(Sioux City, Iowa) – The 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Football All-Conference Team has been selected after a vote of the league coaches.
Drew Sellon, junior wide receiver, from Morningside has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year. Trystin Voss, defensive lineman, from Northwestern was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Joel Penner of Dordt University was named the Hauff Mid-America/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year.
Morningside and Dordt shared the regular season championship for 2025 each going 9-1 in GPAC play.
GPAC Football First Team Offense 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
QB Zack Chevalier Morningside SR Sioux City, Iowa
RB Dalton Armbruster Hastings JR Corcoran, Calif.
RB Jaylen Burch Morningside JR Overland Park, Kan.
RB Tyson Denkert Midland SR Kenesaw, Neb.
WR Drew Sellon Morningside JR Fremont, Neb.
WR Adam Van Cleave Concordia SR Columbus, Neb.
WR Lennx Brown Morningside SR Council Bluffs, Iowa
WR Cole Holden Dakota Wesleyan SR Watertown, S.D.
WR Tanner Schouten Northwestern SR Orange City, Iowa
TE Jake Bargen Hastings SR Utica, Neb.
OL Ethan Hansen Dordt SR Appleton, Wis.
OL Zak Rachow Briar Cliff JR Otay Ranch, Calif.
OL Joel Akers Dordt SR Winterset, Iowa
OL Brody Cutrer Morningside SO Draper, Utah
OL Jayden Lagunas Hastings JR Hastings, Neb.
OL Brevin Damrow Concordia SR Beatrice, Neb.
GPAC Football First Team Defense 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
DL Trystin Voss Northwestern SR Rogersville, Mo.
DL Carson Fehlhafer Concordia SR Utica, Neb.
DL Jacob Dragstra Northwestern SR Sioux Center, Iowa
DL Cale Pittenger Morningside JR Sioux City, Iowa
DL Zach Quiring Dordt SO Bradshaw, Neb.
LB Blake Bellamy Morningside SR Winterset, Iowa
LB Isaac Kacmarynski Dordt JR Pella, Iowa
LB Reece Zutavern Doane SR Dunning, Neb.
LB Grant Huss Concordia SR Denton, Neb.
LB Dawson Kissinger Hastings SO Glenvil, Neb.
DB Kylar Fritz Northwestern JR Sioux Center, Iowa
DB Daylon Henson Concordia SR Peerland, Texas
DB Cade Harriman Morningside JR Holstein, Iowa
DB Cole Johnson Dordt FR Parker, Colo.
DB Landon Ruesink Dakota Wesleyan SR Dell Rapids, S.D.
GPAC Football First Team Special Teams 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
K Stephen Leinen Dordt JR Harland, Iowa
P Travon Shaw Hastings SO Auburn, Neb.
KRS Adam Van Cleave Concordia JR Columbus, Neb.
PRS Keenan Valverde Dordt SO Pierce, Neb.
LS Isaac Kacmarynski Dordt JR Pella, Iowa
GPAC Football Second Team Offense 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
QB Brodey Johnson Midland JR North Bend, Neb.
RB Carlos Collazo Concordia JR Aurora, Neb.
RB Kyle Hirsch Mount Marty JR Gayville, S.D.
RB Preston McCoy Dordt SR Galva, Iowa
WR TJ Covington Midland SO Brooklyn, N.Y.
WR Eliot Beal Dordt SO Spokane Valley, Was.
WR Andrew Waido Doane SR Wahoo, Neb.
TE Griffin Kraft Morningside SR North Liberty, Iowa
OL Mason Scott Morningside SR Sioux City, Iowa
OL Ethan Hooyer Dordt SR Sioux Center, Iowa
OL Sal Nacarelli Hastings JR Omaha, Neb.
OL Jack James Morningside SR Omaha, Neb.
OL Tre’Quan Henley Hastings SO Lincoln, Neb.
OL Derek Campbell Concordia JR Geneva, Ill.
OL Gavin Pischke Dakota Wesleyan FR Hartford, S.D.
GPAC Football Second Team Defense 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
DL Nolan Buckholtz Dordt SR Amboy, Minn.
DL Cody Winslow Dakota Wesleyan JR Hillsdale, Wyo.
DL Tywan January Hastings JR Dayton, Ohio
DL Brycen Mitchell Mount Marty SO Sioux Falls, S.D.
DL DJ Brown Mount Marty SR Mt. Shasta, Calif.
LB Jackson Smythe Northwestern SO Tea, S.D.
LB Dylan Meyer Concordia JR Hickman, Neb.
LB Ben Egli Northwestern SR Fort Dodge, Iowa
LB Jake Lambert Hastings SR Tucson, Ariz.
LB Jay Ballard Midland JR Baltimore, Md.
DB Jordan Carter Northwestern FR St. Louis, Mo.
DB Arthur Oliver Mount Marty JR Metarie, La.
DB Brandon Lance Midland SR Rosenberg, Texas
DB Zayne Wilson Midland SR Olathe, Kan.
DB Dayton Harrell Briar Cliff SO Sioux Center, Iowa
GPAC Football Second Team Special Teams 2025
Position Name School Class Hometown
K Peyton Atwood Concordia JR Grand Island, Neb.
P Braxtyn Koch Concordia SO West Minster, Md.
P Gavin Rohewal Midland SR Palmdale, Calif.
KRS Keenan Valverde Dordt SO Pierce, Neb.
KRS Juven Hudson Morningside SO Watertown, S.D.
PRS Tyson Denkert Midland SR Kenesaw, Neb.
LS Max Wurdeman Concordia JR Knoxville, Ten.
LS Joseph McCubbin Waldorf JR Tonopah, Ariz.
Honorable Mention
Briar Cliff – Kymani Fleurme (WR), Max Rascon, Jr. (LB), Steven Whiting (TE)
Concordia – Gideon Stark (QB), Terrigen Sebek (DL), Max Bartels (WR)
Dakota Wesleyan – Carter Skogsberg (DL), Grayson Hanson (LB), Landon Ruesink (PRS), Trevor Sladky (DB)
Doane – JaKarian Jackson (DB), John DeRiso (WR)
Dordt – Thomas Fritz (RB), Rhett Williams (WR). Noah Strickfaden (QB), Garret Divis (OL)
Hastings – Sam Ahl (DB), Eli Nappe (TE)
Midland – Tae Marks (WR)
Morningside – Jakob Nelson (WR), Teyel Lowe (DL), Landry Phipps (LB)
Mount Marty – Rugby Ryken (QB)
Northwestern – Korver Hupke (OL), Gianna Bennett (K), Colby Duncan (QB)
Waldorf – Christian Gerot (DB)
