WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Midwestern State's Brandon Kelsey earned Daktronics Super Region Four Offensive Player of the Year honors to headline contingent of five Mustangs to earn first-team honors as released Wednesday by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America.
 
Kelsey was joined on the first team by senior tackle Amini Silatolu, junior guard Ken Van Heule, sophomore running back Keidrick Jackson and junior safety Pat Gardner.
 
Kelsey, a Harlon Hill Trophy finalist, led the nation's top-ranked offensive attack which produced 531.9 yards of total offense and rated second in the nation with 323.5 rushing yards per game.
 
The junior from Arlington accounted for 967 rushing yards while completing 152-of-223 passes for 1,951 yards.
 
Silatolu earned first-team honors for the second consecutive season after transferring from San Joaquin Delta (Calif.).
 
The 6-3, 320-pounder earned All America honors from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches' Association, Daktronics and D2Football.com last season and is a candidate for the Gene Upshaw Award for the best lineman in NCAA Division II this season.
 
Fellow lineman Ken Van Heule, a 6-4, 320-pound guard from Hurst, enjoyed a stellar junior campaign at left guard after transferring from Cisco College where he earned NJCAA second-team All America acclaim in 2010.
 
Jackson ended the season as the Lone Star Conference rushing champion after running for 100-or-more yards in each of the last five games of the season. The sophomore from Arlington ran for 1,044 yards with 18 touchdowns.
 
Gardner, a junior from Kingwood, was named to the first team and was second on the MSU defensive unit with 56 tackles and six pass breakups from the safety position.
 
Senior defensive end Kevin Birdow and senior linebacker Jeremy Smith garnered second-team honors.
 
Each of the first-team selections advances to the All-America ballot.
 
The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display 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), with the online nomination and voting process powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
  
  

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
TE	David Cannon	Central Missouri	Jr.	6-2	240	St. Louis, Mo.
OL	Amini Silatolu	Midwestern State	Sr.	6-3	320	Tracy, Calif.
OL	Ken Van Heule	Midwestern State	Jr.	6-4	320	Hurst, Texas
OL	Cody Johnson	Northwest Missouri	Sr.	6-2	290	Jasper, Mo.
OL	Brian Folkerts	Washburn	Sr.	6-4	310	Florissant, Mo.
OL	Rod Williams	Northwest Missouri	Jr.	6-5	300	Grandview, Mo.
WR	Trey McVay	Northeastern State	Sr.	5-9	188	Muskogee, Okla.
WR	Jamar Howard	Central Missouri	Sr.	6-4	220	Cincinnati, Ohio
QB	Brandon Kelsey	Midwestern State	Jr.	6-2	203	Arlington, Texas
QB	Dane Simoneau	Washburn	Sr.	6-3	227	Salina, Kan.
RB	Jonathan Woodson	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Jr.	5-10	185	Missouri City, Texas
RB	Keidrick Jackson	Midwestern State	So.	5-9	207	Arlington, Texas
RS	John Brown	Pittsburg State	So.	5-11	170	Homestead, Fla.
PK	Greg Zuerlein	Missouri Western	Sr.	6-0	190	Lincoln, Neb.

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
DL	David Bass	Missouri Western	Jr.	6-5	260	St. Louis, Mo.
DL	Aston Whiteside	Abilene Christian	Sr.	6-0	200	Vernon, Texas
DL	Brandon Williams	Missouri Southern	Jr.	6-3	325	Kirkwood, Mo.
LB	Jeremy Aguilar	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Jr.	6-1	235	Los Angeles, Calif.
LB	Nate Dreiling	Pittsburg State	So.	6-4	228	Hutchinson, Kan.
LB	Chad Kilgore	Northwest Missouri	Sr.	6-1	230	Orrick, Mo.
LB	Alex Whitehill	Fort Hays State	Sr.	6-3	220	McPherson, Kan.
S	Clarence Laster	Southwestern Oklahoma	Sr.	6-0	190	Hemet, Calif.
S	Pat Gardner	Midwestern State	Jr.	6-1	207	Kingwood, Texas
S	Bryce Peila	Western Oregon	Jr.	6-1	200	Central Point, Ore.
CB	Dashuan Phillips	Tarleton State	So.	5-11	165	Duncanville, Texas
CB	Elijah Olabode	Pittsburg State	Sr.	5-10	194	Cedar Hill, Texas
P	Ethan Kosjer	Fort Hays State	Sr.	6-3	195	Douglass, Kan.

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown
TE	Joe Don Duncan	Dixie State	Jr.	6-4	270	Corona, Calif.
OL	Garrett Taylor	Harding	Sr.	6-1	285	Huntsville, Texas
OL	Neal Tivis	Abilene Christian	Sr.	6-5	295	Sanger, Texas
OL	Matt Webber	Abilene Christian	Sr.	6-1	285	Paradise, Texas
OL	Desmund Ferris	East Central	Sr.	6-3	287	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
OL	Jason Slowey	Western Oregon	Sr.	6-4	300	Medford, Ore.
WR	DeJuan Beard	Washburn	So.	6-2	195	Kansas City, Mo.
WR	Brittan Golden	West Texas A&M	Sr.	6-0	185	Denver City, Texas
RB	Lyndon Rowells	Humboldt State	Sr.	5-10	200	Largo, Fla.
RB	Michael Hill	Missouri Western	Jr.	5-11	205	St. Joseph, Mo.
RS	Jordan Simmons	Northwest Missouri	Jr.	5-9	195	Kansas City, Mo.
PK	Eddy Carmona	Harding	Sr.	5-9	205	Charleston, Ark.

Pos.	Player	School	Class	Ht	Wt	Hometown
DL	Roderick Benman	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Sr.	6-2	260	Oklahoma City, Okla.
DL	Gus Toca	Pittsburg State	Jr.	6-3	257	Waco, Texas
DL	Kevin Birdow	Midwestern State	Sr.	6-2	250	Palestine, Texas
LB	Jeremy Smith	Midwestern State	Sr.	6-0	202	Foxworth, Miss.
LB	Jason Catchings	East Central	Jr.	6-3	230	Newhebron, Miss.
LB	Marquis Wadley	Tarleton State	So.	5-9	210	Mesquite, Texas
LB	Cory Whitfield	Texas A&M-Commerce	Sr.	6-3	200	Palestine, Texas
S	Bryce Enyard	Northwest Missouri	Fr-RS	6-0	180	Huntsville, Mo.
S	Derek Lohmann	Emporia State	Jr.	6-1	210	Alva, Okla.
CB	Caleb Randolph	West Texas A&M	Sr.	5-9	180	Crosby, Texas
CB	Dontae Smith	East Central	Sr.	6-1	176	Deland, Fla.
P	Taylor Cannon	Eastern New Mexico	Sr.	6-3	230	Los Lunas, N.M.