15 Bulldogs Receive All-NSIC Honors

Nov 15, 2011

Northland Sports Online

A pair of three-time selections — senior placekicker David Nadeau and senior strong safety Cody Eich — highlight the list of 15 University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs who received All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division recognition for 2011.

Accompanying Nadeau and Eich on the 27-member All-NSIC North Division first team were senior offensive tackle Cory Flesch, junior offensive guard Garth Heikkinen, senior outside linebacker Rob Huberty, sophomore defensive end Chris Vandervest, and senior outside linebacker Derrick Zappa.

UMD also placed three more players on the All-NSIC North Division second team — junior free safety Cameron Harper, sophomore center Eli Kelly and first-year wide out Zach Zweifel — while honorable mention status was attained by sophomore cornerback Kenny Chowa, junior tight end Ben Helmer, senior offensive guard Francis Herzog, sophomore offensive tackle Tom Olson and junior quarterback Chase Vogler.

Nadeau, the holder of some 15 school single-game, season and career records, was voted to the first team for a third straight time. Eich (a second team choice in 2009), Flesch, Heikkinen and Huberty are all repeat first team selections, and Harper, Herzog, Kelly and Vogler all made the 2010 first as well.

The defending NCAA Division II champion Bulldogs, who clinched a share of their fourth straight NSIC title in 2011, will host Saginaw Valley State University in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs this Saturday.

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