensen	Colorado State-Pueblo	Sr.	6-6	300	Fort Morgon, Colo.
OL	Ryan Schraeder	Valdosta State (Ga.)	Sr.	6-7	305	Wichita, Kan.
WR	Jeff Janis	Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)	Jr.	6-3	215	Tawas, Mich.
WR	Isaiah Voegeli	Merrimack (Mass.)	Sr.	6-0	185	Hyannis, Mass.
QB	Zach Zulli	Shippensburg (Pa.)	Jr.	6-2	188	Schwenksville, Pa.
RB	Michael Hill	Missouri Western	Sr.	5-11	205	St. Joseph, Mo.
RB	Franklyn Quiteh	Bloomsburg (Pa.)	Jr.	5-10	203	Tobyhanna, Pa.
RS	Tyron Laughinghouse	Saint Augustine's (N.C.)	Sr.	6-3	175	Greenville, N.C.
PK	Sergio Castillo, Jr.	West Texas A&M	Jr.	5-11	175	LaJoya, Texas

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
DL	Ethan Westbrooks	West Texas A&M	Jr.	6-4	275	San Leandro, Calif.
DL	B.J. Stevens	California (Pa.)	Jr.	6-2	245	Monroeville, Pa.
DL	Jake Metz	Shippensburg (Pa.)	Jr.	6-7	247	Harleysville, Pa.
LB	Kevin Lindholm	Chadron State (Neb.)	Sr.	6-2	220	Eads, Colo.
LB	Cory Johnson	Catawba (N.C.)	Sr.	5-10	240	Fayetteville, N.C.
LB	Tyler Zimmer	Seton Hill (W. Va.)	So.	6-2	235	Harrison City, Pa.
LB	Jordan Campbell	New Mexico Highlands	Sr.	6-0	230	Corona, Calif.
S	Nate DeJong	Northwest Missouri	Sr.	6-2	210	Rock Rapids, Iowa
S	Rontez Miles	California (Pa.)	Sr.	6-1	210	Braddock, Pa.
CB	Jack Muro	St. Cloud State (Minn.)	Jr.	5-11	190	Brookfield, Wisc.
CB	Abdul Kenneh	New Mexico Highlands	Sr.	6-1	170	London, England
P	Taylor Accardi	Colorado Mines	Sr.	6-2	205	Littleton, Colo.

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
TE	Adam Schlitz	Emporia State (Kan.)	Sr.	6-4	256	Ponca City, Okla.
OL	Markus Lawrence	Winston-Salem State (N.C.)	Sr.	6-4	290	Charlotte, N.C.
OL	Ken Van Heule	Midwestern State (Texas)	Sr.	6-4	315	Hurst, Texas
OL	Macon Allan	Missouri Western	Sr.	6-4	310	King City, Mo.
OL	Dan Matha	Indiana (Pa.)	Sr.	6-7	310	Erie, Pa.
OL	Kevin Day	Carson-Newman (Tenn.)	Sr.	6-0	270	Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.
WR	Chris Bowden	Wingate (N.C.)	Sr.	6-3	215	Forsyth, Ga.
WR	Trevor Harman	Shippensburg (Pa.)	So.	6-3	206	Mechanicsburg, Pa.
QB	Taylor Housewright	Ashland (Ohio)	Sr.	6-2	208	Ashland, Ohio
RB	Harvie Tuck	Indiana (Pa.)	Sr.	5-9	215	Akron, Ohio
RB	Derrick Washington	Tuskegee (Ala.)	Sr.	6-0	215	Raymore, Mo.
RS	John Brown	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Jr.	5-11	205	Homestead, Fla.
PK	Ryne Smith	West Alabama	Sr.	5-8	180	Madison, Miss.

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown
DL	Brandon Williams	Missouri Southern	Jr.	6-3	325	Kirkwood, Mo.
DL	David Bass	Missouri Western	Sr.	6-5	275	St. Louis, Mo.
DL	Ridge Wilson	West Alabama	Sr.	6-4	256	Louisville, Ky.
LB	Darius Wilson	Central State (Ohio)	Sr.	6-1	236	Matteson, Ill.
LB	Collin DeBuysere	Northwest Missouri	Sr.	6-4	230	Geneseo, Ill.
LB	Nate Dreiling	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	Jr.	6-4	229	Hutchinson, Kan.
LB	Maxie Graham	Henderson State (Ark.)	Sr.	5-11	204	Jackson, Miss.
S	Trelan Taylor	Chadron State (Neb.)	Jr.	5-10	195	San Diego, Calif.
S	Johnny Franco	Indiana (Pa.)	Sr.	5-10	205	Altoona, Pa.
CB	C.J. Roberts	Colorado State-Pueblo	So.	6-0	180	Boynton Beach, Fla.
CB	Brandon Dixon	Northwest Missouri	Jr.	6-0	195	Margate, Fla.
P	Randy Weich	Wayne State (Neb.)	Sr.	6-2	250	Pierce, Neb.