Peru State College Athletic Media Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Dave Walker
Sports Information Director
402.872.2344 or
dwalker@oakmail.peru.edu
Mike Mertens Named 1st
Team on All-Nebraska Football Squad
Peru
State senior running back Mike Mertens (Hastings)
was recently named to the Omaha World Herald
All-Nebraska small college football team. Mertens
led the Bobcats ground attack with 1211 yards on 248
carries, a 4.9 yard per carry average, and scored 11
touchdowns in his final season as a 'Cat. Mertens
2007 effort places him third all-time at Peru State
in single season rushing yards. For his career,
Mertens gained 2,648 yards which ranks him second
all-time at PSC. Alvin Holder (1978-81) ranks first
in both of those categories with 1,614 single season
yards and 4,900 career yards.
Peru State
head coach Terry Clark stated, "When you can get a
first team player on the Nebraska All state team it
is a huge accomplishment. The honor is well deserved
by Mike and his teammates that also helped make it
possible."
Named to the Honorable mention list were Bobcats
Jeff McQuinn (DE-Council Bluffs, IA), Shane Ryan
(LB-Greeley) and Tony Janssen (OL-Auburn).
The
complete small college team is as follows:
Offense
WR: Mark Schlueter, Dana.........................Fr.
TE: Mark Schmeeckle,
Hastings.........................Jr.
OL: Brandon Jacobitz,
Hastings.........................Sr.
OL: Evan Klanecky,
Hastings.........................Jr.
OL: Dan Peterson, Neb.
Wesleyan.........................So.
OL: Randy Donner, Mid.
Lutheran.........................Jr.
OL: Andrew Sunderman,
Concordia.........................Jr.
QB: Marcus Sladek, Dana.........................Jr.
RB: Mike Mertens, Peru
State.........................Sr.
RB: Jordan Stutzman, Neb.
Wes..........................Sr.
RB: JaMaine Lewis,
Concordia.........................Sr.
Honorary captain: JaMaine Lewis, Concordia
Defense
DL: Matt Baller,
Concordia.........................Jr.
DL: Brandon Minch, Neb.
Wes..........................Sr.
DL: Seth Styskal, Doane.........................Jr.
DL: Brian Trader,
Hastings.........................Jr.
LB: Justin Conley,
Hastings.........................Jr.
LB: Brian Hanson, Mid.
Lutheran.........................Jr.
LB: Kyle Elsasser, Neb.
Wesleyan.........................Sr.
DB: Phil Schroer, Neb.
Wesleyan.........................Jr.
DB: Trevor Ketelsen,
Dana.........................Jr.
DB: Jeff Klug, Hastings.........................So.
DB: Brett Mertens,
Concordia.........................Sr.
Honorary captain: Phil Schroer, Nebraska Wesleyan
Special Teams
P: Blake Smith, Neb.Wesleyan.........................Sr.
PK: Gavin Rodriquez,
Hastings.........................Fr.
PR: Jeff Neujahr,
Concordia.........................Sr.
KR: D'Artagnan Dai'Re,
Doane.........................Jr.
Honorable mention: Trent Laune, Tom Schutte, Brock
Simonsen, Concordia; Keith Neal, Clayton Timm, Nate
Weathers, Dana; Luke Burson, Kedrick Kelley, Dustin
Lind, Jake Ryba, Josh Warren, Doane; Dan Bargen,
Jordan Folkers, Mackenzie Hemje, Hastings College;
Eric Frenzen, Dustin Lindstrom, Jinho Tohara,
Midland Lutheran; Justin Florian, Zac Rabe, Nebraska
Wesleyan; Tony Janssen, Jeff McQuinn, Shane Ryan,
Peru State.
PSC's
"Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is
nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's
first and fastest-growing college, Peru State offers
a unique mix of innovative online and traditional
classroom undergraduate and graduate programs,
including online graduate degrees in education and
organizational management. PSC is a member
institution of the Nebraska State College System.
For more information, visit
www.peru.edu or call
1-800-742-4412.
