PARK CITY, Utah, July 15 - Three Southern Utah University
football players, including preseason Offensive Most Valuable Player Brad
Sorensen, were named to the 31-player preseason All-Big Sky Conference squad,
it was announced here today at the Big Sky's Summer Kickoff.
Sorensen, a senior from Grand Terrace, Calif., is joined on
the offensive squad by senior guard Zach Brackus (Salt Lake City/Murray HS),
while senior defensive tackle Cody Larsen (Draper, Utah/Jordan HS) was named to
the defensive team.
The team was selected by voting among the conference's
sports information directors and selected media members.
Sorensen, a transfer from BYU who was the Great West
Conference's Offensive Player of the Year in 2011, completed 288-of-425 passes
(67.8 percent) for 3,143 yards and 17 touchdowns and finished with 3,094 total
yards last year. In 2010 he completed 261-of-390 passes for a school-record
3,163 passing yards and 21 touchdowns. He holds nearly every SUU single-game
and single season passing and total offense record and is among the top two in
every career category.
Brackus is a three year starter at left guard who has never
missed a game in the previous three seasons for the Thunderbirds. Like
Sorensen, he is a two-time first-team all-GWC performer.
Larsen is another three-year starter and two-time all-GWC
honoree. Last year he tallied 7.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks among his 26
total tackles while in 2010 he had 6.5 TFLs, four sacks and a team-high six
quarterback hurries among his 29 tackles. He has been among the team's top two
linemen in terms of tackles in each of the past two seasons.
All three players were named to The Sports Network all-American team on July 9, and Sorensen was
named to the Payton Award Watch List last Thursday.
Montana State linebacker Jody Owens was named preseason
Defensive MVP.
2012 Big Sky Preseason
All-Conference Team
Offensive
MVP - Brad Sorensen, Sr.,
QB, Southern Utah
Defensive
MVP - Jody Owens, Sr.,
LB, Montana State
OFFENSE
Pos.
Player
Year Hometown
School
QB
Brad Sorensen Sr. Grand
Terrace, Calif. Southern
Utah
RB
Zach
Bauman
Jr. Chandler, Ariz. Northern
Arizona
RB
Cody
Kirk
Jr. Frenchtown, Mont. Montana State
FB
Tevia
Tolutau
So. Provo, Utah Weber State
OL
Zach
Brackus
Sr. Murray, Utah Southern
Utah
OL
Tytan Timoteo
Sr. Wainae, Hawai'i Weber State
C
Ray
Wilburn
Sr. San
Bernardino, Calif. UC Davis
OL
Danny
Kistler
Jr. Seattle, Wash. Montana
OL
Will
Post
Sr. Portland, Ore. Eastern
Washington
TE
Greg
Hardy
Sr. Fairview, Mont. Montana
WR
Nicholas Edwards
Sr. Tacoma, Wash. Eastern
Washington
WR
Rodrick Rumble
Sr Oak
Harbor, Wash. Idaho State
WR
Greg
Hardin
Sr. Bellevue, Neb. North
Dakota
WR
Brandon Kaufman
Jr. Denver, Colo. Eastern
Washington
K
Zach
Brown
Sr. Keizer, Ore. Portland State
Ret.
Dominic Gunn
Sr. Aurora, Colo. Northern
Colorado
DEFENSE
Pos.
Player
Year Hometown
School
DE
Brad
Daly
Jr. Helena, Mont. Montana State
DE
Bobby Erskine Sr. San
Diego, Calif.
UC Davis
DT
Zach Minter
Sr. Glendale, Ariz. Montana State
DT
Cody
Larsen
Sr.
Draper, Utah Southern
Utah
LB
Jody
Owens
Sr. Mesquite, Texas Montana State
LB
Ian
Sluss
Sr. Vista, Calif. Portland State
LB
Kennith Jackson
Sr. Santa
Clara, Calif.
Cal Poly
LB
Clarence Bumpas
Jr. Colorado
Springs, Colo. Northern
Colorado
LB
Todd Davis
Jr. Palmdale, Calif. Sacramento State
CB
T.J. Lee
III
Jr. Seattle, Wash. Eastern
Washington
CB
Darius
Jones
Sr. Rockwall, Texas Montana State
S
Kevyn Lewis
Sr. Sacramento, Calif.
UC Davis
S
Joel
Fuller
Sr. Libby, Mont. Montana State
P Colton Schmidt
Sr. Bakersfield, Calif.
UC Davis
ST
Nevin
Lewis
Sr. Culver, Ore. Portland State
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